Author: Jennifer Konerman

March 31, 2016 10:26pm PT by Jennifer Konerman

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Murray, who plays Baloo in the upcoming film, performed a duet with the movie’s Mowgli.

Bill Murray is really embracing his role as Baloo the bear. 

Murray belted out a tune from the Disney version of Jungle Book on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday night in honor of his role in the upcoming live-action adaptation. Murray, who plays Baloo the bear in the film, joined Kimmel along with the film’s star Neel Sethi, who plays Mowgli.

The duo capped off their interview with the host with a rendition of the song “Bare Necessities,” surrounded by people in bear costumes. 

“We have not rehearsed this,” Murray warned, before jumping in to the tune with Seethi. 

Sethi also told Kimmel about getting the role after his dance teacher recommended him for it, and called Jon Favreau the best director (and only director) he’s ever worked with. 

The Jungle Book, starring Sethi, Murray as Baloo, Christopher Walken as King Louie, Idris Elba as Shere Khan and Ben Kingsley as Bagheera. The film, directed by Jon Favreau, will be released in theaters April 15. 

Jennifer Konerman

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March 29, 2016 10:02pm PT by Jennifer Konerman

Seth Meyers  

The NBC host and his wife welcomed a new baby boy on Easter Sunday.

Seth Meyers is the latest late-night host to become a father. 

He and his wife Alexi welcomed their first child on Sunday, and Meyers shared his new son’s name for the first time on his NBC show Tuesday. The host took some time out of his monologue to talk about the birth of his new son, Ashe, which is also Meyers’ wife’s maiden name. (His son’s middle name is Olsen after Meyers’ mother’s maiden name, and he was adamant that he is not named after actress Ashley Olsen.) 

Meyers shared how he and his wife went to Sunday brunch with plans for a relaxing day before his wife began having contractions. The nervous soon-to-be dad quickly downloaded a contractions app to chart them. Taking an Uber to the hospital, his wife “was screaming out the open window, ‘I don’t like this!'”

“I just figured New Yorkers were walking down the street like, ‘It’s New York, nobody likes anything!'” Meyers said, worrying that his Uber ratings might go down because of the incident. 

Everyone at the hospital was wearing bunny ears for Easter Sunday, Meyers said, which was festive, but “did not help her mood.” He added that he couldn’t stop laughing in the delivery room because “half the people in the room were wearing bunny ears!” 

“The weird thing is that you’re not a parent and then you are,” Meyers concluded, “and it takes your brain a couple hours to catch up to that.” 

Late Night’s first guest was fellow SNL alum Tracy Morgan, who brought the new dad a gift of a box of condoms. 

Meyers took to Twitter on Monday to thank his fans for their support. 

Jennifer Konerman

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March 26, 2016 7:15pm PT by Jennifer Konerman

‘Orphan Black’  BBC America

BBC America’s ‘After the Black’ premieres Thursday, April 14.

BBC America’s clone club is expanding. 

Critically acclaimed drama Orphan Black will debut an after-show, After the Black, when it returns for its fourth season Thursday, April 14. 

After the Black is hosted by Innerspace’s Ajay Fry, Morgan Hoffman and Teddy Wilson, and will feature behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with Orphan Black cast and crew with exclusive sneak peeks at the following week’s episodes.

Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany (who plays several of the clones in the show) will appear on the series premiere April 14 to discuss the season ahead. 

BBC America’s sister network AMC has a similar format for The Walking Dead’s post-show, Talking Dead, hosted by Chris Hardwick. The network recently expanded its after-show lineup with its spinoff Fear the Walking Dead as well as Talking Saul, a live show following Better Call Saul’s season premiere and finale.

Orphan Black is produced in association with BBC America and Canada’s Space. The series was co-created by Graeme Manson and John Fawcett. 

The premiere of After the Black will air at 11 p.m. ET/PT, following the season premiere of Orphan Black. 

Orphan Black

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