Music Legend Clarence Avant's Wife Shot and Killed in Home Invasion Robbery - TMZ

9:44 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell us there was security at the home, the security guard was shot at as well, but did not return fire. We're told Clarence was not injured.

9:20 AM PT -- At least one suspect, the shooter, had gotten inside the Avants' home when he opened fire at Jacqueline ... according to sources connected to the investigation. It's unclear how many suspects were involved.

An image of the home, obtained by NBCLA, shows a smashed sliding glass door ... so it appears that's how the suspects got inside.

Clarence Avant, a legendary music exec who was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had a tragedy at home Tuesday night ... a home invasion where his wife of 54 years -- Jacqueline Avant -- was shot and killed ... TMZ has learned.

It happened in the Trousdale Estates ... a high-end area neighboring Beverly Hills. Law enforcement tells TMZ, Beverly Hills PD got a call at 2:30 AM for a home invasion. The caller told the dispatcher someone had been shot. By the time they arrived, Jackie had already been rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A family source tells us the people who broke into the house fired shots and hit Jackie. Clarence was home at the time. We do not know if he was hurt.

Jackie and Clarence's daughter is Nicole Avant, who is married to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos.

Clarence is known as the Godfather of Black Music. He's been regularly celebrated by the likes of Jay-Z and Diddy, L.A. Reid and Babyface. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame back in October.

Jackie served as the President of the Neighbors of Watts, a support group that focused on child care. She was also on the Board of Directors of UCLA's International Student Center.

Jacqueline was 81.

RIP

Originally Published -- 7:16 AM PT

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Spotify Wrapped 2021 is live: Here’s how to find your year-in-review and more - 9to5Mac

Now that we’ve officially entered the month of December, the highly anticipated Spotify Wrapped 2021 year-in-review has arrived. Spotify Wrapped recaps all of your top songs, artists, genres, and more — making it easy to see everything about your listening habits for the year. Head below for the details.

Spotify Wrapped 2021 is here

First and foremost, Spotify Wrapped shows you a variety of fun statistics about your listening habits. This includes your top artists, songs, genres, and podcasts. You can also see your total “minutes listened” for the year. Here’s a full breakdown of what Spotify says your Wrapped 2021 will provide:

• Your Top Songs 2021
• Your Artists Revealed
• Top Tracks & Artists of 2021
• Best New Podcasts of 2021
• Best Episodes of 2021
• The Best of 2021
• A Look Back at 2021

Spotify is also tapping into its new Blend feature for Wrapped this year. Spotify Blend is the company’s shared playlists feature that it launched earlier this year. Integration with Spotify Wrapped allows you to “compare your music taste in 2021 with a friend and get a blended playlist.”

Finally, Spotify has a handful of other new features for Wrapped this year:

• 2021: The Movie – This feature pairs your top songs with classic scenes from a movie that’s all about you.
• Your Audio Aura – We worked with an aura expert to visualize your audio aura based on your top two music moods. (You can read more about that here.)
• Playing Cards – This is an interactive, data-based game that you play and then share with your friends. We’ll display several statements about your listening this year and you’ll have to guess which are true. 

As has become the norm, Spotify is pulling out all of the stops for Wrapped this year. The company says that the goal of the feature is designed to tell you everything you need to know about your listening in 2021. The company has also revealed the worldwide top artists and podcasts.

How to find your Spotify Wrapped for 2021

Spotify Wrapped 2021 is rolling out today exclusively in the Spotify application for iOS and Android. Simply make sure you’re running the latest version of the Spotify app from the App Store, then navigate to the “Home” tab. This is where you can enter the Wrapped 2021 experience.

Finally, if you’re an Apple Music user, be sure to check out our full guide on accessing Apple Music Replay right here.

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Alec Baldwin’s First Extensive Interview About ‘Rust’ Shooting To Air As ABC News Special — Update - Deadline

UPDATE, Wednesday, 5:07 AM PT: Alec Baldwin will sit down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos for a one hour special tomorrow night to talk about what happened on the set of the movie Rust. It will be Baldwin’s first extensive interview about the shooting.

“I have done thousands of interviews at ABC News over the last 20 years. This was the most intense that I have ever experienced,” Stephanopoulos said on Good Morning America on Wednesday. He described Baldwin as “raw” but “very candid” and “very forthcoming.” He said that Baldwin “went through in detail what happened on the set that day,” and talked about meeting with the family of Halyna Hutchins. Stephanopoulos said that the interview lasted for one hour and 20 minutes.

ABC News also announced that 20/20 will focus on the deadly shooting in a two-hour special on Dec. 10, with clips of the Baldwin interview.

Thursday’s interview is being produced by George Stephanopoulos Productions, the new production company set up by Stephanopoulos earlier this year.

The interview special will air Thursday at 8 PM ET, and also will stream later in the evening on Hulu.

AN @ABC EXCLUSIVE: @GStephanopoulos has the 1st exclusive interview with Alec Baldwin following the deadly shooting on the set of “Rust.”

Watch the primetime special event TOMORROW 8pm ET on ABC and stream next day on @Hulu. pic.twitter.com/uX5jiEkQgG

— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 1, 2021

PREVIOUSLY: According to a report, Alec Baldwin has spoken for the first time at length about the tragedy on the set of the film Rust where a gun he was holding, which was supposed to be filled with blanks, went off and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The actor, who produced and starred in Rust, sat down for “his first formal interview” with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos today, reported CNN.

Baldwin, of course, has close ties with ABC via Match Game, which he hosts. He also has longtime links to NBC via his work with Lorne Michaels on SNL and 30 Rock.

One day after the October 21 shooting, Baldwin posted a brief statement to social media.

“There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours,” Baldwin tweeted. “I’m fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.”

On Oct. 30, Alec Baldwin told a group of paparazzi following him in Vermont that the Rust production was “well-oiled” despite weapons discharges and crew resignations before the fatal shooting of Hutchins.

“A woman died,” the actor told the paparazzi. “She was my friend. She was my friend. The day I arrived in Santa Fe to start shooting, I took her to dinner with Joel, the director. We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened.”

He followed that up on Nov. 2 by reposting on his Instagram the lengthy Facebook post by Rust costume designer Terese Magpale Davis who defended the indie Western, writing claims of “unsafe, chaotic conditions are bullsh*t.”

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Sandra Bullock shares the phrase she says 'a lot' that her parents couldn't: 'It was a generational thing' - Fox News

EXCLUSIVE: Sandra Bullock is talking motherhood.

The 57-year-old actress is mother to her son Louis, 11, and daughter Laila, 9.

On Wednesday, she appeared on Jada Pinkett Smith's "Red Table Talk" on Facebook Watch where she discussed her life as a parent, opening up about one of her biggest strengths as a mom.

"My superpower is that I'm good at saying sorry and I'm good at listening," she explained.

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The star received praise for her expertise, with Smith calling the trait "a good one" while her daughter Willow emphasized that it's "a really good" trait to possess.

"My parents couldn't say ‘I’m sorry,'" Bullock recalled. "It was a generational thing. It was something that I now, in retrospect, can see their pain and their fear."

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The Oscar winner added: "I say I'm sorry a lot. Even when I'm right, I say ‘sorry.’"

Bullock's appearance on "Red Table Talk" will air on Dec. 3 on Facebook Watch.

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The star is a single mother to both of her children, who are adopted. She began adoption proceedings for Louis while still married to "Monster Garage" host Jesse James, but proceeded as a single parent after their 2010 split.

In 2015, she announced that she had adopted a daughter.

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Jane Campion’s Power Of The Dog premieres on Netflix - The A.V. Club

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power Of The Dog

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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, December 1. All times are Eastern.

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Top pick

The Power Of The Dog (Netflix, 3:01 a.m.): “Westerns have been deconstructing toxic masculinity for ages. The Thomas Savage novel on which The Power Of The Dog is based got there way back in 1967. But [director] Jane Campion approaches the task with a sensual touch few of her peers possess—and with an equally uncommon understanding of where humanity’s darkest and most transcendent impulses intersect. In The Power Of The Dog, ordinary life is a soap bubble that can burst at the slightest touch. Campion’s films frequently use families to explore the commingling of personal and political violence, and The Power Of The Dog fits this mold.” Here is Katie Rife’s complete review of the film, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

Regular coverage

Hawkeye (Disney+, 3:01 a.m.)
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (FXX, 10 p.m., season 15 premiere): The comedy returns after a two-year break with a two-episode premiere, titled “2020: A Year In Review” and “The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 7.” Two new episodes will air every Wednesday until the season finale on December 22. Dennis Perkins will recap.
DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow (The CW, 8 p.m.): In lieu of a regular episode, Legends ups the game with a holiday special called Beebo Saves Christmas. The cast additions include Chris Kattan, Yvette Nicole Brown, Keith Ferguson, while Victor Garber returns to narrate the hour. Keep an eye out for Sam Barsanti’s coverage of the episode

Wild cards

Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (Roku, 3:01 a.m.): NBC’s loss is Roku’s gain. The broadcast network canceled Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist earlier this year after two seasons, but Roku snatched it up for a one-off holiday special. The film picks up after the finale, as Zoey (Jane Levy) navigates her familial and romantic relationships. The musical dramedy also stars Mary Steenburgen, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, Peter Gallagher, and Bernadette Peters. Meanwhile, both seasons of Zoey’s are available for a free and heartwarming binge on Roku.

Lost In Space (Netflix, 3:01 a.m.): In the third and final season of this sci-fi drama, the stakes are higher than ever for the Robinson family. After a year of being trapped on a mysterious planet, they must lead the 97 young Colonists in a harrowing evacuation. John (Toby Stephens) and Maureen (Molly Parker) battle overwhelming odds as they try to reunite with their kids. The cast includes Taylor Russell, Mina Sundwall, and Douglas Hodge. Season three consists of eight episodes.

Fruitcake Fraud (Discovery+, 3:01 a.m.): Enjoy your holiday celebration with a side of notorious fraud. This Discovery+ true-crime special covers the case of husband and wife Sandy and Kay Jenkins, who embezzled over $17 million in a decade from the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas, where Sandy worked as an accountant. The bakery is known for its fruitcakes, selling up to 20,000 per day during the holiday season. The 90-minute special traces how the duo were able to go undetected for several years, and how the case baffled the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office once it was revealed.

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It’s Official: ABC Names Clayton Echard Next Star of ‘The Bachelor’ - Variety

It’s official: ABC has announced Clayton Echard as the next star of “The Bachelor.”

Echard, a suitor on the current season of “The Bachelorette” with Michelle Young, will lead Season 26 of the long-running dating show.

Echard was first reported by Variety back in September to be the new “Bachelor” when photos of him filming with a camera crew were leaked by the press.

At that time, sources close to the show told Variety that producers had fallen in love with Echard during Young’s season of “The Bachelorette,” and keenly had their eye on him to be the franchise’s next leading man, especially after his heart was broken on the show.

Spoiler alert, but on last week’s “Bachelorette” episode, Echard was sent home by Young, resulting in an emotional, tear-filled and gut-wrenching departure, bringing his journey for love with Young to an end — but also setting up his storyline perfectly on “The Bachelor.” After all, America loves and hates a good heartbreak.

Echard will get a second shot at love on reality TV, beginning in the new year when his season premieres on Jan. 3.

Echard’s season marks the 20th year of “The Bachelor” franchise being on the air with 26 seasons of the flagship “Bachelor,” 18 seasons of “Bachelorette,” seven seasons of “Bachelor in Paradise” and more seasons of various spinoffs, including “Bachelor Pad,” “The Bachelor Winter Games” and even a potential senior citizens version of the dating show, which Variety hears is still in the works.

Echard’s season is also the first of “The Bachelor” not to be helmed by veteran host Chris Harrison, who departed the franchise earlier this year. Jesse Palmer — the former NFL quarterback and ESPN commentator, who happened to star as “The Bachelor” himself in Season 5 — will take the reigns as host.

Though the network had not officially confirmed Echard’s casting at the time, Palmer had posted a picture with the new leading man during filming this fall.

Echard is also a former football player, having briefly been in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks after he played at the University of Missouri, as a walk-on, who ultimately guided the team to back-to-back SEC championship games and a national top ten ranking. The Midwesterner currently works in medical sales, and is embarking on his MBA with hopes of starting his own business.

Here’s a first look at Season 26 of “The Bachelor,” starring Clayton Echard:

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