Wonka pulled in the most fans at the box office on New Year’s weekend. The Timothée Chalamet film brought in an estimated $31 million through New Year’s Day. Wonka has grossed $386.9 million worldwide since being released in mid-December. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom came in second, bringing in an estimated $26 million.

Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, The Dreamer, debuted on New Year’s Eve.

Former President Barack Obama dropped his list of favorite songs from 2023. They include “Water” by Tyla and “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims.

One of the highlights of Nashville’s Big Bash on New Year’s Eve was Morgan Wallen! Wearing a blue velvet shirt and jeans, he performed his fan favorites, including “Everything I Love,” “Thinkin’ Bout Me,” and the biggest song of 2023, “Last Night.”

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are celebrating their first New Year’s Eve as a couple! After the Kansas City Chiefs’ big win on Sunday (December 31), the power couple headed to a party where they rang in 2024 together. Partygoers were all around them on the dance floor, but the happy couple seemed too preoccupied with one another to care.

Backstreet Boys singer AJ McLean is getting divorced after previously separating from his wife. AJ and Rochelle DeAnna McLean released a joint statement on social media, announcing their plans to divorce.

Looks like Tom Brady was close to unretiring in 2023. The retired QB made the shocking confession in an end-of-year IG post that featured a collection of photos of him, his kids, and others in various settings throughout 2023. He ended his post with “PS: The only downside to 2023 was when I was about to unretire in May, and my friends threw a surprise retirement party. Kind of forced my hand.”

Ryan Seacrest got a surprise kiss on New Year’s Eve! Shortly after the clock struck midnight, Pamela Bradshaw from North Carolina became the First Powerball Millionaire of the Year and won $1 million during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve celebration. “Congratulations, you’re a millionaire!” Seacrest announced to Pamela, who collapsed to the ground. After a few seconds, Pamela hopped back up and started cheering and jumping up and down before giving Ryan a big kiss on the lips.

Blake Shelton is being dragged online for his prerecorded New Year’s Eve performance. He was featured on CBS’s “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” which was billed as a live show, but folks figured out it was prerecorded and then trashed him. Blake and Trace Adkins reunited for the NYE show, and sang “Hillbilly Bone” and “Hell Right,” but fans online noticed that his performance aired only a few minutes before he took the stage in real life at a casino in Oklahoma.

Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen were on fire during their annual CNN New Year’s Eve Live special, but they lost it when John Mayer surprised them with a call. All of the places, John Mayer, phoned in from a cat café in Tokyo.

Snoop Dogg has a new gig! NBC just announced that Snoop Dogg will serve as a prime-time analyst for this year’s Olympic Games. The move follows his acclaimed streaming-only commentary of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, provided alongside comedian Kevin Hart on Peacock. The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is currently scheduled to take place on July 26.