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Q: Did Adele ever reschedule her concerts in Las Vegas after she suddenly canceled them? I’m glad I didn’t buy tickets. — B.D.
A: The “Weekends With Adele” residency in Las Vegas was originally scheduled for Jan. 21 through April 16, 2022. Unfortunately, she canceled the shows at the last minute, stating that, due to COVID and late shipments, the show wasn’t up to the standards she felt her fans deserved. She was widely criticized, though, as many had already made travel arrangements with expensive flights and hotel accommodations.
As far as a tour, Adele has two upcoming performances at London’s Hyde Park in July and has promised that the Vegas shows will “absolutely happen” sometime in 2022. Perhaps she’ll plan a multi-city tour in 2023.
In the meantime, if you have the Peacock streaming service, you can watch “An Audience With Adele,” a two-hour special of her concert that aired in the U.K. this past November.
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Q: When is “Better Call Saul” returning? I hope it wasn’t canceled. — W.J.
A: The “Breaking Bad” spin-off “Better Call Saul” started with a slow burn when it premiered in 2015. It focused on the origin story of Jimmy McGill, who would later become the fast-talking, crooked lawyer Saul Goodman. The compelling series is returning for its sixth and final season April 18 on AMC.
Bob Odenkirk has been nominated four times for the lead actor Emmy but has yet to win for his performances on “Breaking Bad” or “Better Call Saul.” He has, however, taken home the trophy as a comedy writer for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Ben Stiller Show.”
Odenkirk almost wasn’t here to wrap up Saul’s tale, having suffered a heart attack on the set last July. He credits the 12 minutes of CPR and repeated use of a defibrillator for saving his life.
While anxiously waiting for the upcoming season, be sure to check out Odenkirk’s recently published memoir, “Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama.” He talks about his career as a comedy writer in the 1990s, his troubled relationship with his father, and how he became an action star in his 50s with the film “Nobody.”
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Q: Who is the actor who played the British chemist in “The Dropout” on Hulu? He seems familiar to me. He was so good in the role and should certainly get nominated for an Emmy. — E.C.
A: He’s the multitalented Stephen Fry, a British actor, writer, author, etc. He began as part of the comedy duo Fry & Laurie, as in Hugh Laurie (“House”), and kept audiences in stitches in British comedies like “Jeeves & Wooster” and “Blackadder.” His film career is equally impressive, winning accolades in “Wilde,” based on the life of Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, and then later as an inspector in Robert Altman’s “Gosford Park.”
Fry’s most recent role of chemist with a conscience Ian Gibbons in “The Dropout” is certainly worthy of an Emmy nomination. His co-stars Amanda Seyfried and Naveen Andrews also likely will hear their names called when the nominees are announced July 12.
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PHOTO: Bob Odenkirk in “Breaking Bad”
Photo credit: AMC
