Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club' cuts out in Artemis II wakeup call

Chappell Roan's music has reached new highs.

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While the "Hot To Go!" singer may not have flown to space likeKaty Perrydid last year, her hit track "Pink Pony Club" has made its way onto theArtemis II mission around the moonas an alarm sound to the crew on Saturday, April 4.

DuringNASA's Saturday livestream of the lunar mission, flight controllers used Roan's 2023 pop anthem to wake up the astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft. However, to their disappointment, the track was cut just a minute in.

"We were all eagerly awaiting the chorus," Commander Reid Wiseman said, prompting laughter heard in the livestream.

Chappell Roan attends the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2026.

The Capsule Communicator is heard replying and promising to "try again next time" before wishing the team a good morning and giving the rundown for the day.

Wiseman is one of four astronauts who left Earth's orbit April 2 on a historic mission to see parts of the moon that nobody has ever seen before. During a roughly six-hour window on April 6, the team will see the far side of the moon not viewable from Earth. The sun, moon and the Orion spacecraft will be aligned, allowing them to view about 20% of the far side of the moon, lit by the sun, according to NASA.

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The crew also consists of Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who lifted off from a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT on April 1.

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NASA spaceplay comes afterChappell Roanfaced backlash

Chappell Roan's cultural impact around the world, and in space, remains intact after she faced scrutiny for an incident involving a bodyguard and soccer starJorginho Frello.

On March 21, Frello accused Roan's security of making his 11-year-old daughter cry when she encountered the singer at a hotel in Brazil. Bodyguard Pascal Duvier later clarified that he was not part of Roan's team and said he takes "full responsibility" for what occurred in a March 25Instagram post.

The Grammy-winning musician, who was in the country to perform at Lollapalooza Brazil, posted a video on March 22 of her explaining that the guard was "not my personal security" and that she "didn't even see a woman and a child."

"I did not ask the security guard to go up and talk to this mother and child," she said. "They did not come up to me. They weren't doing anything. It's unfair for security to just assume someone doesn't have good intentions, when they have no reason to believe, because there's no action even taken."

Contributing: Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY

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Freeman, Pages lead another offensive barrage by the Dodgers in a 10-5 win over Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit two-run doubles in the first and second innings and Andy Pages added a three-run homer in the fifth to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-5 rout of the Washington Nationals on Saturday.

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Pages went 3 for 5 to raise his average to .500 (15 for 30) on the young season. The Dodgers have scored 23 runs on 32 hits in the first two games of this series despite losing Mookie Bettsin the first inningSaturday because of lower back pain.

Tyler Glasnow (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. He struck out nine with two walks.

Jake Irvin (1-1) allowed six runs and eight hits in four innings.

CJ Abrams homered for the Nationals.

Miguel Rojas, who replaced Betts at shortstop before the bottom of the first, hit a sacrifice fly in the second to make it 3-0. Then Freeman hit his second double of the game.

The Dodgers used the Automated Ball-Strike System to score another run in the third. Alex Call successfully challenged a called third strike with two outs, then hit an RBI single.

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Luis García Jr. got Washington on the board with an RBI triple in the third, and Curtis Mead doubled home a run in the fourth, but Pages connected off reliever Brad Lord to make it 9-2.

Kyle Tucker hit an RBI single in the seventh for the final Los Angeles run.

Will Smith had three hits for the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani had two.

Garcia finished a homer shy of the cycle for Washington, and Abrams hit a two-run shot in the eighth.

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Buffalo Sabres' record NHL playoff drought ends: Here's how they did it

TheBuffalo Sabresare back in the NHL playoffs, ending a league-record postseason drought of 14 seasons.

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All they had to do was change the messenger.

The Sabres clinched their first playoff berth since 2010-11 with the Detroit Red Wings' loss in the afternoon on Saturday, April 4.

It was looking like the streak could hit 15 when Buffalo sat in last place in the Eastern Conference on Dec. 8. The Sabres won three in a row to get back to .500, thenfired general manager Kevyn Adamson Dec. 15 and promoted Jarmo Kekalainen to the position.

The team took off, extending its winning streak to 10 games. Entering Saturday, Buffalo has gone 32-8-4 under the former Columbus Blue Jackets GM. The Sabres have their first 100-point season since 2009-10 and are looking for their first division title since that season.

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Kevyn Adams' tenure

Adams, the general manager since 2020-21, brought in some of the players on this team, such as Alex Tuch, Josh Norris, Jason Zucker, Bowen Byram, Ryan McLeod and Josh Doan. He also traded away Jack Eichel (after a dispute over what type of neck surgery he should have), Sam Reinhart, Dylan Cozens and J.J. Peterka. Eichel and Reinhart won Stanley Cup titles after their trades.

Adams drew some criticism last season when he explained the difficulty of drawing free agents to Buffalo and why players often include the city on their no-trade lists.

"We don't have palm trees," he told reporters. "We have taxes in New York."

Adams last season brought back coach Lindy Ruff, who had been coach of the 2010-11 playoff team. But the Sabres continued their pattern of early-season swoons — 0-10-3 this time — and finished 12 points out of a playoff spot.

Buffalo traded No. 2 scorer Peterka to Utah in the offseason and opened the season 0-3. Fans began chanting for Adams' firing and it finally happened in December.

Buffalo players celebrate a goal against the Red Wings.

Jarmo Kekalainen's tenure

Teams often get a bump from a coaching change, but a front office change can also have an impact because a general manager can decide a player's future.

Kekalainen noted that his focus was going to be on work ethic, saying the team had lost some games by being outworked.

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"You've got to work, you've got to compete and you've got to be relentless," he said after being named general manager. "That's what I want the identity of the Buffalo Sabres to be."

He added that he "firmly" believed that Sabres could be a playoff team.

Kekalainen had been hired as a senior adviser in May. He had been aggressive in Columbus, hanging on to pending free agents Sergei Bobrovsky and Artemi Panarin and adding to a team that shockingly swept the No. 1 overall Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round in 2019.

After he was promoted in Buffalo, he revamped the front office and held on to Ruff. He gave a contract extension to Doan, who was acquired in the Peterka trade. But with the team surging, there was little need to change the players.

The general manager made moves at the deadline to beef up the team's depth. He traded for Colton Parayko, but it fell through when the defensemandeclined to waive his no-trade clause. He pivoted to add big, rugged defensemen Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn. He also added Sam Carrick, who's strong on faceoffs, and depth forward Tanner Pearson.

A sign that the Sabres were for real was when they defeated the Lightning 8-7 in a game thatfeatured tons of goals and penalty minutes.

What's next for the Sabres?

They will try to win the Atlantic Division title and still have a chance to be the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

There isn't a lot of playoff experience in this core because of the long drought. However, Schenn and Pearson are former Stanley Cup winners and McLeod has been to the Final. Tuch has played 66 postseason games and Zucker has played 52.

And Ruff has coached 101 playoff games, winning 57. He took the Sabres to the 1999 Final.

Who has the longest playoff drought?

The Detroit Red Wings are at nine seasons, the Anaheim Ducks are at seven and the San Jose Sharks are at six. But heading into Saturday's game, the Ducks are second in the Pacific Division, the Sharks hold the second wild-card spot in the West and the Red Wings sit one spot below the playoff line in the East.

The Chicago Blackhawks have been eliminated, and their playoff drought is at six seasons.

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Dee Freeman,

Dee Freeman, a character actress who appeared on shows likeThe Young and the RestlessandER, has died. She was 66.

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The actress' familyconfirmedher death in an Instagram post on Friday.

"On behalf of her family, it is with deepest sadness that we share this update with you," the post read. "Dee passed away peacefully on April 2, 2026 after a brave and fearless fight with cancer.  Thank you to everyone who supported Dee during her battle. It blew her away to know how many people cared about her and were pulling for her. We know Dee is up there in heaven being the force of nature she always was. Now she's doing it with her angel wings on. Rest in peace, Dee."

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Dee Freeman in New York City on Feb. 19, 2013Credit: D Dipasupil/FilmMagic

Freeman appeared in three episodes ofThe Young and the Restless, first playing a nurse in an ep in 1997 and again as a nurse in two episodes in 2009. She also acted in 24 episodes of the comedy showPretty the Seriesbetween 2010 and 2015. She most recently appeared in the Tyler Perry showSistasin January.

Born in Louisiana in 1959, Freeman joined the Marines before becoming an actress. She made her screen debut in a 1995 episode ofCoach, and appeared on shows likeParty of Fiveand3rd Rock from the Sunthe following year. Later in the 1990s, she appeared in episodes of shows likeSeinfeld,Caroline in the City,Suddenly Susan,Kenan & Kel,The Gregory Hines Show,Silk Stockings, andRude Awakenings. She also appeared in movies likeRed Meatstarring Lara Flynn Boyle andThe Landladystarring Talia Shire in this period.

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Charlie Day shares awkward moment disrobing for Jennifer Aniston: 'Never felt less attractive'

Charlie Dayis reflecting on his extremely awkward first day withJennifer Anistonon the set ofHorrible Bosses.

Entertainment Weekly Charlie Day and Jennifer Aniston at the premiere of 'Horrible Bosses' at Grauman's Chinese TheatreCredit: Eric Charbonneau/WireImage

Speaking withEntertainment Weeklyto promote the release ofThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Day, alongside co-starChris Pratt, was asked to review photos from previous on-screen roles. When it came to a scene from the 2011 comedy in which Day is bitten on the ear by Aniston, theIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphiastar joked it was actually a "private photograph" of the two together snapped by paparazzi.

In reality, the pic came from one of many scenes in the film in which Day's character, dental assistant Dale Arbus, is sexually harassed by boss Dr. Julia Harris, played by Aniston.

Day recounted one particular scene from the movie, which also starredJason BatemanandJason Sudeikis, in which Aniston's Dr. Harris uses revealing photos of Dale as blackmail.

Day and Aniston in 'Horrible Bosses.'Credit: John P. Johnson/Warner Bros.

"Our very first day of filming, we actually had to [shoot] the photographs that she bribes me with," Day recalled.

"That was like, 'Hi, how are you. Alright, pardon me, I'm going to take all of my clothes off.' I never felt pastier and doughier and just less attractive," he continued as Pratt laughed.

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In the comedy, Dale, along with his friends Nick Hendricks (Bateman) and Kurt Buckman (Sudeikis), plot to murder their overbearing, abusive bosses, portrayed by Aniston,Kevin SpaceyandColin Farrell.

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Day reprises his role as Luigi inThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie.The animated sequel toThe Super Mario Bros. Movie.also stars Pratt (Mario),Anya Taylor-Joy(Princess Peach), andJack Blackas Bowser, the King of the Koopas.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movieis now playing in theaters.

Additional reporting by Gerrad Hall.

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