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Although Jon Chu’s film adaptation of Wicked largely stuck to the stage version for its first part, Cynthia Erivo has confirmed the sequel will feature two brand new songs.

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A strange, new study claims to have identified the 10 Christmas songs people should never listen to when behind the wheel.

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