Dina's Dirt for December 9, 2024

Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan performed a duet of Wham!'s classic hit "Last Christmas" in Sabrina Carpenter's new Netflix holiday special, "A Nonsense Christmas," which you can stream now. It's clear these two need to duet together on some new stuff too!

Taylor Swift put on her last concert for the "Eras Tour" this weekend, wrapping up 149 concerts around the world across five continents in all. She said, "I decided to make this tour the longest I've ever done because you have made this feel like so much more than a concert tour in so many ways." She added, "I've been going on tour since I was 15-years-old, and this has felt different in every single way." The final concert ended with a bunch of confetti and Taylor and her dancers and singers getting into a big group hug.

Dick Van Dyke turns 99 this Friday, but he's still going strong. Chris Martin shot a video for Coldplay's "All My Love" at Dick Van Dyke's home in Malibu. There's a seven-minute long video of more than just music. Throughout the video, there's a lot of laughing, dancing, and even deep talk about death. Dick said, "I'm not afraid of it. I have that feeling, totally against anything intellectual I am, that I'm going to be alright."

Willie Geist was meeting up with Mariska Hargitay near a Manhattan courthouse for a "Sunday Today" interview recently when they both came to the aid of disabled pedestrians. There were no cameras for the incidents in New York City last week, but a source said, "A woman with a cane fell in the middle of the crosswalk, and Willie helped her up and walked her." Then, just when Mariska came on the scene, a man in an electric wheelchair, "lost control when the wheel fell off." They added, "Mariska and Willie rushed to his aid, and the cameraman, too. Willie and the guy with the camera hoisted the man up in his chair while Mariska fixed the wheel."

The ruby slippers from the 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" film worn by Judy Garland have gone for $28 million at auction! The slippers, which had been stolen from a museum about 20 years ago, are one of only 4 surviving pairs from the 1939 film. With commission and fees, the buyer actually paid $32.5 million for the shoes. Heritage Auctions had originally estimated that the slippers would bring in $3 million. I guess I can get rid of that collection jar at the front desk now, no point in saving up for those anymore.