Wednesday, December 30, 2015
The five most-streamed tracks on Spotify in the United States, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.
v Justin Bieber: “Sorry” (Def Jam Recordings)
v Justin Bieber: “Love Yourself” (Def Jam Recordings)
v Adele: “Hello” (Columbia Records)
v Justin Bieber: “What Do You Mean?” (Def Jam Recordings)
v Drake: “Hotline Bling” (Cash Money Records Inc.)
“I get that a lot” (8 p.m., CBS): “I Get That a Lot” returns as more celebrities work overtime to pull pranks on people. Highlights include Alex Trebek manning the information desk at a library and Kristin Chenoweth working as a waitress at a New York diner.
“The Twilight Zone” (8 p.m., Syfy): The annual marathon features 156 episodes of the acclaimed anthology series and ends on Jan. 3.
“In Defense of Food” (9 p.m., WQED-PBS): Michael Pollan trots the globe in search of people who eat for health.
TV listings, B6
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Ex-‘Glee’ star faces child-porn charge
LOS ANGELES
Authorities say former “Glee” star Mark Salling has been arrested in Los Angeles in an investigation of possessing child pornography. Police Officer Tony Im says the 33-year-old actor was taken into custody Tuesday after a warrant was served at his home in the Sunland neighborhood. Im says Salling had been investigated by the LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, but he did not elaborate.
Representatives for Salling did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Im didn’t know if Salling has a lawyer.
Salling is best known for playing Noah “Puck” Puckerman on TV’s “Glee.” The musical comedy-drama aired on Fox from 2009 through March of this year.
Victim’s father: No early release
SAVANNAH, Ga.
The father of a film worker killed by a train during shooting of a movie about singer Gregg Allman said Tuesday that granting the film’s director early release from a two-year jail sentence for involuntary manslaughter would send a message “that Hollywood gets a break.”
Former “Midnight Rider” director Randall Miller has asked a Georgia judge to set him free less than a year after he pleaded guilty to felony charges in the February 2014 train collision. A 27-year-old camera assistant, Sarah Jones, was run over by a freight train as Miller’s crew filmed a scene on a railroad bridge without a permit from the trestle’s owner.
Miller’s attorneys say he deserves to be freed early because of good behavior as well as concerns for the 53-year-old director’s health.
Jones’ father, Richard Jones, responded with a letter to Superior Court Judge Anthony Harrison asking him to deny the director’s request. “There is a need to maintain a strong message to the film industry that those in charge of their cast and crew will be held responsible for their safety,” he wrote.