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Friday, March 20

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Below are the latest entertainment news stories.

The 2026 NCAA men’s college basketball tournament is in full swing!

Whether you’ve already filled out your brackets and are eagerly watching each game or just here for the food and drink deals (guilty), March Madness is an exciting time of year for many reasons.

The tournament runs through the championship game on April 6. To tide fans over as the action unfolds, many food brands and restaurants serving up sweet deals. Below, we’ve rounded up some of our favorites.

The death of Chuck Norris has triggered an outpouring of memorials from fellow Hollywood tough guys and fans. The martial arts grandmaster and action star of “Walker, Texas Ranger” died Thursday, in what his family described as a “sudden passing.”

Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren were some contemporaries of Norris who took to social media to pay their respects.

Here’s what some are saying, in their own words:

No one is getting a rose for “The Bachelorette” Season 22 — and no one from Bachelor Nation is happy about it.

In the less than 24 hours since ABC pulled Taylor Frankie Paul’s upcoming — and heavily promoted — season of “The Bachelorette,” alumni of the hit show and its sister show, “The Bachelor,” have erupted in shock, disbelief and anger.

“This is bad for Disney. This is bad for Hulu,” Rachel Lindsay, who was the show’s first Black lead in 2017, said. “This is bad for Hulu because somebody is going to have to take the blame for not vetting this out.”

Nearly six years after Chadwick Boseman’s death, his widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, is sharing new details about his colon cancer journey.

When the actor passed away at the age of 43 in August 2020, many people were shocked to hear that he even had cancer. In an interview with TODAY’s Craig Melvin aired March 20, Ledward Boseman said the diagnosis also came as a surprise to her and her husband.

“I didn’t know that he was experiencing anything until he had already been to the doctor twice. It all seemed to come about very suddenly. It was a matter of weeks that he started not feeling well,” she said.

Cast members from Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” told ABC executives at a meeting earlier this month they had concerns about continuing the show if “MomTok” founder Taylor Frankie Paul remained involved, according to audio obtained by NBC News.

The roughly 30-minute Zoom meeting came on March 7, following an incident involving Paul and her on-again-off-again partner, Dakota Mortensen. A spokesperson for the Draper Police Department in Utah said earlier this week that there is an open “domestic assault investigation” regarding Paul and Mortensen from February.

During the call, stars from “Mormon Wives” voiced concerns over the future of their careers, the show’s brand and the allegations surrounding Paul and Mortensen. They also brought up alleged abuse involving Paul, who has three children, one who she shares with Mortensen.

Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86.

Norris died Thursday, in what his family described as a “sudden passing.”

“While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace,” the family said in a statement posted to social media.