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Sunday, February 22

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Below are the latest entertainment news stories.

It isn’t Cinco de Mayo and it isn’t Taco Tuesday but you still have a reason to go out and enjoy a margarita (responsibly!).

On Sunday, February 22, restaurants and bars nationwide will be celebrating National Margarita Day with some seriously spicy discounts.

Whether you like your margarita frozen, on the rocks, with a salt rim or sugar, this is where to find the best deals on America’s most popular cocktail.

Politically charged thriller “One Battle After Another” and blues-steeped epic “Sinners” lead the race for Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards as the two movies jostle for awards-season supremacy.

Oddsmakers suggest Shakespearean family tragedy “Hamnet” could beat them to best picture if British film industry voters respond to the emotionally rich story, earthy English setting and intense performances of Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s historical novel.

“One Battle” has 14 nominations, including best picture and acting nods for five of its cast. “Sinners” is just behind with 13, while “Hamnet” and the ping-pong odyssey “Marty Supreme”each have 11 nominations.

Kelly Clarkson has opened up about why she ended her daytime talk show as she gets ready to be a coach on the upcoming Season 29 of “The Voice.”

The Grammy-winning singer spoke alongside fellow “Voice” coach John Legend on TODAY Feb. 20 about why she decided now was a good time to bring the show to a close after seven seasons.

“I think everybody probably gets the timing,” she told Carson Daly. “Our family life, the dynamic changed a bit, and it has changed for a minute now. You got kids, we’ve all got kids, and it’s one of those things when you kind of start seeing life as how precious it is, too. It’s like, ‘You know what, I’m really busy.’”

Eric Dane did not believe in an afterlife.

“I think when the lights go out, it’s over,” he said in an interview for “Famous Last Words,” a Netflix series that’s available now. “I do believe that once we go to sleep or however it is we — we go, once we’re gone, we’re gone.”

He also hoped in the interview that his two daughters, Billie and Georgia, would remember how he was present in their lives. He went to beach volleyball games and dance recitals, adding that he’d seen “The Nutcracker” many times and his review was, “That thing drones on, man.”

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is getting candid about her health with her followers.

The “Jersey Shore” star shared that she was diagnosed with Stage 1 cervical cancer in a TikTok video posted Friday.

Polizzi, 38, began the video taking followers along for a doctor’s appointment to discuss a recent cone biopsy — a treatment to test cervical cells for early stage cancer.

Eric Dane, known for his roles on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria,” died this week from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 53.

The fatal nervous system disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, killed Dane less than a year after he announced his diagnosis.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ALS is rare. In 2022, there were nearly 33,000 estimated cases, say researchers, who project that cases will rise to more than 36,000 by 2030.