Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Idina Menzel to 'Let It Go' on ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve
The cold never bothered her anyway! Broadway superstar Idina Menzel will ring in 2015 in Times Square by belting out "Let It Go." That’s right, the Tony winner will sing her Frozen anthem on ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest this December 31. Our souls are definitely spiraling in frozen fractals all around at this news!
Frozen Short Film's Release Date
On the subject of Frozen, as we previously reported, Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Kristoff are coming back to the big screen next spring! Disney’s new short film Frozen Fever will first appear on March 13, 2015 before the feature film Cinderella. Set around Anna's birthday celebrations, there's a new song by Oscar-winning duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and...wait for it...the returning vocal talents of Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff. This is all almost too much excitement for one "Odds & Ends."
John Lithgow Made Glenn Close Ad-lib Albee
Tony winners Glenn Close and John Lithgow recently stopped by The View to chat starring together in Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance on the Great White Way. Watch below as Lithgow remembers first seeing Close back in 1974 the night she made her Broadway debut—and reveals how he forced her to ad-lib Albee in their latest collaboration. Plus find out from Close how Lithgow has been known to turn himself on. It's funny, albeit borderline TMI, trust us!