Disney Star Reveals He Bombed Audition for Blockbuster Film

Disney’s Frozen might have had a different star voicing its male lead if Nick Jonas hadn’t botched his audition. Camp Rock’s Nick Jonas explained on Tuesday’s episode of the Hey Jonas! podcast, hosted by him and his brothers, Joe and Kevin, that he threw his hat in the ring for the role of Kristoff in the hit 2013 animated movie. “I went in for Kristoff,” he told guests Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Josh Gad, who had voiced the roles of Anna, Elsa, and Olaf, respectively. “I went in, and they said, ‘OK, what are you going to be singing today?’ I said, ‘Oh, I don’t know.’ They said, ‘What do you mean you don’t know?’ They’re like, ‘Do you have your sheet music?’ And I said, ‘No, no one told me I had...’ and so I just said, ‘Can you play something from,’ I don’t know what I said, some musical theater song. And I bombed the audition. It was terrible.” Jonathan Groff got the role of Kristoff, whom Nick said he loved. “But I do think it would have been better to cast me,” he joked.

Frank Beard, the drummer of Hall of Fame rock band ZZ Top, has died at 77. The Grammy-nominated rockstar died on Monday in hospice in his Texas home surrounded by family, according to the Fort Bend County Medical Examiner. His cause of death was not released. The band’s founding member Billy F. Gibbons confirmed his death in a statement, saying, “Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator. The world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas.” ZZ Top previously canceled a show on August 5 because of Beard’s health and has since canceled shows scheduled for Tuesday in Salt Lake City and Wednesday in Colorado Springs. They plan to continue the tour in their bandmate’s honor over the weekend at Austin City Limits, one of Beard’s favorite venues. “The band of which he was part for six decades is going to keep on keeping on as he had wished,” Gibbons concluded. The band formed in 1969 and kept its original members until 2021, when bassist Dusty Hill died. Over their 52-year stretch, ZZ Top released 15 studio albums and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Mark Walter suddenly decided to sell his majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers less than a year after purchasing majority ownership in the team. Jeanie Buss is fighting the deal. The Buss family’s trust owns 17.8 percent of the Lakers, and Jeanie’s lawyer says the family did not agree to the selling of the team to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner, and any vote suggesting the Buss family is selling “would be and is void.” Previous reporting suggested the Buss family had agreed to sell its shares, which would oust Jeanie from her current role as team governor. The siblings seeking the sale contend that four of the trust’s six beneficiaries approved it, enough for the measure to pass. In response, Jeanie’s lawyers argue in a letter: “No sale of the … 17.8 percent ownership interest in the Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. can be effectuated without approval by the current co-trustees, i.e., Jeanie, Janie and Joey Buss,” they write. If the sale is approved, it will be the highest price ever paid for an American sports team.

Acclaimed actor Phyllida Law, the mother of actors Emma and Sophie Thompson, has died at 94. Law died “supremely peacefully at home, surrounded by all of her family,” her longtime manager, Jacky Leggo, said. Born in Glasgow in 1932, Law initially enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic theater school hoping to become a stage designer, before discovering a love of acting she described as a “happy mistake.” Her career would span eight decades across stage, television, and film. She appeared opposite Alec Guinness in A Voyage Round My Father and later took roles in films including Much Ado About Nothing, Emma, The Time Machine, Miss Potter, and Albert Nobbs. Law frequently worked alongside her daughters, appearing with Emma in Peter’s Friends, The Winter Guest, and Nanny McPhee, and with Sophie in the 1996 adaptation of Emma. Her final screen appearance was in the 2020 film Then Came You. Law was awarded an OBE in 2014 for services to drama and charity. She is survived by Emma and Sophie.

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An 8-foot python has been accused of starting a fire at a Virginia middle school, but the snake’s owner insists it escaped after the blaze began. Firefighters responded to Forest Middle School in Bedford County just before 1 a.m. on Thursday and found smoke and water pouring from the second floor. Inside a classroom, crews discovered the 8-foot-long python, named Nanner, hiding beneath a desk. The Fire Marshal’s Office said investigators believe Nanner escaped its enclosure and knocked over a heat lamp, sparking the fire. “The snake contributed to starting the fire,” the fire marshal told WDBJ. “However, I don’t think there was any maliciousness involved on the snake’s side.” Life science teacher Brittany Jacobs disputed that account, saying Nanner broke free to escape the heat after the fire started. “She pushed on the screen so hard to get out that she bent the metal locks,” Jacobs wrote on Facebook. “She left the room because it was so hot in there.” Jacobs said she was “devastated” after losing 18 years of teaching materials. Eight classrooms suffered water damage, and a tortoise was killed in the fire. Jacobs has since removed all animals from her classroom.

A traveler was arrested at a Tokyo airport after Customs officials discovered about 200 lizards stuffed inside 22 pairs of socks in his suitcase, according to reports. Daniel Isaac Velasco Baltazar, 23, arrived at Haneda Airport from South Korea when officials found the reptiles hidden in his luggage. One of the animals was already dead when the suitcase was opened. The haul included nine Mexican alligator lizards, an endangered species with strict international trade restrictions. Velasco Baltazar allegedly told investigators he’d bought the lizards in Mexico for roughly $3.50 to $4.70 each. Some of the reptiles can fetch around $630 apiece in Japan, according to reports. Keith Jeffries, vice president of K2 Security Screening Group and former federal security director at Los Angeles International Airport, said the profit margin explains why smugglers keep trying. “If there’s a market for it, people will attempt to smuggle it,” Jeffries told Fox News Digital. “We’ve seen this before many times. It happens more frequently than any of us would like.”

ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen died on Tuesday at the age of 93 after battling Parkinson’s disease. Rasmussen founded ESPN with his son Scott in 1979, creating one of the biggest sports media networks. The idea began in 1978, shortly after Rasmussen was fired as communications director for the New England Whalers. While stuck in traffic with his son, he suggested creating a television network devoted entirely to sports. With financial backing from Getty Oil and deals with the NCAA and Anheuser-Busch, ESPN launched in 1.4 million homes on September 7, 1979. Its first program was SportsCenter, hosted by Lee Leonard and George Grande. “Bill was a remarkable man—a visionary and an innovator who conceived the idea of a network entirely devoted to sports,” ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said. Rasmussen served as ESPN’s first president and was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2025. He is survived by three children, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. His wife of 56 years, Lois, died in 2011.

Tourists at a popular Thailand hot spot were washed away in a flash flood. According to footage that has circulated on social media, several vacationers were taking selfies on a rock at Doi Suthep-Pui National Park when the water rose rapidly around them. Some tourists attempted to crawl or swim out of the chaos, while many others panicked and screamed for help. Park rangers reported to the scene to rescue the victims, and no major injuries have been reported. Bystander Arttie Martin, who shared the video to his Facebook account, recounted the incident to Viral Press. “It was truly a matter of split seconds,” the man said. “I was just about to take off my shoes and walk into the middle to follow the foreigners and take a photo of the waterfall.” He also said he shared the video as a warning to tourists, especially during the country’s rainy season. Local police warned those caught in the flash flood to leave the area shortly before the video was taken.

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Charles Spencer is to publish a bombshell book about his sister, Princess Diana, in which he will allegedly lift the lid on “untruths” about her narrative, including her marriage to King Charles, by whose allies she was later smeared as unbalanced. The “historic” book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is due to be published next month and will be a “deeply personal account” of his relationship with his sibling. Spencer, 62, said the approaching 30th anniversary of Diana’s death convinced him to write down his memories “once and for all.” (“The aim of this book is to tell the truth about Diana from her brother’s perspective,” he added.) Spencer is also expected to confront his role in Diana’s infamous 1995 Panorama interview; reporter Martin Bashir approached him with forged bank statements and persuaded Spencer to introduce him to Diana, a decision he has since expressed profound regret over. His own private life has also known its share of turbulence: he has been married three times and has seven children. He is now in a relationship with archaeologist Dr. Cat Jarman, his co-host on the Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast.

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Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star Ketel Marte’s whereabouts are unknown after he failed to show up for Monday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox. “All I know is that he’s dealing with a personal issue,” team manager Torey Lovullo said following the second baseman’s no-show. “He was put on the restricted list. That’s as much as I know right now. I’m sure in time, we’ll start to uncover some information.” The three-time All-Star, who is from the Dominican Republic, traveled with the Diamondbacks to Boston for the three-game series, though his current location is unknown. Diamondbacks shortstop and good friend of Marte’s, Gerard Perdomo, also spoke out on his teammate’s unknown departure. “I don’t know anything,” Perdomo, 26, told reporters. “I didn’t see him here, and we haven’t talked yet. At the end of the day, we are a family, and we’re going to support everybody, no matter what.” Marte, 32, wears jersey #4 for the Diamondbacks, where he has been a key player since joining the team in 2017. Marte was placed on the restricted list after his Arizona home was broken into last season, after which he briefly returned to the Dominican Republic.