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Q: Ariana Grande's song "7 Rings" is a blatant copy of "My Favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music." How can she do this? Is "The Sound of Music" in the public domain?

Author: 
Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Neither the 1959 stage musical "The Sound of Music" nor any of the songs from its book are in the public domain. So Ariana Grande got away with using its most famous song the old-fashioned way: by ponying up for it.

And no one gives their "Favorite Things" away cheaply, including the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Reportedly, 90% of the proceeds from Grande's pop hit "7 Rings" go to the estates of the legendary duo who wrote the original musical. 

FBI: Most Wanted, on CBS

Agent Jess LaCroix (Julian McMahon) and his highly-mobile, undercover Fugitive Task Force take on the most dangerous and elusive criminals, tracking down and checking off the FBI's Most Wanted list in this spinoff series. Kellan Lutz also stars.

Kellan Lutz in "FBI: Most Wanted"

FBI: Most Wanted, on CBS

Agent Jess LaCroix (Julian McMahon) and his highly-mobile, undercover Fugitive Task Force take on the most dangerous and elusive criminals, tracking down and checking off the FBI's Most Wanted list in this spinoff series. Kellan Lutz also stars.

Kellan Lutz in "FBI: Most Wanted"
Kellan Lutz in "FBI: Most Wanted"

Dispatches From Elsewhere, on AMC

Don’t miss the shocking conclusion to this weird and whimsical series, as Peter (Jason Segel), Simone (Eve Lindley), Janice (Sally Field) and Fredwynn (André Benjamin) solve one final mystery from the Jejune Institute in this season finale.

Eve Lindley stars in "Dispatches From Elsewhere"

Q: Did Kenny Rogers and Burt Reynolds ever do a movie together? They were around at the right time, and they seem like they would have made a good pairing.

Author: 
Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Burt Reynolds had a varied career, but enough of his movies were at least country-adjacent (think 1977's "Smokey and the Bandit" and 1972's "Deliverance") that it was almost inevitable his path would cross with one of the biggest country stars of all time. And it did, twice.

Q: Did Kenny Rogers and Burt Reynolds ever do a movie together? They were around at the right time, and they seem like they would have made a good pairing.

Author: 
Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Burt Reynolds had a varied career, but enough of his movies were at least country-adjacent (think 1977's "Smokey and the Bandit" and 1972's "Deliverance") that it was almost inevitable his path would cross with one of the biggest country stars of all time. And it did, twice.

'Nailed It!': Netflix series revels in dessert disasters

Author: 
Michelle Rose / TV Media
A questionable creation from "Nailed It!"

A questionable creation from "Nailed It!"

Have you ever come across an image of a dish or dessert and thought to yourself, "I could do that"? (We all have. That's why cooking shows have been a staple of television for decades.)

Family first: Relatable motherhood reigns in ABC's 'American Housewife'

Author: 
Rachel Jones / TV Media
Meg Donnelly, Julia Butters, Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon and Daniel DiMaggio star in "American Housewife"

Meg Donnelly, Julia Butters, Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon and Daniel DiMaggio star in "American Housewife"

Family first: Relatable motherhood reigns in ABC's 'American Housewife'

Author: 
Rachel Jones / TV Media
Meg Donnelly, Julia Butters, Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon and Daniel DiMaggio star in "American Housewife"

Meg Donnelly, Julia Butters, Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon and Daniel DiMaggio star in "American Housewife"

Insecure, on HBO

Catch Issa (Issa Rae), Molly (Yvonne Orji) and Tiffany (Amanda Seales) in a new episode of this funny, down-to-earth series that explores the experience of modern black women as they navigate their careers and relationships in L.A. Jay Ellis also stars.

Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji in "Insecure"
Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji in "Insecure"
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