Foxtel’s cunning plan to break Nine Entertainment on NRL footy rights - Michael West Media

The NRL grand final has finally arrived and with it the hotly debated pre-game entertainment, which played out as a touching tribute to Rabbitohs player Jai Arrow – with one shock twist. It kicked off with Australian singer Amy Shark, real name Amy Billings, belting out the opening lines of You’ll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers a cappella as a hush fell over the crowd. Amy Shark performs as the NRL pay tribute to Jai Arrow at the grand final. Getty ImagesRetired South Sydney player Jai Arrow and former Wallaby Nathan Charles take part in a victory lap. Getty ImagesShe grew visibly emotional as she approached Arrow, who was sitting in a custom motorbike, and continued to sing. A piano kicked in as she moved into the first verse and Arrow began his victory lap around the field, with an estimated 80,000 fans raising the lights on their wristbands in tribute to the beloved Souths player. Arrow was forced into retirement after being diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) earlier this year. As the victory lap continued, Shark joined Dave Gleeson, lead singer of legendary Newcastle rockers The Screaming Jets, for a stirring rendition of What’s Up by Four Non Blondes.

Apu is back on "The Simpsons"... and he sounds a little different. Springfield's friendly Kwik-E-Mart owner spoke for the first time in nearly a decade in Sunday's episode of the long-running Fox cartoon, and the words came from a new voice actor: Sunil Malhotra ("Grey's Anatomy") will voice Apu on the show going forward, TVLine has confirmed. (Variety first reported the news.) He replaces Hank Azaria, who voiced Apu from the show's premiere through 2020, when he stepped aside amid mounting criticism of a white actor voicing an Indian character.