TGIF FEATURE: Bruno Mars releases new video starring Zendaya; donates $1M to Flint

Zendaya stars in Bruno Mars' newest music video.

BRUNO MARS has been on his “24K Magic World Tour.” During his August 12 sold-out show, Mars surprised the Auburn Hills, MI audience with the announcement that he would be donating $1 million to aid victims of the Flint water crisis.
"I'm very thankful to the Michigan audience for joining me in supporting this cause," the Grammy winner said in a statement on August 12. "Ongoing challenges remain years later for Flint residents, and it's important that we don't forget our brothers and sisters affected by this disaster. As people, especially as Americans, we need to stand together to make sure something like this never happens in any community ever again."

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The next day, the Filipino/American entertainer, 31, dropped his “Versace on the Floor” video, in which Mars demonstrates his skills on the keyboards. 

The 5-minute video opens with a brief encounter between Bruno and the Spider-Man: Homecoming actress in a hotel room hallway, before they enter their adjacent rooms. As an indigo haze brushes over their rooms, Bruno sits down at the keyboard to sing a little tune. Wooed by his charm and melodic serenade, Zendaya – appropriately dressed in Versace – begins to sway and dance as the room is lit up with twinkling lights.

“Versace on the Floor” is the third music video to be released off his platinum-certified studio album. It follows behind the animated visuals for “That’s What I Like” and the album’s lead single, “24K Magic.” 

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Filipino/American lands role of Spider-Man's best friend

Filipino/American actor Jacob Batalon, left, plays Ned Leeds and his best friend Peter Parker (AKA Spider-Man) played by Tom Holland, are smitten by a girl in their high school.

SPIDERMAN'S best buddy in high school - it turns out - is a Filipino.

In Spider-Man: Homecoming, the latest chapter in the Marvel superhero's franchise, Hawaiian-born Jacob Batalon plays Ned Leeds, the best friend of Peter Parker's (AKA Spider-Man).

"I play Peter Parker's best friend in the film," Batalon told KHON2. "We are both in high school; we are about fifteen. And it's just about Peter dealing with being a superhero and going through puberty. He still has to worry about homework; he still has to worry about his crush liking him, while trying to save someone who's probably in a burning building. He can't tell anyone because he's not the cool kid, so he's just stuck with this really cool life that he can't tell anyone about."

After high school, Battalion attended the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts before getting his breakthrough role as Ned Leeds. 

This new interpretation of Spider-Man takes place when he was only 15 years old, younger than previous iterations of the superhero. Thank back when you were a sophomore in high school. Pretty socially awkward and struggling with that irrepressible need to interact with the opposite sex. That's the environment Parker and Ned find themselves in.

The Spider-Man movie will have a very diverse cast including Batalon, Tom Holland (Peter Parker) Zendaya, Donald Glover, Laura Harrier and Kenneth Choi, veteran stars Marisa Tomei, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey, Jr.

The film will be released July, 2017. Catch Batalon in the trailer below: