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• Bob Saget will reprise his role as Danny Tanner on Netflix’s Full House revival.

• Vanya Shivashankar, 13, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, were both crowned Scripps National Spelling Bee champs. Their winning words: scherenschnitte and nunatak, respectively.

• After a Delta flight was delayed in Knoxville, Tenn., because of inclement weather, the crew ordered pizza for the passengers.

• Blockbuster podcast Serial will return for two more seasons–one this fall and one in spring 2016.

VERBATIM

‘This book is dedicated to those readers who asked … and asked … and asked … and asked for this.’

E.L. JAMES, author, announcing a new version of her best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey, which will be told from the perspective of Christian Grey; it hits shelves June 18

INN TOYLAND Ever wonder what it would be like to live in a Lego set? That’s the lure of the new Legoland Hotel, which opened May 15 in Winter Haven, Fla., and was built with over 2 million bricks. Its rooms, with themes like “pirate” and “kingdom,” feature more than 2,000 Lego models, including butterflies and dragons.

THE DIGITS

$100 MILLION

Asking price for Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson’s onetime compound in Santa Barbara, Calif.; the 2,800-acre estate includes an amusement park, a mansion and a zoo

QUICK TALK

Jason Derulo

The R&B singer, 25, is preparing for two new projects: a judging stint on So You Think You Can Dance, airing on Mondays at 8 p.m. E.T. on Fox, and a new album, Everything Is 4, out now.

–DANIEL D’ADDARIO

Your album is called Everything Is 4. Who is everything 4?

Everything is for my family, my fans, my future love. Also, the number four is a number that follows us around. Four legs on a chair, four legs on a table. It represents a strong foundation.

You’re known for singing your own name on your songs, typically to start or end them. But on “Painkiller,” your duet with Meghan Trainor, she gets the honors. Was it nerve-racking to cede control?

I didn’t give her the control–she insisted! She was like, “Please, please, please, please, let me do it!” And I was like, “Nah! I’m done with that!”

Did you give her any tips?

No. Everybody kind of knows how to do that!

You also sing with Stevie Wonder. How’d that come about?

We were both at a White House dinner, and I got to talking to him [about the song “Broke,” which features a harmonica riff]. And he was like, “Man, if I hear that song on the radio and I’m not on it, I’ll whup your ass!” It was an incredible dream to have one of your heroes be a part of what you created.

You wrote your first songs at age 8. What does an 8-year-old write songs about?

My first song was called “Crush on You,” and it was about my crush on Amy, a girl in my class. I wanted to write her a song because I didn’t have any money. They were always for some girl.

“ON MY RADAR

• “Trap Queen” by Fetty Wap

“That’s a crazy record.”

• “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth

“[Puth is] a good friend of mine. I’m glad to see him do his thing.”

SAND ART

It might be summer-vacation season in New York City, but German photographer Tobias Hutzler is ready to work. Last year he photographed NYC parks, pools and beaches (including this shot of Coney Island), all while hanging out the door of a helicopter, and he may shoot more in the coming months. “I’m fascinated by the energy of this city,” says Hutzler, who has also used ladders and cherry pickers to produce aerial views. “It’s pure life.” For more, visit lightbox.time.com.

ROUNDUP

What’s in A Name?

Inventive parents coined, co-opted and creatively spelled a total of 1,393 new baby names in 2014, according to findings from the site Nameberry. (For privacy reasons, these monikers had to occur at least five times to be counted by Social Security, so some may have appeared in the past.) Here, a look at some of the noteworthy entrants:

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Royaltee

This girl name may well have been inspired by the 2013 birth of Prince George.

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Sochi

A surefire way to ensure your kids become Olympians. (Sort of.)

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Payzley

This variation on Paisley wasn’t the only oddly spelled moniker on the list. (See: Payshance, Londynne.)

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Llewyn

Credit the Coen brothers’ movie Inside Llewyn Davis for this boy-name boom.

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Wizdom

It’s unclear why this name trended last year, but we’re sure Seattle hip-hop artist Wizdom is thrilled.

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Princecharles

Yes, all one word, and yes, it’s another reference to the British royal family. Just a hunch: Princegeorge is going to be superhot this year.

LEAVE IT

• Mariah Carey said that being a judge on American Idol (alongside Nicki Minaj) was “the worst experience of my life.”

• Disney reportedly axed plans to make a third Tron movie, prompting more than 30,000 fans to sign a Change.org petition in protest.

• Rapper Iggy Azalea canceled her North American tour amid rumors of low ticket sales. (She blamed creative differences.)

• Lilly Pulitzer employees were caught posting fat-shaming cartoons at the company’s King of Prussia, Pa., headquarters, with captions like “Put it down, carb-face.”

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