• Prince Harry, who decamped from England to Southern California last year, rapped the theme song to the 1990s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" during a late-night talk show appearance in which he said he didn't walk away from his royal duties. During a segment on "The Late, Late Show with James Corden" that aired Friday, Harry said he decided to step away from his work as a front-line member of the royal family to protect his wife and son -- and his mental health. "It was stepping back rather than stepping down," he told Corden. "It was a really difficult environment ... but we never walked away, and as far as I'm concerned, whatever decisions are made on that side, I will never walk away." The appearance marked Harry's first interview since his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, stripped the prince and his wife, former actress Meghan Markle, of their remaining royal duties earlier this month. Corden's coup trumped Oprah Winfrey, whose interview with the couple is scheduled to air March 7. Harry told Corden that he and Meghan remain in touch with the monarch and her husband, Prince Philip. Harry said the queen gave Harry and Meghan's son, Archie, a waffle-maker for Christmas and that the senior royals had seen the toddler "running around" in California via Zoom. During one segment, Corden and the prince arrive outside the mansion where the opening sequence of Will Smith's "Fresh Prince" was filmed. "If it was good enough for the Fresh Prince, it's good enough for a real prince," Corden says, walking up the drive. "Do you remember the song?" "Now this is the story, all about how, my life got flipped, turned upside down, now take a minute," Harry raps before turning to Corden for help finishing the lyrics.
• Robert Irwin has long acted as a voice for animals. Now he's actually voicing an animal. The 17-year-old son of the late Australian conservationist Steve Irwin is lending his voice to a character on the popular animated children's TV show "Bluey." "I've had so many hilarious and awesome and scary and fun and exciting adventures with animals. But I've never gotten to actually be an animal before or be the voice of an animal," he said. The Brisbane-produced "Bluey" centers on an eponymous 6-year-old Blue Heeler, her sister Bingo and their parents, Chilli and Bandit. In a forthcoming episode called "The Quiet Game," Irwin voices a toy store clerk named Alfie when Bluey, Bingo and Bandit go in looking for a birthday gift. However, Bandit had earlier persuaded Bluey and Bingo to play silently, forcing them to use charades to figure out which toy to buy. That's when Alfie saves the day by expertly translating their clues. Irwin, who works at Australia Zoo, said he tapped into his knowledge of dingoes and his own pet pug to get into character.
