Nicki Minaj changed her Twitter from “Ms. Minaj” to “Mrs. Petty” last week, prompting speculation she married boyfriend Kenneth Petty. Minaj already told listeners of her podcast that she and Petty had a marriage license, and said last week they had “80 days” to use it. Minaj also said recently, “I’ll be married before my album comes out, but will have my wedding after the album comes out.” The rapper released the singleHot Girl Summer with Megan Thee Stallion last week.
Prince William and Duchess Kate had some reservations about Prince Harry’s decision to marry Meghan Markle. Sources close to the family admit in a new documentary, “It was all so quick that William and Kate didn’t have a moment to get to know Meghan because Harry hardly knew Meghan.” The film, called William & Harry: Princes at War, aired on Channel 5 on Sunday night. Sky News broadcaster and journalist Carole Malone says in the William & Harry: Princes at War film. “He’d only known her for less than a year when they got engaged. He sat him down and just told him to take it a bit slow, not to run at it.”
Kristen Wiig is reportedly engaged to longtime boyfriend Avi Rothman. She was first spotted wearing a giant ring in May. It will be her second marriage. She was married to actor Hayed Hargrove from 2005 to 2009. Rothman is a writer, actor, producer, and director.
Someone paid $1,816 for a single bottle of Heinz ketchup that was specially designed by Ed Sheeran. The “Tattoo Edition” bottles are based on Sheeran’s tattoos.
He’s such a fan of Heinz ketchup that one of his tattoos features a bottle of it. He’s designed 150 of the bottles to mark Heinz’s 150th anniversary. 104 of them will be given away for free in a global drawing.
Every year, “Forbes” puts out a list of the world’s highest paid comedians, and JERRY SEINFELD has been #1 in 12 of the past 13 years . . . with the exception of 2016 when KEVIN HART took it over. Well, guess what . . . Kevin has done it again. He made $59 million over the past year, despite losing his gig as the host of the Oscars, which is not a high-paying gig anyway. Word has it the Academy only pays $15,000. Kevin kept his sponsorships with Mountain Dew and Chase, and released a Netflix special. He also did a global stadium tour.
Here’s the Top 10:
1. Kevin Hart, $59 million
2. Jerry Seinfeld, $41 million
3. Jim Gaffigan, $30 million
4. Trevor Noah, $28 million . . . TV hosts don’t usually make this list, but “Forbes” made an exception because he earned the bulk of this money from stand-up.
5. Sebastian Maniscalco, $26 million
6. Gabriel Iglesias, $22 million
7. Amy Schumer, $21 million . . . Her tour made bank, despite her having to cut it short because of a pregnancy-related health issue. According to data from Pollstar, her shows grossed an average of nearly half a million dollars per city.
8. Ventriloquist Terry Fator, $17 million
9. Jeff Dunham, $15 million . . . Yes, there are TWO puppet guys in the Top 10. Where did we go wrong, America?
10. Aziz Ansari, $13 million
The “Hollywood Reporter” released its annual list of the Top 30 stars UNDER the age of 18 . . . and unless you’re REALLY familiar with child stars, I know what you’re thinking: How many of the “Stranger Things” kids made it? Well, the answer is SEVEN: 15-year-old Millie Bobby Brown, 12-year-old Priah Ferguson, 16-year-old Gaten Matarazzo, 17-year-old Caleb McLaughlin, 14-year-old Noah Schnapp, 17-year-old Sadie Sink, and 16-year old Finn Wolfhard. But they grouped them all together, so they were only ONE entry on the list.
Here are 15 more of the kids you might recognize, in no particular order.
1. 16-year-old Asher Angel, who was in “Shazam!”
2. 11-year-old Iain Armitage, from “Young Sheldon” and “Big Little Lies”
3. 10-year-old Julia Butters, who was in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
4. 12-year-old Ian Chen, from “Fresh Off the Boat”
5. 16-year-old Elsie Fisher, who was in the movie “Eighth Grade”
6. 15-year-old Jack Dylan Grazer, who was in “It” and “Beautiful Boy”
7. 11-year-old Ariana Greenblatt, who was young Gamora in “Avengers: Infinity War”
8. 14-year-old Noah Jupe, who was in “A Quiet Place”
9. 15-year-old Marsai Martin, from “Black-ish”
10. 12-year old JD McCrary and 14-year-old Shahadi Wright Joseph . . . the voices of young Simba and Nala in the new “Lion King”
12. 12-year-old Jacob Tremblay, who’s in the new movie “Good Boys”
13. 16-year-old former “Dance Moms” break-out Maddie Ziegler
14. 14-year-old Maxwell Jenkins, who’s Will Robinson in “Lost in Space”
15. 13-year-old McKenna Grace, young Carol Danvers in “Captain Marvel”
The next “Dancing with the Stars” cast will be revealed Wednesday on “Good Morning America” . . . but as you know, the Internet doesn’t like to wait. So here’s an ALLEGED list of contestants . . . And surprisingly, it actually includes some legit STARS. Here they are: Beyoncé’s mom, Tina Knowles . . . “Bachelorette” Hannah Brown . . . Karamo Brown from “Queer Eye” . . . Hailee Steinfeld . . . Rob Gronkowski . . . model Camille Kostek, who just happens to be Gronk’s girlfriend . . .”Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller . . . UCLA gymnast and viral sensation Katelyn Ohashi . . . Robert Irwin, son of the Crocodile Hunter . . . and an undisclosed “friend” of last season’s winner, Bobby Bones.
Good Boys picked up more than $21 million in its opening weekend, exceeding expectations. Production for the film cost $20 million. The Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg-produced movie is the first comedy to open in first place since 2016’s The Boss, and the biggest opening for an original comedy this year. Hobbs & Shaw, the Fast & Furious spinoff featuring the Rock, snagged $14.1 million and took second place. The Angry Birds Movie 2 finished with $16.2 million. The movie cost $65 million to make
Kim Kardashian is giving credit where credit is due: in an upcoming clip from Keeping Up With the Kardashians season 17, Kim says how important it is to be “loyal to people.” She then goes on to explain why she’s participating in Paris Hilton’s latest music video: “I really would want to do anything for her, she literally gave me a career. And I like totally acknowledge that.”
Sea Wall/A Life may be deep and dark, but teens are creating more of a Justin Bieber vibe, thanks to Jake Gyllenhaal’s heartthrob status, Page Six reports. “It’s so funny,” said a theatergoer, “all these kids are going right up to the stage and trying to get his attention. They’re pressed right up at the front — it’s like a Justin Bieber show.”












