Maggie Gyllenhaal has been cast as Elvis Presley’s mother Gladys in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley biopic. She’ll star alongside Austin Butler, who is playing Elvis. Tom Hanks is on board to play Presley’s former manager Colonel Tom Parker, who spotted Elvis’ talent in the early 1950s, initially helping him with bookings and promotion before becoming his manager. The as-yet-untitled biopic is slated for release on October 1, 2021.
Simon Cowell has written a children’s book with his 5-year-old son Eric. Simon says that the two wrote it together on a plane, “so whether he likes it or not, he’s in the family business already.”
Billie Eilish says that the rarely sleeps well because she suffers from night terrors. Billie says often her scary dreams mess her up so much, it ruins the whole day afterwards.
Justin Bieber’s new video for his Quavo collaboration ‘Intentions’ is about giving back, and after the video dropped Friday, he gave a $100,000 check to fan Julie Coker. The 22-year-old is the president of the Stockton University chapter of Active Minds, which is dedicated to raising mental health awareness among college students.
Keith Richards, who, in 2002, famously said: “I haven’t stopped smoking…anything” – has stopped smoking. He confirmed to an interviewer that he hasn’t had a cigarette since October, saying: “Done that, been there.”
Kenny Chesney will drop a brand-new single on Feb. 21. ‘Here and Now’ is described as “two minutes and 51 seconds of pulsating attitude adjustment.”
Niall Horan celebrated the release of his new track “No Judgement” on Friday by finally announcing his next solo album. “My second album is called Heartbreak Weather and is out March 13,” he tweeted along with the LP’s cover art.
Kane Brown will play in this weekend’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. Kane will play for coach Michael Wilbon alongside Common, Bad Bunny, Jon Batiste, Hannibal Buress, and celebrity chef Jose Andres. They’ll take on Stephen A. Smith’s team, which includes Chance the Rapper, Quavo and Lil Rey Howery. The game takes place in Chicago and tips off at 7 p.m. on February 14.
Kate Hudson sang karaoke at a pre-Academy Awards party. She performed Britney Spears’ ”Baby One More Time”
Scarlett Johansson wore $2.5 million worth of diamonds to last night’s Academy Awards.
Jeff Bezos earned $3.5 billion in four days last week by selling 1.7 million shares of his Amazon stock. He may use the money to buy a new home in California.
Jonas brothers are going to release their memoir, “Blood”, in October.
Jenna Dewan has filed legal papers to officially drop “Tatum” from her last name. She and ex-husband Channing Tatum finalized their divorce in December of 2019.
DAYMOND JOHN from “Shark Tank” thinks KIM KARDASHIAN will be president someday.
