At the Oscars last night, “Nomadland” won Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand won Best Actor and Actress, Tyler Perry called for unity, and Glenn Close shook her backside to “Da Butt”.
Last night’s “Oscars” In Memoriam segment drove home just how many big names we’ve lost in the last year, including Chadwick Boseman, Sean Connery, Alex Trebek, Eddie Van Halen, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, Christopher Plummer, Carl Reiner, and Regis Philbin, just to name a few.
The big winners at the Razzies were SIA and “Music”, which is described as an “autism musical” . . . and the “My Pillow” Guy Mike Lindell, who put out a “documentary” about the 2020 election called “Absolute Proof”.
“Saturday Night Live” has announced that Elon Musk, the eccentric CEO of Tesla and one of the richest people on the planet, will guest-host the show. Miley Cyrus will be joining Elon as musical guest on the May 8 edition of the program.
A documentary about late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is coming to theaters this summer. He died in June 2018 at age 61. “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” will hit theatres on July 16.
Post Malone will be releasing 2 new albums this year, according to his manager. Dre London shared a picture on Instagram indicating Post Malone had agreed “that the world deserves 2 Posty projects out this year!” He also hinted that the title of one of the new projects could be revealed this week.
Ed Sheeran is planning his musical comeback. He’s been on an 18-month hiatus to spend time with his wife Cherry Seaborn and baby daughter Lyra, but was spotted filming a music video in London last week. He was seen playing his guitar on a rooftop and dressed as a vampire for some scenes filmed in a cafe.
Def Leppard will release “Def Leppard – Volume Three”, the third installment of their limited-edition box set series, on June 1. The package, in 9-LP and 6-CD formats, includes the band’s 3 studio albums from the ’00s: “X” “Yeah!” and “Songs From the Sparkle Lounge”, plus 3 compilations of B-sides, covers and live recordings.
Dave Grohl paid tribute to his “family history” by releasing a duet with his daughter. He and 15-year-old Violet teamed up for a cover of X’s 1980 song ‘Nausea’. It will be featured in his upcoming documentary “What Drives Us”.
Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski set a new world record on Friday when he caught a football that was dropped 600 feet from a helicopter. He beat the old record by 37 feet.
Kanye West teamed with the luxury brand Balenciaga to create a DMX t-shirt. They released the tee on Saturday and quickly made $1 million. The shirt sold out in less than 24 hours. The money is going to DMX’s family
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez had dinner together over the weekend at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. The two dined at the same restaurant where they had their first date in 2017.
Tom Cruise rescued a cameraman on the set of ”Mission Impossible 7” on Saturday. Tom and the cameraman were on a moving train when the cameraman slipped. Tom grabbed him to prevent him from falling and from dropping his equipment. The cameraman eventually regained his balance and was fine.
Hollywood is rebooting “The A-Team”. The original film starred Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper, among others. The new A-Team movie is going to be more like “Fast and the Furious” and may feature Will Smith leading a team of female mercenaries.
STEVEN SEAGAL has a BULLETPROOF mansion in Arizona . . . and he’s selling it for $3.4 million.
DJ KHALED’s next album will have BOTH JUSTINS . . . TIMBERLAKE and BIEBER.
Selena Gomez debuted her new look on Friday. The singer’s beauty brand, Rare Beauty, shared a snap of her new, medium-length, blonde hairstyle, captioned with, “New look. Need to pick new Rare Beauty lip and blush shades now.”
BTS are the new brand ambassadors for Louis Vuitton. Both parties announced the partnership on Twitter with the fashion brand writing, “Joining as new House Ambassadors, the world renowned Pop Icons @bts_bighit are recognized for their uplifting messages that impart a positive influence. Louis Vuitton is pleased to welcome members RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook.”
Moviegoing is on the rebound, with “Demon Slayer” being taken out by “Mortal Kombat”, which raked in $22.5M to Demon’s $19.5M over the weekend. This was the biggest B.O. weekend since mid-March, when COVID started shutting down theaters. “Godzilla vs. Kong” came in third, with $4.2M in its fourth week out.
Zac Efron and Vanessa Valladares had a serious 10-month romance, but he ultimately didn’t feel ready to make it work long-term. An insider tells Us: “Zac is about to start a busy year of filming and wanted to make a clean break now.”
STXfilms has set the next Vin Diesel film, with F. Gary Gray on tap to direct. Action-comedy Muscle will begin shooting this year. This will be a re-collab for the pair, who started working together with 2017’s The Fate of the Furious, which went onto earn $1.2B at the box office.













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