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Ariana Grande is reportedly dating her “Wicked” co-star, Ethan Slater, a Broadway actor. They met on the set of the “Wicked” film, in which was about to finish filming in London before the actor’s strike began.
Maria Menounos has welcomed her first child. The TV personality and her husband Keven Undergaro’s baby girl — named Athena — was born on June 23 via surrogate, she announced yesterday. Her arrival comes after 10 years of fertility struggles and her pancreatic cancer battle. Maria said that her daughter’s birth “was the most special moment of my life.”
Madonna thanked fans for their continued support as she recovers from her brief but brutal hospital stay, after contracting a bacterial infection. She posted a pic of herself on social media, embracing a bunch of pink roses with the caption: “A single rose can be my garden. A single friend my world.” The quote is meant to remind us to find joy in the smallest of things and look at the world from a new perspective.
Peyton Manning and Netflix are searching for more quarterbacks to profile in a second season of their NFL docuseries. Peyton, who exec produces “Quarterback”, which starred Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota, has revealed that the streamer has greenlit a second season.
Olivia Rodrigo nearly dropped some of the lyrics of her hit ‘Vampire’. She and co-writer Dan Nigro went back and forth over the phrase “fame f—er” in the chorus of the song, which scorches an ex for leeching off her stardom: “Some people said…it’s not relatable,’ yada, yada, yada”, but she left it in because “the theme of using you for all you’re worth” is “universal”.
Lady A, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, and Trace Adkins have been announced as performers in the “Opry Country Christmas” show. The annual series, held at the Grand Ole Opry, will run November 26-December 18 for 9 nine holiday shows. More artists will be announced soon.
While there are currently no plans in the works for Luke Combs to share a stage with Tracy Chapman, the original artist behind ‘Fast Car’, if the opportunity ever did arise, he says he’d jump at the chance to duet with her. He recently pointed out that he has played it in his live show for “6-plus years and everyone…relates to the song and sings along.”
Harry Styles is finally nearing the end the near-end of his years-long world tour in support of his 2022 album “Harry’s House” — and just dropped a brand new music video. “Daylight” is the fifth and probably last official clip from his Grammy-winning blockbuster third album.
After seven years of marriage, Joe Manganiello has officially filed for divorce from his wife, Sofia Vergara. Joe’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, filed the divorce docs. According to the docs, Joe cites “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their decision to split. According to the divorce petition, the former couple signed a prenuptial agreement stipulating that they each keep any assets accumulated during their time together.
Beyoncé continues to dominate the world and announced the release of a new fragrance. Beyoncé had past scents like ‘Heat’, ‘Pulse’, and ‘Rise’. The unnamed “eau de parfum” will cost $160 and be available in the U.S. and Canada. The fragrance smells like clementine and golden honey, with notes of Namibian myrrh, golden amber, rose absolute, and jasmine sambac. Bottles of the perfume start shipping in November.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has earned a total of $50 million a day from filming the Christmas film “Red One”, making it the highest salary earned by an actor on a daily basis for a single role. The Rock is also set to return along with Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot to the Netflix screen in the “Red Notice” sequel, which is almost ready to start filming.
NBC is shaking up its fall schedule, most notably moving up the final season of “Magnum, P.I.” to this fall. Amid the actors and writers strikes, new seasons of the “Chicago” franchise, including “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.,” and 2 “Law & Order” series — “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: SVU” — which were set to hold down Wednesday and Thursday night programming, have been delayed.
Madame Tussauds’ New York location recently unveiled its new wax figure of Jennifer Lopez, which was inspired by her look from the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show, which she co-headlined with Shakira. The lifelike wax figure’s ensemble consists of a leather vest covered in sparkles and matching thigh-high leather boots with gold studs.
Timbaland and Nelly Furtado are together again in the studio. Monday, the super producer uploaded a video and pics of himself lounging with Nelly at a Miami recording studio. She also informed fans during an IG Live session that they are working on new music.
Beyoncé helped a lucky couple pick their wedding song during her Nashville show on July 15. During her set, Bey spotted a sign in the crowd that read “Pick our wedding song” with the options ‘XO’ and ‘1+1’. She chose 1+1, drawing frenzied screams from the stunned couple and fans.
Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ tops Spotify’s all-time list of the most-streamed rock and metal songs, with 2.19 billion, as of July 19. The rest of the top-5, in order are: ‘Stressed Out’-Twenty-One Pilots – (1.98b), ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’-Nirvana (1.68b), ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’-Queen (1.64b), and ‘In the End’-Linkin Park (1.62b).
Anson Williams, who played Potsie on “Happy Days”, got married recently. And get this: Donny Most . . . who played his best friend Ralph Malph . . . was the best man.
Tobin Bell returns as John Kramer, the Jigsaw Killer, in “Saw X”, because it takes place between the first two movies. Kramer died in “Saw 3”. “Saw X” comes out September 29th.
Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” seems to be benefitting from all the controversy. The song has over 3.8 million Spotify streams and reached Number One on iTunes Top Song chart. The video has been the Top Trending Video on YouTube.
Drake and Michael B. Jordan confirmed that they’ve both become investors in the Brooklyn Aces, one of the teams in the new Major League Pickleball league. “Excited to have this ace up our sleeve,” the MLP tweeted following the announcement. The league began in 2021 and advertises itself as “the standard-bearer for the fastest-growing sport in the United States.”
Vanna White reached a deal with ABC to return as a host for “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune”. The deal reportedly includes a significant salary increase. Whether or not she will continue to co-host “Wheel of Fortune” once Ryan Seacrest takes the helm remains to be seen. The outlet reports her contract is up in 2024.
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