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Drake brought his mom onstage during the second of his three Madison Square Garden concerts on Tuesday. Video shows Sandi Graham sitting on a couch with her son as he serenades her with “Look What You’ve Done”. The song is about how Drake’s family and friends helped to launch his career, and Sandy even gets a special dedication in the lyrics.
Although the Greta Gerwig-directed “Barbie” comedy continues to do big numbers at the box office, the filmmaker isn’t itching to start on a sequel. She told a reporter: “At this moment, it’s all I’ve got. I feel like that at the end of every movie, like I’ll never have another idea and everything I’ve ever wanted to do, I did. I wouldn’t want to squash anybody else’s dream, but…at this moment, I’m at totally zero.”
Following vows by several recent champions to boycott the “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions if it takes place amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, the show’s producers say they “never had any intention” of holding the annual contest “until the strike is resolved. Earlier, recent “Jeopardy!” champion Ray Lalonde announced that he wouldn’t participate in a Tournament of Champions while the strike continues. He was soon joined several other champs.
Is Meghan Markle ready to return to acting? A recent rumor suggests the former “Suits” star could head back to her acting roots alongside Kevin Costner in a sequel to “The Bodyguard”. Kevin starred in the original “Bodyguard” film, which was released in 1992. One publication claims it was Kevin’s idea to pitch a follow-up starring the Duchess of Sussex.
Taylor Swift reacted to her song ‘Anti-Hero surpassing one billion streams on Spotify. She reposted the song to her Instagram Story, writing: “Thanks a billion guys” alongside a head-exploding emoji. It’s her 4th song to achieve the feat, following ‘Blank Space’, ‘Shake It Off’, and her collaboration with Zayn, ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’.
September 15th, Steve Miller will commemorate the 50th anniversary of “The Joker”, by releasing “J50: The Evolution of The Joker” box set. Out now is ‘The Joker Suite’, which showcases his musical journey to the album’s chart-topping title cut, including the previously unreleased songs “Lidi” and “Travelin’.”
Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ has become the highest-charting hit of his career. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #2 on Tuesday, just behind BTS member Jungkook’s ‘Seven’. The song posted 228,000 sales, the biggest sales week for a country song in over 10 years. It also saw a 547% increase in streaming.
Nickelback just shared a full-length trailer for their upcoming documentary “Hate To Love”. Nickelback is one of the most successful acts in music history — they’re also the number one band haters love to hate. The film digs into the band’s 30-year history and all the ups and downs throughout their career. It will premiere in September at the Toronto Film Festival.
The “Barbie” movie is a cultural phenomenon. According to Fresha, a beauty salon appointment company, Barbie-inspired services have jumped over 500 percent since last year. The salons have seen more people booking appointments to go platinum blonde or get pink nails and hair to match the signature Barbie color.
From a giant prehistoric shark to a bear with a cocaine problem, man has been menaced by just about every type of animal that’s ever walked, crawled, swam of flown on the big screen. But this is a new one on me. Hitting theaters on August 30th is “Slotherhouse” . . . the sensitive tale college sorority girls fighting for their lives against a KILLER SLOTH. The movie is a horror-COMEDY, and the producers say it, quote, “scratches that sloth itch we didn’t know we had.”
Travis Scott’s show this Saturday at the Pyramids in Egypt has been canceled due to logistical issues. He says it WILL happen eventually, they just need more time to get it right.
Jason Aldean has trimmed six seconds from his “Try That in a Small Town” video. According to the “Washington Post”, he removed footage from a Fox Atlanta news report that showed violent imagery from a BLM protest in 2020. Jason hasn’t commented . . . but his record company confirmed the footage was edited due to “third party copyright clearance issues”.
Carrie Underwood spent last Saturday with her husband, Mike Fisher, who was being inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Mike played 17 seasons in the NHL . . . the last seven with the Tennessee Predators. Mike is Canadian, but in 2019 he because a U.S. citizen.
Netflix isn’t ready to move on from Johnny Depp’s 2022 defamation trial against Amber Heard just yet. According to PopSugar, the streaming platform dropped the first trailer for a docuseries titled “Depp v. Heard” on Wednesday. The series, set to be released on August 16th, will cover all aspects of the trial—including how it was perceived on social media.
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