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HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW
Billy Ray Cyrus’s Achy Breaky Heart broke again this week when he filed for an annulment from his estranged wife, Australian singer Firerose. While the headlines were scandalous -with both sides leveling accusations against one another- I am hearing it’s going to get even messier. Firerose is now trying to get Billy’s estranged daughter Miley and his ex-wife Tish to testify on her behalf about his history of alleged abuse. As my source puts it, the gloves are off and the punches are coming.
Travis Kelce was on the news when he was seen partying hard on Tuesday in Nashville Tennessee, but his trip wasn’t all fun and games. We heard that when he wasn’t living it up, Travis was actually checking out commercial real estate as he and his teammate Patrick Mahomes are eyeing opening a location of 1587 Prime, their Kansas City steakhouse in Nashville. Only this time their business partner will be Travis’ better half Taylor Swift. Their thinking is while there may not be many Kansas City Chief fans in Nashville, there are plenty of Taylor Swift fans there to fill the seats.
Madonna made the news when a lawsuit two concertgoers filed against her was abruptly dismissed on their part. The suit centered around Madonna starting her concert two hours late and claimed fraud. Here’s what we know. Madonna quickly filed an Anti-Slapp lawsuit against the two so that they would be legally responsible for her legal bills if they lost the seemingly frivolous case. Mere moments after the suit was filed, the duo’s case was dropped. Once again, learn your lesson people, don’t mess with Madonna.
Kevin Costner made the news when he spoke fondly about his time on Yellowstone in a cover story in People magazine. Here’s what we know. The reason for Kevin‘s sudden change of heart is because he’s quietly negotiating to rejoin the show for one final season. Kevin’s interview was his way of extending an olive branch, and if a deal can be reached, Kevin will be back on the popular show.
Finally, the big story of the week was Justin Timberlake’s arrest in Sag Harbor, New York for an alleged DUI. We are hearing two things. Justin‘s wife Jessica Biel has been telling friends that Justin seems to be going through a major midlife crisis as he’s no longer a member of one of the worlds most popular boy bands, but now a middle-aged man with wrinkles and thinning hair. From another source though, we are hearing something a little more nefarious. Some music industry insiders are speculating that the whole incident was planned to give Justin an excuse to postpone or cancel his world tour amid sluggish ticket sales. Although Justin’s team has already come out and denied it to TMZ, my sources agree that he will likely do a stint in rehab to repair his tarnished image.
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SCARLETT JOHANSSON HAS BIG PLANS FOR COLIN JOST
Scarlett Johansson wants to add casting director to her already accomplished resume. Scarlett’s husband, SNL writer and Weekend Update host Colin Jost is spending his summer hiatus from the show on tour with his comedy show, Colin Jost and Friends. According to my source, while Scarlett is happy for her husband, she’d rather he spend his downtime away from SNL with her. Although he has no current plans to leave the show, Scarlett is already making plans for when Colin does – she wants to cast him in one of her movies. As my source explains it, Scarlett can tolerate Colin touring the country over a few months in the summer, but once he leaves SNL, she doesn’t want to be married to a touring comic, so that’s why she’s laying the groundwork for him to break out into acting.
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ELLEN DEGENERES IS STANDING UP FOR GAYS
Even though she’s gay herself, Ellen DeGeneres is trying to polish up her image with the gay community. Ellen’s career has been in the toilet ever since her talk show ended, and as we previously reported, she’s returning to stand-up to launch her comeback. Ellen fears her reputation is tarnished, so she’s hoping her fellow gays can help polish it up. Although most of her charity work involves protecting endangered species, Ellen is now forming a charity to benefit gay and lesbian youths. My source says Ellen is planning an upcoming comedy tour at predominantly gay clubs across the nation, and will donate all profits to the charity.
JENNIFER LOPEZ IS NOT THE DIVA YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS
As we previously reported, Jennifer Lopez chose saving her marriage to Ben Affleck over her concert tour, but she didn’t want to leave her backup dancers high and dry. According to our source, J.Lo is paying her dancers out of her pocket as if they were employed for the duration of the tour. Since it’s likely too late for the dancers to book other tours, Jennifer didn’t want them to take a financial hit based on her choice to cancel her concerts. We don’t have an exact number, but it’s estimated to cost her well over a million dollars to cover the salaries. Despite her song, Love Don’t Cost A Thing, in this case it most certainly DOES.
Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA J.Lo and daughter Emme at flea market
MADONNA HAS PLANS OF HER OWN
To no one’s surprise, Madonna wants in on the action. The music icon launches her Celebration Tour this Saturday in London, and just like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, she’s planning to film her performances and turn it into a movie. Madonna was a trailblazer in this genre, turning her Blonde Ambition tour into a feature length documentary, Madonna: Truth or Dare. This time around, she will take a cue from Taylor’s record breaking, The Eras Tour concert movie and make her concert the movie. In Truth or Dare the majority of the film was the behind the scenes action with only a few snippets of her performing. Taylor stands to make upwards of one hundred million dollars from her movie and Beyoncé’s upcoming Renaissance Tour movie is expected to do equally as well, so Madonna expects to earn quite the pretty penny.
Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA Madonna returns to UK hotel at 1 AM after 8 hrs of rehearsal
IS BRITNEY SPEARS READY FOR A BOOK TOUR?
There’s one group of people who might NOT be so thrilled that the strikes in Hollywood seem to be ending – those in charge of promoting Britney Spears’ upcoming memoir, The Woman In Me. Britney‘s tell-all tome is supposed to hit bookstands on October 24, but according to our insider, her publishers were NOT upset that the Hollywood strikes might have prevented her from doing publicity to promote the autobiography. Now that the strike seem to be ending, some connected to the project fear that Britney is in no mental condition to go on a grueling book tour. If she babbles incoherently, it’s going to be a hard sell to make any reader believe she wrote any of the book!
Instagram Photo of Britney doing her knife dance
HANG ON BRITNEY – IT’S MADONNA TO THE RESCUE!
Madonna has just rescheduled her worldwide tour and she wants to bring Britney Spears along for the ride! The women both made headlines recently: Madonna had an infection which landed her in the ICU and forced her to postpone her tour, and Britney because her husband Sam Asghari just surprised everyone by filing for divorce! The two singers have been close for years and Madonna was one of the few celebrity guests at Britney’s wedding to Sam last year. An insider says that Madonna wants to cheer Britney up and thinks she would be the PERFECT surprise guest for her concerts where they’ll reenact their infamous KISS from the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Sounds like a fun way for Britney to forget her troubles…
Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA It’s OVER for Britney and Sam
PARIS JACKSON: BEING BLACK IS AN ASSET
Paris Jackson, 24, appears to have a lot of choices for her life- she aspires to be a singer, model and actress. For the past month she’s been touring in Europe as a solo act and ironically AEG is promoting her tour. You might remember her family sued AEG after the death of her father Michael Jackson and lost. No hard feelings. Paris still considers herself to be Black, but she hasn’t acquired a large Black fan base yet. When she’s not singing, she IS landing lots of modeling jobs and has already appeared on four international Vogue covers. And expensive designers fight to dress her for red carpet events, so life is good…
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BILLY IDOL: NO DANCING WITH HIMSELF YET
Last December Billy Idol thought he had an ordinary sinus infection that was making him feel lousy. Despite treatment, the infection got worse and turned out to be caused by staph bacteria – the serious MRSA superbug that resists most antibiotics. One antibiotic after another failed to help and Billy had to resort to surgery. He was distraught when he was forced to cancel the tour he had planned with Journey that started in February and lasts until May. (Toto filled in for him) He’s STILL experimenting with different antibiotics and further surgery might be necessary. He’s asking fans to send him positive thoughts.
Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA: Billy and girlfriend China Chow last December