Kevin Costner

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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KEVIN COSTNER’S FUTURE EX-WIFE HAS CAREER PLANS OF HER OWN

Now that she didn’t prevail in getting a six-figure monthly child support check, Kevin Costner’s estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner is hoping to bring home the bacon herself, as a realtor! Christine was hoping to get approximately $161,000 per month out of Kevin, but the judge wound up giving her around $63,000 per month instead. Although that’s far from chump change, Christine feels it won’t be enough to keep her in the posh lifestyle she’s accustomed to. Days after the judge’s ruling, Christine shared her real estate plans with a friend. She’s signing up for online classes and hopes to pass the state licensing exam by the end of the year. She wants to focus her efforts in the Santa Barbara area, and feels her celebrity connections will drive her business.

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA  Kevin and Christine in Montecito

HAPPY TRAILS FOR KEVIN COSTNER

Kevin Costner is successfully living out his cowboy fantasies in BOTH of his careers! This weekend he performed with his country rock band Modern West (how did we not know about this?) at the packed Sunset Station Amphitheater in Henderson, Nevada, and the show was a huge success. Unlike Travis Scott, they made a lot of money and there were no fatalities. The next evening, his Yellowstone series season 4 premiered to astonishing ratings, Yellowstone attracted 8 million viewers – topping the Game of Thrones season 4 premier!

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ALEX RODRIGUEZ: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

Former NY Yankee Alex Rodriguez wants to world to know he is THRIVING in spite of being so publicly dumped by his fiancee Jennifer Lopez for Ben Affleck. Every day he wakes up to new photos and stories in the press about Jennifer and Ben- SOME guys would have “disappeared” under these circumstances. But Alex has been EVERYWHERE- he vacationed on his 46th birthday in the South of France with attractive NFL reporter Melanie Collins– the same trip he had once planned with J.Lo. And of course, paparazzi caught it ALL. This week he also visited the Field of Dreams baseball field in Iowa where the Yankees played the Chicago White Sox, and he met Kevin Costner. Obviously a fan, Alex posted this selfie with Kevin, who starred in his favorite baseball movie. So he’s not at home brooding…

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MOVIE STAR KEVIN COSTNER MOVED OVER TO TV

The pandemic hasn’t damaged Kevin Costner’s career. His Yellowstone series for the Paramount Network is a hit and going into season 4. At the same time he’s been both writing and producing a new series for ABC called National Parks Investigation (apparently he loves anything filmed in the great outdoors.) It’s a crime series – we didn’t realize there was “a vast array of criminal activity” in national parks! Oscar winner Kevin’s life is all about TV these days and his family is probably happy to have him home more often. Costner took his wife Christine and their two sons, Cayden and Hayes, out for breakfast in Montecito this morning…

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AT LEAST KEVIN COSTNER HAS GOOD GENES

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Nice to see that Kevin Costner’s marriage to Christine Baumgartner is still strong despite his alleged misbehavior with hotel masseuses. The couple has produced some beautiful children – Grace, Hayes, and Cayden. The family appeared at the premier of Kevin’s new movie McFarland USA. If you haven’t seen his movie Black or White, it IS worth seeing. He continues to be a very appealing actor.

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KEVIN COSTNER’S BLACK AND WHITE IS TIMELY AND INTELLIGENT

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When we heard that Kevin Costner had a new movie called “Black and White” we figured it was about soccer or some other ball game because he loves sports. Happily, this movie surprised us in many ways. Kevin does a great job of playing a grandfather to a mixed race little girl, Eloise, portrayed by the adorable discovery, Jillian Estell. The black side of her family tries to get custody of the motherless child and the result is a realistic and down to earth study of black and white relationships and observations. And there is plenty of humor to keep you happy. Click HERE to view the trailer.

KEVIN COSTNER BROUGHT MODERN WEST TO ATHENS, GREECE

Kevin Costner and his band Modern West drew a big crowd in Athens, Greece. And we didn’t even know Kevin HAD a band! Surprisingly, his wife Christine is very supportive of the country rock band but if we were her, we’d be worried about groupies on the road. He may not be so young, but there’s a lot of flirtation left in Kevin. Maybe Christine tours with them.