America’s Got Talent finalist Michael Ketterer will no longer be performing at Garth Brooks’ upcoming concert. Garth announced the news during his Inside Studio G Facebook Live show yesterday. He spoke to Ketterer following the 41-year-old singer’s arrest on suspicion of domestic violence last week, and the two had agreed “it was best” that Ketterer withdraw from the planned appearance at Brooks’ upcoming Notre Dame Stadium concert on Oct. 20.
A British tabloid claims that ROSIE O’DONNELL is the frontrunner to replace JULIE CHEN on “The Talk”. Rosie caused a lot of controversy during her tenure on “The View”, but a source says, “She is incredibly good at connecting with an audience, and would be an ideal fit.”
CHER was on “Ellen”, and she was playing a game called ‘5 Second Rule’ where you have five seconds to answer a question. She was asked for three celebrities who she WANTED to do a duet with, and she said, “Adele, Pink, and, uh, um, NOT Madonna.” Cher has never been a Madonna fan. In the past, she’s said she respected Madonna’s music and business-savvy approach to the industry, but personally she found her to be, “mean,” “spoiled,” and a couple other choice words.
There’s something interesting that happens to country artists when they start doing really well. There’s a moment when they realize they’re not just a performer, they’re also an employer with people counting on them for a paycheck. DUSTIN LYNCH was recently talking about that. “Life has changed. It’s gone from just me and my buds in my Ford Excursion playing frat parties and worried about where our next Waffle House stop is gonna be and more cold beer – to now having dozens of people that rely on us to keep this train going. But he says he loves it. “It’s something that keeps me going and gives me life and a reason to wake up and work hard.”
JUSTIN MOORE headlined the #MSD-Country-Strong benefit show on Friday at Florida Atlantic University – which raised funds and honored the victims and families of February’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. He also donated $30,000 and he told the crowd he’s done plenty of benefits but as a parent, this one really touched him. “I’m a father of four. I send each and every one of them to school every day and drop them off. Usually it’s late, but I drop them off each and every day. My first prayer is that they’ll come home safe that afternoon. I can’t even fathom what these families up here [have] had to deal with and the difficulty this has caused. I’m not going to pretend to know what that feels like. Just know that we’ll be praying . . . for your continued healing, and we hope and pray that one day . . . at some point, you’ll see your loved ones again.”
Somebody online told KELLY RIPA she looks too old for her husband MARK CONSUELOS . . . but they’re both 47.
CLINT EASTWOOD’s daughter FRANCESCA gave birth to a baby boy and named him TITAN WRAITH EASTWOOD.
BRITNEY SPEARS and KEVIN FEDERLINE settled their child support battle, with Britney agreeing to pay more than the $20,000 a month she was already shelling out.
BILL COSBY’s sentencing hearing isn’t over yet, but we already know the maximum he’s going to get is 10 years.
JIMMY FALLON released video of himself and CARRIE UNDERWOOD doing an impromptu version of the Kenny Rogers – Dolly Parton classic “Islands In the Stream”. It’s a bonus video that they filmed during their “Tonight Show” taping in Central Park a couple of weeks ago.
BRETT ELDREDGE posted some pics of himself wearing chest waders as he stands in a beautiful stream and reels one in. He captioned it, “Heaven.”
LUKE BRYAN and JON PARDI have been doing some duets on the “What Makes You Country Tour.” During a show in Utah they performed George Strait’s 1997 hit “Carrying Your Love With Me”.
“Will Smith: The Jump” on YouTube. Today is Will Smith’s 50th birthday, so he decided to jump into the Grand Canyon to celebrate. The live stream is hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is 49
Will Smith is 50.
Scottie Pippen is 53.
Heather Locklear is 57
Mark Hamill is 67.
Cheryl Tiegs is 71.
Michael Douglas is 74.
Barbara Walters is 89.
