DIDDY has been running around with a new woman named Lori Harvey – and there are 3 things that make this relationship interesting. First, she’s 22, while he’s 49. Second, she’s STEVE HARVEY’s stepdaughter (the biological daughter of Steve’s third and current wife, Marjorie). Third, she used to date Diddy’s SON Justin, who’s 25.
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (R)–Quentin Tarantino’s ninth movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a fading Western star who’s struggling with how fast Hollywood is changing in 1969. Brad Pitt is his best friend and stunt double, who somehow gets himself mixed up in the Manson murders. Dakota Fanning and Andie MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley play members of the Manson Family and Margot Robbie is their future victim, actress Sharon Tate. “Stranger Things” fans may also recognize Uma Thurman’s daughter Maya Hawke as one of the members of the Manson family. There are a ton of other cameos in the movie, so you might also notice Kevin Smith’s daughter Harley Quinn Smith, and Bruce Willis’ daughter Rumer Willis. This was also Luke Perry’s final movie before he died from a stroke in March. The rest of the cast includes Al Pacino, Kurt Russell, Lena Dunham, and Timothy Olyphant.
SETH MACFARLANE from “Family Guy” and the Kids Wish Network recently surprised a diehard fan named Chance Yon, who has cerebral palsy and suffers from rapid-onset obesity. They gave Chance a special trip to the “Family Guy” animation studios in Los Angeles. Seth had lunch with him and his family . . . showed them around . . . and even drew and signed a few animated sketches. The show’s stars Mila Kunis and Seth Green also chatted with Chance on the phone. Chance also got to preview a future episode, and spend time with a director, plus some writers and animators, who transformed Chance into his own character. This was Chance’s first time flying, and it was a little overwhelming for him . . . so Seth hooked him and his family up with his own private jet for their trip back home.
During one of KANYE WEST’s Sunday Services, they played a gospel version of NO DOUBT’s “Don’t Speak”, with the lyrics changed to “LORD speak.” GWEN STEFANI saw a clip of it, and she lost it. She Tweeted a video clip, and said, “My heart is so full hearing this incredible version of Don’t Speak / Lord Speaks. I’m in shock hearing this song turned into a worship song . . . I literally started crying.” She also asked Kanye to send her the full version.
“Will & Grace” will end after one final season. The show originally ran for 8 seasons from 1998 to 2005. In 2017, it was revived, and there have been 2 more seasons. The upcoming third and “final” season will debut next year. DEBRA MESSING says the cast and creators all got together and, “we decided it was the right time.”
Midland’s MARK WYSTRACH isn’t the only member of his family with a baby on the way. His twin brother Mike is also going to be a dad. They posed for a photo where each of them is holding a onesie. It’s on the Midland Twitter page and it’s captioned, “Twin fathers-to-be. So proud of you @Mike-Wystrach and how you’ve built [Freshly] from the ground up.” Freshly is a meal delivery service.
KELSEA BALLERINI and THOMAS RHETT are co-hosting the “CMA Fest TV Special”, which airs a week from Sunday on ABC. Kelsea was recently talking about how the profits go to music education. It’s personal for her because she was a music education student, and shared a great story about a teacher who gave her the boost she needed. “I was actually in the musical ‘Peter Pan’. As the ostrich. I’m 98% sure [my teacher] wrote that part in for me, because I had no talking lines – or singing lines. I just walked across the stage.” She said that teacher is the one who encouraged her to write songs and the first song she ever wrote and performed on stage was because of her. She adds, “That’s the heart of what this [is] about. Knowing there are kids in the classroom right now that are having those teachers using those resources to give kids an opportunity. That matters to me. I was that kid.”
James Holzhauer will return to the Jeopardy! stage in November, and he’s got a plan to maximize his appearance in the Tournament of Champions. He accumulated more than $2.4 million during his run on the show earlier this year, and news that he’d return along with some of the show’s more successful contestants made fans extremely excited. What’s clear is that he’s not really worried about winning. He joked that his best bet to make the most money is to lose, somehow finishing in second place after a string of big payouts in the earlier episodes of the Tournament.
Have you noticed the “youthful” hairstyles the RASCAL FLATTS guys have been sporting these days? WhiskeyRiff.com says they find it amusing that they’re middle-aged dudes who’ve “doubled-down” on the boy band look.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s husband told her that she’s “a more pleasant person” when she has a morning workout. And she agrees with that.
CASSADEE POPE helped THIRD EYE BLIND perform their hit, “Losing A Whole Year”. at their concert on Wednesday in Nashville. They saw her on the side of the stage watching the show, so they asked her to join in.
MATT STELL chose music OVER Harvard Medical School. Matt’s debut single “Prayed for You” is at #26 on the Billboard Hot Country Song chart. And he’ll be opening select dates on Chris Young’s fall tour.
The 50th anniversary Woodstock festival will happen, just not in upstate New York. It will be held August 16-18 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The festival’s producers ran into financial woes and rejection at multiple venues in New York state. It’s unclear which artists will perform and the original contracts were linked to a different venue.
JEFF BRIDGES will star in an FX show called “The Old Man”.
TAYLOR SWIFT will receive the inaugural Icon Award at the 2019 “Teen Choice Awards”.
Friday on Netflix: The seventh and final season of “Orange is the New Black”.
This week’s CD Releases include new music Justin Moore, and Willie Nelson’s son, Particle Kid.
Chris Harrison is 48.
Sandra Bullock is 55.
Dorothy Hamill is 63.
Helen Mirren is 74
Mick Jagger is 76.
