SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

13-year-old Gianna Bryant is a basketball player, and like a lot of kids, her dad coaches her middle school team. Although, UNLIKE a lot of kids, her dad is KOBE BRYANT. And it sounds like their team is MUCH more intense than a typical middle school team . . . because they just ran up the score to get REVENGE on a team that beat them two years ago. Kobe posted a photo of the girls celebrating an 88-POINT win.  The score was 115 to 27.  He captioned it, “Two years ago, we lost to the same team 22 to 21.

 

SARAH PALIN and her husband TODD are splitting after 31 years of marriage. They’re both 55 years old. Todd filed for divorce on Friday, citing, “incompatibility of temperament between the parties such that they find it impossible to live together as husband and wife.” “Incompatibility of temperament” is basically just “irreconcilable differences,” which means pretty much whatever it needs to mean, YOU JUST WANT OUT!!!  Sarah and Todd only have one minor child, an 11-year-old son named Trig.  Todd is seeking joint custody, plus a fair division of assets.

 

SHARON OSBOURNE unveiled her new face yesterday on the season premiere of “The Talk”. It really doesn’t look that much different from her old face.  Sharon said, “[The doctor] kind of pulled it from the top of my head and put an elastic band in it.  But everything was just lifted up, so it looks more refreshed.  [I] don’t look tired.” Sharon had her face-lift about five weeks ago, and she said, “[There’s] still a little bit of pain, especially, like, under [my chin], but you can’t complain when you wanted to do it.  So it’s fine.”

 

There’s a new clothing line called “Kurt Was Here,” featuring T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies covered in KURT COBAIN’s old sketches, paintings, and handwritten notes. It’s being “curated” by Kurt’s daughter FRANCES BEAN COBAIN. Also, a portion of the sales goes to the Jed Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention among teens and young adults. Cobain took his life 25 years ago, in April of 1994.

 

Darius Rucker, Randy Houser, Devin Dawson, James Otto, and Kristian Bush of Sugarland will be performing at a Hurricane Dorian relief concert next Monday in Nashville. Additional acts are still being lined up. There’s a GoFundMe page at Hope4Hopetown.com.  You can also buy stuff at an online auction featuring “one-of-a-kind items.”  Find out more by hitting up Ryman.com.

 

When JASON ALDEAN was starting out he made a promise to himself that he HOPED he could keep. The promise was that if he ever got to his ninth album, that’s what he’d call it. So, “Nine” will be out November 22nd. He says, “It was my baseball number growing up, and it’s just kind of always been my lucky number.  It’s more for me than anybody else but it means a lot.”

 

Cleveland Browns receiver ODELL BECKHAM JR. wore a $250,000 watch during Sunday’s game.

Gwyneth Paltrow rose to stardom with her roles in Harvey Weinstein–backed films like Emma and Shakespeare in Love. Years later, she’d become one of the first to expose the sexual-misconduct allegations against him. Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, the New York Times reporters who investigated Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual misconduct, shared a story on the Today show about one crucial source: Paltrow herself. Their book She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement, which debuts this week, features Paltrow’s help in kicking off the investigation.

 

BRAD PAISLEY is going to be the STAR and executive producer of an Amazon comedy called “Fish Out of Water”. It’s a show where Brad will try to “keep a simple little fishing show from turning into his own personal Fyre Festival.”  No word on a debut date.

 

If you love watching animals doing silly things, check out ZAC BROWN BAND’s “Leaving Love Behind” video. It’s filled with clips of puppies, kittens, dogs, cats, and even the occasional donkey and ferret.  They’d like you to donate to the Best Friends Animal Society’s Disaster Relief Fund.

 

LITTLE BIG TOWN revealed details of their next album and tour.   The album is called “Nightfall” and it’ll be out January 17th.  It will kick-off on January 16th in New York City.  Details are at LittleBigTown.com.

 

LUKE COMBS went the simple route for his “Even Though I’m Leaving” lyric video. It’s mostly black and white concert footage of him and his band.

 

TYLER HUBBARD and his wife Hayley would like to have a whole mess of kids. He tells “People”, “We initially thought we’d just have two kids and potentially adopt a third, but we definitely see our family being more than just two children.” Their daughter Olivia will be two in December and their son Luca was born last month. Tyler’s Florida Georgia Line partner BRIAN KELLEY keeps getting asked when he and his wife Brittney are going to start their own family.  He says it’s “definitely in the cards” . . . but they don’t want to force it.  “It just comes down to when the good Lord is gonna make it happen.”

 

The Kelly Clarkson Show made its debut on Monday. As the hour opened, Steve Carell appeared on stage to introduce the singer/host with his infamous “Kelly Clarkson!” cry from the movie.

 

List of the 35 most anticipated new releases of the fall includes albums by Hootie & the Blowfish, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean,

 

Ashley Monroe is 33                                                                           Guy Ritchie is 51.

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