Spotify says that BEATLES songs have been streamed roughly 1.7 billion times this year alone, and 30% of those streams are coming from 18- to 24-year-olds. Beatles songs are mostly now 50 YEARS OLD.
You’d THINK that if NBC was doing a “Saved By the Bell” revival with MARIO LOPEZ and ELIZABETH BERKLEY, they’d at least CHECK IN with the rest of the cast. TIFFANI THIESSEN says that – like MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR – the announcement came as a surprise to her. “I don’t know anything about it. Literally, Mark-Paul and I were like, ‘Oh, wow! I didn’t know that was happening.’ “It seems like everyone is doing a reboot these days.” Like Mark-Paul, Tiffani has another gig. She’s on a Netflix show called “Alexa & Katie”. There was talk that Mark-Paul’s contract may prevent him from doing another show on another network, and maybe that’s the case with Tiffani, too. Otherwise, it’s hard to understand why NBC wouldn’t bring Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski back, since they were the heart of the original.
A source says ANGELINA JOLIE felt that BRAD PITT pressured her to get married, and she’s not planning to make that mistake ever again. Meanwhile, Brad has been rebuilding his relationships with his four younger kids, but Maddox still wants nothing to do with him.
The Alamo Drafthouse theater chain issued a statement warning parents that “Joker” is NOT for kids, and they won’t like it anyway . . . in part because there’s no Batman.
A TV show based on Budweiser’s Anheuser-Busch family is in the works. It’s based on a 1991 book called “Under the Influence: The Unauthorized Story of the Anheuser-Busch Dynasty”.
GARTH BROOKS was announced as the next recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Previous recipients include Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Billy Joel, Smokey Robinson, and Tony Bennett. At 57, Garth is the youngest person to ever receive it. He turns 58 in February. He released a statement calling it the “highest honor” . . . and that he’s “truly humbled.” He’ll receive the prize at an all-star tribute concert next March in Washington, D.C. In a completely DIFFERENT story about Garth. TRISHA YEARWOOD played a game of Fish & Dish with “People” . . . and they asked what her game plan is when she wants to romance him. She said, “Pizza. That’s all you need for him. That’s the most romantic food. We are stay-in people. For us, that really decadent thing is to just be home.”
A lot of stars complain about the road, but DUSTIN LYNCH has a positive take on it. He says it’s like a “free vacation all over the world.” And, he gets to hang with new people all the time. “I can say we’ve made friends in every city. It’s just crazy to think that our friend-and-family base is that big.”
I’m going to predict the future and tell you that DAN + SHAY’s next single is going to do very well. And that’s because of: JUSTIN BIEBER. He joins them on a brand new song called “10,000 Hours”, and it drops tomorrow. The three of them co-wrote it with a few other people, and DAN SMYERS produced it. It’s the first single from Dan + Shay’s next album. No word when that’ll be out. There’s a mysterious promo clip that each of them posted on Instagram. You see a desert and then what looks like a movie screen showing their names and an image of a flower. Justin added a caption that reads, “New music. Wedding music.” They’re old friends. Dan + Shay even went to Justin’s wedding to Hailey on Monday.
CHRIS STAPLETON announced a benefit concert to raise funds for his home state called “A Concert for Kentucky” and the lineup includes Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, and Yola. It’s going down next April and proceeds will benefit organizations “directly impacting Kentucky with a focus on music and arts education.”
Will Smith is rolling out his “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”-themed clothing line. The collection includes a Bel-Air athletics sweatshirt and an acid-washed throwback tee featuring Smith from the opening credits. Socks are $15, shirts are $30, hoodies are $40, track pants and custom Bel-Air basketballs start at $60. There is also an air freshener for all those stinky cabs.
Early next year, the Food Network is bringing us the “Girl Scout Cookie Championship” . . . where contestants have to come up with new desserts using Girl Scout Cookies.
“Thursday Night Football” at 8:15 p.m. on Fox. The Seattle Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams.
“Jimmy Fallon” – Taylor Swift,
“Stephen Colbert” – Carrie Underwood,
Gwen Stefani is 50.
Chubby Checker is 78.
