TAYLOR SWIFT had a huge night at the “American Music Awards”, performing that medley that included several of her old songs, and breaking the record for most “AMA” wins. Taylor won six awards, including Artist of the Decade, to break the record for most “AMA” wins, with 29. Michael Jackson was the previous record-holder. Taylor didn’t talk any trash about Scooter Braun or Big Machine Records. During her 3rd speech, for Artist of the Year, she said, “The last year of my life has had some of the most amazing times and also some of, just the hardest things I’ve gone through in my life. And not a lot of them are things that haven’t been public.” Halsey won Best Pop/Rock Song for “Without Me”, and went on to diss most awards. “Most of these awards really aren’t what they seem, at all – I am so thankful for the “AMAs” because they are the world’s largest fan-voted award show.” As far as the award counts, nobody else came close to Taylor.
Country:
Favorite Female Artist: Carrie Underwood . . . This is her sixth-straight year winning this category.
Favorite Male Artist: Kane Brown. He also won last year.
Favorite Band, Duo or Group: Dan + Shay
Favorite Album: “Cry Pretty”, Carrie Underwood
Favorite Song: “Speechless”, Dan + Shay
There have been MICHAEL JACKSON documentaries – but now there’s a “biopic” in development from one of the producers behind the QUEEN movie “Bohemian Rhapsody”. It’ll cover his WHOLE life – from his childhood up through the allegations of sexual abuse. And they say it will NOT be a “sanitized” version, but you might want to take that with a grain of salt. Michael’s estate is involved in this movie and they’ve already given the filmmakers permission to use Michael’s life AND all his music. And judging by how upset they were over the “Leaving Neverland” documentary, they wouldn’t have signed off on all of that without knowing how the story would be told.
SAM HUNT issued an apology for last Thursday morning’s DUI arrest on Friday. “Wednesday night I decided to drive myself home after drinking at a friend’s show in downtown Nashville. It was a poor and selfish decision and I apologize to everyone who was unknowingly put at risk and let down by it. It won’t happen again.” Fans took the opportunity to hit up the comment section with their thoughts. Some gave him props for admitting he was wrong and vowing to never do it again, while others called him out for endangering people’s lives. RILEY GREEN said it’s an “awful thing,” and he’s glad that nobody got injured.
CHRIS YOUNG went into the crowd to sing with a cancer patient during his show on Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky. He saw a woman holding a sign that said, “Chemo Yesterday . . . Chris Young Today.” He pushed through the crowd to give her a long hug, and then held the sign up high for everyone to see. He put his arm around her as they sang a little bit of “Who I Am With You”. He posted the video yesterday on Twitter.
Fred Cox played 15 seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and has been described by the team as “one of our proudest legends and a member of the 50 greatest Vikings.” Cox also invented the Nerf Football in 1972. And he was also a chiropractor and had a successful business until he retired at the age of 50.
Daniel Craig has confirmed that the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die will be his last as the super spy. He debuted as Bond in 2006 with Casino Royale and holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Bond. The 25th Bond movie, No Time To Die is slated for an April 2020 release.
MADDIE MARLOW of Maddie & Tae finally married that guy she’s been dating since high school. His name is Jonah Font and they made it official on Friday in Tennessee. She’s 24, he’s 25, and they’ve been engaged for over a year. They’re going to soak up the sun on their honeymoon in the Bahamas.
LITTLE BIG TOWN got some star power for their “Sugar Coat” video. KATE BOSWORTH plays a ’60s housewife who picks up one cue after another that her husband is cheating. She eventually starts tossing his stuff out. “Sugar Coat” is on Little Big Town’s “Nightfall” album, which is out January 17th.
In an interview with “People”, DOLLY PARTON says she felt “God calling to her” to record spiritual music. And that call is making a difference. Her collaboration with King & Country on “God Only Knows” is up for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. “I’ve always felt like my music was more my ministry than a job.”
“Grey’s Anatomy” is moving from 8:00 back to 9, and a producer says, “Grey’s was definitely allowed to be a sexier show when it was on at 9 o’clock. We’re excited by the change back to our original time slot.”
“Frozen 2” exceeded expectations in its first weekend out . . . making $127 MILLION in the U.S. and $350.2 million worldwide, which is a record start for an animated movie. The second-best new movie was “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, which made $13.5 million and came in third.
CELINE DION is back on top. Her new album “Courage” sold 113,000 copies to debut at #1 on the Billboard album chart.
Garth Brooks is on “Kelly and Ryan” – and on “Kelly Clarkson”
“Monday Night Football” at 8:15 p.m. on ESPN. The Los Angeles Rams host the Baltimore Ravens.
28th season finale of “Dancing with the Stars” at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. Cher, Pitbull and Ne-Yo perform.
“The Voice” at 8:00 p.m. on NBC. The Top 11 perform.
Joey Chestnut is 36. Hot dog eating champion who set the world record when he shoved 74 dogs down his throat in 10 minutes in 2018.
Jenna & Barbara Bush is 38.
Christina Applegate is 48.
Amy Grant is 59.
John Larroquette is 72.
