ANTHONY BOURDAIN’s will was filed yesterday, and if it’s all on the level, he was only worth $1.21 million. He left almost all of it to his 11-year-old daughter Ariane. The executor of the will is Ottavia Busia – Ariane’s mother and Anthony’s estranged wife. They split in 2016, but never officially divorced. Bourdain left Ottavia his, “personal and household effects,” including cars and frequent flier miles, to divvy up however she thinks he would have wanted her to. He also had a $1 million mortgage on an unspecified property . . . which may be an apartment that Ottavia and Ariane were living in. Interestingly enough, if Ariane had died before Anthony, his money would have gone to her NANNY.
WILL SMITH and JADA PINKETT don’t call themselves “married” anymore. But not because the breakup rumors finally came true. Will said, “We don’t even say we’re married anymore. We refer to ourselves as life partners, where you get into that space where you realize you are literally with somebody for the rest of your life. [There are] no deal breakers. There’s nothing she could do . . . ever . . . nothing that would break our relationship. She has my support till death and it feels so good to get to that space.”
RAELYNN says the best part about being an Army wife is the community of women going through the same thing. An army wife asked her to write a song for spouses in the military, she did – “Camo”.
BRETT ELDREDGE clearly has a thing for travel. He even did an ‘Instagram Story takeover’ for “Travel and Leisure”. So they asked him to name the one thing he always packs for any trip. And that thing is . . . his journal. “I literally freak out if I forget to pack it, because I feel like I just need it and I’m missing out on telling myself a story.” It’s a specific kind of journal called a ‘Gratitude Journal’. You start the day by answering a question like, ‘What would make the day great?’ In Brett’s words, that would be something like, “Go on a hike and try to find a view I’ve never seen.” Then at the end of the day, it asks you, ‘What made the day great?’ Maybe it isn’t what you set out to do, but you answer anyway. Again, in Brett’s words, something like, “I danced like a goofball on the streets of Key West.” Or, “I met a funny character at a bar wearing a cowboy hat, and he told me all the crazy things that happened in his life.” He says he does it every morning and night, it shows him what to be thankful for, starts the day on a positive note, and makes you appreciate the little things. If you want the specific one Brett uses, it’s called “The Five-Minute Journal”, and you can buy it on Amazon for $22.95.
MICHAEL BUBLE and his wife are expecting a baby girl.
An EMT that HEATHER LOCKLEAR attacked in a drunken rage has hired a personal injury lawyer.
Wildwood to the rescue! The cast of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is moving into a house in Wildwood, New Jersey, for the second season of the reboot because they can no longer film in Seaside Heights. They are also set to film in Atlantic City, New Jersey, “in the next couple of days.
George Hamilton will appear this Friday as Colonel Sanders on General Hospital. Hamilton, who first assumed the role of the Extra Crispy Colonel in 2016 for KFC commercials, is making the appearance to help “celebrate” National Fried Chicken Day. He reprised the role as the Extra Crispy Colonel in April for more KFC ads.
Only three country artists have released songs this year that have been certified Gold: “Tequila” by Dan + Shay, “You Make it Easy” by Jason Aldean, and “Mercy” by Brett Young.
Did you see the two cops in Boston who went viral with their “Carpool Karaoke” style version of “God Bless America”? BRAD PAISLEY did . . . and just invited them to sing at his show there next month.
Jimmy De Martini of ZAC BROWN BAND says there’s an energy when you play big stadiums that acts as a “multiplier effect”. “People are coming to a stadium where they’re used to having a good time seeing baseball, and now there’s a concert on top of it. There’s an extra excitement, an extra buzz.”
The new GARTH BROOKS song “All Day Long” is only available in two places. Streaming on Amazon, with no ability to download. And on good old radio.
CLINT BLACK says he’s not on a major label right now because he makes his own music, writes his own songs, and isn’t willing to sell out for commercial success.
DOLLY PARTON says she and REBA should definitely sing something together.
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE have a new song coming out today.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp” is out this weekend. It’s up against “The First Purge”, and a few limited releases . . . including the Whitney Houston documentary and a comedy called “Sorry to Bother You”.
Friday on Netflix: The season premiere of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”.
Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern on NBC: “NASCAR: The Daytona Cup Race”.
FRIDAY BIRTHDAYS
Tia & Tamera Mowry are 40. “Sister, Sister”
Sylvester Stallone is 72.
George W. Bush is 72.
Burt Ward is 73. Robin “The Boy Wonder”.
SATURDAY BIRTHDAYS
Ringo Starr is 78.
Jim Gaffigan is 52.
SUNDAY BIRTHDAYS
Toby Keith is 57
Kevin Bacon is 60.
