JULY 30, 2018

NEIL DIAMOND put on a show for some firefighters battling the Colorado wildfires.

 

Mission: Impossible – Fallout topped the weekend box office with the franchise’s largest three-day opening ever, $61.5 million, as well as star Tom Cruise’s second largest opening of his career

 

The Brady Bunch home recently made headlines after Kelsey McCallister Whitmer, who has inherited the house along with four other grandchildren after their grandparents died, put the Studio City house on the market. Miley Cyrus and Lance Bass are both very interested in buying it.

 

The Internet has plenty of opinions about ERIC CHURCH’s “Rolling Stone” interview . . . when he took on climate change, gun control, the NFL protests, Garth’s lip-syncing, and abortion rights. You can check out a few at WhiskeyRiff.com.  Or, if you’d like to go deep, hit up Eric’s Facebook page.

 

LUKE BRYAN made history on Saturday by being the first country artist to play Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. He made his feelings known after the show with a post on Instagram.  He wrote, “Dodger Stadium changed my life tonight.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being here.  #HistoryMade”

 

JENNIFER NETTLES posted a sneak peek of the song she recorded with JOSH GROBAN. Looks like it’s called “99 Years”.  It’s one of the tracks on his new album “Bridges”, which is out September 21st.

 

Here’s an update on this year’s “CMA Fest” TV special, which is going down August 8th on ABC. Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini are the hosts, and there will be 29 performances.  Some first-time “CMA Fest” performers include Luke Combs, Midland, Jon Pardi, Kane Brown, Carly Pearce, and Morgan Wallen.

 

Do you remember RACHEL REINERT who used to be in GLORIANA? Three years without releasing music, she has a new song out called “Cool”.  She says, “I feel excited for people to finally hear who I am, and my own heart.”  You can check out a clip at Billboard.com.

 

“The Bachelorette: The Men Tell All” at 8:00 p.m. on ABC.

“So You Think You Can Dance” at 8:00 p.m. on Fox.

“American Ninja Warrior” at 8:00 p.m. on NBC.

 

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger is 71

Hope Solo is 37. Olympic and World Cup hero and one of the greatest female goalkeepers in the world.

Hilary Swank is 44.

Lisa Kudrow is 55.

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