ZAC BROWN and his wife Shelly announced they’re separating. They’ve been married for 12 years and have FIVE KIDS together. He’s 40 and she’s 34. They released a joint statement, “We feel blessed to be on such an incredible journey in life and sometimes the journey begins to lead in different directions. It is with deep love and respect that we announce we are separating as a couple. “This was a difficult decision, but we’ve done plenty of tough things together and this is our next venture . . . love, mutual respect, and care for each other are what we are moving forward with. Family comes in all different forms. We would like to ask that rather than commenting or spending any energy towards this, that you take this moment to send love to your family, in honor of ours.”
TAYLOR SWIFT wrapped the U.S. leg of her Reputation Tour over the weekend in Arlington, Texas. And she had some big time guests join her. On Friday, she brought MAREN MORRIS to the stage, and they performed “The Middle” . . . the pop hit that Maren did with Zedd and Grey. Maren posted a clip of it on Instagram. On Saturday, Taylor had SUGARLAND join her for their song “Babe”. It was the first time they’ve ever performed it together in public, and Taylor was into it . . . down to the choreographed dance at the end.
TINA TURNER got a kidney from her husband last year.
RYAN LOCHTE will seek treatment for alcohol addiction after an incident last week where he got drunk and tried to kick in his hotel room door. That same day he also caused a minor car accident, but it doesn’t sound like alcohol was a factor.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD posted a selfie on Friday of the clearest view I’ve seen of her scar from last year’s fall. She took the pic while filming her “Love Wins” video, so there’s a lot of colorful face makeup from the shoot . . . although most of it is around her eyes and forehead.
JOSH TURNER premiered a live version of the Hank Williams classic “I Saw The Light”. It’s one of the tracks on Josh’s upcoming faith-based album, “I Serve A Savior”, which will be out October 26th.
You may remember a couple of years ago when NEAL MCCOY made news for doing a daily Pledge of Allegiance . . . and then posting it on Facebook. Well, last Wednesday he hit a milestone when he posted his 1,000th Daily Pledge. He did it in front of the world headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys.
“Monday Night Football” at 8:15 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. The New Orleans Saints host the Washington Redskins.
Bruno Mars is 33.
Nick Cannon is 38.
Matt Damon is 48.
Karyn Parsons is 52. Hilary Banks on “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”.
Stephanie Zimbalist is 62.
Chevy Chase is 75.
R.L. Stine is 75. Author of the “Goosebumps” series.
Jesse Jackson is 77.
Paul Hogan is 79. “Crocodile Dundee”.
