FEBRUARY 5, 2020

According to science, here’s the latest Top 10 close to PERFECT appearance people:

  1. Robert Pattinson, 92.15%
  2. Henry Cavill, 91.64%
  3. Bradley Cooper, 91.08%
  4. Brad Pitt, 90.51%
  5. George Clooney, 89.91%
  6. Hugh Jackman, 89.64%
  7. David Beckham, 88.96%
  8. Idris Elba, 88.01%
  9. Kanye West, 87.94%
  10. Ryan Gosling, 87.48%

 

HARRISON FORD is 77 years old – but he’s not done playing Indiana Jones. Harrison will be back for “Indiana Jones 5”. They’re still working on getting the script. “It’s not a reboot.  It’s a continuation . . . [Harrison] can’t wait.”  Steven Spielberg is directing the movie, and it’s expected to hit theaters in July of 2021 . . . the week before Harrison turns 79.

 

SHANNEN DOHERTY’s breast cancer is back and it’s stage 4 this time. She says she came forward because she’s suing State Farm, and she figured her diagnosis would have come out in court documents anyway, so she decided to control the narrative. Shannen said one of the reasons she eventually decided to do the “90210” reboot was LUKE PERRY’s death. “It’s so weird for me to be diagnosed and then somebody who was, you know, seemingly healthy to go first. It was really, like, shocking.  And the least I could do to honor him was to do that show.  I still haven’t done enough, in my opinion.

 

Do you know how much artists get paid to do the Super Bowl Halftime Show? NOTHING.  So why do they do it?  For the exposure.  And it WORKS. Before Sunday was even over, the collective songs of SHAKIRA and JENNIFER LOPEZ saw a sales increase of almost 900%.  And that’s ALL their songs . . . not just the ones they performed at the game. Shakira had the edge, with a 957% increase.  J-Lo’s music sales jumped 800%.

 

JESSICA SIMPSON claims she was up for RACHEL MCADAMS’ part in “The Notebook”, but she turned it down because, “they wouldn’t budge on taking out the sex scene.”

 

If you’re STILL troubled by JAY-Z and BEYONCÉ not standing for the National Anthem at the Super Bowl . . . here’s your explanation: Jay-Z insisted that they were NOT protesting or trying to make a statement . . . they just got caught up in the moment, watching DEMI LOVATO. He said, “We were sitting, and . . . and [Beyoncé] says to me, ‘I know this feeling right here.’ . . . She’s super-nervous [for Demi] because she’s performed at Super Bowls before.  I haven’t.’ “So we get there and we immediately jump into artist mode . . . now I’m really just looking at the show . . . as an artist, if you don’t feel the music, you can’t really reach that level.” He said that if he WAS making a statement, he’d own up to it . . . but he wouldn’t have done something like that with his daughter Blue Ivy right there.

 

It’s been 9 years since “Hannah Montana” left TV. Now BILLY RAY CYRUS claims a PREQUEL is in development, about his character. He said, “I’d do that in a heartbeat – because that means I get to get my mullet back.” Billy Ray did say he was nervous about taking the role in the original.  He thought they should just hire a “real actor” because he didn’t want to mess it up for Miley.

 

Midland’s MARK WYSTRACH had a huge scare when his daughter “Sunny” was born back in November. At the time he said the baby arrived with complications.  Here’s what he revealed in a recent interview.  “We had a really scary, unexpected, emergency C-section that we had a fetal to maternal hemorrhage, and we lost the baby’s heartbeat and my wife, Tyler’s, vitals were crashing.  It was the scariest moment, the worst moment, and in a weird way, the best moment of your life, because you’re kind of experiencing all of that.” He credits his family and friends for being there with the support that he and his wife needed.  Being that close to tragedy has him reflecting how precious life is.

 

It took less than a day for RILEY GREEN to come up with a response to those who were up-in-arms by his Tweet about Shakira and J-Lo’s performance on Sunday. He went back to Twitter yesterday to clarify what he meant. He said, “To my fans and those who know me THANK YOU for the support. To anyone offended by my Tweet saying I wanted to know what Shakira was singing about.  I’m a country songwriter and I listen for the story.  I said and meant nothing negative about anyone.  Both are very talented women.” And in less contentious Riley Green news: “Live at the Opry” has posted video of him performing “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” at a recent performance there.

 

SELENA GOMEZ is launching her own makeup line this summer.

 

People brought almost 1,400 basketballs to KOBE BRYANT’s memorial at the Staples Center.

 

MADDIE & TAE announced that their second album is called “The Way It Feels” and it’s out April 10th. TAE says when fans hear the songs they’ll learn how much “life” she and MADDIE have experienced the past few years.  Quote, “We’ve had ups and downs, but through it all we’ve stayed true to ourselves and our songwriting.”

An elementary school in Berkeley, California hosted a PTA fundraiser and they played last year’s remake of “The Lion King” to keep the kids happy. But somehow Disney found out about it, and the company that handles their licensing sent the school a $250 fine for playing the movie without permission. The DVD was purchased legally at a Best Buy . . . but that doesn’t matter. The school got an email saying that Disney “received an alert” about the “screening,” and, “Any time a movie is shown outside of the home, legal permission is needed to show it, as it is considered a Public Performance . . .If a movie is shown for any entertainment reason . . . even in the classroom, it is required by law that the school obtains a Public Performance license.” The PTA made $800 during the fundraiser . . . but now they’re begrudgingly coughing up the $250 fine. Naturally, a lot of people are upset . . . and one parent said that it’s a shame underfunded schools have to raise money to pay teachers and manage school programs . . . partially because of the GREED of big corporations like Disney. The parent pointed out that California is letting Disney slide by on a property assessment that was taken in 1978 . . . and so they’re saving “millions upon millions of dollars a year” that they should be paying in property taxes. Supposedly, people have reached out to the school to help the PTA with donations.

 

 

“The Bachelor” at 8:00 p.m. on ABC.

The Masked Singer” at 8:00 p.m. on Fox.

 

 

 

 

Tyler Farr is 36

Sara Evans is 49.

Bobby Brown is 51.

Darrell Waltrip is 73

Roger Staubach is 78

Hank Aaron is 86.

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