FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Harvey Weinstein is headed to prison. Yesterday, a jury convicted him on 2 counts:  Committing a criminal sexual act and 3rd-degree rape.  He’s looking at between 5 and 25 years. Weinstein was acquitted of 3 charges that could have sent him away for life:  2 counts of predatory sexual assault and 1 count of first-degree rape. His attorney told reporters Harvey was SHOCKED by the verdict.  “All he kept saying over and over again was, ‘I’m innocent.  I’m innocent.  How could this happen in America?  I’m innocent.  I’m innocent.'” Harvey will be sentenced on March 11th – He’s still facing four charges in LA

 

The public memorial for KOBE and GIANNA BRYANT was yesterday at the Staples Center in L.A. There were more than 20,000 family members, friends, and fans in attendance. The date was 2/24 – Gianna wore number 2, and Kobe wore number 24 for the second half of his career. Tickets were priced at three tiers:  $224 each, two for $224, and $24.02 each – based on seat location.  Proceeds from the tickets will be donated to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation. There was a rose for every point Kobe scored in the NBA . . . that’s 33,643 . . . placed around the center stage. And attendees got a shirt featuring Kobe and Gianna, plus a program and a ticket. Here are 10 highlights from the memorial:

  1. There were a ton of basketball legends there, including Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Phil Jackson, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal,
  2. Beyoncé performed “XO” and “Halo”. She said she was there because she loved Kobe, and that “XO” was one of his favorite songs. Some of the other celebrities in attendance included Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Snoop Dogg.
  3. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the memorial, and among other things, he said, “I’ve been trying to come up with something positive to take away from this, and it’s hard because there isn’t much . . .”The best thing I think I was able to come up with is this: Gratitude. It seems to me that all we can do is be grateful for the time we have with them.  And for the time we have left with each other.  And that’s all.”
  4. Kobe’s widow Vanessa gave two powerful eulogies . . . of Gianna, she said, “Gigi was sunshine. She brightened up my day every day. She was our shepherd . . .”She was daddy’s girl, but I know she loves her mama.  And she would always tell me and show me how much she loved me.  She was one of my very best friends.  She loved cake.  She loved putting a smile on everyone’s face.”
  5. And of Kobe, she said, “Kobe and I have been together since I was 17-and-a-half years old. I was his first girlfriend, his first love, his wife, his best friend . . . “I have no idea how I deserved a man that loved and wanted me more than Kobe.” She also said he once gave her the actual blue dress that Rachel McAdams wore in movie, “The Notebook”.
  6. Michael Jordan started crying when he spoke.
  7. Lakers GM Rob Pelinka said that he was in church when he found out that the helicopter had crashed. He said that Kobe had been texting him from the helicopter, about helping John Altobelli’s daughter get an internship. John, his wife, and their other daughter Alyssa also died in the crash.
  8. Christina Aguilera gave an emotional performance of “Ave Maria”. And Alicia Keys performed Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata”.

 

There are some real surprises in People.com’s list of celebrities who are related to each other.

  1. Keith Morrison from “Dateline” is Matthew Perry’s stepfather. Matthew was only 10 when Keith married his mom. And they’re pretty tight.  Matthew even bought his stepdad a Porsche 911.
  2. Elle and Dakota Fanning are related to Kate Middleton.
  3. Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are distant cousins.
  4. Halle Berry and Sarah Palin are distant relatives.
  5. Elle King is Rob Schneider’s daughter.
  6. Denis Leary and Conan O’Brien are third cousins.
  7. Tom Hanks and Mr. Rogers are related . . . which came out during the hype for the movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”.
  8. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister
  9. Nicolas Cage is part of the Coppola family
  10. Emma Roberts is Julia Roberts’ niece.

 

Love it or hate it, “The Bachelor” is usually loaded with drama . . . and so “The Wrap” has taken all 23 Bachelors from the show, and ranked them from MOST to LEAST dramatic. The most dramatic was: Arie Luyendyk, Jr., who proposed to one woman, then changed his mind and proposed to the runner-up, IN FRONT of the original girl. The least dramatic was Sean Lowe . . . probably because he’s the ONLY Bachelor whose proposal turned into a marriage that’s still going strong. Here’s the list:

  1. Arie Luyendyk, Jr., Season 22
  2. Jason Mesnick, Season 13
  3. Nick Viall, Season 21
  4. Brad Womack, Seasons 11 and 15
  5. Juan Pablo Galavis, Season 18
  6. Ben Flajnik, Season 16
  7. Jake Pavelka, Season 14
  8. Colton Underwood, Season 23
  9. Peter Weber, from the current season.
  10. Ben Higgins, Season 20
  11. Andrew Baldwin, Season 10

 

DUSTIN DIAMOND isn’t happy about being left out of the “Saved by the Bell” revival . . . and he doesn’t think it can really be “Saved by the Bell” without Screech.

 

Marc Anthony has scored an invitation to ex-wife Jennifer Lopez’s upcoming nuptials to Alex Rodriguez, The former couple “have always sustained a healthy and respectful relationship” following their split in 2011. Lopez, 50, and Anthony, 51, tied the knot in June 2004 in an intimate home wedding. They share 12-year-old twins Emme and Maximilian, who were 3 years old when their parents announced their split. The former couple were able to build a strong friendship following their separation.

 

CHASE RICE was 11 years old when he went to his first concert. It was a Garth Brooks show in Charlotte, North Carolina.  So it was a full-circle moment last Saturday when he opened for Garth in Detroit.  He says, “It’s hard to comprehend, to be honest.”

 

“Get Joanie on the phone” isn’t just a lyric in SAM HUNT’s “Kinfolks” . . . it’s a real person. “That’s my mom.  Her name is Joan.  My brother calls her Joanie, and so I wanted to give it a little personal touch, so I threw that line in there.”

 

JAMEY JOHNSON and WHISKEY MYERS are touring together this summer.

 

You’ll see real moments from CRAIG MORGAN’s life and career in the new reality series “Craig’s World”. It premieres March 5th on the Circle network.

 

A Michigan car dealership is selling one of the Jeep Gladiator trucks that Bill Murray drove in the successful Super Bowl advertisement. Dealership owner Brad Moore said, “The scenes with the groundhog in it where Bill is driving around town, and the bike scene – where Bill puts a little helmet on [the groundhog] and the Jeep is in the background – that’s our Jeep.”

 

“Jimmy Kimmel” – Dustin Lynch.

 

Karen Grassle is 78.

Nancy O’Dell is 54.

Julio Iglesias Jr. is 47.

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