Actor CHARLES GRODIN died yesterday of bone cancer. He was 86 years old. He was the dad in the first two “Beethoven” movies. He was also in “Rosemary’s Baby”.
A new Discovery Channel show called “Otter Dynasty” is described as “Game of Thrones”, but with otters. It’s about three otter clans doing their thing in Singapore’s Marina Bay.
Got a feeling we’re all going to be swapping quarantine stories once we start hanging out together again. MATTHEW RAMSEY of OLD DOMINION shared his. It was the time he forgot he was famous. “I was taking a walk [about] eight months into the lockdown [and] this car does a U-turn and pulls up to me and she’s like, ‘what are you doing?’ And I was like, ‘What do you mean? What am I doing?’ “And she’s like ‘you’re just out here taking a walk.’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah’ . . . and I just completely forgot that I was maybe a recognizable person. It just hadn’t happened in a really long time.” While we’re on the subject: Old Dominion is doing a “Live From the Ballpark” concert tour. There are seven shows in historic baseball parks, beginning July 17th in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional shows in August, September, and October. Scotty McCreery, Randy Houser, Matt Stell, Blanco Brown, Caitlyn Smith, and Walker County will open select shows.
BRANTLEY GILBERT and JASON ALDEAN recorded a song together. There was a photo making the rounds on Monday of them hanging out in the studio.
SCOTTY MCCREERY is heading back on the road for his “You Time Tour”. Details are at ScottyMcCreery.com (Aug 29 . . Glenmore, PA)
MIRANDA LAMBERT released an acoustic track called “They’ve Closed Down the Honky Tonks”. It’s from “The Marfa Tapes” documentary, which also stars Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, and is currently streaming on Apple TV. The song is NOT on “The Marfa Tapes” album.
JIMMIE ALLEN will have the honor of singing The National Anthem at this year’s Indy 500. The race is going down May 30th, which is Memorial Day weekend . . . and it’ll air on NBC.
GEORGE STRAIT will be performing on the final night of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The full schedule of events and performances are still on the way. RodeoHouston begins February 28th and runs through March 20th.
Naomi Campbell is a mom. The 50-year-old supermodel announced Tuesday that she welcomed her first child, a baby girl. “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother, So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love,” she captioned a photo of herself holding the newborn’s feet. It is unclear who the father is and whether Campbell gave birth, hired a surrogate or adopted the little one.
42-year-old JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT is pregnant with her third child. JASON DERULO and his girlfriend welcomed their first child.
Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $43 million pledge to restore the Galapagos Islands. The initiative is the result of a partnership between DiCaprio’s Re:wild organization, the Galapagos National Park Directorate, Island Conservation and local communities. The pledge will fund projects that include efforts to restore Floreana Island – home to 54 threatened species including the Floreana mockingbird – the first mockingbird described by Charles Darwin.
Shooter Jennings is 42.
Dario Franchitti is 48. Race car driver and ex-husband of Ashley Judd.
Archie Manning is 72. Former New Orleans Saints quarterback, and father of Peyton and Eli Manning. He also has a son named Cooper.
