When pictures of BEN AFFLECK and JENNIFER LOPEZ hanging out in Miami surfaced, someone on Twitter noticed that Ben is wearing a watch that he used to wear 20 years ago, when they dated the FIRST time. It’s a silver chain link watch that he was seen wearing several times back in the day . . . most famously in Jennifer’s “Jenny from the Block” video. On a related note, a witness claims to have seen them working out at a Miami gym yesterday, and KISSING in between sets.
So where is ALEX RODRIGUEZ through all of this? He’s kicking it with some hot young blonde who apparently calls him “the big boss”. He also posted a message to his Instagram story saying, “I am about to step into a new beginning in my life. Anything that doesn’t serve me is clearly out of my life. New energy is emerging. New levels are unlocking for me mentally, physically, and spiritually. I am remaining patient and know that this new phase of my life is coming.”
LINDSAY LOHAN will star in a holiday romantic comedy for Netflix. It doesn’t have a title yet, but she’ll play a spoiled hotel heiress who gets amnesia during a skiing accident and ends up in the care of a “handsome, blue-collar lodge owner.”
KELLY RIPA’s husband MARK CONSUELOS joined the cast of “All My Children” five years after her, and he still made more money. Kelly says, quote, “It’s bothered me ever since.”
BLAKE SHELTON has a pretty good “back in the day” story from when he was new to the business. He was performing at a McDonald’s in Birmingham, Alabama as part of a radio promotion . . . and then this happened. “A guy is standing off to the side and he’s like, ‘Hey, you’re Blake, right?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, good to meet you.’ He says, ‘I brought something for you.’ He hands me this paper sack. I sat back down, and I looked in the sack and it was a bag of weed. “And I remember thinking, ‘Oh my god, I just got set up.’ He handed me this bag of weed . . . Are the police gonna show up? I ran to the bathroom and flushed it all down the toilet, which I never would’ve done now, right? Now, it’d be like, ‘hey, hey.’ “But at the time I was 24 years old in Alabama and I was like, ‘Oh my god, I just got set up and am going to jail’ . . . but I didn’t.”
If you want to be a country star, you better be talented. You gotta put in the work too. And that means performing everywhere you can, building up a fan base . . . and playing golf. You need to make the right connections, which is something RILEY GREEN did on the golf course. “When I got to Nashville, that’s what all the record label guys did. A lot of radio guys [too].” He still brings his clubs on the road so he can hang with the headliner, the other acts, and, yes, “important people” like us. “You do all these radio interviews and meetings, and you’re sitting in an office or a cubicle or something. But to be able to get out with somebody and enjoy a common hobby and just kinda talk like buddies is pretty neat.”
WILLIE NELSON is bringing back his Outlaw Music Festival Tour. It kicks off August 22nd in Austin, Texas . . . and wraps October 24th in Wheatland, California. The lineup includes people like Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Margo Price,
TY HERNDON has announced the details of this year’s Concert for Love and Acceptance. It’s going down June 30th in Nashville, and performers include Brothers Osborne, Kristin Chenoweth, Terri Clark, LoCash, Kathy Mattea, and Tenille Townes.
LUKE BRYAN has added three more shows to his 2022 residency at The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas.
Disney is looking to expand its entertainment empire as it is negotiating with WarnerMedia and Discovery to buy DC Comics. The move comes as AT&T, the parent company of WarnerMedia, is trying to get completely out of entertainment. Comic fans seem to be excited about the possibility to have an Avengers vs Justice League movie in the future.
Aly Raisman is 27. Two-time Olympic gymnast.
Mike Myers is 58. “Shrek” and “Austin Powers” superstar.
Karen Valentine is 74. “Room 222” legend.
Frank Oz is 77. Multi-talented genius. He’s the voice and original puppeteer of Fozzy Bear, Cookie Monster, Bert, Grover, Animal, Miss Piggy and YODA. He also directed “The Dark Crystal”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “What About Bob?”
