The six main cast members of “Friends” made $2.5 million EACH to appear on the HBO Max reunion special. Which is NOTHING compared to what they made over the course of the show. But it’s A LOT more than they made for the entire first season. When they started out, they were making $22,500 per episode. There were 24 episodes, meaning their Season 1 salaries were $540,000 each. They ended up making $1 million per episode. But not right away. In Season 2, they were making between $22,500 and $40,000 each . . . but not everyone was being paid the same. David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston were making the most. Then they started negotiating as a TEAM, and from then on, the six of them were always paid equally. Their pay steadily increased until they reached the $1 million mark in Seasons 9 and 10. And they STILL get about $20 million a year from syndication. EACH.
DICK VAN DYKE sticks to a workout routine . . . dances . . . AND sings. And he’s 95 years old! He said, “I’m looking forward to 100 . . . George Burns made it, and I’m gonna do it too!”
The “CMT Music Awards” is one week from today . . . and they’re down to six finalists for Video of the Year. Since the show is all about “fan voting” they’re hoping you’ll cast a ballot, or two. Here are the six V.O.Y. finalists:
• “Hallelujah”, Carrie Underwood with John Legend
• “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”, Elle King and Miranda Lambert
• “Worldwide Beautiful”, Kane Brown
• “One Too Many”, Keith Urban with Pink
• “Hole in the Bottle”, Kelsea Ballerini
• “Knowing You”, Kenny Chesney
You can cast your ballot now at vote.cmt.com. They’re going to narrow that group down to THREE finalists, and will reveal them NEXT Wednesday at 10:00 A.M. The voting among those three will continue through the show that night.
There’s a new fishing pro in the family! On Tuesday, Thomas Rhett, 31, shared that his 5-year-old daughter Willa Gray caught her first snapper, thanks to his close pal and fellow country star, Luke Bryan.
Michael Ray is launching his Just The Way I Am tour next weekend, June 13th, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. July 23 Power Plant Live Baltimore, Md.
MATTHEW PERRY and his fiancée have called it quits . . . nearly a month after he was outed for hitting up an 18-year-old woman on a dating app.
Wake up the members of “iCarly” Nation! It’s your time to be… excited over the Tuesday launch of the trailer for the Nickelodeon comedy’s Paramount+ revival series, starring original cast members Miranda Cosgrove, Jerry Trainor and Nathan Kress. In the preview of the new “iCarly,” Carly, her brother Spencer and buddy Freddie back on your screens, this time as adults, as they get ready to bring their in-universe web series, “iCarly,” back to the screen, too. Jennette McCurdy, who played Carly’s best friend, Sam, on the original series, is not returning for the Paramount+ update. The first three episodes of the “iCarly” revival will launch June 17 on Paramount+.
