ASHTON KUTCHER wants to help everyone, which is why he produces a show called “Going from Broke”, to help people get out from under crushing debt. He says, “Nobody is teaching these simple fundamental rules of personal financial wellness, unless you come from a family that already has it. That’s the stark reality of why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. “Financial literacy is truly generational. If your parents aren’t financially literate, it’s unlikely that you will become financially literate. Fundamentally, money is a drug. The beauty of this show is that for everybody that comes on, they have to say, ‘I’m broke.’ There’s a lot of ego tied to wealth and material objects . . . you’ve got to let go of your ego and your self-identity that is tied to your money and your materialism. That’s a very hard thing to do.”
While Jennifer Aniston may still be looking for love, she will not use a matchmaking app. In a recent interview with People, she said of using the apps, “Absolutely no. I’m going to just stick to the normal ways of dating. Having someone ask you out. That’s the way I would prefer it.” Additionally Aniston said, “I’m in a really peaceful place. I have a job that I love, I have people in my life who are everything to me, and I have beautiful dogs.”
Remember the Polly Pockets? LENA DUNHAM is bringing them to life in a LIVE-ACTION movie. She’ll write AND direct . . . with LILY COLLINS already set to play Miss Polly Pocket herself. The story will be about a young girl and a pocket-sized woman who form a friendship. Lena said, “I’m so thrilled to bring to bear both my love of this historic property and also my deep-seated belief that young women need smart playful films that speak to them without condescension. As a child who was obsessed with Polly Pocket, this is a real dream come true and I can’t wait to bring these tiny toys to the big screen.” Mattel will be bringing more classic toys to life like Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Barney . . . along with an already confirmed Rock Em Sock Em Robots movie with VIN DIESEL.
LEE BRICE opened up about his “Memory I Don’t Mess With” video. Think of it as a “what YOU see is what HE did” clip. “It’s a snapshot of a moment in time in my personal life. There was a time, a girl, a story very close to what it portrays that I actually went through, even down to the year and model of the truck.”
ALAN JACKSON’s “Where I Come From” Tornado Benefit Concert will be streaming tomorrow on his Facebook page. He’s raising funds for his hometown of Newnan, Georgia, which was hit hard by spring tornadoes.
Amy Schumer will lead her second HBO Max unscripted series, this one called Amy Learns To…, which will follow her efforts to learn a new skill, craft or trade from a local expert in her husband’s hometown of Martha’s Vineyard.
KELSEA BALLERINI wrote a book of poems called “Feel Your Way Through”, and it’ll be out November 16th. She says, “I’ve realized that some feelings can’t be turned into a song, so I’ve started writing poems. Just like my songs, they talk about what it’s like to be twenty-something trying to navigate a wildly beautiful and broken world.” Kelsea also painted the book’s cover.
Jimmie Allen and wife Alexis Gale are currently expecting their second child together, and Allen just revealed that the couple is preparing to welcome a baby girl. He shared the news that he and Gale decided not to do a big reveal. “We’ve got a new girl, a baby girl on the way. We didn’t do the whole baby reveal thing because we did it for the first one, we’re done [with that] – whatever pops out, pops out.” The Delaware native also revealed that Game of Thrones-inspired baby name suggestion his wife shot down. “We do not have a name ’cause we were preparing for a boy so we don’t have a girl name. I want to name her Arya Stark Allen because I’m a huge Game of Thrones fan but Lex ain’t letting that happen. So I don’t know what we’re gonna call her. We might just name her ‘Hey You.'” Allen and Gale share daughter Naomi Bettie, 15 months, and Allen is also dad to 7-year-old son Aadyn from a previous relationship.
This week’s CD Releases include new music from Lady A and Brian Kelley from Florida Georgia Line.
Angela Kinsey is 50. Dwight’s tightly wound lady, Angela, on “The Office”.
Jimmie Walker is 74. He used to be “Dynomite” J.J. Evans on “Good Times”.
Carly Simon is 76.
