Alice Cooper missed the adrenaline of being on stage during the coronavirus pandemic. He’s also not a fan of Zoom. So, Cooper spent the downtime with his family developing his tap dancing skills. And while the family did practice in their backyard and Cooper can soft shoe, he insists his new talents won’t make it into his stage show.
SEAN PENN and his wife LEILA GEORGE are divorcing after just over a year of marriage. Sean is 61, and Leila is 29. She’s also the daughter of actor VINCENT D’ONOFRIO, who’s only a year older than Sean.
DirecTV did a survey where they asked 2,200 people if they recognized the theme songs to 15 shows. The most recognizable was “Jeopardy!”, closely followed by “Seinfeld”, “Friends”, and “The Simpsons”.
Remember JOE DON ROONEY’s DUI arrest last month when he crashed into a tree? TMZ got the police report, and Joe Don blamed it on a deer that ran into the road. They also discovered that he failed several sobriety tests.
CHRIS STAPLETON had to cancel his concert on Saturday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota because of laryngitis. He posted an apology to his fans and re-scheduled the show for November 14th.
JIMMIE ALLEN is a dad again. His wife Alexis gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday, and they named her Zara James. This is their second child together. Their other daughter, Naomi, will be two in March. Jimmie has a seven-year-old son named Aadyn from a previous relationship.
JORDAN DAVIS and LUKE BRYAN reunited for a stripped-down version of “Buy Dirt”? It’s the two of them sitting on stools and singing . . . while some other guy plays guitar.
When country singers have babies, other country singers give presents. RAELYNN’s daughter Daisy Rae was born last month, and she got Ugg baby slippers from Kane Brown, Golden Goose infant sneakers from Tyler Hubbard, and a “huge thing of flowers” from Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani.
Actress BETTY LYNN died Saturday. She was 95. She played Barney Fife’s girlfriend Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show”.
Electric cars may be better for the environment, but they’re not better for KATEY SAGAL . . . because she got HIT by one. Just before noon on Thursday, Katey was crossing an L.A. street when a Tesla clipped her while making a left turn. The driver stopped to help her, and she was hospitalized briefly for treatment. In an Instagram post shortly after the accident, her husband Kurt Sutter said, “She’s the only one bringing in money right now . . . so I’ll be picking her up from the hospital later, taking her to that ‘Dancing with the Stars’ audition. #fingerscrossed”
RYAN REYNOLDS announced he’s going to be taking a, “sabbatical” from making movies. He just finished filming an Apple TV+ Christmas movie called “Spirited” with WILL FERRELL and OCTAVIA SPENCER. It’s basically a modern version of “A Christmas Carol”.Ryan said, “Singing, dancing and playing in the sandbox with Will Ferrell made a whole lotta dreams come true. And this is my second film with the great Octavia Spencer. Perfect time for a little sabbatical from movie making. “I’m gonna miss every second working with this obscenely gifted group of creators and artists. These days, kindness matters as much as talent . . . I’ve been lucky to work with folks who are flush with both.”
“America’s Got Talent: Extreme” hasn’t even aired yet, and it already lived up to its name this past Thursday, when a contestant almost DIED in a stunt gone wrong. Stuntman Jonathan Goodwin was strapped in a straight jacket and suspended upside down 70 feet in the air. There was a car on either side of him that were rigged to swing toward him, crushing him between them. Goodwin was supposed to free himself and fall onto an airbag below before the cars could hit him. He did free himself, but just a second too late. He got sandwiched between the cars, which were rigged with an explosive that went off on impact. And when he fell, he hit his head on the ground. Goodwin underwent surgery, and at last report, he was still in critical condition in the trauma ward. There’s no word on the extent of his injuries. Goodwin was just practicing the stunt when the accident occurred. He’s 41 years old. Filming on “AGT: Extreme” has been temporarily halted.
Bristol “The Pistol” Palin is 31.
Zac Efron 34.
Lindsey Vonn is 37.
Jean-Claude Van Damme is 61.
Martina Navratilova is 65. One of the best tennis players of all time.
Pam Dawber is 70. Mindy on “Mork & Mindy”. She’s married to “NCIS” star Mark Harmon.
Mike Ditka is 82. NFL Hall of Famer.
