A list ofactors who turned down doing a sequel includes: WILL FERRELL with “Elf 2” . . . JODIE FOSTER with “Hannibal” . . . and MARY-KATE and ASHLEY OLSEN with “Fuller House”.
SOFIA VERGARA is executive producing and playing a Colombian drug lord for a Netflix limited series called “Griselda”. It’s about Griselda Blanco, a powerful cocaine trafficker in the ’80s who was known as “Black Widow”.
In MARTINA MCBRIDE’s interview in “People” she did NOT pamper her three daughters because. She says, “I feel like it robs them of their satisfaction when they do a good job, or they earn something.” Could it be that she was even too hard on them? Maybe. “There have been times where I’ve been like, ‘This is ridiculous. My kid has one pair of shoes. Why does she just have one pair of shoes?’ But I had one pair of shoes when I was a kid, and I was fine.'” Martina and her ONE pair of shoes grew up in rural Kansas, and she passed those Midwestern values onto her girls. “My husband John and I grew up the same way, where you work for what you get. So we raised them that way.” Her dedication also affected her career. “It was important for me to keep things as sane and normal as possible for the kids, so I turned down a lot: TV opportunities, and touring overseas for extended periods of time. But I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
Georgia native JASON ALDEAN is over the moon about the Atlanta Braves winning the World Series. He even got to celebrate on the field with players like FREDDIE FREEMAN and JOC PEDERSON. He shared photos, and wrote, “My boys are World Champs. Glad to be there and be part of the celebration.”
Tomorrow’s a big day for DEANA CARTER. She’s releasing the 25th Anniversary Edition of her iconic album, “Did I Shave My Legs for This?”. It features remastered versions of the original album plus two new tracks. There are also tons of guest stars, including Lauren Alaina, Martina McBride, Ashley McBryde, Kylie Morgan, Sara Evans, Terri Clark, and Vince Gill.
CARLY PEARCE recorded her own version of the Christmas song, “Mary, Did You Know?”.
TOM HANKS said he was offered a spot on Jeff Bezos’ rocket before WILLIAM SHATNER, but turned it down because he didn’t want to pay $28 million.
Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian – last we heard they were just friends, but Tuesday night he treated her to a pretty romantic dinner on Staten Island. They were spotted out again last night – although they were with other people.
Remember Joe Millionaire from the early 2000’s? Where a bunch of women competed for the hand of a millionaire. But when he finally chose the woman he wanted to be with, it was revealed that he wasn’t a millionaire after all. Fox has decided to do it again . . . with a twist. Joe Millionaire:For Richer or Poorer has 2 guys courting 20 women. One of them IS a millionaire, but the women don’t know which is which. Show premieres in January.
Michael Jordan had his say in the 2020 ESPN documentary “Ther Last Dance”. Now Scottie Pippen gives his rebuttal in a new memoir called “Unguarded”, which comes out Tuesday. He calls Michael selfish, hypocritical and insensitive, trashing the documentary for glorifying Michael while not giving his Chicago Bulls teammates credit. He adds that Michael made $10 million off the movie but Scottie and the others didn’t make a dime. He says Michael is selfish – retiring right before the start of training camp when it was too late for the organization to sign free agents.
