FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2022

PETE DAVIDSON might be joining JEFF BEZOS on a Blue Origin flight into space.  A source said, “They haven’t signed a contract yet, but it looks like it’s going to happen . . . The details are being finalized.  He got on really well with Jeff when they met.”

Remember SUZANNE SOMERS doing those ThighMaster commercials back in the day. Suzanne says she has made $300 MILLION off that thing.  “We stopped counting when we sold 10 million of them, but they continue to sell and sell . . . We’re probably at 15 million now.” The classic ThighMaster goes for $19.99, but there’s a “gold” version that costs 50 bucks . . . and an $80 “toning package” that also includes a ButtMaster and a DVD. Suzanne also sells makeup, hair, skin, and body products.  She’s written 27 books on health.  She’s done “16 or 18 years of series television.”  And yet the ThighMaster is the thing she’s best known for.

JAY LENO has a massive car collection, but he doesn’t have a Ferrari.  He says they’re good cars, but he doesn’t like dealing with the dealers – that companies like McLaren and Porsche are way more buyer-friendly.

“The Batman” hits theaters today, starring Robert Pattinson as Batman, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, and Paul Dano as movie’s main villain, the Riddler.

MADONNA isn’t messing around when choosing the lead in her upcoming biopic.  Those auditioning must go through a, “grueling” process that includes a boot camp. Some of the actresses participating include Florence Pugh, Julia Garner from “Ozark”, Alexa Demie from “Euphoria”, and Emma Laird from “Mayor of Kingstown”.  And also Bebe Rexha and Sky Ferreira. They’ve been doing dance-training sessions that sometimes last up to 11 hours a day, with Madonna and her choreographer.  If they get a callback, they’ll have to do readings WITH Madonna and a singing audition. A source said, “You have to be able to do everything.”  The script is still being written, but as of right now, the movie is expected to include Madonna’s 1990 Blonde Ambition tour . . . so basically lots of dancing and lots of singing. Madonna said last October that she’s taking a hands-on approach because “A bunch of people have tried to write movies about me, but they’re always men.”

Netflix is launching a daily interactive trivia series called “Trivia Quest” on April 1st.  Each episode features 24 questions, 12 standard and 12 “hard”.  The categories are science, history, entertainment, sports, art, and geography.

JOY BEHAR fell straight on her BUTT while she was walking to her seat on “The View” yesterday.  But she was okay.  She said, “Twenty-five years, that has never happened.  Who do I sue?!”

New Kids on the Block, Rick Astley, En Vogue, and Salt-N-Pepa are hitting the road together.  And they just released a new song,

This week’s New Music Releases include new music from DOLLY PARTON – RUN ROSE RUN

March is National Women’s Month, so in honor of that, let’s check out After Midnite’s list of “Girl Power Anthems by Women In Country Music.”  There are 21, and it’s impossible to pick a favorite.  Here are 12, in no particular order . . .

1.  “Man! I Feel Like A Woman!”, Shania Twain

2.  “Girl”, Maren Morris

3.  “9 to 5”, Dolly Parton

4.  “Miss Me More”, Kelsea Ballerini

5.  “Follow Your Arrow”, Kacey Musgraves

6.  “Remember Her Name”, Mickey Guyton

7.  “Hang In There Girl”, Ashley McBryde

8.  “I’m a Survivor”, Reba McEntire

9.  “Born to Fly”, Sara Evans

10.  “Gaslighter”, The Chicks

11.  “Got My Name Changed Back”, Pistol Annies

12.  “This One’s for the Girls”, Martina McBride

We’ve been talking a lot about who’s hosting and performing at Monday’s ACMs – and it’s airing on Amazon Prime for the very first time.  If you don’t have it, or even if you do, you can check out a step-by-step guide on how to watch it, at MusicMayhemMagazine.com.

ASHLEY MONROE hit up Twitter yesterday with an update on her battle with cancer, and things are looking up.  “Good news alert.  I had my PET scans and labs on February 24th.  My sixth chemo sessions were in December, so these tests were the “let’s see if that worked” kind. Well it DID!  My blood work looked amazing and normal and so did my scans.”

JORDAN DAVIS posted a clip of a brand new song called, “Money Isn’t Real”.  No word when it’ll be out

Charitable donations can be tax deductible – and CHRIS STAPLETON has two prize packages up for bid that could get you an autographed bottle of E.H. Taylor bourbon or tickets to his All-American Road Show tour.  The packages are at CharityBuzz.com, and one bid is already over $10,000.

Pushing your kid on a swing is something parents do.  Getting ON that swing is something BRANTLEY GILBERT should NOT have done.  He literally flipped over and nearly landed on his head.  He laughed it off, though.  Somebody posted the video on Instagram.

KACEY MUSGRAVES may never stop talking about her boyfriend, Cole Schafer.  She’s one of “Time’s” 2022 Women of the Year, and here’s what she said about him in the interview . . . “I feel really lucky to be with someone who is so secure and is a champion of me reaching for every star possible.  It’s a really beautiful thing for a man to be able to support a woman in that way and not take it personally.”

Chris Janson said that his fourth studio album, “All In,” will be out on April 29. The 16-track album features collaborations with Eric Church and Travis Tritt, as well as co-writes with Eric, Ashley Gorley, David Lee Murphy, Rhett Akins.

An unused ticket to MICHAEL JORDAN’s first NBA game sold for $468,000.

HEIDI KLUM and SNOOP DOGG did a song together.  It’s called “Chai Tea with Heidi”, and it dropped yesterday.

Chaz Bono is 53.

Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini is 61.

Patricia Heaton is 64.

Catherine O’Hara is 68.

Paula Prentiss is 84.

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THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025

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