A court ordered that JUSSIE SMOLLETT be released from jail, pending his appeal.
JACK BLACK is back as the voice of Po in the upcoming Netflix animated series “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight”.
Netflix may start charging you more to share your password with users outside your home. They’re introducing a new pay structure that allows you to share with two other users. They’re rolling it out in some other countries first, though.
TROY AIKMAN and JOE BUCK have left Fox Sports for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football”. The upcoming season will be their 21st in the booth together . . . which ties the record set by PAT SUMMERALL and JOHN MADDEN.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE learned the accordion to properly portray WEIRD AL in the upcoming biopic, “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”. The movie doesn’t have a release date yet, but it’ll premiere on Roku.
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is officially coming to an end after 19 seasons. Yesterday it was announced that the final episode will air May 26th. Since her show came out in 2003, ELLEN DEGENERES has gifted about half a billion dollars’ worth in giveaways. She has also had over 4,000 guests. Some of her guests for her final episodes will include former First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA . . . DAVID LETTERMAN . . . ZAC EFRON . . . GWEN STEFANI . . . and CHANNING TATUM. THIS isn’t confirmed, but the “New York Post” claims that Ellen is giving MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in bonuses to her staff.
They announced the nominees for the “2022 CMT Music Awards”, and KANE BROWN is out front with four nods. KELSEA BALLERINI, MICKEY GUYTON, BRELAND, and CODY JOHNSON are right behind with three apiece. CARRIE UNDERWOOD has two nominations thanks to her collaboration with JASON ALDEAN on “If I Didn’t Love You”. It’s up for Video of the Year and Collaborative Video of the Year. She’s already the most-awarded CMT artist of all time, with 23 wins. There’s a new category. The CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year will recognize performances created for CMT Digital. Cody Johnson is nominated there too, along with Brittney Spencer, Carly Pearce, Jon Pardi, Josh Turner, and Lainey Wilson. The CMTs are going down April 11th, and will air on CBS for the first time. It’ll also be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+. This is a fan-voted awards show and you can vote up to 20 times a day. There are 12 nominees in the Video of the Year Category. Top nominees from the first round of voting will be announced on April 4th. Final nominees from the second round will be announced on show day. Final voting will be on social media and announced as the last category on the show. Here are the 12 nominees for Video of the Year:
• “Right on Time”, Brandi Carlile
• “Til You Can’t”, Cody Johnson
• “Never Say Never”, Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson
• “If I Didn’t Love You”, Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
• “Justified”, Kacey Musgraves
• “One Mississippi”, Kane Brown
• “Half of My Hometown”, Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney
• “Forever After All”, Luke Combs
• “Circles Around This Town”, Maren Morris
• “Remember Her Name”, Mickey Guyton
• “If I Was a Cowboy”, Miranda Lambert
• “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version)”, Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton
SAM HUNT brought ROB GRONKOWSKI to the stage during his recent show at the Strawberry Festival in Plant City, Florida. Sam sang “Body Like a Back Road” . . . while Gronk strutted and danced. The crowd went nuts. It was Sam’s first performance since we found out about his divorce last month
JASON ALDEAN’s wife Brittany drank two bottles of wine and bought something very useful online. And by “useful” I mean not at all. He posted a video of the purchase. There are tiny picnic tables with blue umbrellas, and special squirrel food that you put on the tables for them to eat.
CRAIG MORGAN will be releasing his memoir, “God, Family, Country”, on September 27th. What a life this guy has led. The book will “reveal stories even his most avid fans don’t know about.” Stuff like how he worked alongside the CIA as a soldier in Panama, or fought sex traffickers as an undercover agent in Thailand. He also covers his successful music career, and the tragic loss of his son Jerry in a boating accident. You can pre-order it at CraigMorgan.com.
Keifer Thompson is 46.
Mia Hamm is 50.
Rob Lowe is 58.
Gary Sinise is 67.
Kurt Russell is 71
Patrick Duffy is 73.
