You just never know where you’re gonna randomly run into a celebrity. A bride named Grace Gwaltney was taking pictures with her bridesmaids in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, when TOM HANKS crashed the party. According to Grace, Tom came up behind them and said, quote, “Hey! My name is Tom Hanks. Can I take a photo with the bride?” She added that she couldn’t help thinking about “Toy Story” when he spoke.The wedding photographer said, quote, “We all lost it. The bridesmaids shuffled out of the limo, and he posed with photos and congratulated everyone, and then as fast as he popped in, he was gone. It was just so sweet and fun!”
JARED LETO knows he’s aging gracefully, but won’t share HOW. He said, quote, “I do have a good answer for that, but I probably won’t tell you. Just to keep everybody guessing. Really, honestly, at the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter.”
BEN STILLER will play Jack Torrance in a theater production of “The Shining”. It’ll open next January in London. It’s supposed to stick closer to the original STEPHEN KING novel than the JACK NICHOLSON movie.
CHRISTINA RICCI is going to be in the new “Addams Family” Netflix series that TIM BURTON is making called “Wednesday”. There’s no word on her role, but she will not be playing an older version of Wednesday.
ERIC CHURCH went into Green Bay, Wisconsin last weekend as a country star . . . and left as part-owner of the Packers. A couple of fans gifted him a tiny share of the team. It happened while he was on stage, and there’s video of it. You see Eric holding the official papers . . . and then showing them to a nearby camera so the crowd could see them up on the big screen. WhiskeyRiff.com talked to someone who claimed to be very close to the two guys who pulled it off. Quote, “Eric Church is now an owner of the Green Bay Packers thanks to my husband and brother-in-law.” The Packers are the only NFL team that is publicly owned. There are over 360,000 stockholders.
DIERKS BENTLEY is bringing Ashley McBryde and Travis Denning along on his Beers On Me summer tour. He’ll make stops at 31 different cities across the country.
7/09/22 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/13/22 Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
8/14/22 Atlantic City, NJ – TidalWave Festival*
They’re making a movie out of DOLLY PARTON and JAMES PATTERSON’s book, “Run, Rose, Run” . . . and Dolly is going to star in it. Reese Witherspoon is one of the producers.
Lady A’s Charles Kelley is combining his two passions: music and golf. ESPN enlisted his help for his vocals in their Master’s commercial. He recorded a version of “George On My Mind” to promote the event and its coverage. Augusta National Golf Club will be home to the legendary event between April 4 and 10 in Augusta, Georgia.
WILLIE NELSON is doing another Outlaw Music Festival Tour. It kicks off June 24th in St. Louis . . . and wraps September 23rd in Camden, New Jersey. The lineup includes Chris Stapleton, ZZ Top, The Avett Brothers, Billy Strings, Brothers Osborne, Zach Bryan, and Brittney Spencer.
Somebody asked CARLY PEARCE what she does to decompress. Napping and beer were NOT on the list. Quote, “I really like to go to the grocery store. I know that that sounds crazy, but that’s kinda my . . . when I wind down, get everything I need, go home, make dinner, drink a glass of wine.”
Recently, Randy Houser released a new song called “Note to Self” and now, he has released a brand new music video to go along with it, and it’s taking country music fans on a journey of Nashville’s Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge and the Ryman Auditorium.
ANDY WARHOL’s MARILYN MONROE painting is going to go up for auction with an opening bid of $200 million.
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday.
Reese Witherspoon is 46.
Bob Costas is 70.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is 74.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer is 74 today.
William Shatner is 91.
