HARRISON FORD has just booked the first TV regular series of his career. It’s called “Shrinking”. It’ll air on Apple TV+. Ford will play a “blue collar shrink” and pioneer in cognitive behavioral therapy, who has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. JASON SEGEL is the actual star of “Shrinking”. He plays a therapist who starts breaking the rules and telling his clients what he REALLY thinks. No word when it’ll air.
Next Monday’s “CMT Music Awards” is down to six Video of the Year nominees, and you can still vote at CMT.com.
“If I Didn’t Love You”, Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
“One Mississippi”, Kane Brown
“Half of My Hometown”, Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney
“Forever After All”, Luke Combs
“Til You Can’t”, Cody Johnson
“Never Say Never”, Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson
They added Carrie Underwood, Old Dominion, Mickey Guyton, and Black Pumas to the performance lineup. Other performers include Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, and Keith Urban.
DIERKS BENTLEY’s Seven Peaks Music Festival is coming back this Labor Day weekend . . . which is September 2nd through the 4th at Villa Grove, Colorado. The lineup will be announced next week.
CHRIS STAPLETON had a 350% increase in Spotify streams for “Cold” after he performed it on the Grammys. And BRANDI CARLILE’s “Right on Time” saw a 600% increase in global streams after her performance.
REBA MCENTIRE would like you to see how much fun she and her actor-boyfriend Rex Linn are having. She shared photos of them cleaned-up at the Oscars . . . and then a week later dressed for a “Hillbilly Chili Cookoff. She captioned it, “From red carpets to red peppers, we have fun either way.”
MIRANDA LAMBERT stopped by her Nashville club Casa Rosa over the weekend. Somebody posted pics and video of her performing.
LUKE COMBS teased a new song called “The Kind of Love We Make” on TikTok . . . and it racked up close to a million views and 190,000 likes in less than 24 hours.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s dog has passed away. She honored him with a post yesterday on Instagram: “Last night my sweet Ace left this world. He was there for me when I was on my own trying to figure out life when it was at its craziest. He was with me through three houses, six tours and two kids . . .Always ready to snuggle and play through all the highs and lows. He was a true friend till the very end. I love you, sweet Ace. See you on the other side.” Carrie Underwood’s “My Savior” won Best Roots Gospel Album at the Grammys. She was so emotional she almost broke down backstage. “This is one thing that I’ve wanted to do my whole career. I’ve wanted to make this album and I got to, and this just means the world to me.”
Sterling K. Brown is 46. Randall Pearson on “This Is Us”.
Pat Green is 52
Max Gail is 79.
