JOHNNY DEPP’s defamation lawsuit against AMBER HEARD hits a Virginia courtroom on Monday and Court TV is going to televise it. Johnny filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber for her claims of domestic abuse in a “Washington Post” Op-Ed. This particular case has a slew of celebrity witnesses that include JAMES FRANCO and ELON MUSK. Not sure if they’ll show up and take the stand.
KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN and TRAVIS BARKER hit up a Vegas wedding chapel after the Grammys on Sunday and got HITCHED. But it turns out they’re NOT legally married, because they never got a marriage license.
JUSTIN BIEBER is gifting a month of free online therapy for his fans through a site called BetterHelp. He’s also offering 18 months for his touring crew. This news came out right after his ex-girlfriend SELENA GOMEZ launched her own mental health platform.
Yesterday, the “CMT Music Awards” introduced a new “socially-voted category.” It’s called the Trending Comeback Song of the Year, and it “honors iconic stars and their hits that stood the test of time but also recently found new popularity.” Here are the seven nominated songs . . .
“Freight Train”, Alan Jackson
“Neon Moon”, Brooks & Dunn
“9 to 5”, Dolly Parton
“I’m a Survivor”, Reba McEntire
“Suds in the Bucket”, Sara Evans
“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, Shania Twain
“Love Story”, Taylor Swift
The winner will be announced across CMT’s social platforms before Monday’s show.
GARTH BROOKS is opening a “bar and entertainment concept” on Lower Broadway in Nashville. He bought a 3-story, 40,000 square foot building that was the former home of the Nashville Sporting Club., “The goal is a classic honky-tonk that welcomes all and encourages love and kindness while playing the greatest music in the world in the home of Country Music.”
MAREN MORRIS’ “Humble Quest” broke the record for the most first-day and first-week streams on Amazon Music for a country album by a female artist.
DARIUS RUCKER’s “13th Annual Darius and Friends” concert is going down June 6th in Nashville. The lineup will be announced soon. Proceeds benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
HANK WILLIAMS JR. will be releasing a new album on June 17th. It’s called “Rich White Honky Blues”, and it was produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys.
LAUREN ALAINA announced on social media that she’s leaving Mercury Records. They’ve been her “label home” for over 11 years . . . since the day she “walked off the ‘American Idol’ stage as a 16-year-old kid.”
MORGAN WALLEN has donated $25,000 to the Smoky Mountain wildfires disaster fund. The money will be used for hot meals for relief workers, mobile food pantries, clothing, and supplies for the communities in the affected areas near his hometown of Sneedville, Tennessee
ASHLEY COOKE brought in BRETT YOUNG for a reimagining of her song “Never Til Now”.
“Forbes” released its annual list of the world’s billionaires . . . and RIHANNA made it. She’s said to be Barbados’ first billionaire. Beyonce and Taylor Swift made the list too.
Bobby Rydell, the pop singer and onetime teen idol from Philadelphia who starred opposite Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke in Bye Bye Birdie, has died. He was 79. Rydell died Tuesday at Phila’s Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He was still touring and scheduled to perform at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City in June.
People are actually getting tattoos of the WILL SMITH / CHRIS ROCK Oscar slap.
MATTHEW BRODERICK tested positive for COVID.
TIGER WOODS says he IS playing at the Masters, and he thinks he can win.
PEARL JAM, JACK WHITE, CHRIS STAPLETON, and KINGS OF LEON are headlining the Bourbon and Beyond Festival in Kentucky from September 15th to the 18th.
Candace Cameron is 46. D.J. Tanner on “Full House” AND “Fuller House”.
Zach Braff is 47. J.D. on “Scrubs”.
Paul Rudd is 53. He IS “Ant-Man”. Before that he was Phoebe’s husband on “Friends”,
Marilu Henner is 70. Saucy Elaine Nardo on “Taxi”.
John Ratzenberger is 75. Cliff Clavin on “Cheers”, and Hamm the piggy bank in “Toy Story”
Billy Dee Williams is 85.
