Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be the first-ever Master of Ceremonies for Shark Week on Discovery. This will be the 34th annual Shark Week. It kicks off Sunday, July 24th.
Olympian Simone Biles was mistaken for a child on her flight home after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A flight attendant even tried giving her a coloring book. Probably because she’s 4-foot-8.
In a new ESPN docuseries called “The Captain”, Derek Jeter talks about how close he and Alex Rodriguez used to be, and how A-Rod broke his trust by talking trash about him in interviews. The series debuts July 18th.
Randy Houser is okay with posting stuff on social media. One look at his Instagram and you’ll see that he does it all the time. But he draws the line at posting “whatever it takes” just to go viral on TikTok. “I understand that’s the way of the future and all that. But that ain’t music. I like music. [There’s] enough on our plates to be able to create music, and then all of a sudden you gotta be a TikTok star for any of that to count? “No. That’s not true. That’s a bunch of [crap] you’re getting sold because your [record] label is too lazy to make you a star or get your music done. They’re trying to take the easy way out and press you to do something else. Sorry.”
Tim McGraw’s16th solo album is almost done. He recently co-hosted “Country Countdown USA” and said a new single will be out “before too long.” He’s got eight songs in the can and is working on more. He’s doing his best to top his last album “Here on Earth” that came out a little under two years ago.
Priscilla Block has announced the second leg of her “Wildly Popular” Welcome to the Block Party Tour. It picks up October 13th in Liberty Township, Ohio . . . and runs through November 19th in Charleston, South Carolina.
Zac Brown Band is currently on their “Out in the Middle” tour until November. And People.com has some behind-the-scenes photos to get a glimpse of what their life is like on the road. My favorite pic shows them eating dinner with bottles of Perrier on the table. That’s country.
Pete Davidsonis now the face of the men’s grooming company Manscaped.
“Only Murders in the Building”has already been picked up for a third season.
Now there’s a “Golden Girls”children’s book called “Goodnight, Girls”.
Tracy Lawrence and Clay Walker did a mini-tour in March, and I guess it went well because they’re doing another one. It’s six shows starting November 3rd in Norfolk, Virginia, and wrapping a little over a week later on November 12th in Macon, Georgia. Tracy’s Twitter has the dates and details.
Parker McCollum knows his audience. He brought TikTok star Tayler Holder out to the stage at his show in Dallas on Friday, and the crowd started shrieking. Tayler has over 20 million followers on TikTok, and they were all there. Well, it sounded like it. They sang “Hell of a Year”.
Kimberly Perryis 39.
Kristi Yamaguchiis 51. Olympic gold medalist, and a “Dancing with the Stars” champion.
Lisa Nicole Carsonis 53. Renee on “Ally McBeal”.
Cheryl Laddis 71. Kris Munroe on “Charlie’s Angels”.
Richard Simmonsis 74. Fitness guru.
Christine McVieis 79. Fleetwood Mac
Bill Cosbyis 85.
