FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2024

Lainey Wilson is teasing her return as Abby on the second half of “Yellowstone” Season 5.  She was asked about it in an interview and said, quote, “I can’t wink, but I’m doing something with my eye right now . . .”It’s good news, I’ll tell you that.  Honestly, I don’t know exactly when they’re gonna start back up, but the truth is, we’re just trying to make sure that we have enough time to get in there and get it done, ’cause we’ve still got a lot going on right now.  But it’s a priority.”

Honkey-tonk ’90s legend Mark Chesnutt is ready to return to the stage.  If you remember, he underwent emergency quadruple bypass surgery last month.  He announced he’ll be performing in October at a show called “Songs and Stories of Dean Dillon”.

Country music is taking over the bar scene across the nation.  TouchTunes (you know those digital jukeboxes), released two charts about their most-played songs.  One is called Frontline, which ranks music released in the last 18 months, and the other is Catalog, which is music older than 18 months.

Here are the Top 5 Frontline songs:

1.  “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”,  Shaboozey

2.  “Lost Control”,  Teddy Swims

3.  “I Had Some Help”,  Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen

4.  “Last Night”,  Morgan Wallen

5.  “Fast Car”,  Luke Combs

These are the Top 5 Catalog songs:

1.  “Tennessee Whiskey”,  Chris Stapleton

2.  “I Love This Bar”,  Toby Keith

3.  “Friends in Low Places”,  Garth Brooks

4.  “Son of a Sinner”,  Jelly Roll

5.  “Truck Bed”,  Hardy

A stalker was arrested at one of Taylor Swift’s show in Germany.  He reportedly threatened both her and Travis Kelce.

Benedict Cumberbatch is 48. 

Nancy Carell is 58.  Steve Carell’s wife.  She was a correspondent on “The Daily Show” . . . and also played Michael’s girlfriend Carol on “The Office”.

Anthony Edwards is 62.  Dr. Mark Greene on “ER”, and Gilbert Lowe in “Revenge of the Nerds”.

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