Dolly Parton proved once again she’s just one of us by admitting to the one thing she eats every day: POTATOES. She doesn’t need anything glamorous . . . she said she just looks for, “good, hearty food.” Here’s what she said recently: “I have to have something with potatoes . . . I mean, I’m just one of those people that I have to either have a baked potato, some mashed potatoes, some french fries, or something to do with potatoes.”
Darius Rucker just hosted his 16th Annual “Darius and Friends” benefit concert for St. Jude’s at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Darius’ friends included Luke Bryan . . . Tyler Braden . . . Kashus Culpepper . . . and he even had a surprise performance from Morgan Wallen. Morgan sang “20 Cigarettes” from his new album “I’m the Problem”. The benefit concert, plus the golf tournament the day before, raised over $815,000 for St. Jude’s. Awesome job, Darius. Thanks for helping all those kids.
If you were about to get plastic surgery, wouldn’t you want someone to sing you to sleep as your anesthesia set in? You should visit Dr. William J. Vinyard in Port St. Lucie, Florida. There are videos of Dr. Vinyard holding his patient’s hands and singing to them. He wrote in an Instagram post, “Every patient gets to choose their own song before surgery, a small but meaningful tradition that eases nerves and makes the experience truly personal.” He just went viral recently for singing Cody Johnson. And he’s also sang Garth Brooks, as well.
Maybe Sabrina Carpenter is the next pop star to go country? Eric Church and Lukas Nelson were on stage at Eric’s bar in Nashville and decided to cover one of Sabrina’s biggest hits, “Please, Please, Please”. It definitely had a soulful, bluegrass vibe.
Another of Diddy’s alleged victims testified during his trial yesterday. Also, the judge threatened to boot him from the courtroom for making faces at the jury.
There’s a Care Bears movie in the works.
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman now own an Australian sailing team
The Pacers beat the Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
Staci Keanan from “my Two Dads” and “Step by Step” is 50
Uncle Kracker is 51. (Matthew Shafer is his real name)
Steve Vai is 65.
Colin Quinn is 66. Former “SNL” cast member and host of “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn”.
Björn Borg is 69.
Sandra Bernhard is 70. Nancy on “Roseanne”.
Harvey Fierstein is 73.
Robert Englund is 78. Freddy Krueger in the first eight “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies.
