Dolly Parton truly never stopped working. She found time while she was sick to pre-record messages before she passed away. On Wednesday night, Zac Brown introduced a message from her at the CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence event. In the clip, Dolly says, quote, “I’ve always believed that music brings people together. “But none of that happens without dedicated teachers who encourage, inspire and believe in the next generation and that’s why we’re celebrating tonight. “To every music teacher of excellence, I want to thank you for your passion, patience and care that you give your students each day.”
Travis Tritt canceled three more shows due to pneumonia. His team said in a statement, quote, “Thank you for your understanding, continued support, and well wishes . . . He looks forward to being back on stage soon.” In other Travis news, he recently said he intentionally never moved to Nashville because, quote, “everybody starts thinking the same and borrowing from each other and copying each other and before you know it, originality is totally gone.”
Lainey Wilson released a song today called “Kinda Love It” about her marriage to Devlin “Duck” Hodges. It’s about her admitting that she didn’t think she’d ever settle down, and how she’s in love with her life now. She co-wrote it with John Mayer, and he also plays guitar on it.
“Grand Theft Auto VI” will have in-game podcasts and at least six radio stations that players can listen to. The country station will be hosted by Lana Del Rey as a character named Delta Dawne and Morgan Wallen as “MW”. Lana’s husband will also make a few appearances as a character named Mud Dog Mike. “GTA 6” comes out November 19th.
Diddy just had two months ADDED to his sentence, after reports surfaced that he was violating the rules to live it up in prison.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are facing one of their first big adversaries as a married couple … their neighbors in Ohio, who are apparently pretty ticked off about a -foot-tall black, powder-coated aluminum fence fence they’re building around their home. The fence at their lakeside home in Cleveland has become a source of conflict, with a board convening to hear both sides about a month ago. According to the transcript, the fence will be moved about 2 feet inside the actual property line to stay away from sewer lines … and the couple also wants to plant lots of trees on the property — presumably for privacy. One of the couple’s neighbors — a woman named Katherine Bolton — says the nearby sewer line is her big issue — and she doesn’t think the trees the couple wants to plant are going to be far enough away from the old, decaying sewer line. Taylor Swift leads the 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards nominees with six. The show airs live November 14th
Roseanne has a new comedy series in the works called “Meemaw”, about the matriarch of a “mixed-race family of preppers.” Randy Quaid and Drea de Matteo are in it, too.
More bad news for Tony Romo . . . he got disqualified from a golf tournament for shaving points off his score.
New in Theaters: “The Social Reckoning”, “Other Mommy”, and the remake of John Wayne’s “Angel and the Badman”
TV This Weekend: “Disclosure Day”, “The Housemaid”, and the “Treasure Island” TV series
Megan Moroney is 29. “Tennessee Orange”.
Jacob Batalon is 30. Peter Parker’s best friend Ned in the MCU “Spider-Man” movies.
Bella Hadid is 30. Gigi’s sister / model who you may remember from their mom’s show “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”.
Scotty McCreery is 33. Country star who got his start after winning the 10th season of “American Idol”.
Tyler James Williams is 34. Gregory Eddie on “Abbott Elementary”, Noah on “The Walking Dead”,
Zachery Ty Bryan is 45. Tim Allen’s oldest son Brad on “Home Improvement”.
Sean Lennon is 51. John & Yoko’s son.
Brandy Clark is 51. Country singer.
Scott Bakula is 72. Special Agent Pride on “NCIS: New Orleans”. Sci-fi fans know him from “Quantum Leap” AND “Star Trek: Enterprise”.
John O’Hurley is 72. J. Peterman on “Seinfeld”.
Tony Shalhoub is 73. No matter how many Emmys he’s won for “Monk”, he will always be Antonio on “Wings”.
Sharon Osbourne is 74.
Jackson Browne is 78. Biggest Hits: “Running on Empty”, “Doctor My Eyes”, and “Somebody’s Baby” from “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”.
John Lennon (1940 – 1980)
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Tanya Tucker is 68. Old school country singer.
