KYLIE JENNER showed off part of her daughter Stormi’s shoe collection on Snapchat, and the word is that it’s worth $22,000. Kylie said, “Stormi can finally fit into some of her sneakers . . . So, I’m about to see if she likes shoes. Too cute.”
The author of a new BRUCE LEE biography thinks Bruce actually died of heat stroke because he’d recently had the sweat glands removed from his armpits. Because he hated how his sweaty pits looked onscreen.
MIRANDA LAMBERT didn’t do any interviews to promote her latest album, “The Weight of These Wings” for a specific reason – her personal life was a mess, making music was the best way to deal with it, and she was happy how it worked out. But she didn’t want to explain all that in a bunch of press events. But she’s talking about it now. Here’s how she put it in a new interview. “It was hell . . . putting my words on paper. So I didn’t want to rehash. I’d finally gotten to a place where I wasn’t sad anymore. “All the sad moments were there, all the truths were right in those songs. All you had to do was listen.“ Once the album was out, she finally got on the phone for the first interview. And the very first question was, “How do you feel about Gwen?” So she hung up. Next up is her stuff with the Pistol Annies, which takes the pressure off writing alone. She describes it as, “a slumber party with songwriting.”
34-year-old KATHARINE MCPHEE is engaged to 68-year-old musician and producer DAVID FOSTER. And here’s an interesting coincidence: At Katharine’s first wedding in 2008, she serenaded her new husband Nick with “Unforgettable” . . . accompanied by David Foster on piano.
A source says JENNIFER ANISTON is dating again, but it’s “very hush-hush.”
The character of Henrietta Lange is played by 73 year old Linda Hunt. Linda was hospitalized after a serious car wreck in Hollywood. She was driving a black BMW SUV Monday and tried making a left turn. An eyewitness says Hunt struck a sedan and then collided with a Honda SUV. She was visibly shaken, and witnesses escorted her to a lawn chair on the sidewalk. Paramedics evaluated Linda on the chair and then determined she needed to be taken to the hospital. The witness says the other drivers only suffered minor injuries.
A few people used the Fourth to tease new music. KEITH URBAN sat at a piano and played a little bit of his new single “Coming Home” . . . and DAN + SHAY released a dance remix of “Tequila”.
BILLY RAY CYRUS released a patriotic song called “The Goddess of Democracy”. Safe to say it won’t become a new Independence Day classic.
(And here’s a roundup of country stars sharing their Fourth of July sentiments yesterday . . . Reba, Dolly, Zac Brown Band, Big & Rich, Jake Owen, and more.)
CHARLIE DANIELS just gave $100,000 to Middle Tennessee State University’s Veterans Center, and called the men and women in the military “the best we’ve got.”
GWEN STEFANI has played three shows of her residency in Vegas so far. And BLAKE SHELTON has been to all three. He posted about it on Twitter, with the hashtag “stalker.”
LUKE BRYAN led a singalong of “Kick the Dust Up” at a Children’s Hospital.
ERIC CHURCH’s younger brother Brandon passed away this past Friday in North Carolina. He was 36, and co-wrote two songs from Eric’s first two albums. They don’t know the exact cause of death, but he had multiple seizures that led to a heart attack.
“The Middle” is already a huge dance hit for MAREN MORRIS, and now there’s an EP of five remixes by big DJs.
“The Gong Show” at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. Jason Sudeikis, Sharon Osbourne, and Brad Paisley are the judges.
“Match Game” at 9:00 p.m. on ABC. The panelists are Laverne Cox, Michael Ealy, Constance Zimmer, David Arquette, Caroline Rhea, and Joel McHale.
Dave Haywood from Lady Antebellum is 36.
Edie Falco is 55. Carmela Soprano on “The Sopranos” and the title character on the Showtime series, “Nurse Jackie”.
Marc Cohn is 59. He won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1991, thanks to his single “Walking in Memphis”. Then, he disappeared from our lives for YEARS . . . until August of 2005, when he was SHOT IN THE HEAD during an attempted carjacking. He survived, and promptly disappeared again.
Katherine Helmond is 89. Mona on “Who’s The Boss?” She’s also the voice of Lizzie in all the “Cars” movies.
