WILLIAM SHATNER hit up Twitter to defend his policy of refusing to sign autographs in public. He said, “One leads to 50 which leads to hundreds which I don’t have time for.”
“Billboard” has put out their annual ‘Music Moneymakers’ list, which ranks the 50 artists who raked in the most money last year. U2 is #1, with an estimated net income of $54.4 million. GARTH BROOKS follows with $52.2 million.
Turns out LAUREN ALAINA and her boyfriend Alex Hopkins have decided they’re NOT too young to get marrie. They hit up social media over the weekend to announce their engagement. She posted a photo on Saturday of them kissing and captioned it, “Being yours forever has a nice ‘ring’ to it. #Hoppily-Ever-Hopkins @AlexHopkins We-Are-Engaged.” He shared the same photo, and wrote, “Ladies and gentleman, may I present to you for the first time, the future Mrs. Lauren Hopkins.” They’re both 23 and have been dating since 2012. No word on a wedding date. Alex played the love interest in Alaina’s “Next Boyfriend” video.
Now that MICHAEL RAY and CARLY PEARCE have come clean about dating, he wants you to know that she’s the one who initiated the relationship. “She did all the work. I don’t know if it’s a guy thing, but I don’t catch on to hints worth crap.” Even with the hints, he was afraid to go there because they run in the same circles and he didn’t want to be wrong and look stupid. And then one day SHE laid it out there. “She was like, ‘You know we have each other’s phone numbers, why don’t we just text.’ And I’m like ‘oh yeah, we do.'” So, they finally started hanging out and checked out some traditional country at the Nashville Palace. “We went there and it was at that moment for both of us where I thought, ‘I’m in love with this girl and she’s special.'”
“Dukes of Hazzard” star JOHN SCHNEIDER is ASKING for jail time, because the alternative is paying his ex-wife back alimony . . . and he can’t afford it.
Miley Cyrus’ next chapter is coming sooner than fans may have expected! She recently blacked out her social media accounts, and now we know why: She is preparing a big return to the music scene. “It’s just because she’s releasing new music next month,” an insider reveals. “Everything on her Instagram is strategic.” This will be the first time that the Hannah Montana alum, 25, has released new music since September 2017
JASON ALDEAN will host his third Concert For the Kids charity event in Macon, Georgia on September 6th. Proceeds will benefit the local pediatric facility. He says, quote, “Being able to give back to these kids and their families is definitely really important to me.”
RAELYNN released her “Tailgate” video. She says the song has a very interesting backstory. “It comes from a real place because I’ve been driving the same truck since I was 18 . . . and I got to thinking about all the trouble I’d have been in with mama and dad if that truck ever told a secret on me.”
If you checked out yesterday’s “Parade” magazine then you saw MIRANDA LAMBERT talking about her MuttNation charity, and her devotion to doggie adoption. The issue also featured Hunter Hayes, George Clooney, Ryan Reynolds, Kaley Cuoco, Bradley Cooper, Hilary Duff, and Ariana Grande.
When was the last time we saw CARRIE UNDERWOOD in leggings? Well, thanks to her Calia by Carrie line of workout clothes . . . the answer is today!
“The Bachelorette” at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. Becca and the last three bachelors travel to Thailand. The final three are Blake, Garrett, and Jason.
Danielle Bradbery is 22
Neil Perry from The Band Perry is 28.
Daniel Radcliffe is 29.
Alison Krauss is 47.
Woody Harrelson is 57.
