Former “ER” actress VANESSA MARQUEZ was shot and killed by police last Thursday during a welfare check at her home near L.A. Apparently, she was suffering a seizure when they arrived, which may or may not have been brought on by an eating disorder. In any event, she reportedly became combative at some point, and pointed a BB gun at the cops, and that’s when she was shot. She played a nurse named Wendy Goldman on 27 episodes of “ER” from 1994 to 1997, and had bit parts on a few other shows. Then last year, she claimed she was blacklisted from Hollywood for complaining about harassment on the set of “ER”. She claimed GEORGE CLOONEY was one of the people who got her blacklisted. But he said he had nothing to do with casting back then, and even if he could have messed with her career, he wouldn’t have.
ROSEANNE BARR says she’ll be too busy to watch “The Conners”. She said she’s moving to Israel to study with some rabbis. She also went to Nashville recently to “cut a record,” and she’s also writing a new sitcom.
ASHLEY MONROE has a great story about how the PISTOL ANNIES formed. It was about seven years ago and she was hanging out a lot with MIRANDA LAMBERT. One night they were at Miranda’s place in Oklahoma and out of the blue she just started thinking about ANGALEENA PRESLEY. She said, ‘You need to hear her.’ And Ashley played one of her songs, and Miranda goes ‘It’s a band. It’s a band.’ Ashley thought it was too. So they called Angaleena and she said, ‘Why are y’all calling me up at midnight?’ And Miranda said, ‘Do you wanna be in a band with us?’ And Angaleena said, ‘Y’all high?’ They said, ‘Yes, but we still want to be a band.’ Ashley also said she thinks the band is successful because they’re fans of each other’s music . . . so even though each of them has her own own distinctive sound . . . they’re all encouraged to contribute equally.
Wedding bells rang for Good Morning America co-host Lara Spencer! Spencer and Rick McVey tied the knot in Vail, Colo – she was accompanied down the aisle by her son, Duff Haffenreffer.
The upcoming “Cats” movie with Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, and Ian McKellen will be out in December of NEXT year. And it’s set to come out the SAME day as “Star Wars: Episode Nine”.
LIONEL RICHIE now has a line of bedding for sale at JC Penney.
“Crazy Rich Asians” stayed #1 at the box office for the third straight week over Labor Day . . . raking in another $28.3 million from Friday through yesterday. “Operation Finale” debuted in fourth with $7.8 million.
You may have noticed that CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s Cry Pretty Tour 360 has all female acts. Her openers are MADDIE & TAE and RUNAWAY JUNE. And yes, she did it to make a statement.
CAM announced that she’s cancelling all of her fall U.S. tour dates. It’s because she switched record labels, which means her new album won’t be coming out as originally scheduled. Since there’s no new album to promote . . . she’s postponing the tour until she knows more.
LUKE BRYAN did some hunting over the holiday. He posted a photo of himself hanging with his sons . . . his nephew. He captioned it, “Dove hunting weekend.”
Some people are criticizing FAITH HILL’s performance at Aretha Franklin’s funeral. She performed “What a Friend We Have In Jesus”.
RYAN HURD released a new song called “To a T” on Friday . . . and it features his wife MAREN MORRIS on backing vocals.
BRAD PAISLEY and PEYTON MANNING recorded some new commercials for Nationwide Insurance.
It’s been four years since TERRI CLARK released a new album, so this is good news. It’s called “Raising the Bar” and it drops September 14th. The new single is called “Young As We Are Tonight”.
GEORGE STRAIT’s drummer . . . Mike Kennedy . . . died in a car accident late last week. George posted a heartfelt message on social media saying, “Hard to put into words how much Mike’s passing has affected us all. Our hearts are broken. The band will never be the same. ”
Beyoncé is 37.
