Country music legend David Allan Coe passed away yesterday evening at age 86. He was part of the outlaw country scene in the ’70s, and had his share of controversy over the years, like the use of slurs in some of his songs. Some of his hits you might know include “The Ride”, “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile”, and “You Never Even Called Me By My Name”. He also wrote Johnny Paycheck’s hit, “Take This Job and Shove It”. The cause of death hasn’t been confirmed, but he was in an intensive care unit.
Kacey Musgraves says there very much was beef with Miranda Lambert and it was, “grass-fed, grade A.” But that’s over. And now they have a song together called “Horses and Divorces”. It’s on Kacey’s new album, “Middle of Nowhere”, that’s out tomorrow. Kacey says, “I love this song, because it’s not coming from some contrived place in a writing room. We’ve come together after years of really, honestly, not being friends. “I had this idea one day when I saw her on Instagram, riding one of her horses, and I thought, ‘Well, I guess we have two things in common: horses and divorces.’ And I was like, ‘Wait, that’s a song.'” Kacey also announced the album’s tour, which kicks off in August. She says, “I want it to feel like you’re walking into an outdoor rodeo when you’re in there. There’s gonna be dirt, and it’ll feel like you’re outside.” She has a few album release shows next week in Texas. She’ll be joined by the Mariachi Brothers, after previously advocating for their release when they were detained by ICE.
Keith Urban has officially announced his yacht rock album. It’s called “Flow State” and it comes out June 12th. It has 10 covers with guests John Mayer and Little Big Town, and one original song called “We Go Back” featuring Michael McDonald.
Lainey Wilson put on a dark and short wig and went undercover at Stagecoach. She said her name was Britney West and used a California accent to interview festivalgoers. After revealing herself to excited interviewees, she gave them hugs.Lainey performed late Saturday night at Stagecoach after her set was delayed due to winds. She brought out Riley Green and Little Big Town.
“Michael” is a massive hit, but no biopic is completely accurate. And this one takes a lot of liberties with Michael Jackson’s life.
Ella Langley has been gaining popularity lately, so much so, that she’s surpassed every country artist on Spotify with one exception . . . Morgan Wallen. She now has 27.6 million monthly listeners, while Morgan has 34.3 million. It was only in February that she ranked #6 with 19.9 million. Now she’s #2. As for the rest of the Top 5 . . . Luke Combs is at #3 with 27.3 million, followed by Zach Bryan in fourth with 26.3 million, and Chris Stapleton at #5 with 25.9 million.
- The child molestation allegations. The movie WAS going to address the Jordan Chandler situation of the early ’90s . . . painting Michael as the innocent victim of a shakedown. That was supposedly cut for legal reasons.
- Michael’s sexuality. We spent so much time pondering over it, while the movie spends NONE.
- The movie seems to suggest his only friends were his animals. But he socialized with plenty of stars, including Diana Ross, Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Emmanuel Lewis, and more.
- The family’s religion was a big part of why Michael felt he never had a childhood. It’s also why there’s a disclaimer on the “Thriller” video saying it doesn’t endorse the occult.
- Michael didn’t almost die after his hair caught in fire. In reality, he was released from the hospital a day after that ill-fated Pepsi commercial. And he attended the Grammys a month later.
- Brother Randy and sisters Janet and Rebbie were just excised from Michael’s life. In Janet’s case, she actually DECLINED to be part of the film. But why’d the other two get axed?
- Michael and Paul McCartney had two #1 hits together, “The Girl Is Mine” and “Say Say Say”. But they famously had a falling out when Michael bought the Beatles music catalog out from under him.
Meryl Streep says she asked for . . . and received . . . double her original salary for “The Devil Wears Prada 2”.
A girl named Gray Connors went viral last year for sounding like Taylor Swift with her cover of “The Fate of Ophelia”. She says she’s been getting a lot of hate online for it and has been accused of faking her voice. She says, “It’s definitely gotten to me, but it’s also pushed me to want to work harder and prove people wrong . . .
“General Hospital” is the longest-running scripted show, with 63 seasons and counting. The longest-running non-soap is “Sesame Street”, with 56 seasons.
Today is National Bugs Bunny Day! One of his most popular quotes, “What’s up, Doc?”, has become part of our everyday language. Here’s a list of other popular TV show quotes that are commonly used:
- “That’s what she said,” – Michael Scott (Steve Carell) on “The Office”
- “Whatchu talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” – Arnold Jackson (Gary Coleman) on “Diff’rent Strokes”
- “Come on down!” – “The Price Is Right”
- “Th-Th-Th-That’s all folks,” – Porky Pig on “Looney Tunes”
- “You rang?” – Lurch on “Addams Family”
- “A three-hour tour,” – the theme song of “Gilligan’s Island”
- “Heeeere’s Johnny!” – Ed McMahon on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”
- “Is that your final answer?” – Regis Philbin on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
- “The tribe has spoken” – Jeff Probst on “Survivor”
- “Good night, and good luck,” – the signature sign-off of CBS journalist and war correspondent Edward R. Murrow
TV Tonight: The series premiere of “Man on Fire” and the NBA Playoffs.
Travis Scott is 35.
Ana de Armas is 38. Ballerina”. — Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde”.
Dianna Agron is 40. Quinn Fabray on “Glee”.
Gal Gadot is 41. “Wonder Woman”.
Kirsten Dunst is 44. “Spider-Man” trilogy.
Kunal Nayyar is 45. Raj on “The Big Bang Theory”.
Johnny Galecki is 51. Leonard on “The Big Bang Theory”, and David on “Roseanne”.
Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 55. Country singer.
Isiah Thomas is 65. Former NBA star and former NBA coach.
Merrill Osmond is 73. The Osmonds.
