SARAH PALIN is updating everyone on her husband Todd’s condition, and his injuries sound a lot more serious than she initially let on in fact it sounds like he’s literally FALLING APART. He’s still in the ICU . . . She said, “A long surgery repaired numerous breaks in Todd’s upper body, doctors essentially lifted and secured every rib with steel bands, anchored the broken clavicle with plates and rods . . .Set aside repair of a broken shoulder for later . . . and also later are more minor things, like ACL/MCL knee injuries. They’re still mechanically inflating one collapsed lung while other bruised lung, liver, et cetera, are watched . . .”[The] chest drain is working overtime to keep things clear.” That sounds pretty wild . . . especially since she initially called the accident, quote, “a little wreck on a snowmachine.
LARRY DRAKE from “L.A. Law” died at his Los Angeles home yesterday. He was 66. There’s no word on a cause of death. Larry won two Emmys for playing Benny, the developmentally disabled office worker.
The third “Divergent” movie, “Allegiant”, is out this weekend. Your other options include “Miracles from Heaven” and “The Bronze”.
ERIC CHURCH got turned down so many times when he was first starting out that he decided to leave Nashville. But he changed his mind after listening to KRIS KRISTOFFERSON’s “To Beat the Devil” . . . and he got signed the next day.
An Indiana TV station reporting on the death of FRANK SINATRA JR. actually used a picture of JOE PISCOPO doing his FRANK SINATRA impression on “Saturday Night Live”.
Cornerback TRAY WALKER from the Baltimore Ravens was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash.
FABIO is officially a U.S. citizen.
A blue diamond ring that child star-turned-diplomat Shirley Temple wore for decades is going up for auction. Sotheby’s says the 9.54-carat ring is among the more than 300 lots in the “Magnificent Jewels” auction scheduled for April 19 in New York. It has a pre-sale estimate of between $25 million and $35 million. Temple’s father bought the cushion-cut stone for her around her 12th birthday in 1940 for $7,210. She wore it throughout her life.
KEITH URBAN announced the release date of his next album. It’s called “Ripcord”, and it’ll be out May 6th
TIM MCGRAW’s song “Humble and Kind” has been turned into a book. It includes the song’s lyrics, plus illustrations, and an introduction from Tim. It’s coming out May 17th, and the proceeds will go to charity.
ABC has yanked freshman series “Of Kings and Prophets” from its schedule, Variety has learned. The cancellation comes after just two very low-rated episodes have aired. The biblical drama premiered March 8
Blake Shelton is no stranger to a tabloid story being written about him, but when it’s downright false, you better be prepared to feel his wrath. He filed a sworn declaration in his lawsuit against In Touch, which claimed he went to rehab after hitting “rock bottom” on a Sept. 28 cover. Blake says he has never been to rehab and says that In Touch’s claim that he had been seeking treatment almost ruined his career. The magazine also accused Blake of infidelity while he was married to Miranda. “My ex-wife Miranda Lambert did not catch me with a bunch of naked women in our Tennessee home”. Blake, who is now dating Gwen Stefani, wants at least $2 million dollars for the false reporting.
Adam Levine is 37
Phillip Sweet from Little Big Town is 42.
Charley Pride is 78
