Selena Gomez and David Henrie are reviving their Disney Channel show “Wizards of Waverly Place”. It’ll follow David as a grownup Justin Russo, who must train a young wizard. Selena will make a guest appearance.
Lionel Richie says you can’t really do “We Are the World” today because too many people sound the same. “[Back then] voices were different-sounding from one to the next.”
Reba McEntire will sing the national anthem at Super Bowl 58 . . . which goes down at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, February 11. It’ll air on CBS. Post Malone will sing “America the Beautiful”and Andra Day will handle “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. Reba Tweeted a comparison between this gig and when she sang the anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City 50 YEARS AGO, in 1974.
Chris Stapleton met his wife Morgane when they were songwriters at the same publishing house in 2003. And he admits that he used their professional connection to sneak dates with her. “She would make the joke that I’d ask her to write songs at 8:00 on a Friday night. And she wasn’t wrong. Some things are electricity. Sometimes you just know those things intuitively about who your love interest is. You can’t explain those things. There’s an electricity to it. I think when people talk about lightning striking this way, it’s not really like a bolt. It’s more like a buzz . . .”And then one day you wake up 16 years later and you’re like, ‘Okay. I still feel kind of buzzed.'”
Carly Pearce released a live acoustic version of “We Don’t Fight Anymore” without Chris Stapleton. She performed it in ONE take.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit had to reschedule a second show after Jason caught a virus from his daughter. He says it’s temporarily screwed up his vocal chords, so he can’t sing well enough to put on a show that meets their standards.
Marilyn Monroe’s former home is safe from demolition for the foreseeable future following a hearing in which the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission voted to declare the property — which had been set to be demolished by its new owners — a historic cultural monument.
Shawn Johnson is 32. Olympic gold medalist and “Dancing with the Stars” champion. She won Season Eight when she was 17.
Pete Buttigieg is 42. Biden’s Secretary of Transportation.
Jodie Sweetin is 42. Stephanie on “Full House” AND “Fuller House”.
Katey Sagal is 70. Louise on “The Conners”, Gemma on “Sons of Anarchy, Peg Bundy on “Married with Children”
Desi Arnaz, Jr.is 71. He appeared on the cover of the very first issue of “TV Guide” as a baby, in April of 1953, with his mom, Lucille Ball. Lucy gave birth to Desi Jr. on the same day that her TV character gave birth to “Little
Dolly Parton is 78.
Shelley Fabares is 80. “Coach” star, who sang the 1962 hit “Johnny Angel”.
Tippi Hedren is 94. Melanie Griffith’s mother.
