Adam Sandler tops Forbes’ list of the highest paid actors of 2023 with $73 million. He’s followed by Margot Robbie at $59 million and Tom Cruise at $45 million
Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik will reunite as “Big Bang Theory” couple Sheldon and Amy in the “Young Sheldon” series finale. It airs next Thursday on CBS.
TV series based on “John Wick” and “Twilight” are in the works. Very little is known about either, but the “Twilight” show will be animated.
Lainey Wilson just appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and they both gushed over how much they love and respect one another. It was cool, because it seemed in no way forced. These ladies truly think the other is awesome. Kelly Clarkson started the love fest by telling Lainey, “I saw you perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards and . . . Oh my god. Your whole body is moving and into the song. Everything is singing.” And then Lainey told her, “You’re the same way. I also know that you covered ‘Heart Like a Truck’. And, even when you are singing everybody else’s songs, it’s not like you just learned the words and got up there . . . You are really feeling it for everything it is . . . That means so much to me.” Kelly told her, “It means so much to ME that you are writing music that inspires.” But Lainey then found her moment to playfully take a dig at Kelly by saying, “But you’re singing everybody’s song better than they’re singing ’em. You better quit!” And of course, they did a Kellyoke segment too, and teamed up for a duet of Lainey’s new song “Country’s Cool Again”.
Zach Bryan kicked off his 2024 “Quittin’ Time” tour with a new song called “The Great American Bar Scene”. He played it at his first show in Chicago on Tuesday. Most fans expect it to be on his next album, whenever that lands. He played it early, and then surprised everyone halfway through the set by bringing out Kacey Musgraves. They did “I Remember Everything” live together for the first time.
Here we go again . . . Fans think Morgan Wallen’s new song “Lies Lies Lies” is a response to Megan Moroney’s “No Caller ID”. They also think Megan’s song was a response to Morgan’s song “Tennessee Numbers”. There’s no official word if they’ve ever had a relationship or who the songs are about. A similar speculation happened back in 2022. Fans thought Megan’s song “Tennessee Orange” was about Morgan. Especially since her teaser photo for the song was herself wearing Morgan’s shirt.
Shania Twain got her own Barbie in honor of International Women’s Day, and she celebrated by copying Ryan Gosling’s classic line from the movie. In an Instagram post she said, quote, “All I’ve wanted to do my whole life is tell stories of empowerment, independence and self-expression through my songwriting.” Shania is one of several women getting Barbies, including Viola Davis, Helen Mirren, and Kylie Minogue.
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are starring in “Othello” . . . on Broadway.
Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin are reportedly engaged.
There’s a new documentary on Steve Martin coming to Apple TV+ called “STEVE! (martin)”. The trailer dropped yesterday.
Tim Allen will star in a new comedy series for ABC called “Shifting Gears”. He’ll play a widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop.
Amanda Gorman is 26. America’s first National Youth Poet Laureate.
Laura Prepon is 44. Alex on “Orange Is the New Black”. Before that, she was Donna on “That ’70s Show”.
Jenna Fischer is 50. Pam on “The Office”.
Peter Sarsgaard is 53. The Gotham City D.A. in “The Batman”.
Wanda Sykes is 60. Harriet Tubman in “History of the World Part 2”, and Daphne Lido on “Black-ish”.
E. L. James is 61. “Fifty Shades of Grey” author.
Taylor Dayne is 62. Biggest hits: “Tell It to My Heart” and “Love Will Lead You Back”.
Bryan Cranston is 68. Walter White on “Breaking Bad”.
Lynn Swann is 72. NFL Hall of Famer who won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1975, 1976, 1979, and 1980). He was the MVP of Super Bowl 10 in 1976.
Peter Wolf is 78. Lead singer of the J. Geils Band.
