John Krasinski was crowned PEOPLE’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive. Now living in Brooklyn with his wife of 14 years, actress Emily Blunt, 41, and their daughters Hazel, 10, and Violet, 8. Known for his nine-year run as Jim Halpert on the hit series The Office, he cowrote, directed and starred alongside Blunt in the thriller A Quiet Place.
Blake Shelton is pairing up with “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan to create a brand-new singing competition show for CBS called “The Road”. “‘The Road’ offers viewers a backstage pass into the life of a touring artist . . . Viewers will see what happens when some of the best up-and-coming performers pile into a tour bus and tackle a grueling schedule in pursuit of their dreams.” Blake said “I know a thing or two about singing competitions and what it’s like to chase a music dream and live life on tour. I’m looking forward to discovering new talent and giving them this platform.” Taylor said, “There is a revolution taking place in Country music . . . No more shiny floors and studio audiences . . . Get in the van, go to the next town and win the crowd. Do it enough, and you become the next leader. Simple as that.” CBS has already ordered the show and it’ll appear in next year’s fall lineup. In other Blake news, he’s releasing a new song on Friday called “Texas”. It’ll be a nod to George Strait.
Shaboozey’s song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” might be unstoppable. It’s #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 again, -that makes it a total of 17 weeks on top. That’s the longest EVER for a song with no accompanying acts. And this is an all-genre chart, too. Morgan Wallen’s song “Last Night” had a total of 16 weeks on top of the chart last year. In the history of the Billboard Hot 100, there’s only one other song that has had more weeks on top . . . and that’s “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus back in 2019 with 19 weeks. Shaboozey just posted on his Instagram to celebrate, he included a snippet of his new song “Good News”.
Ella Langley was performing in Texas earlier this month, when she lost her balance and fell onstage. She tried to break her fall by grabbing her guitar player Ben Flanders . . . but she took him down with her. They’re both okay. Ben was in the middle of a guitar solo at the time, and he immediately went back to it from the ground. And Ella was also able to power through to finish singing.
Kane Brown and his wife Katelyn have a new duet coming. Their first one “Thank God” was a huge hit in 2022. The new one is called “Body Talk”. The song lands next Friday, the 22nd. Kane was asked which of his tattoos he’d get rid of. He said the big one across his chest. He’s been trying to have it covered up for years. First, it was skulls. Then he decided to cover them up with a huge tattoo of the Bat Signal. And now it’s a hawk. He blamed his old tattoo artist, who had a drug problem. The guy was halfway through the Batman tattoo when he went to jail.
Jimmy Kimmel is 57.
Whoopi Goldberg is 69.
Chris Noth is 70.
Tracy Scoggins is 71. Monica Colby on “Dynasty”
Joe Mantegna is 77.
