Paramount+ has canceled the “iCarly” reboot after three seasons. A spokesperson says, “The series had a great three-season run and delivered on what fans really wanted to see with Carly and Freddie finally getting together.
“Saturday Night Live” returns October 14th with host Pete Davidson
Google Trends just did a big country music round-up on what Americans have been searching for . . .
Last week, they say there were twice as many searches for the phrase “country music” than the phrase “pop music.”
1. West Virginia searched for “country music” more than any other state last month.
2. Lyrics for “Mamaw’s House” by Thomas Rhett and Morgan Wallen were a top-trending search last week
3. They also looked at the top “Is [BLANK] a country singer?” searches. Taylor Swift is #1 on that list, followed by Zach Bryan and Jelly Roll.
4. Google still thinks Taylor is a country star, apparently. They say the most searched country music artists of the year so far are Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, Dolly Parton, Zach Bryan, and Luke Combs.s
Some other questions Americans were googling about country music last week . . .
“Is Toby Keith sick?” He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2021. But he made a triumphant return to the stage at Thursday’s show.
“How old is Toby Keith?” He turned 62 in July.
“How old is Wynonna Judd?” She’s 59. People were googling her because she got the first ever “Country Champion Award” at Thursday’s ceremony for all the charity work she’s done.
If you’re planning to tie the knot, and need a wedding singer – Darius Rucker’s price tag is $1 million. But he says he’ll be the best wedding band you ever had. He will kill it. You can even name five songs and they’ll learn them. He’s had two couples already take him up on it. He said, “We played our butts off. We were great. I sang the wedding song and then we played the show.”
Jimmie Allen’s people had “no comment” the other day when his estranged wife Alexis shared photos of their newborn son, Cohen Ace James. That left everyone thinking they were NOT still trying to work things out. But they are. Yesterday, a rep told “People” that the split “was never fully seen through legally” and that he and Alexis are a couple once more. “They decided to work on things together and are still together.”
Lainey Wilson surprised people at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge when a local artist named Jennie Wynn was performing her hit song, “Heart Like a Truck”. Lainey popped over to the side of the stage, and at one point said, “It’s a party every single time I get to come down here.”
Brett Young hit up social media yesterday to apologize for canceling a couple of shows because he wasn’t feeling well. He was so sick that “all of his strength and energy was gone” . . . and he was in no shape to perform. The good news is he’s feeling better and will be back on the road for this week’s shows.
Maren Morris says reports of her leaving country music are “a bit of an exaggeration.” She will be doing her own thing, but you’re still invited. Quote, “Come with me if you please. Everyone’s welcome.”
Dolly Parton has been a longtime advocate for the Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization. And now they’ve honored her with the 2023 Promise Award.
Tons of artists paid tribute to Ronnie Milsap at his final Nashville concert on Tuesday. One video making the rounds is Kelly Clarkson’s take on Ronnie’s 1977 hit, “It Was Almost Like a Song”.
Sharon Stone says she has to have eight hours of uninterrupted sleep so her brain medication prevents seizures. She says she’s “become more comfortable with publicly saying what’s really happened to me,” over 20 years after she nearly died due to a health incident. In 2001, the actress was given a 1 percent chance of living after a ruptured vertebral artery bled into her brain for nine days. At the time Stone, 65, was thriving both professionally and personally.
Kevin Spacey was rushed to the hospital from a film festival in Uzbekistan because he thought he was having a heart attack when his left arm went numb.
“Beetlejuice” is returning to theaters for one night to celebrate its 35th anniversary.
Travis Kelce is 34. Kansas City Chiefs tight end
Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix is 35
Nicky Hilton is 40.
Jesse Palmer is 45. Your new host of “The Bachelor”. He’s the former NFL quarterback from “The Bachelor’s” fifth season. He used to play for the Giants.
Kate Winslet is 48. You loved her in “Titanic”.
Mario Lemieux is 58. Hockey legend.
Daniel Baldwin is 63. The burliest of the Baldwin brothers.
Sir Bob Geldof is 72. He organized Live Aid
Karen Allen is 72. Marion Ravenwood in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”.
Brian Johnson is 76. AC/DC
Steve Miller is 80. “The Joker”, “Fly Like an Eagle”, and “Abracadabra”.
