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BEYONCÉ makes chart HISTORY WITH COWBOY CARTER

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Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter has made chart history it is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. It is her eighth No. 1 on the Billboard 200.  Beyonce is the first Black woman to ever hold the top spot on the Country Albums list since it was established in 1964. 

Kristen Wiig was inducted in the Saturday Night Live five-times club this weekend. She hosted the comedy show for the fifth time and some of her celebrity friends stopped by to help her celebrate. Ryan Gosling, Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, Paul Rudd, Will Forte and Martin Short all appeared to award Wiig her blue velvet  jacket. She joins Rudd, Tom Hanks, Tina Fey, Steve Martin, Ben Affleck, Will Ferrell and Melissa McCarthy among others as members of the exclusive club. 

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher are calling it quits after 13 years of marriage. The celebrity couple announced the news on Instagram. “After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down. In 2023, we jointly filed to end our marriage,” they said in statements. The pair were married in 2010 and share three children. 

ANNA PAQUIN walks RED CARPET with a CANE

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Anna Paquin walked the red carpet with her husband Stephen Moyer at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York for their latest film A Bit of Light. Paquin sparked concern because she was using a cane for assistance. She has been dealing with undisclosed health issues for two years that has left her with mobility issues. “It hasn’t been easy,” the True Blood star told PEOPLE of needing a cane to walk and experiencing some difficulties with her speech.

Shakira has a new man in her life. The pop star is reportedly dating  Lucien Laviscount. The British actor played Shakira’s love interest in her new music video. A source told the Daily mail that they are “seeing each other” but are not “heavily involved yet.”

Maya Rudolph told the New York Times she regretted leaving SNL. “I would watch the show from home and my friends were on it, and I would be very upset,” Rudolph, who left the show in  2007, told the Times. “I felt like I died and was watching my life. I wasn’t ready to leave when I left. I kind of left twice, I said goodbye, and I was like, Oh, I’m back for one more.

MICHAEL J. FOX doesn’t THINK about PARKINSON’s

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Michael J. Fox opened up to Entertainment Tonight about living with Parkinson’s disease.  “After 35 years or something since I’ve been diagnosed, this is just my life and I don’t think about it much,” he told the outlet at a benefit for the Michael J. Fox Foundation. “I don’t even think about [it]. Except that I’m thinking about what we’re going to do as a community to figure this out and find a cure — and short of a cure, [creating] treatment centers that are really groundbreaking.”

Shannen Doherty is downsizing amid her cancer battle. During Sunday’s episode of her podcast “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty,” the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star opened up about giving up certain materialistic items in order to provide “an easier transition” for her loved ones . “My priority at the moment is my mom,” she said. “I know it’s going to be hard on her if I pass away before her. Because it’s going to be so hard on her, I want other things to be a lot easier. I don’t want her to have a bunch of stuff to deal with. I don’t want her to have four storage units filled with furniture.” Doherty is currently battling with stage four breast cancer that has metastasized to her brain. 

ANGIE HARMON’S DOG KILLED by INSTACART DRIVER

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Angie Harmon revealed that her dog Oliver was shot and killed over Easter weekend by an Instacart driver at her Charlotte, N.C. home. “a man delivering groceries for Instacart shot & killed our precious Oliver,” she wrote on social media. Harmon explained that the police let the driver “go, because he claimed ‘self-defense,'” adding, “He did not have a scratch or bite on him nor were his pants torn.” The Rizzoli & Isles star added, “We are completely traumatized & beyond devastated at the loss of our beloved boy & family member.”

Dakota Fanning has plans on becoming a mom. In an interview with PORTER she said, “Being an actor is a huge part of my identity. I don’t really know who I am without it. But I also have a desire to set up my life and career so that I always have a choice.” Fanning continued. “Having kids is probably more important to me than anything, even being an actor. If somebody said I had to choose, I would choose having kids.”

Valerie Bertinelli revealed to People in a new interview that she is “in love.”  “It’s a seesaw of emotions because I was adamant I was never falling in love again,” she told the outlet.  “I was supposed to die with my six cats and my dog,” she joked. The One Day at A Time star did not reveal her new guy’s name but said he was an East Coast writer whom she met on Instagram a few years ago. They began chatting on the phone earlier this year and only recently become romantic. 

ROBERT PATTINSON and SUKI WATERHOUSE welcomed their 1st CHILD together

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Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse have welcomed their first child together. The couple was photographed on a walk in Los Angeles, pushing a pink stroller in photos published by The Daily Mail. There has been no official announcement from the new parents.

Eva Mendes opened up about becoming a full-time mom to her children with Ryan Gosling. “It was like a no-brainer,” the “Hitch” star said in an interview on the Today show. “I’m so lucky. And I was like, if I can have this time with my children – and I still work, I just didn’t act, because acting takes you on locations, it takes you away.”

Lea Michele and her husband Zandy Reich are expecting their second child together. The Glee star posted a series of photos showing off her baby bump captioned,” Mommy, Daddy and Ever are overjoyed.” The couple are already parents to their three year-old son Ever Leo.

FEDERAL AGENTS RAID DIDDY’S HOMES

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Homeland Security agents raided homes in Los Angeles and Miami associated with Sean Diddy Combs on Monday. The raids were reportedly associated with a federal sex-trafficking investigation based out of New York. Agents detained Combs’ two sons as they searched the property. According to TMZ Diddy was questioned by federal agents at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive airport. 

Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that he recently had a pacemaker installed during his daily wellness podcast Arnold’s Pump club. “Last Monday, I had surgery to become a little bit more of a machine: I got a pacemaker,” the Terminator star said. “First of all, I want you to know I’m doing great! I had my surgery on Monday, and by Friday, I was already at a big environmental event with my friend and fellow fitness crusader, Jane Fonda. Nobody would ever have thought I started the week with a surgery.”

 

CAMERON DIAZ and BENJI MADDEN welcome BABY #2

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Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden have welcomed their 2nd child together. “We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our Son, Cardinal Madden. He is awesome and We are all so happy he is here!” the couple posted on their joint Instagram account.  The two tied the knot in 2015 and they welcomed their daughter Raddix in 2020 via surrogate. 

Gavin Rossdale opened up about his divorce from Gwen Stefani. “I never thought I’d ever get divorced. So there’s a simple shame in my life,” Rossdale said during his appearance on the Amy & T.J. podcast. “I feel bad for my kids, that’s it,” he said. “I wish I could have found a way to not have that in their lives. It wasn’t fun for me to come from a broken home… It can be quite debilitating for kids… the overriding things is you don’t want to let your kids down.” Rossdale and Stefani tied the knot in 2002 and announced their split in 2015 they share three sons. 

Kevin Bacon is going to the prom. The Footloose star announced that he will make an appearance at Utah’s Payson High School where the iconic 80’s movie was filmed. Students from the high school campaigned thru social media with the #BacontoPayson in an effort to get Bacon’s attention. 

 

RICHARD SIMMONS sparks concern with POST about DYING

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Richard Simmons backtracked on his comments that he is “dying.” The fitness legend apologized to his fans on social media for sparking their concern. “Sorry many of you have gotten upset about my message today,” he wrote.  “Even the press has gotten in touch with me. “I am not dying. It was a message about saying how we should embrace every day that we have,” he explained. “Sorry for this confusion.” Simmons had posted on Facebook earlier in the day about making the most out of life before death. 

Whoopi Goldberg is the latest celebrity to reveal that she used a weight-loss drug to lose weight. Goldberg said that she weighed almost 300 lbs when she decided to use Mounjaro to lose weight. Shortly after Goldberg made her confession, co-host Sunny Hostin chimed in and admitted that she also used Mounjaro after gaining 40 pounds during COVID.

Kris Jenner revealed that her younger sister Karen Houghton had died at the age of 65. The Kardashians star took to Instagram to share the heartbreaking news.”It is with the heaviest heart and deepest sadness that I share that my sister Karen passed away yesterday unexpectedly. My heart aches for my mom MJ and my niece Natalie and I pray that God guides us all through this difficult time,” she wrote.

JON BON JOVI NOT sure if he will TOUR AGAIN

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Jon Bon Jovi is still recovering from his vocal cord surgery in 2022. Mix 104.1 in Boston asked the rock legend if he would tour for Bon Jovi’s upcoming album Legendary. The singer replied, “I don’t know about a tour. It is my desire to do a tour next year, but I’m just still recovering from a major surgery.” He said, “Although I’m well on the road to recovery and was able to take my time and do a song a day when I made the record, my need, want, desire is to be able to do two-and-a-half hours a night four nights a week for months on end.” He added, “so I’m working towards that goal.” 

Mira Sorvino tearfully recalled how she stopped getting major studio film offers after she rejected Harvey Weinstein’s sexual advances. “For a time, I had a lot of wonderful offers and then, my career was stifled by Harvey Weinstein. So, I stopped doing studio movies after 1998,” Sorvino said during her appearance at 90s Con on Sunday. The Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion star said, “I stopped being a viable movie actress. I still did indies and I still did television, but that was very hard…I didn’t know at the time what was happening.”

CARA DELEVINGNE’s CATS survived DEVASTATING FIRE

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Cara Delevingne announced that her two cats survived a devastating fire at her home. “They are alive!!” she wrote on Instagram  alongside a photo of the two kitties.“Thank you to the firefighters.” The model’s $7 million Studio City home was engulfed in flames early Friday . The roof of the house collapsed, as 94 firefighters worked over two hours to put out the fire. 

Dr.Dre opened up about Eminem’s talent on SiriusXM’s This Life of Mine with James Corden. Dre said that he thinks Eminem can out rap anyone in the game.  “His imagination is off the charts, and I don’t think anyone would disagree with that. I think he’s the best MC ever. Point blank, period,” he said. “Of course, there are going to be arguments about that because he’s a white guy. I don’t think anyone that’s rapping can touch Eminem on that microphone.”