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Adele has gone viral for her reaction to Rihanna performing at the Super Bowl. She apparently meant it when she told fans at her Vegas show that she was only going to the big game to see Rihanna sing. She was reportedly in the VIP section with the likes of Jay-Z, Paul McCartney, and Gordon Ramsay. But Adele was captured making a "zip it" gesture to the people chatting around her moments before Rihanna came out, according to the NY Post. Fans loved it.
Marvel is attempting to bring back one of its most iconic actors, even though his character is dead, Radar Online reports. The studio has approached Robert Downey Jr. to rejoin the "Avengers" franchise in 2026. But RDJ wants a paycheck of over $80 million. When he first hit the scene as "Iron Man," he was paid $500,000, but the paycheck went up to $75 million by the time he did "Avengers: Endgame."
Genesis is at the top of the Forbes Highest Paid Entertainers of 2022 list. Between "The Last Domino" farewell tour and income streams like royalties, the band earned $230 million last year. Sting is at #2 with $210 million, thanks largely to selling his entire music catalog. Taylor, at #9 with $92 million, is the only female to make the top 10. Here's the full Top 10;
Genesis
Sting
Tyler Perry
Trey Parker & Matt Stone
James L. Brooks & Matt Groening
Brad Pitt
Rolling Stones
James Cameron
Taylor Swift
Bad Bunny
An Irish pub that once banned actor Colin Farrell is giving him a second chance. Colin was banned from MacCarthy's Bar in Cork in 1997 for his "outrageous" antics when he was just starting out. Adrienne MacCarthy confirmed to Jam Press that she's the one who threw him out 25 years ago, saying she had "grown sick" of his behavior over three months. She explained, "He was new out of acting school. He had wild times, and at 19, we're all wild and misbehave. He was outrageous, so I had enough and said, 'That's it, you're out!'" He eventually popped back in years later and all was forgiven. It's hard to hold a grudge against Ireland's fifth-greatest actor (according to The Irish Times in 2020, anyway).
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Western Mass News reports that Lenny Jacobson will be honored by the St. Patrick's Committee of Holyoke with the John F. Kennedy National Award. The John F. Kennedy National Award is presented annually to an American of Irish descent who has distinguished themselves and excelled in their field.
Lenny, who is best known for his role as Lenny the EMT from "Nurse Jackie," grew up in Holyoke. He's also starred in "Narcos," and most recently, "For All Mankind." Lenny is expected to come to his hometown in March for the Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade.
There was speculation that Megan Fox broke things off with Machine Gun Kelly after she scrubbed her Instagram of all traces of him and then eventually just deleted her account. She also started following Eminem, who has had a long-standing feud with MGK. Sources say, however, they are still together but that they did have a fight over the weekend, and she's not talking to him. A source told People the engagement has not been officially called off, but Megan has taken off her ring. They were in the midst of planning a Spring wedding.
Some sudden deaths….
Sharon Stone's brother, Patrick, died suddenly over the weekend from sudden cardiac death due to heart disease. He was 57. His death comes two years after his 11-month-old son died from total organ failure.
Cody Longo, who played Nicholas Alamain on "Days of Our Lives," was found dead at his home in Austin, Texas at the age of 34. His rep said the cause of death was likely accidental alcohol poisoning.
David Jolicoeur, one of the founding members of De La Soul ("Me, Myself, & I") has died at the age of 54. According to TMZ, he passed away Sunday at a hospital in Maryland.
Austin Majors, who made his mark as a child star on "NYPD Blue" has died at the age of 27, possibly from a fentanyl overdose. He had been staying at a homeless housing facility in Los Angeles.
There are rumors of trouble on the set of the upcoming "Joker" sequel due to lack of bathroom access for extras. Some extras are reportedly afraid to speak up out of fear of being berated, with one extra saying they have to ask the assistant director for permission to use the bathroom The Screen Actors Guild received a complaint and is investigating. This is not the first time bathroom issues have been reported on a "Joker" set as a similar incident occurred during filming for the first movie in 2018, TMZ reports.
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Justin Bieber and Kodak Black are being sued by two of the three men who were shot outside Justin's after-party during last year's big game weekend, according to TMZ. They claim Kodak egged on the perpetrators, leading them to let loose. They're blaming the venue for not having enough security and say they security they did have wasn't properly trained. And as for Justin, well, it was his party.
Wynonna Judd was performing in Ohio when she had to stop the show because she was about to pass out. She said to the crowd, "Hang on a second… I am really dizzy. Can somebody come up here please. I'm really dehydrated and I'm having a hard time, so wait a second." She was helped off stage by Martina McBride and Karen Fairchild, who were on tour with her. Wynonna has had other trouble on this tour as well – she forced to cancel her New Year's Eve show in Nashville because of extreme vertigo.
Ye may have lost $1 billion after Adidas dumped him. But Adidas wants everyone to know they're losing out bigtime too. Adidas says they're looking at losing close to $1.3 billion in sales this year because Yeezy clothes and shoes will not be available.
"Millionaire Matchmaker" host Patti Stanger not only admit to being one of the many celebrities using the Type 2 diabetes Ozempic for weight loss, she's practically bragging about it, Radar Online reports. Despite the drug currently in shortage, Patti boasted on the "Behind the Velvet Rope" podcast, "Like there are, there are girls in Hollywood that are skinny minis. I'm on the shot too. You wanna talk about it? Well, I was the first one - I was written in up in the Wall Street Journal when they had the article." This angers a lot of people, including "black-ish" star Anthony Anderson who is someone who actually needs the drug. Anthony, who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2002, said, "It's creating a shortage for those of us who need the medicine that we need and not for weight loss issues, but for our health." Sounds like Patti's in the "couldn't care less club," as long as she can drop those couple of pesky pounds.
