The Wake Up with Bret & Julie's Julie Tristan has all the entertainment news that you'll need, and she'll even give you a "Hot Guy Fact of the Day". Today's "Hashtag Hollywood" stories include..
ANDY COHEN apologized for trashing RYAN SEACREST and ABC's New Year's Eve coverage. He said, "I really like Ryan Seacrest and he's a great guy . . . I was just stupid and drunk and feeling it."
BETTY WHITE's last word was ALLEN . . . as in her husband ALLEN LUDDEN. That's what Betty's assistant told CAROL BURNETT. Betty and Allen were married from 1963 until his death in 1981.
JIMMY FALLON got COVID over the holiday break.
In related COVID news, the Grammy Awards will MOST LIKELY be postponed due to rising Covid-19 cases and the Omicron variant, the Marvel movie "Morbius" with JARED LETO is being postponed from January 28th to April 1st, and it's probably all Omicron's fault, and WHOOPI GOLDBERG is taking a break from "The View" this week after testing positive for COVID.
THE WEEKND is releasing a new album called "Dawn FM" this Friday with a guest appearance from JIM CARREY. Jim said, "It was deep and elegant and it danced me around the room. I'm thrilled to play a part in [The Weeknd's] symphony."
new album : dawn FM // january 7th pic.twitter.com/2H8AsuLcCi
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) January 3, 2022
LEBRON JAMES wants his 17-year-old son LEBRON JR. in the NBA, so they can play in the league at the same time. He says, "I think that would an unbelievable moment . . . it could get close, but we shall see." LeBron Sr. is 37.
KEANU REEVES donated 70% of his "Matrix" earnings to leukemia research . . . which is around $31.5 million. At the time, his younger sister was battling the blood cancer, before going into remission in 2001.
ELIJAH WOOD still hasn't read any of "The Lord of the Rings" books. "['The Fellowship of the Ring'] book is dense and verbose and beautiful, but heavy . . . I found it taxing to read the book with all the work I was doing on my character. It's ridiculous that I haven't [read it]. It's my cross to bear."
The first collection of "Winnie the Pooh" stories hit the public domain on New Year's Day, and RYAN REYNOLDS took advantage of that fact to make a Mint Mobile commercial.
Those home makeover shows aren't all they're cracked up to be. People on Reddit who've been on those shows are sharing their horror stories, including shoddy work and higher taxes on their renovated homes. You can check out more horror stories . . . and some success stories . . . here.
A list on MentalFloss.com of the most popular movies for each year, based on how much money they made includes: "Jaws" in 1975 . . . "Jurassic Park" in 1993 . . . and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in 2001.
You can hate TOM BRADY all you want, but this was a classy move: After Sunday's game, he signed a football for Jets rookie BRANDIN ECHOLS . . . a ball Echols INTERCEPTED from Brady.
