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 "Hollywood Hashtag" stories include...
In an article published yesterday in "The Wall Street Journal", people close to Netflix's "Stranger Things" said each episode of Season 4 had a cost of $30 million. And with nine episodes, that's a total of at least $270 million... To put it in perspective, the final season of "Game of Thrones" had a cost of $15 million per episode. But comparably, "WandaVision", "Loki", and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" cost $25 million an episode.
SNOOP DOGG says he charges $250,000 to do a feature on someone else's song, and if they want him in the video, it's another $250,000. And they only have an hour to film his part.
MIKE TYSON landed several blows on a moron who was bugging him on an airplane. Mike's camp says the guy threw a water bottle at him. There's video of the incident, (WARNING: The videos contain profanity), but it doesn't show that happening. The guy looked to have suffered some cuts to his face, but nothing too severe.
Yesterday in the JOHNNY DEPP / AMBER HEARD trial, Amber's attorney read a text exchange between them where Johnny talked about going for the throat, Amber said, "My throat is yours," and Johnny replied, "I have other uses for your throat, which do not include injury."
SAM ASGHARI revealed that BRITNEY SPEARS keeps a framed photo of BRAD PITT as J.D. in "Thelma and Louise" in her closet. He imitated Brad in the movie and said he's, "10 times better than that guy."
ADRIAN GRENIER from "Entourage" is partnering with a startup that's building a balloon to send people to a height of 100,000 feet. That's not outer space, but it's far enough to see the curvature of the Earth and the darkness beyond our atmosphere.
Check out the new "Lightyear" trailer.
IDRIS ELBA will star in and produce a thriller called "Hijack" for Apple TV+.
LINDSAY LOHAN is releasing a podcast on Tuesday called "The Lohdown".
Sadly, ROBERT MORSE from "Mad Men" died Wednesday. He was 90 years old. He played the ad agency boss Bert Cooper.
STEPHEN KING apparently wrote his scariest story on Twitter the other day . . . a recipe for salmon in the MICROWAVE. Users had a field day commenting on the atrocity, that even a celebrity chef called it a, "horror movie" and gave Steve some cooking tips.
Dinner: Get a nice salmon filet at the supermarket, not too big.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 20, 2022
Put some olive oil and lemon juice on it.
Wrap it in damp paper towels.
Nuke it in the microwave for 3 minutes or so.
Eat it.
Maybe add a salad.
We heard recently that AZIZ ANSARI, SETH ROGEN, and BILL MURRAY were teaming up for a movie called "Being Mortal" . . . which Aziz was also directing. The production was suspended indefinitely on Monday, because someone accused Murray of inappropriate behavior. There's no word what he did, but Aziz and Seth reportedly had nothing to do with it. The production company is looking into it, and there's no word yet if filming will resume, or if Murray will be part of the movie going forward.
For Earth Day, JASON MOMOA would like you to take better care of the Earth.
IGGY AZALEA got a tattoo on her arm of her son as a cherub.
And QUEEN ELIZABETH celebrated her 96th birthday with her ponies.
