Matthew BerinatoThough Kane Brown‘s daughter Kingsley is only a year old, her dad reveals she’s already developing a personality.
During a virtual appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kane shares that as his daughter, who turned one in October, continues to grow, so does her character. He jokes that she’s now a “diva,” having appeared in two of his music videos, “Worldwide Beautiful” and “Worship You,” the latter of which also features wife Katelyn.
“She’s doing great. She just turned one, she’s getting a little personality. Been in two music videos already, she’s becoming a little diva,” Kane quips about his daughter.
Kane will perform during the halftime show at the Dallas Cowboys vs. The Washington Football Team Thanksgiving Day game at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas on November 26.
ABC News/Steve Iervolino(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar-winning screenwriter Quentin Tarantino is making his fiction-writing debut with a two-book deal, including a novel based on his Academy Award-winning film Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood.
The film, which netted a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Brad Pitt and a second screenwriting trophy for the filmmaker, will provide the inspiration for a movie novelization that will be published by HarperCollins.
A second book, Cinema Speculation, is being called a, “deep dive into the movies of the 1970’s…from one of cinema’s most celebrated filmmakers, and its most devoted fan.”
Set in 1969, Hollywood centered on a fading big screen star played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his best friend and stunt double Cliff Booth, played by Pitt.
“In the seventies movie novelizations were the first adult books I grew up reading,” Tarantino said in a statement. “And to this day I have a tremendous amount of affection for the genre. So as a movie-novelization aficionado, I’m proud to announce Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood as my contribution to this often marginalized, yet beloved sub-genre in literature.”
He added, “I’m also thrilled to further explore my characters and their world in a literary endeavor that can (hopefully) sit alongside its cinematic counterpart.”
According to the publisher, the project, “will amplify Tarantino’s original award-winning vision, while also offering a fresh, playful and shocking departure from the film.” The books will “chart the lives” of Dalton and Booth “both forward and backward in time,” says the publisher.
This isn’t the first time Once Upon A Time… has inspired a spin-off. Tarantino has said in the past that he was writing episodes of Bounty Law, the fictional black-and-white Western series depicted in the movie. In fact, he was eyeing a five-chapter series based on the show, in which DiCaprio’s character starred.
HBO MaxCarrie Underwood has set a release date for her HBO holiday special.
My Gift: A Christmas Special from Carrie Underwood will stream on HBO Max beginning on December 3. The special finds the superstar performing a series of classic holiday songs, along with original material off her Christmas album, My Gift, released in September, backed by her band and a live orchestra and choir.
The special will also feature a duet between Carrie and John Legend on their original song “Hallelujah,” along with behind-the-scenes footage of Carrie recording “Little Drummer Boy” with her five-year-old son, Isaiah.
The powerhouse singer is a co-producer of the show, alongside her manager, Ann Edelblute, and actor Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman under Hanks’ production company, Playtone.
“I’m thrilled to be collaborating with Playtone and HBO Max to bring My Gift to life. Just like the album, I hope this special will help bring some much-needed joy and become part of the soundtrack to people’s holiday festivities this year as it streams throughout the season and beyond,” Carrie says in a statement.
My Gift debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums, Top Christian Albums and Top Holiday Albums charts.
David BeanBrad Paisley now has another guitar named after him.
In collaboration with Fender, the country star lent his name and insight to the Brad Paisley Signature Esquire as part of Fender’s Artist Signature Series.
Brad co-designed the instrument, which features a paisley pattern over a black sparkle frame and boasts an exclusive neck pickup hidden under the pick guard that protects the instrument’s finish.
“The Esquire is a streamlined, working-man’s guitar. It’s really important to me that you hear an echo of the past in the stuff that I do, and in that sense, this guitar encompasses what I try to do musically,” Brad explains. “It has a retro feel, but at the same time, it’s progressive, with a new style of pickup that hasn’t been done before.”
Brad has used Esquire guitars throughout his career; the new instrument follows the 2017 release of the limited-edition Brad Paisley Road Worn Telecaster.
The Brad Paisley Esquire is priced at $1,399.99 and is for sale via the official Fender website.
Jason Nocito/GQ(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Did George Clooney really give his best buds a million bucks in cash each? The Oscar-winning actor and producer gets candid about that rumor and more in the cover story of GQ‘s new Man of the Year issue.
The answer about the cash, is yes. The 59-year-old explains, “[O]ver a period of 35 years [they] helped me in one way or another. I’ve slept on their couches when I was broke…” he says of the 2013 gesture. “I just thought basically if I get hit by a bus, they’re all in the will. So why the f*** am I waiting to get hit by a bus?”
Clooney detailed the Ocean’s Eleven-like scene of picking up the cash in a florist truck, and later presenting a Tumi bag with $1 million bucks each to those 14 friends.
Not that his life’s without problems. A head injury on the set of 2005’s Syriana left Clooney in so much pain he contemplated suicide. Then in 2018, he suffered a serious motorcycle accident in Italy. As he and producing partner Grant Helsov waited for an ambulance, looky-loos were filming him on the pavement.
“I’m not a cynical guy,” Clooney says. “But I’ll never forget the moment that what I thought might be my last few moments was for everyone else a piece of entertainment.”
As a result of both incidents, Clooney’s been in “constant discomfort” for 15 years.
Like millions of us, Clooney’s been sheltering in place at home lately. “I cut my own hair and I cut my kids’ hair and I’m mopping it and vacuuming and doing the laundry,” he declares, adding, “I feel like my mother in 1964. You know, I understand why she burned her bra.”
And though once an avowed bachelor, Clooney says his marriage to human rights attorney Amal Clooney has changed his life. “I didn’t know how un-full it was until I met Amal,” he says.
Matthew BerinatoThough Kane Brown‘s daughter Kingsley is only a year old, her dad reveals she’s already developing a personality. 
