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Laine Hardy’s sentimental ode to his “Tiny Town” will be his country radio debut

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Robby KleinLaine Hardy has been generating buzz and growing his fan base ever since he snagged the winning spot on Season 17 of American Idol last year. Now, the rising star is ready to make his official country radio debut.

For his first single, Laine has selected “Tiny Town,” a wistful look back at simpler times, when the singer was growing up in a tight-knit rural community. He first shared the track earlier this summer.

The story is a personal one for the singer, who grew up in Livingston, Louisiana, with a population of just 2,000. Since then, he’s left that life behind — first for the glamor of the American Idol stage, and then for the hallowed studios of Music City, where he’s been working with Jason Aldean’s producer, Michael Knox.

But part of Laine will always belong to the small-town lifestyle that raised him, and many of his songs — including “Tiny Town” — pay homage to those roots.  He also hints that there’s music where that came from. In fact, Laine’s planning to share another ode to his hometown this Friday, titled “Other LA,” which he co-wrote.

“When all the hustle & bustle of the show was going on, I just missed some of the comforts of home,” the singer explains, referencing how his song captures the homesickness he sometimes felt during his stint on American Idol.

“I love L.A. and being out there, but sometimes I miss my other LA. Can’t keep a country guy locked in the city for too long,” Laine adds.

“Tiny Town” officially hits the airwaves this week, after already becoming a grassroots fan-favorite with over two million audio and video streams.

By Carena Liptak
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Eva Mendes offers rare commentary on romance with Ryan Gosling

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Sonia Recchia/Getty Image(LOS ANGELES) — Don’t get it twisted, Eva Mendes is perfectly happy at home with Ryan Gosling. 

On Sunday, the 46-year-old actress posted a throwback pic of herself running on the beach on Instagram and joked, “Went for a run on the beach this morning,” before adding, “No I didn’t.”

“This picture was taken at least 15 years ago,” she clarified. “Haven’t seen a beach this year. Haven’t been on a run this year.”

In response to the post, someone commented, “You need to tell Ryan to get you out more,” which garnered a swift reply from the Ghost Rider alum which was captured by Comments By Celebs.

“No thank you, I’m good,” she wrote. “Rather be home with by man than anywhere else in the world.” 

Mendes and Gosling have been together for nearly a decade. The pair first met in 2011 while filming The Place Beyond the Pines, which they both starred in. Since then, they’ve welcomed two daughters — Esmeralda Amada, 6, and Amada Lee, 4.

By Danielle Long
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Sofia Vergara is the highest paid actress in 2020, see who else made the top 10

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ABC/Jill Greenberg(LOS ANGELES) — COVID-19 has created yet another shakeup: an actress from the small screen eclipsed those on the big screen in Forbes‘ new list of highest paid actresses.

Topping 2020’s list is Modern Family star Sofia Vergara, elbowing past Angelina Jolie by a gap of nearly $10 million.

Vergara, who wrapped Modern Family in April and embarked on a new venture with America’s Got Talent raked in an impressive $43 million between June 2019 and June of this year.  Her income was bolstered by her many endorsements and partnerships, such as Walmart and Rooms To Go.

The Colombian-born actress placed second in 2019’s roundup.

As for this year’s runner-up, Jolie notched a $35.5 million paycheck thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where she’ll star in the franchise’s upcoming big-budget The Eternals movie.

Placing third was Wonder Woman 1984 star Gal Gadot, who banked $31.5 million in 2020 thanks to her additional venture with Netflix’s Red Notice.

Rounding out 2020’s top five is Melissa McCarthy and Meryl Streep.

Streaming was a major factor in determining this year’s top ten, with a majority of the actresses signing lucrative deals with HBO Max, Netflix and Hulu.  Only two on the list, Jolie and Emily Blunt (who is sixth) made the top ten this year without the assistance of a major streaming deal or television series.

Here’s the Top 10 highest paid actresses of 2020:

  1. Sofia Vergara: $43 million

  2. Angelina Jolie: $35.5 million

  3. Gal Gadot: $31.5 million

  4. Melissa McCarthy: $25 million

  5. Meryl Streep: $25 million

  6. Emily Blunt: $22.5 million

  7. Nicole Kidman: $22 million

  8. Ellen Pompeo: $19 million

  9. Elisabeth Moss: $16 million

  10. Viola Davis $15.5 million

By Megan Stone
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Regal Cinemas suspending operations in the US

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Victor J. Blue/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Cineworld Group announced Sunday that it is suspending operations for its Regal Cinemas operating inside the U.S. due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

Wall Street Journal reports that Regal, which reopened in August, is the second-largest cinema chain in the country.  Now, Regal’s over 500 locations will be shuttering this Thursday due to a slew of expected box office hits pushing back their release dates yet again, including the latest James Bond film No Time to Die. 

“We are like a grocery shop that doesn’t have vegetables, fruit, meat,” Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger said in the interview. “We cannot operate for a long time without a product.”  

While Regal is the second-largest chain in the U.S., AMC is the largest.

By Megan Stone
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Entire 'Mean Girls' cast reunite for the first time since 2004 to support voter registration

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CBS via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — It’s widely known among Mean Girls fans that October 3 is, well, Mean Girls Day.  The date was made famous in the 2004 movie when Jonathan Bennett’s Aaron famously asked Lindsay Lohan’s Cady, who had a major crush on him, what day it was.

The main cast of Mean Girls assembled for the first time in 16 years on Saturday to not only celebrate the movie, but to inspire voters to register and show up at the polls on November 3.

Besides explaining to host Katy Couric why it’s important to not only vote in every election, the cast reminisced about their times on set and what drew them to audition for the Tina Fey-helmed film.

Lohan spilled that she originally eyed the role of Regina George, the film’s antagonist.

“I really wanted to play Regina because I had just done a movie, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen,” the actress explained, adding that she loved the idea of starring in a role where she would “get to be pretty and dress pretty.”

However, the more she read the script, “I started to really relate to Cady and her sensitivity and the trapeze of emotions that she goes through.”

Rachel McAdams inevitably went on to play Regina, saying that it was “cathartic” playing the antagonist because she wasn’t a queen bee in high school and enjoyed channeling her past experiences into the role.

Amanda Seyfried chimed in that she had zero reservations about playing Karen, the dumb blonde, grinning that she used to pull that card all the time to stay out of her respective high school drama.

The reunion also revealed the origin of “Fetch” —  Fey admitted she made it up — and whether or not the cast would be down for a sequel, which got a resounding “yes!”

By Megan Stone
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