The List for Friday, October 20th 2023

Welcome to The List,

We will try our best to sift through all the “Swifty” News out today…

If you’re a member of the actors’ union, you’d better think twice about your Halloween costume this year. Because SAG-AFTRA is prohibiting members from dressing up as characters from “struck content,” and posting images on social media.  And that includes some of this year’s hottest costumes, like Barbie and Wednesday Addams. The union asked members to, quote, “choose costumes inspired by generalized characters and figures: ghost, zombie, spider, etc.” Ryan Reynolds Tweeted, quote, “I look forward to screaming ‘scab’ at my 8-year-old all night.  She’s not in the union but she needs to learn.”…Well, I’m not an actor…so, I’m kinda looking forward to dressing up as “Barbie” this year.

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Now we know who to blame for “Yellowstone’s” Luke Grimes music career.  He says he wasn’t sure about doing a country album, until Lainey Wilson guest-starred on the show.  The cast and crew were so supportive of her being there that it took some of his fear away. His debut EP, “Pain Pills or Pews”, is out today.  You may know him as Kayce Dutton on “Yellowstone”, but he’s been doing music for a while.  His old band Mitchell’s Folly released an album in 2008.

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Will Smith appeared with Jada Pinkett Wednesday night at a promotional event for her new book “Worthy” in Baltimore. He called the relationship “Brutiful” . . . because it’s both brutal and beautiful.  He also called it, quote, “a sloppy public experiment in unconditional love.”..he can call it what he wants.  I can come up with a couple other names that might fit.

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The Daily Mail says Matthew McConaughey was recently granted a five-year restraining order against a woman he claims has stalked him since 2022 with ‘unhinged letters, emails, and frivolous lawsuits.’ She even showed up at his book signing in Los Angeles last month.  The woman is described as delusional and a threat. Is her name “Karen” by chance?

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One of the tracks on Tim McGraw’s latest album describes his relationship with his wife, fellow country music icon Faith Hill, “to a T.” McGraw opened up about what “Her” means to him in a new clip shared on Instagram on Thursday. “Her is one of the first songs I recorded for this album. It was one of the first songs I collected for the album.   I loved every second of it, every line, every verse. It’s to a “T” everything about my wife.”

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Today, multi-award-winning singer songwriter and breakthrough actress, Lainey Wilson announced she will be performing 35+ dates across North America on her headlining “Country’s Cool Again Tour” next year, more details can be found at LaineyWilson.com

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