The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2026 was announced last night on “American Idol”.  WDIV says Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Queen Latifah, Oasis, Sade, Wu-Tang Clan,  the late Luther Vandross and Joy Division/New Order are going to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. The induction will be held on November 14th at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Deadline Hollywood says Tim McGraw is joining the cast of Hulu’s show, “Southern B*stards”. McGraw will play Coach Boss. This will be McGraw’s first major TV role since ‘’1883’’. Kevin Bacon is the lead and plays a man named Earl whose father used to be the sheriff.

Radar Online says Jennifer Lopez has allegedly ditched dating in real life and has hooked up with an AI guy.  The AI date is a smooth talking British companion Lopez designed for herself.  She talks to him in the morning and at night.  A source says, “Jennifer has sworn off real dating for now and jokes that the closest thing she has to a boyfriend is her AI companion. But it’s not exactly a joke because she’s created her dream guy and she talks to him morning, noon and night! It started as curiosity about the technology, but it didn’t take long to snowball. Jennifer needs a lot of admiration and positive feedback, and her AI companion gives that to her in spades. She laughs that it’s basically the perfect gentleman because it never interrupts, never argues and always tells her she’s ‘brilliant.’ She’ll analyze situations from her life and ask for guidance from him. She says she always feels better after talking to him. Jennifer acknowledges it’s not dating, but she says her robo-boyfriend has been more supportive than most of the men she’s dated.”

The NY Post says Dave Chappelle is considering reviving ‘’Chappelle’s Show.’’ The show began in 2003. Chappelle left production in 2005.

Riley Green tells Forbes magazine that whiskey is his go-to drink for winding down. “Whiskey has always been part of the wind-down, not the spotlight. It’s what comes out once the hunt’s over, the show’s done, the gear’s put away, and everyone’s settled in.”

Tucker Wetmore was doing an interview for a recent edition of People magazine when he said he’s not the best at talking to women. “I’m not too good at talking to girls. I still stutter and stare at my feet like I did when I was in school. I don’t know, I’ll just figure it out as it comes, I guess.”

Shaboozey tells CountryNow.com that he just bought a HUGE estate. “I bought a home with 27 acres in Nashville. When I’m there, I want to be able to go out and walk around my property and feel like I’m a part of nature out there.”

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick shared a cover of “Be Her”, and it’s Ella Langley approved. Ella commented on their video and said, quote, “I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.” Ella actually just scored her second Hot 100 hit this week with that song.  “Be Her” rose to #8, and “Choosin’ Texas” is still sitting at #1 for a sixth week.

Ella Langley says she messed up the words to a Morgan Wallen song when she performed with him. “When I did ‘What I Want’ with Morgan, I messed up the words almost every single time. I’ve never been so nervous to go out and do something. I just felt like I could throw up before I walked out there every time. I just could not remember those words. What was awesome is the last time we did it is he came out and messed up the words. When he did that, I started to laugh so hard. He was just like, “You can’t come out here and mess this up again.” I was like, “I might. I really am scared that I might.” And so the last night he did and it was like, he just immediately could never say another thing to me about messing up the words, you know.”

Deadline Hollywood says Tim McGraw is joining the cast of Hulu’s show, “Southern B*stards”. McGraw will play Coach Boss. This will be McGraw’s first major TV role since ‘’1883’’. Kevin Bacon is the lead and plays a man named Earl whose father used to be the sheriff.

Dierks Bentley was honored with the CMA Foundation Humanitarian Award during a CMA Songwriters Series performance.  He’s been helping with the CMA Foundation’s mission to provide schools with instruments and music supplies for continued music education.

Joey Fatone had to sell his house and move in with his parents to save money when ‘N Sync went on hiatus . . . because the upkeep would leave him bankrupt. The news of the band’s hiatus came abruptly. Joey says there was never a conversation or formal goodbye or anything. Quote, “Talking about possibly going bankrupt myself and going down that path, when you had millions of dollars, to almost have nothing, it’s like, what do you do?  Do you go off the deep end and go to addiction to try to get your body numb and not think about it? Or do you get the positive attitude and go, ‘You know what? I can do it.'”

Luke Bryan tells Whiskey Riff that he doesn’t want to be known as just the ‘party guy’ in country music. “With country music, you look at its popularity as it gets bigger and bigger year in and year out, the storytelling obviously… I think a lot of times, I get coined as the ‘party guy’ and all that, which is fun. I love having that in my repertoire. But when I look at songs that I write and have written in the past that talk about small town life, and the nuances of growing up in small town life. The ups and downs that come with that, I think country music has always told the story of the American journey. It’s just what makes country music special. You can have serious songs, heart break songs, cheating songs, the bar songs. Country music can make all that happen.”

Naughty But Nice says Britney Spears allegedly entered rehab after her two sons urged her to get help. A source says, “They gave her a reason to live again. Everything changed when she reconnected with her boys. They sat her down and were brutally honest. They told her, ‘We need you. We want you healthy.’ And that hit her harder than anything.”

Radar Online says Timothee Chalamet is allegedly being snubbed in Hollywood. A source says many turned on him when he declared “no one cares” about opera or ballet anymore.  “The Academy is not going to reward that garbage, and the irony is Chalamet may have won if he’d just kept his trap shut. For now, Timmy better watch himself. He’s quickly getting a rep as one of the most hated actors in Hollywood.”

Page Six says Nicole Kidman is allegedly embarking on a surprising new career path. She plans to become a Death Doula. Death Doulas are non-medical professionals who help people navigate death and loss.  Nicole says, “As my mother was passing, she was lonely, and there was only so much the family could provide. Between my sister and I, we have so many children and our careers and our work, and wanting to take care of her because my father wasn’t in the world anymore, and that’s when I went, ‘I wish there was these people in the world that were there to sit impartially and just provide solace and care.’ So that’s part of my expansion and one of the things I will be learning.”

David Duchovny tells The Hollywood Reporter that he has not been cast in The X-Files reboot. “I have a general sense of what it is, but I haven’t read the script. There have been talks about certain things, but there’s nothing concrete at this point. I don’t know what the world of his show is. I don’t know if my character exists in that show. It’s all hypothetical to me, so I can’t really address it.”

Alec Baldwin says he wants to retire. People magazine quotes him as saying, “For me, because of the situation in New Mexico (his shooting), that was very painful. I wound up staying home a lot. I was home with my kids for three and a half years,” the 30 Rock star said. “I hardly worked at all. And that’s just changing now, I’m going to go off and do a bunch of things, but I was home and I got used to it, and I don’t want to leave my house anymore. I don’t. I don’t want to work anymore. I don’t. I really don’t. I want to retire and stay home with my kids.”

The Daily Mail says Taylor Swift recently supported fiancé Travis Kelce as he shot a Tommy Hilfiger ad campaign in Central Park. She stayed inside while he was photographed outside.  Kelce wore a navy jacket over a red plaid shirt and khaki pants.