Nominees for the 2025 American Music Awards were announced yesterday, and the bad news keeps coming for Drake. . . because Kendrick Lamar leads the pack with 10 nominations. He’s followed by Post Malone with 8, then Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Shaboozey all have 7. The AMAs go down on Memorial Day . . . Monday, May 26th, on CBS.  Jennifer Lopez is hosting. (Check out all the nominees here.)

The “Hunger Games” prequel “Sunrise on the Reaping” has cast its young Woody Harrelson. Joseph Zada will play Haymitch Abernathy, the fan-favorite character originated by Harrelson in the 2012 movie.

The Tennessee Board of Parole just recommended that Jelly Roll receive a full pardon . . . meaning his past felony conviction for aggravated assault would no longer be on his record.  Jelly said that he wants to be an inspiration for people who are now where I used to be. The decision is now in the hands of the governor.

Riley Green is one of the hottest names in all of country music, so it makes sense that Hollywood would come calling. He said he’s read for a couple of shows. He went on to say that “Yellowstone” was such a great launching pad for Lainey Wilson.  And he loves how shows are using a lot of country music nowadays.

The internet really swarms over Riley Green dating rumors.  A lot of people are saying that they just saw him kissing Ella Langley backstage in a show that happened two weeks ago at the Arlington Rodeo. First of all, the camera is very far away, and everything is completely obscured by scaffolding and stage equipment.  It looks like he leans in and hugs someone, and maybe kisses them?  But you can’t tell who. Their song “You Look Like You Love Me” is so good, people just want them to be a thing in real life, too. (You can watch the video, here.)

RadarOnline.com claims Billy Ray Cyrus worships his girlfriend, Elizabeth Hurley. A source says, “The dynamic is that he kind of worships her, which she really likes. He has money, which is a good thing. I hear he is very generous. Mostly, though, she loves how he can’t stop talking about how wonderful she is. She does like the attention, and he has been love-bombing her with attention. It only really took off about six weeks ago, although he was texting her a lot before then – I guess for a few months before. He has been writing her the most beautiful texts three or four times a day. She says they are almost like poetry. Saying how beautiful and young and sexy she is.”

Susan Olsen, aka Cindy Brady, tells Female First that she had “black eyes” and a “swollen” face after being “hurt very badly” on the set of ‘The Brady Bunch.’ “I was standing on a makeup chair and something from the catwalk, where they keep all the lights and everything, fell. It hit the makeup man first, [bounced] off the body makeup woman, and hit me in the face. My eyes were black. I mean, I had two black eyes. My nose was swollen. My face was swollen. I remember loving it because I looked like I was in a horror film. And then everybody knew, yes, I had got hurt, and I had got hurt very badly.”

RadarOnline.com claims Kevin Costner has allegedly gained 30 pounds while coping with his divorce and career woes. Sources say, “He’s eating the stress away, and it’s caused him to gain about 30 pounds. Almost overnight, Kevin’s gone from studly to tubby, and people around him are shaking their heads. He’s let himself go, eating takeout from his favorite restaurants: steak and fries, pizza and pasta, and sky-high hamburgers. But he should rein it in because that gut is unattractive, not to mention unhealthy.”

RadarOnline.com claims Leonardo DiCaprio is allegedly attempting to keep Vittoria Ceretti from leaving as she resents being viewed as a trophy girlfriend. A source says, “Vittoria made comments about how people don’t care about the other half of a couple and only care about the famous person, and how sick of it she was. It’s had people wondering if she’s got a foot out the door. He has never been dumped in his entire life, and he’s not about to let it happen now. He’s trying to shape up and look younger to impress Vittoria. He’s dyed his hair and eyebrows and even touched up his beard to please her. For the first time, he’s worried that she could leave him, and he’s not ready for it.”

Life & Style Weekly says Carrie Underwood is, balancing American Idol, concerts, and her family. An insider says, “2025 is absolutely packed for Carrie, to the point where people around her are questioning if she’s biting off more than she can chew. “Being a judge on Idol is going to be such a nerve wracking experience, that would be enough to handle on its own, but on top of that she has all kinds of gigs lined up, it’s hard to imagine how she’ll pull it all off. Something’s going to have to give and they just hope it isn’t going to be her marriage, because she and Mike have been through so many ups and downs already. They’ve come out the other side and are doing great but the last thing they need is another setback.”

Drew Baldridge tells MusicRow.com that he has a lot of respect for his wife. “A lot of people don’t realize how many sacrifices she had to make and how big of the story that she was. I was running a label and booking my shows and doing this all alone. And she was almost like a single parent sometimes because I was gone so much. She was drained. But she stayed with me through all of that and supported me. It takes a special partner in your life to do the life that we have.”

Ella Langley was doing an interview for a recent edition of People magazine when she said she doesn’t need a man to take care of her. “I used to think, Am I too much of a tomboy? Am I too independent? Should I let him carry my guitar? But then, I realize that the answers to all those questions are ‘No.’ If he doesn’t want me for who I am, then he can just go and kick rocks.”

Tinsel Town Talk – Thu 04/24/2025