A documentary called “Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy” hit Peacock today. If you check it out, don’t expect to see the other “Friends”, they chose not to participate. But there is an appearance from Morgan Fairchild, who played Chandler’s mom. She wanted to make sure that he’s remembered for helping others with addiction issues, and not just for being on “Friends”. FYI, there’s a joint trial next week for a doctor and a woman known as the “Ketamine Queen”, who both pleaded not guilty to contributing to Matthew’s death.

The world can take a collective sigh of relief:  Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are officially divorced.

Lester Holt is hanging up his“NBC Nightly News” anchor hat after a solid decade, or 17 years if you count his years on weekends. But fear not, he will continue his full-time role as the lead anchor of NBC’s “Dateline.”

Country is having a moment right now . . . and a lot of NON-COUNTRY artists have been trying to get in on the action.  And now, the next artist people want to “go country” is . . . Drake. He recently put out a song called “Die Trying”, which has a SLIGHT country vibe. 

So Fyre Festival 2 IS happening.  Allegedly.  Here are some new details.

Kylie Jenner’s hairstylist died unexpectedly, and she’s covering the funeral and other expenses for his family.

Danielle Fishel and Maitland Ward got into a heated argument on the “Boy Meets World” podcast.

“The Charlotte Observer” did a big story on the Concert for Carolina money.  And yes, all $24.5 MILLION went exactly where Luke Combs and Eric Church said it would.  Half went to four charities Luke picked.  The other half went to Eric’s nonprofit called Chief Cares to build new homes for people who lost theirs in the storm.  The CEO says the charity received a payment of more than $12 million last month.

Kelsea Ballerini recently found out that a young girl named Avery was using her song, “This Time Last Year”, as the “anthem” for her battle with cancer. (Here’s Avery’s mother’s initial TikTok to Kelsea . . . and here they are reading Kelsea’s message.)

Miranda Lambert shared some great advice while she was on horseback on the set of her new music video, “Run”.  She said, “My horse riding tip of the day is:  Stay on.” (You can check out her new music video, here.)

Morgan Wallen shared a new song on his Instagram called “Superman”.  He said that it’s the first song he’s put out that’s about his son. (You can listen to the song, here.)

Tinsel Town Talk – Tue 02/25/2025