Katy Perry Joins ‘Peppa Pig’ Voice Cast in Guest Role – Pop megastar Katy Perry has joined the voice cast for the popular Peppa Pig animated kids series for Hasbro set to celebrate its 20th anniversary next year. Perry will have a guest voice role in one episode of the 3-part Peppa Pig Wedding Party Special set to premiere in spring 2024. She will voice the role of dress maker Ms. Leopard who assists with preparations for the first-ever wedding seen in Peppa Pig as Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow get set to tie the knot. – Read more at Hollywood Reporter
QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT RHAPSODY TOUR APPROACHES START OF 23-DATE NORTH AMERICA TOUR – Having first launched their universally acclaimed Rhapsody Tour with 26 epic shows across North America during June & July 2019, Queen + Adam Lambert are taking their highly acclaimed production, now expanded and updated, back to where it first began. Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and their exceptional frontman Adam Lambert are returning for a further spectacular North America run of sold out shows which gets underway next week with its opening show Wednesday October 4 in Baltimore. – Read more at Pressparty
iHeartMedia Rings in the Holiday Season with Its Iconic 2023 National “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour Presented by Capital One” with the Exclusive Broadcast Special Moving to ABC – Olivia Rodrigo, Usher, Nicki Minaj, SZA, Niall Horan, OneRepublic, AJR, Sabrina Carpenter, Miguel, Jelly Roll, Big Time Rush, NCT DREAM, Flo Rida and More Top Artists Lead All-Star Lineups in Major Cities Across the U.S. Including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth ABC Becomes Exclusive Broadcast Partner for ‘The iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour Presented by Capital One’ Television Special on Dec. 21. – Read more at Futon Critic
Henry Winkler, Kym Whitley, James Hong and Chris Daughtry to Appear in ‘Family Guy’ Season 22 – ET has exclusive new details about the long-running animated comedy’s upcoming 22nd season, which premieres Sunday, Oct. 1. This season’s guest stars include Henry Winkler, Kym Whitley, James Hong and Chris Daughtry. In the season premiere, titled “Fertilized Megg,” Meg (Mila Kunis) gets pregnant after agreeing to be Bruce and Jeffrey’s surrogate. But when the couple fails to pick up the baby, the Griffins must take care of their new family member. – Read more at Entertainment Tonight
Carrie Underwood reveals intricate process of recording the ‘Sunday Night Football’ theme song – “It’s one main version top to bottom and then kind of filling in lines,” she told SiriusXM. “So, when we go in to record, we do it all at once.” Underwood also says several other versions are recorded to prepare for all postseason matchups that could happen, regardless of the odds of some teams not making it. “I do the whole main version, but then we go through and pick up all the matchups for each week of regular season football and then we go into playoff football,” she said. “And I then sing every possible combination of teams that could possibly, maybe play each other, even if you know, even if in the back of your mind, you’re like, ‘I know they ain’t going to make it into the playoffs. I don’t know why we’re doing this.’ – Read more at Today
Pregnant Gabby Barrett Is Excited to Have ‘Another Girl Personality in the House’ – Asked about what she’s most excited about as she and husband Cade Foehner await baby No. 3, she admits, “Having another girl and another girl personality in the house.” “My first was a girl, second was a boy, third will be a girl again. So love girls, love raising my first one,” she shares. “So lots of personalities in the house.” Her baby girl, due in February, is an exciting prospect for big sister Baylah May, who “understands it all.” – Read more at People
Scotty McCreery Talks Life Changes, New Music And Being a Dad – McCreery remembers they weren’t drinking wine when they wrote the traditional country toe-tapper. The men were gathered around a fireplace, drinking Miller Lite. They got the Cabernet out when they finished the song. Anderson brought in the “Cab In A Solo” idea, and McCreery wanted to write it immediately. He said they had the title and then came up with the heartbreak story and why he was drinking to complete the storyline. – Read more at CMT.com
Scotty McCreery Says New Album Will Be “Less Autobiographical” And Have A “Honky Tonk ‘90s Sound” – While McCreery promises the usual true-to-life kind of material with songs dedicated to his wife and his nearly 1-year-old son, Avery, he notes his next chapter of music will be “less autobiographical than previous records.” “There will be a baby song on there and a song for Gabi. But, I would say, as a whole, this record is a little less autobiographical than previous records. I kind of went into it with that in mind,” McCreery tells Music Mayhem. “…. We kinda tried different directions on this record. There’s a song for Avery. There’s a song for Gabi. Some heartbreak and some breakup songs. Some honky tonk songs and stuff I really haven’t done before on records.” – Read more at MusicMayhem.com
Bryce Leatherwood and Blake Shelton Reunite at Ole Red in Orlando Florida – The Voice season 22 winner Bryce Leatherwood performed with his The Voice coach Blake Shelton at the former coach’s Ole Red bar in Orlando Florida. “Always an honor getting to share the stage with the king himself @blakeshelton What an incredible night in Orlando Florida at @olered,” Bryce wrote on Instagram.
Why Nick Cannon says he ‘wouldn’t be alive’ without Mariah Carey amid lupus diagnosis – Nick Cannon credits Mariah Carey for managing all fronts of their lives when he was diagnosed with lupus a decade ago. “She was my rock,” the 42-year-old comedian recently said on the “Diary of a CEO” podcast. “She went hard,” he added. “To be honest, probably wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for how hard she went with the doctors, with me, my stubbornness.” The former couple married in 2008, divorced eight years later and share twins, Moroccan and Monroe. Cannon was diagnosed with lupus in 2012, and has previously said that he had “life-threatening” blood clots in his lungs and experienced kidney failure. The former “America’s Got Talent” host said in the podcast that Carey was indispensable during that difficult time. – Read more at Today
