Country star Mickey Gilley, best known for his association with the 1980s film “Urban Cowboy,” passed away Saturday in Branson, Missouri at the age of 86. No cause of death was revealed. According to a statement by his management company, “He passed peacefully with his family and close friends by his side.”

Gilley landed 39 Top 20 hits throughout his career, including the tracks “Stand By Me,” “Room Full of Roses,” “Lonely Nights” and “A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight).” He also won six ACM Awards, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

But it was his association with the John Travolta film “Urban Cowboy” that brought him crossover success. Not only did he appear in the film, but his honky-tonk Gilley’s in Pasadena, Texas, was the main setting for the movie. After the film Gilley went on to do more acting, including appearances in such TV series as “Murder She Wrote,” “Dukes of Hazzard,” “Fantasy Island” and more.

Maddie & Tae’s Taylor Kerr welcomed daughter Leighton earlier this year, which means this Sunday will be her first Mother’s Day as a mom. And after the struggles she had with Leighton’s birth she’s excited to celebrate.

“This is the very first Mother’s Day that I will be spending as a mother myself, which still kind of feels crazy to say sometimes, but I just feel so honored that I get to be Leighton’s mom,” she shares. “She has been such a joy to grow and to now watch; her little personality is shining through, and we’re just making some really special memories over here in the Kerr household.”

As for Sunday, Tae notes, “we’ll probably just spend this Mother’s Day hanging out at the house, (and) maybe (husband) Josh’ll make me some dinner. He is a great cook,” adding, “and yeah, I’ll just snuggle up on my baby. She’s very snuggly and she likes my kisses, so that’s what we’ll be doing.”

Source: Maddie & Tae

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has just picked their newest members, even though she initially didn’t want to get in, Dolly Parton has indeed been selected for this year’s class. She’ll be inducted along with  Eminem, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Lionel Richie, Eurythmics, and Carly Simon in the Performers category.

“I am honored and humbled by the fact that I have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” Dolly shared after the announcement. “Of course I will accept it gracefully. Thanks to everyone that voted for me and to everyone at the @rockhall. I will continue to work hard and try to live up to the honor.”

Dolly later joked to Billboard, “People usually [say] ‘Dolly rocks’ or ‘you rock’ or ‘you’re a rock star.’ I thought they just meant that I was cool, and I took that as a great compliment. But now I’m going to have to take it literally!”

In addition to the seven performers, inductees in special categories include Judas Priest, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, for Musical Excellence, Jimmy Iovine, Allen Grubman and Sylvia Robinson, for the Ahmet Ertegun Award and Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotton, in the Early Influence category.

Of this year’s seven performer inductees, five are getting in on their first try – Parton, Richie, Simon, Duran Duran and Eminem. It was the second time on the ballot for both Benatar and Eurythmics, while Em is the only one to make it on his first year of eligibility.

The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony is set to take place November 5^th at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater. Dolly tells Billboard she’s not sure if she’ll attend the ceremony, but notes, “If I do, I’m going to sing the hardest style rock ‘n’ roll song I could ever muster up just to show that I can do it.” Click here to see the reactions from more of this year’s inductees.

Garth Brooks brought his Stadium tour to Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge this past weekend, and it was more than just a little bit loud.

Fans were understandably pumped as Garth sang along to the city’s namesake song, “Calling Baton Rouge,” and it was so loud with fans jumping around it actually registered as an earthquake.

LSU’s seismograph actually captured the small tremor, only the second time that’s happened in over three decades. The last time Tiger Stadium was responsible for such an earthquake was in 1988 when fans cheered LSU beating Auburn University.

As for noise levels, some fans noted that their Apple Watches claimed levels were at 95 decibels, warning them that “[just] 10 minutes at this level can cause temporary hearing loss.”

Source: Yahoo

Taylor Swift is headed to the Tribeca Film Festival next month in New York. The singer will turn up to support a special screening of the short film for “All Too Well,” which she wrote, directed, produced and starred in.

But Taylor won’t just be on hand to watch the film. She’ll also sit down for a conversation about her “approach as a filmmaker.”

The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival takes place June 8^th to 19^th, with Taylor’s appearance set for June 11^th. Info on tickets can be found here.

• ONE MORE THING! Taylor’s boyfriend Joe Alwyn is always very guarded about their relationship but opened up a bit in a new interview with The Guardian.   When Joe was also asked about how it feels dating someone as famous as Taylor and he replied, “It’s not something I think about, unless I’m in situations like this, and someone says, ‘What’s it like?’ and I have to think about what to say about it,” adding, “It’s [the relationship] just not for other people.”
• As for the public’s interest in their coupling, he shares, “It’s just not something I particularly care about, or have much interest in feeding, I guess, because the more it’s fed, the more you are opening a gate for intrusion,” adding, “I think that’s just my response to a culture that has this increasing expectation that everything is going to be given…So I just don’t really feed that.”

Source: Tribeca Film Festival