♪ tonight, drama, drinking and divorce. what's really going on with wendy williams? then, we're inside diana ross' star studded birthday bash. also, what's next for jussie smollett. plus do the former hosts of the view simply hate each other. it sure seems like it. more bombshell toss day. >> i don't think that's a good place to be. >> then from shrug fest to love fest. >> i don't know them.

>> then our stadium tour take over with garth brooks. >> this is what it feels like to be garth. this is "entertainment tonight." talk show host wendy williams is putting on a brave face on tv. off screen it looks like her world is unraveling. >> in a very sad way. her husband is at the center of it all and the reported birth of his child outside their marriage. >> despite that wendy and her husband were spotted outside new york today together. >> back together guys? even with the baby, still leave him wendy. >> wendy stepped out wearing her wedding ring. >> are you going to leave him?

wendy rolled down her window and ignored the question, but this sure seems to be a message about her marriage. the talk show host pointed out to paparazzo that she was not wearing her wedding ring. keep in mind, the photo comes after multiple reports that her husband's mistress seen in this daily mail tv photo just had a baby girl. and this last thursday -- >> marriages are not easy and don't ask me about it til you see this gone. >> it's an incredibly rough time for wendy who recently checked herself into a sober living. daily mail tv reports that after her show on monday she was found drunk and had to be taken to a hospital to sober up. mohs off she announced ly taking this -- >> we have a planned break coming up next week. i know, it's planned thoug 8th. >> wendy has been married to kevin hunter to 25 years. he's also her manager and the executive producer of her talk show despite the fact that he had no tv experience before he met her. had no sieve experience before he met her. i asked wendy long time friend paul porter about their relationship.

>> i know wendy loves her husband. they built an empire together. kevin's blessed. he never finished the ninth grade and they built tens of millions of dollars toge >> you told me wendy hired a private investigator and found out about cars and a house. >> she went over to the house and found out it was true. that's part of the pain, kevin. she's been seeing this for two years. >> do you think wendy will ever leave him? >> i think with the birth of the new child things are destined to end. >> i talked to kevin hunter. he didn't want to discuss his mistress or the baby. >> she said doff. let's talk about diana ross' 75th birthday. it was everything.

so many superstar guests, so many fabulous wardrobe changes, it took two epic parties. and one drop the mike salute by beyonce. ♪ happy birthday to you miss ross ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ i'm coming out >> the surprise serenade request was no problem for queen b. whose friendship with diana goes back nearly two decades. ♪ happy birthday to you >> et was inside the big celebration. big bright orange dress and chauffeured in a convertible rolls royce. diana had five outfit changes, can we talk about the guests? khloe kardashian, tracee ellis

ross and leonardo dicaprio. he was pulled on stage and said happy birthday to the legend. she made 75 look good. oh, all the fabulousness. miss ross has a movie about her life in theaters tomorrow night. let's move on to jussie smollett. the reaction to him being cleared of all 16 charges in the alleged hoax attack is still so wide ranging. but this we know, his tv mama taraji has his back. >> that range she said the truth has finally been set free because i knew about it all along.

>> state prosecutor joe magats made the decision to drop the charges despite the fact he still believes jussie is guilty. >> does dropping the charges vindicate him? >> no. >> you believe he's guilty? >> yes. our priority is violent crimes and the drivers of violence. jussie smollett is neither one of those. >> a chicago police source says that decision caught them all off guard adding it was a, quote, sucker punch and an insult to the work the >> can jussie save his acting caresupporting actor category. the night's host "black-ish" star anthony anderson told me he hopes to see him there. >> in light of the charges being dropped, you know, i think that's a good thing for him. i think it's a good thing for their show and why not come be celebrated with his peers and community?

>> we'll have to see what happens there for sure. there's also drama new and old happening over at the view. you have jenny mccarthy calling barbara walters mommy dearest and rosy versus elizabeth hasselbeck. >> what is meredith veer ra's view of this? she has a soft for for elizabeth. >> i worried about elisabeth because i felt that they were trying to make her into the conversation voice and put words in her mouth. i don't think that's a good place to be. >> the former "view" co-host just as shocked e er the tell all fall out. >> i didn't know she'd been fired, elisabeth. i didn't know that. whenever you do a show like that, "the view," you get to know people very intimately and then is it okay to share that? i'm not sure it is. >> well, buckle up, meredith, because in a new excerpt from "ladies who punch" rosie o'donnell's quoted saying whoopi

goldberg was as mean as anyone has ever been on television to me. >> you don't have to be black to know what racism is. >> yes, you do. >> no, you don't. >> yes, you do. >> a fan recently posted to rosie's blog i just find it odd of her to not like you. o'donnell's response, did you watch? it was way obvious. according to the bombshell new book rosie also takes aim at elisabeth and barbara. >> i hate seeing things that are critical of her only because we owe her so much. >> meredith was out last night celebrating "today show" colleague kathie lee gifford at her boozy star packed farewell. >> i don't know them. >> her last show's a week from friday. so let's get "e.t.ed" up. >> does kathie lee actually consume the wine on her broadcast or is it a prop? >> we expected more from lester. >> one of the finest people in journalism how sad not even worth answering. >> sad. >> sing any song in kathie lee

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♪ howard u, we're coming through! >> lupita nyongo just posted this behind the scenes look at her triumphant visit to howard university. lupita, winston duke and jordan peele were greeted like rock stars as they gave the students sneak peek at "us" last week. it just biggest weekend ever for a domestic horror story. no wonder jordan feels like he's in the twilight zone.

♪ >> this is one of these weird things where you make a wish upon a star and sometimes it comes true and i feel so blessed. >> jordan is doubly blessed. besides "us" raking in more than $94 million so far. he's also hosting and narrating the super scary reboot of "the twilight zone." >> now he'll have to decide what really matters to him when the laughter stops. >> entertaining, fun, spooky stories with a little bit of comedic wink underneath. >> based on the original cbs anthology series, jacob tremblay and his sister star in an episode, but can they tune? >> yes, we will be allowed to watch it. >> we will be watching it. >> i might have to close my eyes at some parts. it's also a family night for julia loall and their sons charles and henry were her dates to the premiere for the final season of "veep." >> what are you going to miss most about this whole experience

with this motley crew that you have here? >> i can't tell you how much i love these people so i miss them already. i'm so happy to be here with them now. >> the show was put on hold for more than a year so julia could battle breast cancer. >> it was a crisis, a real crisis, a life crisis. i'll never forget when from one chemotherapy session to another i would get these videos from my buddies at work, you know, funny videos and supportive videos. it was incredibly meaningful to me. still ahead only we're on tour with garth brooks after he shares the stage with chris pratt. that got us thinking, would he be a wedding singer. >> sorry chrissy metz why this game might get her in trouble with her co-stars. >> hold on. >> then khloe kardashian for the first time telling her side of the tristan cheating scandal. >> this is my life. >> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ no hormones!

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♪ ♪ daddy shark do do do do do ♪ daddy shark do do do do do john legend and 2-year-old daughter luna with that rendition of "baby shark." speaking of music and legends how about this trio, cher, garth brooks and trisha yearwood? nancy o'dell getting the exclusive details of their iconic meet up. >> oh, my god. i love garth brooks so much. >> and they came backstage and we hung out. >> i cried. >> you did? >> i was so excited. i mean it was just a big deal. i've loved her since i was 5 years old and i wanted to cher when i grew up and i still do. i mean don't we all want to be cher? >> we do. ♪ got friends in low faces

>> remember this with chris pratt. >> did he ask you about being a wedding singer? >> no. we liked to play. >> we got an amazing invite too. an amazing pre check with garth. it's the first stop on his stadium tour. >> this view right here. >> isn't that amazing? so this is what it feels like to be garth? >> this is awesome. >> you got a really nice back up singer today during rehearsal. how'd you do that? how much you gotta give her to be a back up sing for you? >> to look back and see her doing background vocals when somebody's got more grammys than you singing background vocals, that's pretty sweet. >> five stadiums so far, that shows you what country music audiences can do.

>> and what garth can do. stop being so modest. come on. >> you wanna paint in your band and crew is, you and me against the world? so here we go. and so we're in here as a group and as a family and this is three years of stadiums. >> you're going to do three years? >> yep. >> wow. >> i love that nancy is part of garth and tricia's family. >> if you've ever seen him live in concert, it's a lot of fun. well, the "e.t." exclusive continues with our favorite "this is us" couples. today chrissy metz. now she flew solo without her tv hubby chris sullivan because he wasn't in town. but that didn't stop her from dropping the sweet truth about him and her co-stars. >> who is the most romantic cast member in real life? >> oh, y'all might be surprised to know this.

he tried to hide behind that handsome face and body, but he's also romantic and very sweet. >> who creates the most bloopers? >> my man. >> we're making art putting it on tv. >> i got to go. >> who would you call to bail you out of jail? >> none other than my mom. >> chrissy is setting the record straight calling out fans who troll her character kate and her relationship with toby. >> everyone's like she's so bratty to him and i'm like hold on. hold on. she's not bratty. she's complicated as we all are. some hints about what's to come. >> what can we expect with little baby jack? >> i think it'll be good at the end, but it's not going to be easy. >> so chris got to do the old age make up. when are you getting old? >> i heard soon maybe. i want to do all that stuff. wigs and prosthetics or pieces, yes. >> who's the one co-star who always keeps chrissy in line?

this guy. >> when i want to, you know, complain about something he's like chrissy let's remember where we're at and what we get to do and i'm like, ugh, you're right. and because i'm that way so often it really pisses me off. >> i love this so much. finally this cast is giving some dish about each other. tomorrow we have justin hartley and melanie. they're crazy in love on tv. why do they drive themselves crazy in real life? >> i could watch these all day. speaking of crazy, the new cbs competition series "million dollar mile" is just that. it premiers tonight and our lauren zima experienced firsthand what contestants have to go through to win the big money. >> get ready. run! >> here we go. >> you've got a crazy obstacle court. someone chases you. >> this is through a street, an actual street. >> it's a crazy one-mile course through downtown los angeles. >> i cannot do this.

>> the racers are given a two-minute head start over professional athletes. >> i feel emma coming. i feel her energy. >> in this case lauren's competition is the killer kiwi, emma chapman. >> lean forward. that's all you do. >> starting tonight racers who beat these professional athletes, get one million bucks. >> what are you willing to do to make that happen? >> everything i possibly can. >> that includes scaling a 15-story building. >> hand over, lauren. come on, lauren. yol u goop zip line. >> go lauren. >> waiting at the bottom, host and former nfl quarterback tim tebow. >> do you have a fear of heights? >> maybe if i get up there. >> we have an awesome crew that is definitely gonna make sure everybody is fine up there, although it looks kind of scary. guess what? sometimes you have to face your fears. >> oh, my god. i won $1 million. >> oh, my god. this show is so dope. they've got me.

i'm there. i'm watching. >> go on with your bad self lauren. there is plenty of big money where we're going. next week on "e.t." >> hello! we're in vegas. >> we're bringing the show to sin city to hang with all the hollywood high rollers. >> you're gonna get it. >> taking you behind the scenes of all the big-time acts. >> it's a donny and marie and "e.t." show tonight. >> and feeling the heat inside star kitchens. >> oh for goodness sake. >> we're laying all our cards on the table. >> watch out david copperfield. >> because next week what happens in vegas -- >> boo! next on kron-4 news at eight: a child in critical condition tonight after picking up a gun...and accidentally shooting himself in the head... details on who police have detained in a live report.... and the worst mass murderer in oakland history has died in prison. what happened to one goh as he was serving seven life

sentences after pleading no contest to the deadly shooting rampage on the campus of oikos university. i'm catherine heenan i'm ken wayne the news -- at eight -- is next.

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