Brandon Lewis
February 25, 2026
Wednesday 25th February 2026
Welcome to The List,
Death Comes in Threes? Maggie Smith from “Harry Potter”, John Ashton from “Beverly Hills Cop”, and Kris Kristofferson…depending on who you arbitrarily decide to count. But we basically suffered three MAJOR losses: Maggie her latest roll was as Professor Minerva McGonagall. She was 89 years old, and there’s no word on the cause of death. John Ashton was best known . . . and let’s be honest, he was kind of ONLY known . . . for playing Detective Sergeant John Taggert in the “Beverly Hills Cop” movies. He died Thursday after a brief battle with cancer. He was 76. Country music legend Kris Kristofferson passed away peacefully Saturday at his home in Hawaii, surrounded by family. No cause of death was given. He was 88 years old.
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Remember the infamous “Door Scene” at the end of Titanic? Kate Winslet revealed that it was filmed in a waist-high water tank. Leonardo DiCaprio was actually on his knees.
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Jelly Roll had a weekend most of us couldn’t imagine in our wildest dreams. He had a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden, and then got a police escort through Manhattan so he could be the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live”.
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Taylor Swift is allegedly collaborating with Travis Kelce on new music. She says he’s musically gifted. Fans should expect him to be included in her next album one way or another. Why can’t she just let him play Football…
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
Welcome to The List,
Megan Moroney just proved she’s either the nicest person in country music… or she has zero bedtime. She told fans at her Meet Me on Cloud 9 pop-up show she’d sign something for every single person there. And she actually did it. CDs, vinyl, whatever you had, Megan stayed until the job was done. Meanwhile, if one person asks me for directions at Target, I fake a phone call and walk away.
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Jelly Roll just announced his brand new tour and the name alone deserves a standing ovation. It’s called the ‘Little Ass Shed Tour’. Yes, that’s real. He just finished the Big Ass Stadium Tour with Post Malone, so now he’s downsizing… slightly. These “sheds” still pack in 10 to 15 thousand fans a night. So congrats Jelly, you’re officially too big for arenas, but still emotionally attached to lawn seating.
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Travis Kelce might be taking a pay cut if he plays another NFL season. He made 17 million last year, but reports say next year could be closer to 13 million. Which means he may have to tighten the budget a little. Maybe fewer vacations, fewer commercials, and only one diamond-covered cereal commercial instead of two. Thoughts and prayers during this difficult financial hardship.
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Tom Hanks is officially playing Abraham Lincoln in a new movie, and apparently it’s personal. Ancestry.com says Hanks is actually Lincoln’s 16th cousin. The movie will mix live action and stop motion animation, which sounds like Lincoln meets Toy Story. If Tom Hanks shows up in a top hat and says “There’s a snake in my boot,” I’m buying tickets.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoon at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
