Thursday 11th December 2025
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Russell Dickerson Says Music Was The Only Thing He Ever Wanted To Do “It took eight years, I graduated 2011 from college and I just hit the road. I just always wanted to play shows, whether we got paid two hundred bucks or we got paid nothing. I just wanted to be on the road.”
Dolly Parton May Have Written “Jolene” And “I Will Always Love You” On The Same Day … She can’t remember exactly when she wrote the two hit songs, “If it wasn’t the same day it was during that period of time, no more than a week probably.” She just recently discovered the old demo versions of the songs on the same tape.
Gwen Stefani, will not be back next season on the voice. She’ll vacate her chair and pass it down to returning coach Nick Jonas next season. Jonas coached for The Voice‘s 18th season were one of his team members, made it all the way to the finals. When the show returns for Season 20 in spring 2021, Jonas will coach alongside Blake, John and Kelly.
Conan O’Brien, is capping a 28-year career in late-night TV, he will end his nightly talk show and begin hosting a weekly variety series on HBO Max. “Conan,” which airs Monday through Thursday (11 EST/PST) will conclude after its 10th season ends in June.
There’s a change coming to Family Guy…Sam Elliott (and his iconic brush mustache) will join the show this Sunday as recurring character Wild Wild West, a horseback-riding cowboy cousin of deceased Mayor Adam West, played by the real-life “Batman” star who died in 2017. In his introductory episode (9:30 p.m. on Fox), Wild is recruited by Peter (Seth MacFarlane) to run for mayor of Quahog
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Tom Cruise is allegedly still stunned and furious that Ana de Armas dumped him. A source says he “didn’t see it coming” and can’t wrap his head around the idea that she didn’t want him as a long-term partner. Now Ana’s out here laughing it up with Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari garage — which stings even more because Lewis is friends with Tom.
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Maddie & Tae are officially calling it quits after 15 years together. Tae says she’s stepping away to raise her kids, and Maddie is heading into her solo chapter. Country duos break up worse than boy bands. . From “Girl in a Country Song” to “Die from a Broken Heart,” they gave us the harmonies AND the therapy.
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Jason Aldean’s six-year-old daughter Navy lost her first tooth and not to the Tooth Fairy, but to a knee in the face during some vacation roughhousing. That’ll teach ya! One moment you’re having family fun, the next you’re spitting teeth like a tiny MMA fighter. At least the Tooth Fairy pays better than UFC.
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Golden Globe nominations dropped yesterday, and One Battle After Another and The White Lotus are leading the pack in movies and TV. The show airs January 11th on CBS. Soooo….get ready for another three-hour Hollywood party where everyone pretends to be surprised and the host makes at least one joke that gets them in trouble on Twitter.
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