The List for Tuesday, August 3rd 2021

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Elvie Shane On His New Song, ‘My Boy’ … ” “My Boy” is a song about my son and our relationship. It was inspired by a social media post that said “I don’t have a stepson I have a son that was born before I met him” and man, that really resonated with me And man, has it been great to see it connect with you folks. We appreciate you!”…You can find Elvie Shane’s ‘My Boy” on his EP Country Roads

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Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani had around 40 friends and family members in attendance when they got married at Shelton’s Oklahoma ranch last month, which means that some of the pair’s famous friends were left off the guest list. Speaking to SiriusXM‘s Storme Warren last week, Shelton revealed that he’s had “awkward” conversations with friends who weren’t even aware that the wedding was happening….they had the best honey moon…going NOWHERE…they just stayed in Oaklahoma – Gwen Stefani was recently spotted out in Los Angeles wearing Vans sneakers with Blake Shelton’s face on the top of them.

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Team USA Swimmer Caeleb Dressel..won five gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics. He talks about being happy, and his thoughts on being a top athlete then  Today show’s Craig Melvin asked an important question..”Yes, I’m happy, it was really fun competing.  This is the pinnacle of our sport, to be able to do that on a world stage, with the rings in the background and the world watching.

Melvin – “Can you humbly accept being called the best in the world now.”

Dressel – “No, because the moment you do that, the moment you let complacency sneak in you get passed.”

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The Salt Lake Tribune says Ken Jennings is the leading candidate to take over as the permanent “Jeopardy!” host. Ken had the best ratings out of all of the guest hosts while George Stephanopoulos scored the lowest. The permanent host is expected to be announced in time for the show’s Fall premiere on September 13th.

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