Sunday 6th July 2025
Welcome to The List,
Yesterday, the “CMT Music Awards” introduced a new “socially-voted category.” Before I tell you what it is, you should know that you can only vote by swiping up on CMT’s Instagram Story through this Saturday. It’s called the Trending Comeback Song of the Year, and it “honors iconic stars and their hits that stood the test of time but also recently found new popularity.” They’re basically asking you to make an older song popular again.
Here are the seven nominated songs . . .
“Freight Train”, Alan Jackson
“Neon Moon”, Brooks & Dunn
“9 to 5”, Dolly Parton
“I’m a Survivor”, Reba McEntire
“Suds in the Bucket”, Sara Evans
“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, Shania Twain
“Love Story”, Taylor Swift
The winner will be announced across CMT’s social platforms before Monday’s show.
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Garth Brooks is opening a “bar and entertainment concept” on Lower Broadway in Nashville. He bought a three-story, 40,000 square foot building that was the former home of the Nashville Sporting Club. There’s no name yet, and it’ll be a while before it opens. He says quote, “The goal is a classic honky-tonk that welcomes all and encourages love and kindness while playing the greatest music in the world in the home of Country Music.”
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Multiple 2022 CMT Music Awards nominee Maren Morris took to social media to share that her latest album “Humble Quest” broke the record for the most first-day and first-week streams on Amazon Music for a country album by a female artist. Thanking her fans on social media saying, “Ya’ll have lost your ever loving minds, thank you so, so much for this.”
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Barring a setback between now and Thursday, Tiger Woods says he’ll play in this week’s Masters tournament. The golf legend just made the announcement at a news conference at Augusta, saying “as of right now” he has plans to tee it up when the tourney begins on Thursday. It’s not so much about Tiger HITTING the ball, it’s the walk around the course, they don’t allow golf carts on the greens and it may look beautiful in video and pictures but Augusta is VERY hilly. Good luck to Tiger we hope he does well if not win the whole thing.
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The Forbes list of Billionaires is out today and pop star Rhianna, made the list this time around. She joins Jay-Z and Kanye West on the short list of the richest of the rich and the 34-year-old expected mom and entrepreneur is Barbados’ FIRST billionaire worth a cool $1.7 Billion.
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Yellowstone National Park is giving away annual passes in exchange for donations of $1,500. But the passes are for the year 2172 . . . 150 years from now. It’s meant to recognize the park’s 150th anniversary.
“It’s the 22nd century…the year…2172…countries are at war, starvation is rampant, gas prices are REDICULOUS…it’s brother against brother…but HEY! You got an annual pass to Yellowstone! YAY!!”
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Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters Wednesday just in time for the holidays…
https://youtu.be/smavD1fopZ8?si=vf3E_RvYnWzSblo_
“Jurassic World Rebirth”…
Zora Bennett leads a team of skilled operatives to the most dangerous place on earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. They soon find out what’s been hidden from the world for decades.
“Jurassic World Rebirth” is rated: PG-13
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Baily and Luna Blaise.
At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen Friday during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.
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Welcome to The List,
Well THAT escalated quickly. Keith Urban was doing an Aussie radio interview when someone asked how he feels about Nicole Kidman locking lips with Zac Efron onscreen. Next thing you know—click!—the Zoom call vanishes like my willpower near pizza. The hosts say Keith’s team bailed. But a source says “Keith didn’t hang up! It was a technical issue” Uh-huh. And I only watch Nicole’s movies for the plot.
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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton might trade Hollywood for hay bales! Word is, they're finally serious about having a baby and raising it in Oklahoma, far away from TMZ and overpriced oat milk. Blake’s craving a little one, Gwen’s slowing down, and apparently a diaper bag might be in her future.
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Drama in the Diddy courtroom: the jury has reached a partial verdict after 12 hours, locking in four outta five charges—sex trafficking and transporting for prostitution. But that last racketeering count? Still marinating in the baby oil. Meanwhile, Diddy got emotional, whispered “love you” to his mom, and gave her the ol’ chest thump. Somewhere, someone’s making this into a Lifetime movie.
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J.Lo is sweating harder than me during allergy season. Rumor is Ben Affleck might air everything on a podcast with Matt Damon—including their messy breakup. Sources say Ben’s tired of false stories and may finally come out. J.Lo’s nightmare? A “warts and all” tell-all. Honestly, if it’s called Good Will Dumping, I’m subscribing…immediately.
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