Tuesday 22nd July 2025
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Dierks Bentley received a Star on the Music City Walk of Fame. He jokes that his career has peaked. But for him, what song put him on his career path “When I was 17 my buddy Jack Brown, played me two songs one was Hank Jr’s ‘Man To Man’ which totally blew all the circuits in my brain. One was Marty Stewart ‘That’s Country’. Those two songs back-to-back, just totally, I just can even describe the certainty of knowing what I wanted to do.” So there were TWO songs and is it surprising at all that one of those was a Hank Jr song….
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Today is the opening day for Baseball!!!…Brett Young always wanted to be a Baseball player…“Baseball was kind of always going to be the path for me since I was little. There started being professional scouts at games about junior year of high school, but I still made the decision to go to college instead. Baseball clearly wasn’t the plan for me.” Tonight you can catch The Cincinnati Reds taking on the Atlanta Braves on the Braves’ home terf on ESPN 2
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Gwen Stefani tells Ellen on her show that she and Blake have ‘pet names’ for each other. “Oh, Blakey and Pretty Girl…I didn’t make that up, he made that up.” Gwen said she started wearing cowboy boots after they got married.
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Jada Pinkett Smith’s ex-boyfriend, August Alsina, is writing a memoir. Publishers are offering him a six-figure deal to talk about his relationship with Jada. Meanwhile, Will Smith’s biggest fear is that he is going to be canceled because he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. He’s seeing many of his future movie rolls and projects being put on hold and there’s nothing he can do about it. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will meet April 8th to discuss possible sanctions for Will.
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Speaking of trouble in Hollywood…Because of all the trouble “Flash” star EZRA MILLER has gotten into lately, Warner Brothers and DC are pausing future projects and public appearances he had scheduled. Now to be clear this is the MOVIE ‘Flash’ NOT actor Grant Gustin the CW TV show Flash.
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Big TV shake-up—The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is getting the boot in May 2026. CBS says it's “financial,” but Colbert says he’s not being replaced, the whole thing’s just... poof. Gone. Like your favorite shirt that mysteriously vanished after laundry day. Oh, and while we're at it—rumor has it Jimmy Fallon might dip before his contract ends in 2028. Late night is getting late, folks.
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So Coldplay’s doing their usual feel-good show in Massachusetts—when the camera catches a couple swaying together... until the dude DODGES out of frame like it’s a game of dodgeball and the woman looks away. Chris Martin jokes it off—“affair or just shy?” Uh…turns out it was an affair. Internet sleuths say he’s a tech CEO and she’s the Chief People Officer. And not his wife. Cost of concert: hotel $200, tickets $600, snacks $150, divorce attorney $50,000…
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Ella Langley says the moment she met Eric Church, she nearly passed out—and not from heatstroke. When he slid his sunglasses down and said "Hey"... her soul left the building. Can confirm: even tough country girls short-circuit when The Chief makes eye contact. No shame, Ella. We’d ALL faint a little.
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Tim McGraw says a family album may never happen—because apparently, he’s the worst singer in the house. Yeah, when Faith Hill and three powerhouse daughters live under your roof, you’re basically background noise. Tim says it’s like a NASCAR trying to keep up with a Formula One car. So... Faith’s Beyoncé, and Tim’s... the guy clapping offbeat in the back.
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