
Sylvie 2/19/2026

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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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Lainey Wilson says she would absolutely jump back into the saddle for upcoming Yellowstone spin-offs. She told creator Taylor Sheridan she would gladly reprise her role. Country star. Acting chops. Cowboy hats. Honestly, at this point Lainey just lives in fringe and Montana. And we are not mad about it.
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Adam Sandler says that viral video about his daughter getting humiliated in a Chanel store is completely fake. The AI clip shows him storming in and dropping $312,000 on handbags. He says the whole story is 100 percent insane and made-up. However… The midnight In-N-Out burger run rumor? He says that one is true. Priorities.
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Rumor alert. Reports claim Taylor Swift has allegedly decided not to invite Blake Lively or Ryan Reynolds to her upcoming wedding. Sources say she wants a drama-free day and still feels burned from being pulled into Blake’s legal mess. Allegedly. Emphasis on allegedly. Nothing says romance like a very selective guest list.
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Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes have reportedly split. Again. That makes three times. At this point it is less “will they or won’t they” and more “we’ll circle back.” Call me when it sticks.
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