Brandon Lewis
Nashville Music Minute – Kenny Chesney, Wynonna Judd, and Steve Earle join “Farm Aid 40” lineup
August 29, 2025
Monday 1st September 2025
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Olivia Newton-John died yesterday morning, after a 30-year on-and-off battle with cancer. After 25 years in remission, she announced in 2017 that it had spread to her lower back. Since her diagnosis, she helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars through the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. Olivia was born in England, but raised in Melbourne, Australia. She was 73.
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Keith Urban shared a video of himself before a concert driving a drift kart around the venue. He’s having so much fun that pouring rain doesn’t slow him down. He captioned it, “While you are tailgating outside the venue.”
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Kanye celebrated the breakup of Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson in a now-deleted post. It was a fake newspaper that said, quote, “Pete Davidson dead at age 28.” He apparently took it down because it made Kim pretty upset. Twitter’s suggestions of who Pete Davidson should date next include Queen Elizabeth, Oprah, maybe a Minion.
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Carrie Underwood came out of the audience last Saturday to help a Tom Petty cover band do “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”. It was at a place called Fox & Locke in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee.
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TMZ is reporting that Anne Heche is fighting for her life, currently in a coma and dealing with significant injuries in the wake of driving her car through a home in Los Angeles. She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention.” Police believe Heche was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol when she committed at least 2 hit-and-runs before barreling through a home, igniting a massive blaze.
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Alabama donated $25,000 to the flood relief efforts underway in Kentucky. They did a show in Sharpsburg, Kentucky on Saturday and presented a check to The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky . . . a non-profit that provides assistance to Kentucky families and businesses.
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Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: “Caught Stealing”
Once a high school baseball star, Hank now slings drinks in a New York dive with a great girlfriend. But when his punk-rock neighbor dumps a cat on him, He’s suddenly got gangsters breathing down his neck!!
(WARNING, VIDEO HAS ADULT LANGUAGE!!!!)
https://youtu.be/6mIvD-GN-p4?si=QCkdntDq_F8uLCde
“Caught Stealing” is rated: R
Stars: Austin Butler, Regina King and Zoe Kravitz
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"Apparently Tom Cruise has a new mission hating Pedro Pascal. Word is, Tom’s in his 60s but still refuses to pass the Hollywood torch. He patched things up with Brad Pitt, but now Pedro bugs him because he does TV and movies. Tom’s like, real stars only pack theaters.’ Meanwhile, Pedro’s out here running the galaxy and HBO. Someone get Tom a juice box."
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"Morgan Wallen tells Men’s Journal his escape from fame is hunting with his buddies. He says being in the middle of nowhere helps him chill out and de-stress. Which is fair, because nothing says peace and quiet like blasting ducks out of the sky with your best friends. That’s country therapy…
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"A new poll says 72% of us don’t care that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged. And yet over a million shares of their engagement post set an Instagram record. So yeah, we don’t care… we just care enough to make it the most talked-about thing on the planet.
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"Bill Belichick is 73 and dating a 24-year-old. And now, his girlfriend just filed to trademark the phrase ‘Gold Digger’ for jewelry and keychains. That’s a 49-year age gap, folks. At this point, their anniversary gifts are probably Metamucil and a TikTok ring light."
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