Tuesday 17th February 2026

The List for Friday, November 18th 2022

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Yahoo News says the budget for the tenth Fast and the Furious film, Fast X, has ballooned to $340 million. That’s 70% more than the $200 million budget for Fast and the Furious 9. Increased salaries, increased production costs and inflation are the reason for the skyrocketing costs. Fast X is scheduled to be in theaters May of next year.

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Chris Hemsworth found out through genetic testing that he has a greater chance to develop Alzheimer’s disease than the average person.  He was hesitant to talk about it on his show “Limitless” because he didn’t want it to come off as a manipulated grab for empathy. Chris said his grandpa has Alzheimer’s so the news wasn’t a TOTAL shock.  Limitless is on Disney+.

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“CMT Crossroads” is celebrating its 20th anniversary with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.  They have a 90-minute special premiering November 29th on CMT.  They’ll perform songs like “Can’t Let Go” and “High and Lonesome”, and Led Zeppelin hits like “When the Levee Breaks”.

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Toby Keith’s advice to new songwriters is write one song a day, and don’t get lazy.  It felt like he had to write 200 songs before he wrote a good one, and 150 more before he wrote a second hit.  So just keep plugging away. Now that he’s got three decades and over 30 number-one hits under his belt he says it does come easier.

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Billy Ray Cyrus is engaged to a woman named Firerose…and he says his family has no problem with it. In a interview with “People” He said there are “no hard feelings” because everyone knew his marriage to Tish Cyrus “was over a long time ago” . . . and “everybody’s turning the page.”

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Today show meteorologist Al Roker is in the hospital after suffering a blood clot in his leg that “sent some clots into [his] lungs.” The beloved 68-year-old news anchor took to Instagram on Friday morning to give an update to fans who were wondering where he has been this week amid his absence from the Today show. Roker wrote. “After some medical whack-a-mole, I am so fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on the way to recovery. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers and hope to see you soon.”

You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 

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The List for Monday, February 16th 2026

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Luke Combs just committed the ultimate sports betrayal…he wore a Jacksonville Jaguars hat. Panthers fans immediately grabbed their pitchforks and pumpkin spice lattes and accused him of treason. One fan called him fake. Luke fired back saying, yeah, maybe he should have worn Panthers gear while playing in the Jaguars stadium…his bad. This man gave us “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” not “I Pledge Allegiance to Your Fantasy Football Team.”

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Miranda Lambert kicked off the Daytona 500 in front of more than 100,000 screaming NASCAR fans. She admitted the massive crowd made her nervous, which is relatable, because the only thing scarier than that many people is that many people who drove there aggressively. She said it already felt like a concert thanks to the tailgating.

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Hollywood officially ran out of ideas sometime around 2007, and now Charlie’s Angels is getting rebooted…again. Sony is already working on it, with the Crazy Rich Asians writer attached, and Drew Barrymore possibly involved behind the scenes. So yes, prepare for dramatic slow-motion walking, explosions that defy physics, and a plot nobody remembers. That’s Hollywood innovation….rebooting a reboot of a reboot of a reboot.

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If you were waiting for The Simpsons to end, I have terrible news…you’ll be waiting forever. The showrunner says it will never have a real finale because the characters live in permanent cartoon Groundhog Day. They already did a fake ending just to mess with us. At this point, three things will survive the apocalypse: cockroaches, Twinkies, and Homer Simpson.

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The List for Friday, February 13th 2026

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Brantley Gilbert sang “Dirt Road Anthem” at the Turning Point USA halftime show, and Zach Bryan took it personally. So Zach dropped a parody called “Chili on a Hot Dog,” basically roasting the lyrics and celebrating double-fisted chili dogs like it’s a county fair championship. Brantley fired back by grabbing two foot-long chili dogs on stage and acting it out. Jason Aldean chimed in with, “Best song I’ve heard from that guy.” Nothing says country unity like processed meat.

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Thomas Rhett admitted on a podcast he’s losing hearing in one ear at 35 and had to get hearing aids. Years of loud concerts… plus four kids and a fifth on the way. He wore them for a week and asked his wife, “Is this what you hear all day?” She basically said, welcome to marriage. Turns out the loudest tour of his life is at home.

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There’s a new indie horror movie called ‘The House Was Not Hungry Then’, told entirely from the haunted house’s perspective. No close-ups. No dramatic reaction shots. Just the house silently watching a woman search for her missing father. It hits video on demand February 13th. So now even the drywall is judging you.

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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says he’s working on Top Gun 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 6. He told Screen Rant it’s basically a horse race. Right now Top Gun is barely ahead, waiting on a script. So Maverick might fly again… or Jack Sparrow might stumble back in. Hollywood is saying…. originality is overrated.

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