Brandon Lewis
February 17, 2026
Tuesday 17th February 2026
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The 95th Academy Awards air this Sunday, this year it’ll cost $58.6 million to put on. That includes $24,700 for the 50,000 square foot red carpet. Last year’s show was 220 minutes long . . . which is three hours and 40 minutes…last year’s Oscars is viewed as the second worst viewership and rating in the history of the Oscars.
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Brett Young talks about how he got to choose the name for his child and it’s kinda smooth… “The only way to get my way is to not tell her what my favorite is. It’s like if she comes out and shows you a black dress and then comes out and shows you a red dress, and goes, ‘Which one do you like?’ If you want the red one, say you like the black one. Like that’s the way to do it.” So he completely left it alone and two days later…they named their baby Rowan…which is exactly what he wanted…
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Robert Blake, from “In Cold Blood” and “Baretta”, died yesterday of heart disease. He’s probably best known for being acquitted in the murder of his wife, and then losing a civil case against her family . . . just a few years after O.J. Simpson blazed that trail. Robert Blake was 89 years old…and that’s the name of that tune….
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Beetlejuice 2 is finally happening!! There isn’t an official word from Tim Burton or Warner Brothers yet, so don’t get TOO excited. But multiple sources have told “The Hollywood Reporter” it’s in the works. Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are supposedly returning as Beetlejuice and Lydia. And Jenna Ortega is in talks to play Lydia’s daughter . . .
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The Oscars are this weekend, and generally speaking, America has MORE than enough award shows. But like it or not, we’re getting another. There will be a new one called “The People’s Choice Country Awards” in September. It’s an off-shoot of “The People’s Choice Awards”, which are voted on by fans. The new show will take place at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and will air on NBC and Peacock.
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Tim McGraw granted a dying man’s wish to record a video of them singing a duet of “My Little Girl”. The man has two young daughters and now each of them will be able to play it at their wedding.
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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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