Thursday 19th February 2026
Welcome to The List,
According to “Variety”, the streaming service Max . . . formerly HBO Max . . . is thinking about adding CNN news alerts, WHILE you’re watching content. So you’re in the middle of catching up on “The Last of Us” . . . and suddenly there’s a random update about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Naturally, subscribers are already RIPPING this idea . . . with people saying they’re immediately canceling if this happens.
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Gabby Barrett and her husband Cade Foehner can’t keep their hands off each other. She’s already pregnant with their third child. Their son Augustine was born last October, and their daughter Baylah is two. They’re actually doing it right. If you’re going to raise a big family, best to do it while you’re young. Gabby is 23 and Cade is 27. She shared a baby bump pic on Instagram.
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The Daily Mail says Simon Cowell’s 9-year-old son Eric wants to audition for Britain’s Got Talent. Simon says, ‘’He’s decided that he’s going to audition for Britain’s Got Talent. That is going to be total torture I said, because he does play drums, “Are you going to drum?” and he said he wants to sing. I went, “Oh God no”.’’ There he is…Simon Cowell…supportive father of the year….
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Jimmy Kimmel tells the Strike Force 5 podcast that he almost retired when the writers strike occurred. “I was very intent on retiring right around the time where the strike started. And now, I realize, Oh yeah, it’s kind of nice to work.”
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Whiskey Riff says Lainey Wilson, Darius Rucker, and The Cadillac Three have recorded a new version of College GameDay’s “Comin’ To Your City” theme song. Big & Rich were replaced after singing the song for 16 years. The new rendition will be played during the opening of ESPN’s College GameDay.
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“Jurassic Park” will be retold in Lego form for an animated special on Peacock. It will be 22 minutes long, and be out sometime this fall.
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Welcome to The List,
Shia LaBeouf went full Mardi Gras meltdown in New Orleans, getting arrested after a fight outside a bar and charged with simple battery. Paramedics showed up, Shia went to the hospital, and locals claimed he’d been “terrorizing the city.” But plot twist, after getting released, he was spotted dancing on Bourbon Street with his release papers in his mouth like it was a receipt from a wild night at Walgreens.
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Miley Cyrus is dusting off the blonde wig for the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special hitting Disney+ March 24th. They’re recreating the original sets, showing never-before-seen footage, Miley says Hannah will always be part of her, which makes sense, because that show launched her career and funded about half her wardrobe during the foam finger era. Somewhere Billy Ray just whispered, “Best of both worlds… and residual checks.”
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Carrie Underwood might look like a country music superhero on stage, but at home she’s basically your Midwest grandma with better hair. She says she crochets, birdwatches, makes sourdough, brews kombucha, and even ferments her own hot sauce. Carrie says real life isn’t glam, it’s cleaning toilets, gardening, and doing laundry. So yes, America’s sweetheart could win a Grammy in the morning and yell at you in the afternoon for not using a coaster.
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Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO just announced they’ve found a surrogate and are preparing to grow their family. Bunnie says after years of healing and getting stable, they’re ready to raise kids surrounded by love and give them everything they didn’t have growing up. Which means those kids will have emotional support, life wisdom, and probably the coolest bedtime stories ever told by a guy named Jelly Roll.
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