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Our country’s great financial standoff is officially over: Vanna White is returning to the “Wheel of Fortune”. She extended her run through the 2025 – ’26 season, taking her two years into Ryan Seacrest’s run as host. There’s no word how much Vanna’s making, but sources say she got a “substantial increase” from the $3 million salary she’s been earning for the past 18 years.
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Parmalee’s Matt Thomas tells The Tennessean that their motto is to ‘just keep it going’. Saying, you gotta keep it going. Especially in country — if you’re not really on the radio, [people are] like, ‘Where’d y’all go?’ We’ve been right here, working just as hard as we’ve been working. Even harder.
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Call it a Christmas miracle: Even though strikes have brought Hollywood to a standstill, Hallmark has 40 all-new, original holiday movies in the pipeline for this year. No, they didn’t break the strike. They didn’t even get exemptions. They just ramped up production when it became obvious that the strike was coming. The festivities kick off on Friday, October 20th.
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Rumors of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce dating or not, swirling around. Life & Style Weekly says Travis shared his dating deal breakers and turn offs. He dislikes snooty attitudes and high maintenance behavior. You have to be grounded. You have to have some sort of balanced lifestyle. High maintenance I’m out the door.” Well, nothing has been confirmed just yet between them. But based off THAT alone…Good luck Taylor.
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You may have noticed Dan + Shay star Shay Mooney is getting svelte lately and he tells Billboard magazine that he is proof anyone can get in shape. He just decided one day he was sick of being tired all the time and wanted to be in better shape. He changed his entire lifestyle for six months and got the results he wanted. And adds “if I’m able to do it, then everybody else can too.”
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Doritos recently set a new world record by using a helicopter to dip a giant chip into cheese. The cheese stretched for 49 feet without breaking.
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Eric Dane, best known as McSteamy on Grey’s Anatomy, has passed away at 53 after battling ALS. He first revealed his diagnosis last April, but symptoms began earlier in 2024. His family says he spent his final days surrounded by his wife, daughters, and close friends, and he used his fight to raise awareness for ALS research.
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William Shatner is officially going metal…because apparently retirement is for people without a spaceship. The 94 year old icon is releasing a heavy metal album featuring covers of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest, plus original songs with 35 metal legends. He says metal is where imagination gets loud, which explains a lot about Captain Kirk. There’s nothing more metal than a man eligible for social security since Nixon.
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Jelly Roll is officially becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry on March 10th, and Lainey Wilson will be there to welcome him in. He first found out back in December when Craig Morgan surprised him with the invitation, and now Craig will perform at the induction too. It’s one of country music’s highest honors, and proof that redemption stories hit harder than any guitar solo.
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Kane Brown is the latest country star to plant his flag on Broadway in Nashville with his own entertainment venue. Kane Brown’s on Broadway will feature a full restaurant, bar, and live music, which basically guarantees fans will spend money while singing his songs badly. Every country star gets a bar eventually, it’s practically a rite of passage. At this point, Nashville Broadway is less a street and more a country music theme park.
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