The List for Wednesday, October 25th 2023

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Shania Twain had a full-circle moment at her show in Toronto on Sunday.  She brought up a fan named Daniela, 22 years after bringing her up to sing a song as a KID.  Best part:  Daniela said that moment on stage in 2001 inspired her to study music, and now she’s an opera singer.

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The Hollywood Reporter this morning announced that Richard Roundtree, the ultracool actor who helped open the door to a generation of Black filmmakers and performers with his portrayal of private eye John Shaft, “the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about,” died Tuesday at his home in LA of pancreatic cancer. He was 81.

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Luke Bryan tells Country Living magazine that farm life helps keep him grounded. “The main thing with having the farm is it really forces you to have fun and disconnect from your phones and helps you get back to simple.

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A lot of country music fans would love to hit up Miranda Lambert’s Pink Pistol boutique . . . but not everyone can make it to Linwood, Texas.  So she’s showing off a glimpse of it on her Instagram account.  (There’s a slideshow, here.) Speaking of Miranda’s Instagram, she also shared some footage of her goats:  Taco, Tuesday, and Tanya.  In the clip, she says she’s a “goat mom” . . . and she chose “San Antonio Stroll” by Tanya Tucker as the background music.

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Long before Luke Bryan became a judge on “American Idol” . . . he was a kid judging his neighbors’ Halloween candy.  Quote, “You can find out a lot about your neighbors by what kind of candy they put out. “Full Snickers bars, that’s [good] and so is Reese’s cups.  [But] the old chocolate popcorn ball of stuff, that’s no good.”  Adding,  “You get Dots one time a year and they pull your teeth.”

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Contact Music says Britney Spears hated her time as a judge on “The X Factor” with Simon Cowell.  In her new memoir, she reveals that she felt nervous and didn’t enjoy the job. The pop star admits that she doesn’t think she’s cut out for judging on TV. Spears only lasted for one season on the show.

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