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Simone Biles won her sixth gold medal in front of a star-studded audience . . . Tom Cruise filmed a stunt that will close out the games . . . and an Italian gymnast is an ambassador for parmesan cheese.

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Willie Nelson has said some hilarious things in his day, but I think this one might take the cake. It was 1987, and he was on the "Johnny Carson Show", and Johnny asked him, "When you're on the road, there are groupies, You know, women who want more than just your autograph . . . how do you handle that?"  If you want to know what he said…(You can watch the full interview, here.)

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Britney Spears' tell-all memoir is being turned into a movie. No word yet on who will play the pop star.  The memoir includes revelations about her past relationships, mental health battles, and relationship with Justin Timberlake. THIS ought to be good…

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Thoughts of ever dating Megan Moroney well, it just isn’t going to happen…She tells Fox News Digital that she doesn't have time for a relationship. "I think I've never been more dialled in with my career than I am now. I really don't have time for a relationship, and I think it's reflected in my album.

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Post Malone finally released the full track list for his new album, "F-1 Trillion", and he did it in a full-page ad in "The Tennessean".  It was also just announced that Posty will make his Opry debut on August 14^th…The question is…how ‘country’ IS Post Malone…well, he’s from Texas….

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Bill Maher is predicting Travis Kelce will 'dump' Taylor Swift.  Maher called Swift "tacky" for singing about her past relationships. "I'm sure she's a lovely person, but the whole thing with the football player. I just felt like 35 was a little old to be like, 'My boyfriend's a football player and I wear his jersey to the game with his number on it!'…Bill Maher is getting BLASTED online from Swift fans…

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Luke Combs and Garth Brooks sat down recently and talked about the current state of Country music.  Luke said Country has a little bit of everything now, quote, "You can have the trap beat and the acoustic songwriter Zach Bryan thing and they're both doing stadium shows."  Doesn’t make it country….

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Word has it that Carrie Underwood is joining "American Idol" this coming season to replace Katy Perry.  Of course, Carrie won Season Four of "Idol" way back in 2005.

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The best of the best…According to a new poll, Michael Phelps is the greatest U.S. summer Olympian of all time, followed by Simone Biles and Jesse Owens. AND…Someone snapped an amazing photo of an Olympic surfer seemingly just hovering in mid-air you can see it on our website under The List, Simon Biles is now the most decorated U.S. gymnast, with eight medals, including five gold.

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Jelly Roll just experienced a full-circle moment.  He used to be a convict, and now he's a Deputy Sheriff.  The officer who swore him in, said, "This is the real deal.  You walk into any facility, now you can tell them you're a Deputy Sheriff from Genesee County."

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In case you were wondering…the answer is yes…Hello! Magazine confirmed Simon Cowell has a mirror in his office that reads, "Yes Simon, you are the most beautiful in the land."

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Miley Cyrus was on Dave Letterman's Netflix show "My Next Guest" and revealed some cold hard truths about her dad Billy Ray.  She said, "What is so beautiful is that my parents, they served their children.  There is a map of what to do, and what not to do.  And, he's guided me on both."

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Major health scare Jelly Roll's wife Bunnie Xo  last week when imaging showed she might have a brain aneurysm.  But she updated fans after a neurologist gave her the ‘all clear’.

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Will Smith is trying to FIX what he’s done…kinda…The Business Times reports that he’s allegedly seeking advice from Johnny Depp on how to repair his reputation. After the ‘slap heard round the world’. He sees how Johnny has managed to regain his reputation and standing and wants counsel on how to do it, too.  Well, let’s see…Amber Heard lied about Johnny and it was proven…Will SLAPPED Chris Rock on stage on live TV…Good luck playa!

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With the Olympics going on got us to thinking what would be some of the events that would be featured at a Country Music Olympics:  we came up with…Beer Chugging . . . Lawn Mower Racing . . . and the Note-Holding Contest….did someone say…CHAIR throwing?

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People are voting at Ranker.com on which great musicians aren't actually great singers.  Jennifer Lopez tops the list, followed by Neil Young and Tom Waits.

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