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"CMA Country Christmas" airs tonight on ABC.  It's hosted by Trisha Yearwood and Amy Grant, and will feature performances from some of country's biggest stars.  Cody Johnson is excited to show off, quote, "more of a Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin side of myself."

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Ella Langley talks about her song, 'You Look Like You Love Me' ... “I at least get this line multiple times a day.. But yeah, I mean, when we wrote the song, we were laughing thinking this might cause some marriages, maybe some divorces, and definitely some children, you know”….

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Perez Hilton says Taylor Swift recently tipped workers at a Chiefs game and Facetimed with a security guard's wife. A source tells the website, "Taylor is incredibly generous and loves to connect with her fans in unique ways." The singer's kind gestures left the workers feeling appreciated and grateful.

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Geo TV says Meghan Markle is encountering obstacles in Hollywood, with power players reportedly turning their backs on her. An insider says, "This is what happens when you haven’t actually made money — you fall [down] the totem pole of importance. People in LA roll their eyes at them” .

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This, is how far we’ve come….The Daily Beast says the British Board of Film Classification has issued a trigger warning for the movie “Wicked”. The characters mistreating the Wicked Witch of the West for her green skin led to the warning. Some critics are labeling the warning as ridiculous and counter-productive, while others argue it's necessary to address discrimination in society.

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Jelly Roll just ended his massive Beautifully Broken Tour and now just wants to disconnect and focus on family.  So, he threw his phone into a river…The rest of us just turn it off and put it in a drawer…

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Shaboozey's six-minute halftime set at the Chicago Bears / Detroit Lions game on Thanksgiving was well-received.  But NFL fans trolled the Bears, because Shaboozey was almost on the field for longer than their offense was in the first half.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Thanksgiving was interrupted by a bomb threat at his Los Angeles apartment. Law enforcement swept through his home. The bomb in his mailbox turned out to be a false alarm.  Arnold was at the gym during the incident.

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Believe it or not, Samuel L. Jackson has only been nominated for an Oscar ONCE . . . Best Supporting Actor for "Pulp Fiction" in the '90s.  But he didn't win.. In an interview with the AP, Samuel says the Oscars are strange . . . because it's like "a contest that you didn't volunteer to be in." adding, "Folks will go, 'Well, it's just an honor to be nominated.'  No it ain't.  It's an honor to WIN.  You get nominated . . . and most people forget."

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It’s being reported that Taylor Swift is changing her approach to her romance with Travis Kelce. And really making a conscious effort to go with the flow a lot more now and let her hair down. When they first got together, she was a lot more focused on the timing of everything, now  she just wants to take the shackles off and let people judge them based on what comes naturally.

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Garth Brooks talks about what Trisha does with all the leftovers after Thanksgiving…saying she takes all the leftovers and puts them into one casserole, puts a biscuit top on it and bakes the casserole….ideas for NEXT year?

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Keith Urban now owns Waylon Jennings' iconic 1950 Broadcaster guitar.  It was given to a session player who toured with The Highwaymen in the '90s, and then he put it up for auction.  Keith said the reason Waylon gave it away in the first place was, quote, "It was too [effing] heavy."

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