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Stop the presses!!  People magazine reports Nicolas Cage turns 60 on January 7th, and unfortunately, that means we're going to be seeing less of him.  Because he wants to slow down. He says, I want to spend more time with my daughter.  I'm taking stock of what's really important.  Maybe not make quite as many movies."

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Kelsea Ballerini shared the hilarious — and relatable — moment she helped her mom, Carla lower tote boxes full of stored holiday decorations from an elevated storage shelf in he garage. Ballerini stood on a ladder and passed the boxes one by one to her mom, enduring the spiders and webs she found along the way. Toward the end of the three-minute, 17-second video,

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Howard Stern says he was offered the part of Bradley Cooper's brother in "A Star Is Born", but he turned it down because he was, quote, "nervous about maybe making a fool out of myself." This from a guy who made a movie about himself in 1997 called “Private Parts”

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People are still talking about Dolly Parton's halftime performance at the Cowboys-Commanders game on Thanksgiving.  Unfortunately, they're focusing on the wrong thing. They're calling her out for wearing a Dallas Cowboys cheerleading outfit.  Fortunately, there are plenty of Dolly defenders.  Her sister Stella Parton wrote on X, "I personally thought my big sister Dolly was cute as hell. Of course, “The View” had something to say about it…meanwhile "Rockstar"has become Dolly's biggest album ever.  It debuted at Number Three on the Billboard 200 chart, which is her highest ever on that chart.

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You know those TV characters that you wish would just go away as soon as they hit the screen?  On Ranker.com, people are voting on the most HATED TV characters of all time. Making that list?  The top TWO are from “Game of Thrones” Joffrey Baratheon and Ramsey Bolton.  Others making the list include; The Governor from “The Walking Dead” and another from “Game of Thrones” Cersei Lannister…

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Kane Brown tells Billboard magazine that his personal connection to Elvis Presley's music comes from his nana. She was a huge Elvis fan, Kane will be one of several performers helping to celebrate the legacy of the late Elvis Presley as part of the new holiday special Christmas at Graceland.  It’ll air on NBC at 9pm and simulcast on Peacock.

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We hope you had a great holiday weekend…lots of Turkey and of course FOOTBALL!! The Cowboys-Commanders game was pretty entertaining, especially the half-time show if you got to see it!  Dolly Parton wearing a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader outfit singing a few of her greatest hits and one off her new Rock album Queen’s “We Are The Champions.  If you DIDN’T see the game the Cowboys won 45 to 10 and Dolly STILL looked great…

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Christmas came early for NBC: The network’s annual telecast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade delivered the biggest ratings ever. The 97^th annual parade was seen by 28.5 million viewers.  The National Dog Show, aired immediately after the parade and dropped to 11.9 million viewers…I guess you just can’t beat an inflatable Sponge Bob…

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Tracy Lawrence's 18th Annual Turkey Fry and Benefit Concert raised $250,000 for the Nashville Rescue Mission.  They also fried over 1,200 turkeys to help provide over 10,000 meals to those in need.

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The Hallmark Channel is gearing up for its annual release of Christmas movies. And for 2023, they’re releasing 42 new movies.  On Wednesday, Blake Shelton shared a trailer of one of these movies on his socials. It’s called “Time for her to Come Home for Christmas” Why do you ask?  Well, Blake is one of the Producers.  It premieres on Thursday November 30^th 7pm on the Hallmark channel.

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OK! Magazine reports Britney Spears is allegedly facing serious financial trouble. If you’ve seen any of her Instagram offerings, you might think there’s something else going on as well.  She’s been blowing through cash and now has a mountain of debts and no money coming in. It’s not all Britney’s fault given all the people who’ve leeched off her and continue to do so.  Adding to that, her soon to be ex-husband is getting a “low six figure” settlement. And is living in a $10k a month apartment paid for by Spears.

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And finally, Sam Hunt's wife Hannah recently gave birth to their second child.  We don't know the name yet.  He shared a photo on Friday of Hannah holding the newborn, while Sam has their one-year-old daughter Lucy in his arms.

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Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan are coming together in the next "Karate Kid" movie.  Ralph will play Daniel LaRusso again from the original movies, and Jackie will return as Mr. Han from the 2010 remake. A global casting search is underway to find the NEXT "Karate Kid".  The actor must be 15 to 17 years old and "portray Chinese or mixed-race Chinese".  He must speak fluent English, and any Mandarin is a plus. Acting experience isn't required, but they do have to know martial arts.

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For Thanksgiving there are a FEW things Mitchell Tenpenny says are a MUST HAVE  “Macaroni and cheese with Ritz crackers baked on top. It is so unhealthy, but so good… And my mom’s deviled eggs. It’s not turkey. It’s not ham. I mean I like that, but if like the mac and cheese isn’t there or the deviled eggs, I like kind of being a brat about it. I will cause a fit so it’s there every time and it’s delicious.” I don’t know about the Mac and Cheese with Ritz crackers thing, but deviled eggs? Oh yeah every time “

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Variety Magazine says "Mrs. Doubtfire" director Chris Columbus shot 2 million feet of film because Robin Williams improvised so much dialogue. Williams would do a scripted take and then improvise.  Columbus had to shoot the movie with four cameras to keep up with Williams' improvisation. He has 900 boxes of footage from the film and hopes to turn it into a documentary.

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This is NOT a joke…The Rolling Stones' 2024 tour will be sponsored by the AARP . . . seriously.  And members even get access to tickets two days early.  The tour kicks off in Houston on April 28th.  They announced a 16-date North American tour in support of their new album "Hackney Diamonds".  And they did something kind of brilliant: They effectively prevented all of us from being able to joke about the tour being sponsored by the AARP . . . because they literally got the AARP to sponsor the tour!!

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Monday was a big day for Tim McGraw.  He woke up to learn that "Standing Room Only" had gone to Number One.  It's his 46th song to top the Country Radio Chart . . . and he was over the moon about it. Sharing a quote over social media he said “He’s overwhelmed with gratitude.  Stay tuned for a big surprise."  That came later in another post, which turned out to be “a few songs” as he put it…it’s actually a new EP titled "Poet's Resume".  He also released the first single, which is called "Runnin' Outta Love".

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And lastly, Blake Shelton tells Entertainment Tonight that he was excited when he saw Gwen Stefani's 9-year-old son, Apollo, wearing western wear like him for her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.  He usually wears sweats and shorts all the time, and when he saw him come down the stairs in jeans and boots it warmed his heart.

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Wayne Brady got into a car accident in Malibu on Sunday night that resulted in FISTICUFFS between him and another driver. Apparently, the other guy hit Wayne's car as he was driving along the Pacific Coast Highway.  They both stopped and started shouting at each other . . . and then things got PHYSICAL. Wayne called 911 after the fight, but the other guy took off.

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Shopping this holiday season may take a little longer…especially if they’re playing your favorite Christmas songs. A study on music's impact on holiday shopping found that people are most likely to go into or stay in a store if pop is playing.  The most popular holiday song on shopping playlists is Tony Bennett's "Winter Wonderland" and the most popular artist is no not Mariah Carey…but…Taylor Swift.

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Everything Nash says Tim McGraw’s favorite cheat meals usually involve indulging in fast food during road trips. He likes a Big Mac from McDonald's and Faith Hill's Southern cooking.

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Contact Music says Patrick Dempsey claims his friends were "mad" when he was named People's ‘’Sexiest Man Alive’’. He says,  "I didn't realize how close the competition was and how many people finished second and how many people were overlooked, I'm just happy to be in the game at this point in my life, so it's good. I'm enjoying my moment." As you should…haters gonna hate…

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Garth Brooks was on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” ... He talked to Kelly about his new album “Time Traveler”…says that he thinks music is the voice of hope to him..THEN, they talked about the Black Friday Football game…and the concerts after… Amazon always does the concerts after the Thursday night football games.  They’re doing the game after the Black Friday game, and they said ‘Hey man would you do that concert’ I said I would love to do it.  We’re opening the bar at the same time, so we’re going to go into ‘Friends In Low Places’  bar the first time ever and we’re going to do a Dive Bar concert.” ‘Time Traveler’ is available now…

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Lastly, We know that Reba McEntire is ready to marry her boyfriend, actor Rex Linn.  But Rex . . . he's still on the fence.  Taste of Country recently asked her about it and she said, quote, "I told him if he wanted to get married that's up to him totally."

You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1