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Matthew Perry was laid to rest Friday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

Not surprisingly, the other five "Friends". . . Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer . . . were all there.  On a more hopeful note, the Matthew Perry Foundation . . . which Matthew was planning to start before his death . . . launched on Friday.  Its mission, according to its new website, is to help people "struggling with the disease of addiction."

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Blake Shelton will open his SIXTH Ole Red venue in Las Vegas in January . . . and he wants to be the first act to perform there.  He says, "I don't want anybody singing on this stage before I do.  I want to break it in." If you know Vegas, the place will be directly across from the Bellagio fountains.

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"The Simpsons" is dropping one of its longest-running gags:  CHILD ABUSE. In an episode a few weeks ago called "McMansion & Wife", Homer and Marge meet a new neighbor.  When Homer shakes his hand, the guy comments on his strong grip. Homer says, quote, "See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off."  But then he adds, quote, "Just kidding, I don't do that anymore.  Times have changed."  (Here's video.) "The Simpsons" is in its 35th season.

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Jordan Davis' "Next Thing You Know" is up for Single, Song, and Video of the Year at Wednesday's CMAs.  “My buddy woke me up and gave me the news. I mean, I was shocked. I did not expect to be up for three CMAs. This song has just really taken on a life of its own.” Adding he’s super grateful and humbled to have three nominations at the CMA and really excited to be a part of it and pumped to see if this song can bring home an award.

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Not many of us are fans of Hollywood and you can add Miranda Lambert TO that list.  She tells the LA Times “I’m already very private and protective. And choosing the job I chose… I mean, I get on stage, I’m in front of people. But I didn’t choose random photos of moments when I wasn’t at work. TMZ has tried to come to Nashville three times, and we keep running them out. We’re like, ‘Nope, not here.’ It taught me that Hollywood is not anything I want to be part of.”

And finally, A low-budget flick called "Barbenheimer" is in the works.  It's about a doll scientist who visits the real world, sees how bad it is, and decides to build a nuclear bomb and blow it up…THIS is what we’ve come to…sounds like the latest Marvel Movies.

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More Yellowstone programing is on the way…the latest news is that. If you're waiting to see how "Yellowstone" ends, you've got a year to wait.  The conclusion of the fifth and final season won't premiere until November of 2024…by then will anyone really care? And, as you probably already know, Kevin Costner won't be part of it. Two new "Yellowstone" shows have been announced though:  A new prequel called "1944", and a modern-day spinoff called "2024".  There are already two prequel series, "1883" and "1923".  Are you keeping track? Who's naming these shows, Taylor Swift?

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Dolly Parton told "The Hollywood Reporter" that she's been asked several times to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show, but she says no because her concerts are not big productions.  But that might change with her upcoming "Rockstar" album.  She "could do a production show" around that.

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Geo TV says Prince Harry allegedly sees himself as Matthew Perry's character 'Chandler' from ‘’Friends’’. Funny, no one else does…but he says he relates to Chandler's personality and claims to be 'just like Chandler' in his memoir, ‘’Spare’’. Prince Harry watched ‘Monica and Chandler's Wedding' while folding his underwear.

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Mariah Carey is leaning into this whole "Queen of Christas" thing.  Yesterday she unveiled a brand new Christmas shirt. It has a picture of her on it, with the phrase "It's Time!".  She's selling it on Amazon, along with some other Christmas merch.

It includes her Christmas Funko Pop, a deluxe edition of her "Merry Christmas" album, and her children's book, "The Christmas Princess (The Adventures of Little Mariah)". . . which came out last year. On a slightly different note, Mariah is also the star of Victoria's Secret's new holiday campaign.

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Garth Brooks will headline the first-ever "Amazon Music Live" special on November 24th, which is Black Friday.  He'll be performing live from the grand opening of his new 'Friends in Low Places Bar and Honky-Tonk' in Nashville.  It's a pretty small venue, so he didn't make tickets available.  But you can watch it live for free exclusively on the Prime Video app and the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch.  (You do NOT have to be a Prime member.)

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Did you know that Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt were making a movie based on that old Lee Majors TV show "The Fall Guy"?  Well, they did . . . and now there's a trailer.  (WARNING:  The video contains profanity.)

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce seem like they're good to their fans.  The neighborhood kids?  Not so much. On Halloween night, Travis' $1 million Kansas City home was CLOSED TO TRICK-OR-TREATERS.  It was blocked off with police tape, and there was a security guard outside telling kids, quote, "Nobody's home today.

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Jelly Roll tells The Tennessean newspaper that he is organizing the biggest holiday toy drive in Nashville history.  The campaign, which runs until December 15th, will collect and distribute toys to families in need. Meanwhile the Marine Corps “Toys for Tots” which is going on now…are over here like…”Oh really?”

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Chris Stapleton's cover story for "GQ Hype" includes a video where he talks about the "10 Things He Can't Live Without."  The most fascinating one is a chair from his parents' house that he still uses in the recording studio…check out the video, you’ll learn a lot about Chris Stapleton…like why his HAT is called “Precious”.

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Brooke Shields suffered a grand mal seizure recently, and Bradley Cooper came to her rescue. Brooke had been drinking a ton of water for an extended period of time because she was so busy with various projects and she always felt dehydrated. Unfortunately, all that water flooded her system and caused her sodium level to drop.  She says,  "Everything starts to go black”  And The next thing she knew, she’s in an ambulance with, quote, "Bradley FREEKIN’ Cooper" holding her hand.

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The season isn’t even in full swing yet and TMZ says Mariah Carey is being sued again for copyright infringement over her song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Two men, named Andy Stone and Troy Powers, are suing Mariah for $20 million, claiming she stole their song of the same name. Andy sued Mariah last year for allegedly copying their track.

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And Lastly, Good news.  You CAN watch "Not That Fancy:  An Evening with Reba & Friends" this Sunday.  The streaming platform Veeps will be airing the show live.

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