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Sean Penn giving an interview to “Variety” asked why Will Smith got a standing ovation when he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, while HE once went to jail for hitting a movie extra.  Quote, "Why are you guys standing and applauding his worst moment as a person?"  Good question…

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What's your favorite country song that's got a sense of humor to it?  Someone came up with a list of the 20 funniest country songs of all time.  Here are a few that made the cut  They include "When It Rains It Pours" by Luke Combs . . . "Did I Shave My Legs for This" by Deana Carter . . . and the 1978 classic, "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty.  What songs would YOU add…

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The rise and fall of pop duo Milli Vanilli is the subject of a new feature-length documentary coming to Paramount+. The story of Robert “Rob” Pilatus and Fabrice “Fab” Morvan whose pop superstardom was abruptly cut short following a lip-synching controversy. Milli Vanilli streams on Paramount+ starting Tuesday, Oct. 24. Will I be watching it? Girl, you know it’s true…See the preview HERE.

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Parade Magazine says Miranda Lambert and her husband, Brendan, recently enjoyed a dreamy vacation in Switzerland. They shared breathtaking pictures from Lake Lucerne and Gstaad on their Instagram accounts. Lambert also performed at the Country Night Gstaad Festival…We got the VIDEO

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More than a year after her namesake talk show came to an end, Ellen DeGeneres is planning a return to television. The comedian is combining her TV presence and her lifelong passion and commitment to animals for a new two-hour special, Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure, for Discovery.  Set to air on Discovery Channel on Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. ET, with an encore presentation on Sept. 24 in honor of World Gorilla Day and streaming options on both discovery+ and Max.

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The Messenger says a "John Wick"-themed bar will open in New York City on September 21st. The bar, called "Welcome to the Continental: The Hotel Bar Experience," is located in the building that’s used as the Continental Hotel in the John Wick movie franchise.  The bar is being opened to promote the John Wick prequel series, "The Continental: From the World of John Wick."

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And here WE are stepping into the “Way Back Machine”! Dolly Parton revealed an interesting connection between the song “I Will Always Love You” and Elvis's 1973 divorce from Priscilla Presley. “Elvis loved the song, in fact I talked to Priscilla not very long ago.  She said, “You know Elvis sang that song to me when we were walking down the courthouse steps when we got divorced.” The irony is that Dolly turned down Elvis's request to record the song, because he wanted half of the royalties. 

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Music Row is reporting today that in honor of Sawyer Brown’s 40th anniversary, the band is releasing Get Me To The Stage On Time, a documentary of how a Nashville outlier changed the country genre by turning 15 minutes of fame into 40 years. Executively produced by Blake Shelton, is a behind-the-scenes look at millions of miles, 24 albums, 6,000 shows and gratitude for the legions of loyal fans, even when Nashville counted them out.

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Giant Freakin Robot says Macaulay Culkin may return for a new Home Alone movie. The film will likely be on Disney+. The plot involves Culkin's character, Kevin, working as a security company CEO. A source says, "It would be a Christmas miracle if Macaulay reprises his role as Kevin."

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Yesterday we reported that the Drew Barrymore show went on to tape without writers in opposition to the writer’s strike…well, here comes the backlash… The National Book Foundation has said they’re dropping Barrymore as host of their upcoming awards ceremony. They wrote in part on X “Our commitment is to ensure that the focus of the awards remains on celebrating writers and books” So in leu of her resuming her show they’ve rescinded their invite to host.

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Lace up those dancing shoes!!  Dancing With The Stars returns to ABC now..Tuesday nights starting September 26^th.  Alfonso Ribeiro returns as host, while Julianne Hough joins him as a judge. Hitting the ballroom this year include actress Alyson Hannnigan, "Brady Bunch" alum Barry Williams, singer Jason Mraz, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and model Tyson Beckford to name a few. They join the previously announced celebs: reality stars Ariana Madix and Charity Lawson as well as singer/actress Jamie Lynn Spears.

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Hank Williams Jr. tells CMT that he married his longtime friend and fiancée, Brandi, at Enon Baptist Church in Banks, Alabama. The couple have been friends since 2003 and got engaged on Mother’s Day earlier this year.

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"The Drew Barrymore Show" resumed taping yesterday.  They're not using writers, so they're not violating the Writers Guild strike rules.  But the WGA is NOT happy about it. Two audience members showed up wearing WGA pins that were handed to them by picketers outside the studio.  And those two audience members were asked to LEAVE before the show started. It looks like Drew started something, because "The Jennifer Hudson Show", "Sherri", and "The Talk" are now coming back, too.

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The Sun says Adele and Shania Twain are planning a big collaboration. They met at the Grammy Awards and talked about singing together. Shania loves Adele's voice and thinks their talents would be extraordinary together.

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Taylor Swift and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce allegedly went on a date. Travis tried to meet Taylor at one of her shows.  A source tells the website, "She is currently open to dating, but she's keeping it private." Until her next album.

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The New York Jets experimented with Aaron Rodgers, and so far it's been a BAD TRIP.  Aaron didn't even last a single drive before he was sacked and knocked out of the game with an ankle injury.  It happened after he took his fourth snap of the season. Luckily X-rays were negative, however we learned just today that his injury is a torn left Achilles, which means he will be out the rest of the season. Backup QB Zach Wilson took over, and the Jets ended up WINNING 22 to 16, after a 65-yard punt return for a touchdown by Xavier Gipson in overtime.

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The "MTV Video Music Awards" go down live TONIGHT . . . which is a weird night for an award show, but whatever.  They're in New York City, and so are several members of 'N Sync. There's been talk that the guys already got together to record new music for Justin's upcoming animated movie "Trolls Band Together".  So this would be the perfect opportunity for them to debut it.

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Carrie Underwood gets paid a huge amount for singing NBC's "Sunday Night Football" theme.  She reportedly earns $1 million per week for her pre-game song.

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Alan Jackson was asked about writing and then performing his song 'Where Were You, When the World Stopped Turning' during the 35^th Annual CMA Awards "At first I didn’t think I would ever write a song about the event because I just didn’t feel right about it and then this came out of nowhere and then it went on to be such an anthem for it for years. And now it’s kind of grown into just its own song outside of 9/11 where it’s just a song about faith and hope and love." Of performing it? He was proud they just got to do it.

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Congrats to Captain America.. or rather Chris Evans…Page Six reports he and Alba Baptista got married in an intimate ceremony at their home in Massachusetts. The wedding was attended by family, friends, and a few of the Avengers…Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Jeremy Renner.

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Jason Aldean tells CMT that you never know when inspiration will strike. “Thank goodness for phones. My wife can tell you I've shot up in bed out of a dead sleep, grabbed my phone, and recorded a garbled, half-awake song lyric into it. I should have saved some of the "better" ones. Some of those sounded like garbled snores."…and others have gone to number one remember that Jason..

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TMZ says Sylvester Stallone recently met the Pope during a family trip to the Vatican. The Pope told Stallone that it was an honor to meet him and even shadowboxed with him. Stallone introduced his wife, Jennifer Flavin, and their three daughters to the Pope.

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Carrie Underwood says her sons Isaiah 8 and Jacob 4 are multi-talented – “I feel like they both have athletic ability, I’m not sure that’s what they’ll choose to do because they both actually have very pleasant singing voices, So we’ll just have to wait and see what they choose.”

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Fran Drescher has been re-elected SAG-AFTRA president.  Probably because of her soothing voice…

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Danny Masterson from "That '70s Show" was sentenced yesterday to 30 years to life for the rape of two women in 2003. Masterson was convicted in May.  Before his sentence, he waived his right to speak.  After the sentence was handed down, his attorney said he'll appeal, due to, quote, "a number of significant evidentiary and constitutional issues." Some of those “issues” may be that he got caught.

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Here's your friendly reminder to keep things peaceful when you're at a Jelly Roll show.  The singer was in the middle of the Denver, Colo., stop on his “Backroad Baptism Tour” on Sunday night and as he concluded a rendition of his hit song "Need a Favor," Jelly Roll halted the show to call out a fight that had broken out in the crowd.  Offering to come down and “solve” the problem…only you know Jelly…he SAID it a little differently.

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The CMA nominations came out yesterday, and Lainey Wilson leads with nine, followed by first-timer Jelly Roll with five, and Luke Combs with four.  The show airs live November 8th on ABC with co-hosts Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning.

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The football season is off to a great start, unless you’re a Kansas City Chiefs fan…Kane Brown shared advice for those playing fantasy football for the first time.  He says, quote, "Definitely look at the projected points because they're not going to steer you wrong.  And if you're going to get a star that gets hurt a lot make sure you have their backup."

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“What if you put 10 of reality television’s most iconic and infamous supervillains together under one roof?” We’ll all soon find out. Earlier we told you about “House Of Villains” which brings together reality TV’s most hated and feared villain’s and NOW we have a preview for it HERE.  They ALL try to outsmart each other for a $200,000 prize. Hosted by Joel McHale “House of Villains” premieres with a 75-minute episode Thursday October 12^th at 9pm on “E”.

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Cole Swindell is a karaoke fan, he tells Billboard magazine that he does karaoke every once in a while. “If it’s the right night and the right mood, we’ll swing by Ms. Kelli’s. It’s just a bare-bones place, but Ms. Kelli’s is one of my favorite karaoke spots in Nashville.

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