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You thought "Barbie" was a one-and-done?  Oh, no . . . Mattel has a TON of toy-based movies in the works as we speak.  Buzzfeed rounded them all up . . . and made POSTERS for them.  They include: "Barney", "Polly Pocket". . . "Hot Wheels" and "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" just to name a few…

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A.I. is a huge concern of striking actors and writers.  But while they're demanding protections from artificial intelligence, the studios are secretly ramping up their A.I. capabilities, by looking to hire specialists.  The kicker is that many companies offering high-paying A.I. jobs have been CUTTING employees in other divisions.

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How badly did Aaron Rodgers want to get out of Greenbay?  Well, he’s taking a $35 MILLOIN PAY CUT over the next two seasons just to play for the Jets.  He's making $75 million fully guaranteed . . . when he was due to make $110 million on his previous contract.

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I'm just going to throw this out there because it's so odd.  Jimmie Allen announced that he's doing a three-night comedy tour in the fall.  It's called "I Said What I Said". He hasn't revealed the dates yet, and the shows are invite only.  So if you're interested, hit up his Instagram.  It's possible that Jimmie IS joking.  If so, it's not funny.  He's facing serious sexual assault allegations, and there's no humor in that.

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the Primetime Emmy Awards have been postponed because of the Hollywood writers and actors strikes. The show was set to take place on September 18th on Fox.

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Universal Music says Carrie Underwood's husband, former NHL player Mike Fisher, was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame earlier this week.

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Well, "The Usual Suspects" is no longer the biggest surprise ending in Kevin Spacey's career.  Yesterday, a London jury found him not guilty of ALL NINE sexual misconduct charges he was facing:  After the verdict, Spacey said he was "enormously grateful" to the jury and "humbled" by the outcome of the trial.  Yesterday also just happened to be Spacey's 64th birthday

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ABC's "General Hospital" has found an interesting way to keep coming up with new episodes during the strike:  SCABS!!!  They're using "temporary writers" to keep the show going.  The General Hospital writers understand though that stopping production could spell the demise of soap operas.

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Jason Aldean has trimmed six seconds from his "Try That in a Small Town" video.  According to the "Washington Post", he removed footage from a Fox Atlanta news report that showed violent imagery from a BLM protest in 2020. Jason hasn't commented . . . but his record company confirmed the footage was edited due to "third party copyright clearance issues"…I have this bridge…for sale….

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Reality TV star and one-time country singer Jana Kramer tells the Whine Down podcast that Miranda Lambert was rude for chastising fans for taking a selfie during one of her concerts. "I get the other side of it where it’s like ‘OK, I’m here to listen to music,' but it’s also, it’s a concert, in my mind, wouldn’t you want people having fun?

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Variety magazine says two Barbie sequels may be in the works. Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz says, “opportunities open up very quickly, once you establish the first movie as a successful representation of a franchise on the big screen. Successful movies lend themselves to more movies. Our ambition is to create film franchises.”

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Collider magazine says Vin Diesel is planning to star in a new movie based on Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Mattel has greenlit the film and hopes to fast track it once the actors and writers strike ends.

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LeBron James' son Bronny was rushed to the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest during practice at USC on Monday.  A spokesman for the family says he's in stable condition.  Bronny . . . whose real name is LeBron James Jr. . . . is only 18 years old.

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Hailey Whitters tells Billboard magazine that she got asked to open for Maren Morris while she was still waitressing. “I had no label, no management. I was still waitressing at that point. Then Maren asks me, this no-name songwriter to open for her on tour. I was stunned, and then ecstatic. I quit my waitressing job right before the tour started.”

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People magazine says Miranda Lambert is going to be a celebrity judge for the World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest. The winning dog gets its own People magazine feature and photo shoot. People can apply for the contest by going to People magazine's website. The winning dog also gets a year's supply of Pedigree dog food and a $1,000 donation made on their behalf to the animal rescue organization of their choice.

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The New York Post says residents in the Hope Ranch area of Santa Barbara, California are nervous that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are going to leave Montecito for their neighborhood. An anonymous real estate agent tells the newspaper, “The people that made the calls to me don’t want change and they don’t want all the hoopla. They want them to stay in Montecito and not be drawing that kind of attention to Hope Ranch.

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When Jackson Dean shot his video for  “Fearless,” he knew two things…He wanted it to have an old western feel to it, and he knew he wanted his brother Kyle and his family to star in it..“I knew I wanted to use my brother and my sister-in-law and my niece to tell that story, because what else is greater there to fight for than your family? I can’t think of many other things.”

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Former Jeopardy champions are boycotting the next tournament due to the Writers Guild of America strike. Jeopardy relies on WGA members to write its clues and questions, but with the strike on, there can be no writers on set right now. Contestants that were meant to participate in Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions explained online that they do not want to cross the picket line, nor do they want to play with "recycled materials."

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Elon Musk might hit a snag in his attempt to change the name of Twitter to "X" . . . because Mark Zuckerberg may own the rights to that letter. in connection with, social networking services specifically when it comes to "social networking services in the fields of entertainment, gaming, and application development.  Yesterday, workers started removing the word "Twitter" from the side of the building.

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Ryan Reynolds is bringing back "Alf" in a series of shorts promoting brands like Mint Mobile and Ring.  They'll air Saturday, alongside episodes of the original series, on his Maximum Effort Channel on Fubo. Ryan says the idea came from his, quote, "irrational love of 'Alf' growing up."

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Carly Pearce may be dating her drummer.  She's been posting photos of them together, and it sure looks they're more than just bandmates.  She hasn't confirmed it, though.. Usually it’s the drummers….always the drummers….

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There's no stopping Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town".  It's now sold over 500,000 copies in the U.S., which makes it the fourth highest-selling song of 2023.  And there's a lot of 2023 left. It's dominating the charts too.  It debuted at Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100.  That's the highest Jason has EVER been on the all-genre pop chart. Do I even need to tell you it's Number One on the Hot Country Songs chart?

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Jon Pardi puts in perspective how easy being an entertainer really is versus a “real job” Saying he always jokes about waiting around all day to do a sound check and then play two hours so they only work three hours. Compare that to working on a farm. Waking up at 5:30 a.m. to drive an hour to go hop on a tractor and it's been 10 hours sweating. Now do that six days a week. That's real work.

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Radar Online claims Tim McGraw and Faith Hill won't be doing another season of ''1883'' because Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren are allegedly doing another season of their Yellowstone spinoff, ''1923''. A source tells the website, "When producers learned Helen and Harrison were up for doing another season, they jumped at the chance.  Sadly, Tim and Faith don't have that kind of juice."

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