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Four former presidents of the United States are going into space later this year . . . or at least parts of them are. Hair samples from George Washington, JFK, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan will be shot into space by Celestis, a company that specializes in blasting human remains into space. They'll share the ride with a hair sample from "Star Trek" star DeForest Kelley . . . and the ashes of his co-star Nichelle Nichols….why?  Because they're Hollywood and it doesn't take a lot to send stuff into space on a model rocket...

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Have you even made it in country music, if you haven't been given a nickname?  A list of the best nicknames in country music includes "King George" for George Strait, "Chief" for Eric Church, and "Toad" for Blake Shelton.  Others include, Big Dog Daddy: Toby Keith, Possum:  George Jones and Duckman: Riley Green…

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Jimmie Allen talks to Sherri Shepherd on her show about why he would never sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.  “I am a country artist ok?  Let alone I am a BLACK country artist, if I mess up the National Anthem…I am DONE, I better get a new career!!” He would rather learn sign language and sign it…

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The NY Post says a firearm enhancement charge against Alec Baldwin has been dropped. He is accused of shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of their movie "Rust". The dropping of the charge means Alec now faces a maximum of 18 months in prison for manslaughter.  He was facing five years, if convicted, Apparently the charge they initially filed wasn’t on the books when the incident happened…

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Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie were brought to tears by 18-year-old Iam Tongi as the aspiring artist brought a heart-wrenching tribute to his late father to the Season 21 premiere of American Idol Sunday. Tongi himself got emotional as he introduced himself to Bryan, Richie and Katy Perry during his audition, revealing his father was the one who taught him everything he knows about music. If you didn’t see it live…you can see it here...I'll warn ya, I had to stop the video after only a couple minutes....

https://youtu.be/S_MAesZsnMk

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Kane Brown tells Music Mayhem magazine that there's nothing better than being a girl dad. “My girls are my world. I love being a girl dad. I'm gonna make sure they have everything to succeed in life. Those girls are my world."

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Happy Monday!!  Today we start with some behind the scenes with Liam Neeson and his movie “Taken” remember the “Very particular set of skills” speech?  Well Liam had NO IDEA it would become such an iconic speech. In fact, when he was delivering those lines, he actually thought they were CORNY. Quote, "It was a cornball.  I really did feel that.  It's nice to be proven wrong." So you can imagine after he delivered the line, he looks at the director and they both start laughing…

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"Judge Mathis" and "The People's Court" are both ending their runs at the end of the current season.  "Mathis" has been on the air for 24 seasons, and "The People's Court" is in its 26th.

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Olivia Newton-John's final recording is a duet with Dolly Parton singing Dolly’s classic "Jolene".  It'll be included on an upcoming posthumous release of Olivia's called "Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection".  It comes out May 5^th,

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A home gardening company called Epic Gardening teamed up with Carrie Underwood to help her build out her greenhouse.  They released a 26-minute video of the process, which includes a tour led by Carrie of her property and the chicken coop.  Ya gotta have chickens!!!

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A couple Hollywood quickies - Richard Gere was hospitalized in Mexico with pneumonia he was celebrating his wife’s 40^th birthday when he got the bug…but good news he’ll be alright.  Tom Sizemore from "Saving Private Ryan", "Pearl Harbor" and "Black Hawk Down" is in critical condition after suffering an aneurysm…he is in critical condition and is in a ‘Wait and see situation’.

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Lastly, our thought and prayers are with former President Jimmy Carter and his family.  The former president entered hospice care over the weekend.  He's 98.

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

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The diagnosis is in…Bruce Willis Has Dementia: The NY Post says he’s been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia or FTD. His family released a statement saying ....Today there are no treatments for the disease.

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Jack Nicholson Has Love Child: The NY Post says she’s breaking her silence. Tessa Gourin is 28. Her mother was working as a server when she had an affair with Jack in 1994. Jack refuses to acknowledge Tessa. Tessa says, “ I was raised by a single mother in a really intense, nuanced situation,” My mom wanted me to have a relationship with him, but he said he wasn’t interested.

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Would the world be a better place if more people got CLOCKED for doing ignorant stuff?  Brantley Gilbert thinks so.  He just did an interview with Outsider.com this is what he said, "A lot of the problems in our society right now stem from the fact that people don't get punched in the face anymore."  He said it applies to people being jerks online too, and hiding behind their laptops. He referenced a video of him just the other day jumping off stage to kick a guy out of a recent concert.  The guy reportedly hit a GIRL in the crowd, and Brantley saw it.

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Radar Online claims Arnold Schwarzenegger's friends allegedly want him to hire a chauffeur because of his latest traffic accident in which he hit a biker. A source tells the website, Arnie’s pal thinks it’s time to let someone else do the driving. He loves cruising around Los Angeles, but he seems to be cursed, and his friends want him to quit while he’s still ahead.

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Tractor Supply Company partnered with Lainey Wilson, Ashley McBryde, Jimmie Allen, Dustin Lynch, along with the Opry, to launch something called the "Emerging Artists Program."  It's basically a platform to discover and develop new country music artists.  Lainey Wilson made the announcement on the Opry stage just this week.

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And finally, Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce will host "Saturday Night Live" on March 4th with musical guest Kelsea Ballerini.

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We start with sad news today…One of the greatest sex symbols of all time is no more.  Raquel Welch passed away yesterday. .  There's no word yet on the cause of death. Raquel's big break was the 1966 sci-fi classic "Fantastic Voyage".  That same year, she wore her iconic animal skin bikini as the cavewoman Loana in the 1966 prehistoric classic "One Million Years B.C. It was even promoted as "Mankind's first bikini."  Raquel Welch was 82.

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For the first time ever, adults in the U.S. will spend more time watching digital content on platforms like Netflix, TikTok, and YouTube, than traditional TV. "Linear TV" in 2023 will average under three hours a day . . . Netflix and YouTube are leading the way when it comes to digital video viewing.  People are watching about 33 minutes of each per day..We even Tic Tok more…Gone are the days of “Gunsmoke”.

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Lindsay Ell was recently diagnosed with an eating disorder.  She's been in denial about it for a long time, because she didn't LOOK like someone who was sick.  But when it started "taking over her life" she knew it was time to confront it. She's sharing her journey with fans in hopes that her experience can help someone else . . . just as other stories helped her.

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"You, Me, And Whiskey" ..Is a great song from Justin Moore and Priscilla Block.  They just released the video for the song and Justin says it’s pretty spicy. “It’s definitely the spiciest, sexiest, most sultry, whatever you wanna say, video that we’ve done. And in talking to our team about what we wanted the video to look like, it just kind of lent itself to that, to me, and we haven’t done that. And so I thought it was kind of cool, and I didn’t have to take my clothes off and get in bed, so that’s even better. It wouldn’t be that had I had to.” which is why he hired two actors to play the married couple.

https://youtu.be/4nwYUx4MLVU

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The new trailer for Disney's live-action "The Little Mermaid" is out.  There's a glimpse of Melissa McCarthy as Ursula at the end.  It hits theaters on May 26^th, you can see it here...

https://youtu.be/6QbHoQzmLdc

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And lastly…"How to Train Your Dragon" is getting the live-action treatment at Universal.  It's expected to hit theaters March 14th, 2025…

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