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DIERKS BENTLEY and ELLE KING will be hosting this year's "CMA Fest:  The Music Event of the Summer".  The three-hour concert special will air August 3rd on ABC And GABBY BARRETT needs help naming her baby boy, who is due later this year.  She asked fans to submit boy names on her Instagram Stories . . .and at the bottom she wrote "Southern or biblical is preferred."

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Keith Urban recently wrapped the European leg of his The Speed Of Now Tour and sported a surprising ensemble during the final night of the trek: a kilt!  When Urban’s tour rolled through Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, the country superstar fully embraced the local culture, and his mother’s Scottish heritage, by donning a kilt on stage. In fact, Urban and his entire band sported kilts for the occasion.

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Seattle Sports says Blake Shelton has been named the Indy 500 Grand Marshal. He will tell drivers to report to their cars during Sunday's pre-race ceremonies  Parmalee star Matt Thomas tells People magazine that it feels weird to be the last single man in the group.  He’s LOOKIN…but, so far no bueno. The rest of these guys got someone that was able to stand them. He says “That means there has to be hope for me."

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Fortune Magazine reports the producers of "Top Gun: Maverick" paid the U.S. Navy $11,000 an hour for fighter jet rides . The magazine says Tom Cruise could be in the cockpit but couldn't touch any of the controls.  The cast was filmed sitting behind an F-18 pilot. They underwent emergency training and knew how to survive at sea and eject should a plane crash occur.

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AMBER HEARD took the stand yesterday for the final time in her defamation battle against JOHNNY DEPP, and told the court what a NIGHTMARE her life has been since the trial started. Closing arguments begin this morning, then the case goes to the jury.

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"Top Gun: Maverick" premiered in London earlier this month, and that gave JON HAMM the opportunity to meet PRINCE WILLIAM and KATE MIDDLETON. He had to learn the rules….”Your royal highness, If they offer THEIR name then you can USE their name.  But, you can’t do it first, you can’t offer your hand they have to offer their hand, you have to bow, but you can’t bow to low. But no, it was exciting.”  Top Gun: Maverick is in theaters now…

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Eric Church talks about Celebrating Our Freedom and the people that provide those freedoms ... “I’m very proud that we have the soldiers. I know there are a lot of other countries out there in the world that don’t want to live the way we do, and that’s fine, they can keep living the way they are, but I’m very proud of it. I think that’s a time to celebrate being proud to be an American and celebrate those freedoms…and celebrate the people that are over fighting for those freedoms" Adding it’s the soldiers he comes in contact with on the road, the ability to make the music he makes and to say what he wants to say.

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Ellen's final show today will be filled with tears and joy. Ellen tells The Hollywood Reporter, "It’s funny because the last couple of months I was more emotional than I was in the last week or two. She got really emotional about two months out, but that last week she just really wanted to enjoy it.

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Luke Combs tells CMT that he's getting nervous about the birth of his baby. “I’m a little nervous. You got a lot of stuff to do. I got a lot on my plate that I don’t even realize is on there yet. I’m uncovering things every day; I’m buying all kind of clothes I didn’t know existed. I mean, I just just learned what a bassinet was. Do you know if Columbia carries a newborn line?"

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Tom Cruise tells Bella magazine that he hasn’t taken a day off in 40 years. "I'm just chillin' now. I don't have days off. Look, I'm fortunate, I'm lucky. I've spent my life on movie sets and travelling the world, which is what I always wanted to do. So this is not work - I'm living the dream."

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Josh Turner Is Ready For Summer ... "I have a nice boat that I got a couple of years ago. I have it set up for saltwater and fresh water. I’m not much of a water skier. My legs are too skinny for that, but I just try to tube and have fun and just ride"

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Madonna is auditioning new boyfriends. A source says she has zero interest in dating someone her age. What she wants is a hard-bodied, hot guy in his late twenties – someone who can keep up with her. She has requested that her team find her a handful of options – after signing a watertight NDA, of course.

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Time Magazine is out with their top 100 most influential people of 2022 But, Keanu Reeves is the “World’s Nicest Man” at least that’s what his Matrix co-star Carrie-Anne Moss writes “In this often unkind and shallow world, my friend Keanu gives others hope. The actions of this handsome, talented, successful, and fiercely committed actor have become a reprieve from the constant disappointment we have for those who get put on a pedestal.''

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Blake Shelton got a phone call from Jimmie Johnson, it looks like Jimmie wants Blake to help design his Indy 500 Helmet “He goes, I want you to design my helmet.  Your punkin me right now, ok I get it. First of all, what an honor  especially with the American Legion involved and it’s his first Indy 500.  There’s so much that this helmet represents to me and Jimmie Johnson’s carrier.” Blakes father and brother both served in the military.  The helmet will pay tribute to the  American Legion and military.  The Indianapolis 500 airs on ABC on Sunday.

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Ewan McGregor is back as Obi-Wan Kenobi!!  But it was hard keeping the secret.  “They want to keep everything a secret, The longer that can keep until they announce it the better I guess for them.  For a long time people were asking if I would play Obi-Wan again, I had to go ‘well you know if Disney wanted to do something, I’d be happy to do it and it was years of that.” Obi-Wan Kenobi' premieres on Disney + on Friday.

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Justin Moore has great respect for the men and women who serve "The thing that always kind of gets me is, no matter whether it be in a meet and greet or at the supermarket or whatever, when people come up to me who have served or currently serve, they always come up and thank me for our music. And I’m just kind of taken aback because I’m going, ‘No, no, no, no, we don’t do anything. You guys are the ones who should be thanked.’ Anytime we have the opportunity, we try to wave the flag for those men and women.”

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Talk about buyers remorse….Carrie Underwood tells Glamour magazine that she once purchased a sweatshirt, which she ended up only wearing twice Saying “My first stupid purchase was an accident. I was in Paris and went into one of those big, name-brand, fancy-schmancy designers, and I picked up a sweatshirt. But when I went to check out, that sucker was $2,000.”…OUCH!

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Samuel L Jackson and Chris Pratt are going to star in the new animated Garfield movie. Jackson will play Pratt's father. Pratt is playing Garfield.  The Hollywood Reporter says “Top Gun: Maverick” is expected to make over $100 million this weekend during its opening weekend

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Memorial Day weekend is this weekend how do YOU celebrate…Lady A talks about the food and how THEY will be celebrating this year.

Charles – Probably throw on some ribeye’s

Dave Haywood – “I love doing wings, a bunch of different like flavors of wings on the grill. Gotta have some good drinks – some beers, some bourbon,

Hillary Scott – “ I’m a side dish gal. I’d probably make a handful of side dishes.”

Dave – “Potato salad, coleslaw.”

Hillary – “Potato salad.”

Charles – “As long as you don’t bring ambrosia, we’re good.”

And don’t forget the Margaritas for Hillary….

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Tom Cruise tells Hello magazine that he uses one of his own planes in ''Top Gun: Maverick''.  He got to fly IN an F-14 which for him was a dream come true, but the P-51 Mustang you see in the movie is actually HIS plane and got to pilot IT in the film.  'Top Gun: Maverick' opens in theatres on Thursday night.

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Jimmie Allen and Jennifer Lopez have recorded a song together called "On My Way". The song is on Jimmie's new album ''Tulip Drive'' and will debut this Friday.

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Brantley Gilbert Wants Everyone To Remember Their Freedom On Memorial Day ... “I feel like everybody goes to a place, or should, I hope they do, go to a place where it’s like man I have these guys and girls to thank for my freedom and the things that I was able to do today because of my freedom. It’s because they paid the ultimate price. I feel like any time we get an opportunity, even not on Memorial Day, but especially on Memorial Day, just a chance to get silent for a minute and say thank you.'

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Newsweek magazine reports Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial was interrupted yesterday by a woman who yelled out: "Johnny I love you! Our souls are connected! This baby is yours!" Guards booted the woman from the court.

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Morgan Freeman has been placed on Russia's no-fly list. The actor is banned from traveling to Russia because he appeared in a 2017 video for an organization called the 'Committee to Investigate Russia'. Russia also placed John McCain on the list even though he died in 2018

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