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Jason Aldean's Daughter Navy Rose Won't Stop Singing "Frozen" Songs ... he says she’s always belting them out“She’s in the back seat, just wailing at the top of her lungs and you’re like on the phone in the front like; man can you just sing with your inside voice for a minute?” Welcome to the ‘Frozen’ nightmare all parents know and love…so much…

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Thomas Rhett And His Daughter Lennon have a special announcement…. "Me and Lennon just went and took pictures on the beach listening to 'Slow Down Summer' on the radio. Number one song in the country right now.” Thomas Rhett’s ‘Bring The Bar To You” Tour will be at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline Illinois October 13^th

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Would you believe Keith Urban used to have a split personality?  That’s what he told People Magazine he called them “daytime me” and ‘night time me” Daytime me would want to go to bed at a decent hour, but night-time me would go, 'I know this is going to cause this issue, but it will be fun.' Night-time me hated daytime me.  Well as long as they could BOTH play guitar and sing…you can have 5 personalities…that’s my limit though…

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You can give up that dream of running away to Vegas to have Elvis marry you and your other half.  MarketWatch reports The Authentic Brands Group, which represents Elvis' estate, sent cease-and-desist letters to several chapels and impersonators. As we get ready for the latest Bio-Pic of Elvis with Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker…in Theaters Friday the 24^th of June.

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TMZ saysa "Pirates of the Caribbean" pirate ship was parked outside of the courthouse yesterday where a jury is deliberating the outcome of Johnny Depp's defamation trial. The giant "boat" sat on top of a flatbed truck and featured a banner with Captain Jack Sparrow's face. It also had a pirate mannequin standing in front of a cannon.

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The first part of "Stranger Things" Season 4 broke the record for biggest premiere for an English-language series.  It had 286.8 million hours of view time. The second season of "Bridgerton" held the record with 193 million hours. All four seasons of "Stranger Things" were in the Top 5 for the week probably because they needed a refresher  since it had been almost THREE years since  Season 3.

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It’s graduation season and Luke Combs has a message for all the 2022 graduates. “To all you seniors that are graduating this year, I wanted to offer up a huge congratulations to you on this amazing achievement. As each of you step into this exciting new chapter of your life, just enjoy it. Enjoy this moment, and do what you want to do. Whether that is using the degree you just got in your hand or not. You going to do what you want to do, being happy, and feeling fulfilled is the most important thing. So to each and every one of you, congratulations, and all the best to you going forward."

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Alycia Debnam-Carey is officially departing Fear the Walking Dead. Deadline reported that her exit came after Sunday's episode of the series, which saw her character, Alicia Clark, heading off on her own path. This marks a major departure for the show, She’s been with The Walking Dead spinoff since it first premiered in 2015.

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Does Thomas Rhett get ‘starstruck’? well, yes!  He was starstruck when he met George Strait for the first time saying they were at the ACM Honors event three years ago. There were a few new artists like himself, but mostly icons.  They wanted to do a big group picture and so he was literally sitting next to Alan Jackson and George Strait was behind him was Dolly Parton I was like, ‘This is wild!!’  ‘Man, that’s the king!’”

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Speaking of the king…of the BOXOFFICE, Tom Cruise just marked a major milestone in his career. Top Gun: Maverick earned the 59-year-old movie star his first $100 million opening weekend. The picture earned $124 million in its first three days in North American theaters, Paramount Pictures said Sunday. Worldwide, the film has taken in $248 million. The film's final domestic numbers will be released on Tuesday.

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The Hollywood Reporter reports…Bo Hopkins, the wily actor with the wild-eyed gaze who came to fame portraying thieves and scoundrels in films The Wild Bunch, American Graffiti, Midnight Express and White Lightning. Passed on Saturday. Hopkins died at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys after suffering a heart attack on May 9, He was 84

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There was an event called "Star Wars" Celebration last week, and here's what we learned:  "Indiana Jones 5" is coming out in June of 2023 . . . the trailer for the new "Willow" on Disney + looks pretty awesome and yes Val Kilmer WILL be involved . . . and JUDE LAW is starring in a new series called "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew".

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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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