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Reba McEntire will join ABC's Big Sky Season 3 as a series regular. Big Sky is a detective drama set in Montana.  Jensen Ackles and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, whose characters were introduced in Season 2, will be promoted to series regulars. All episodes are available to stream on Hulu.

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Wheel of Fortune is hitting the road! The long-running game show is set to embark on its first-ever live tour, with Wheel of Fortune Live! They’ll bring that iconic wheel to fans across the country.  Early September is when they’ll hit the road for tickets and more information, including a full list of locations, visit www.WheelofFortuneLive.com. Hosts for the tour are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

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Austin Dillion is getting ready to star in a new reality series called Austin Dillion's Life in the Fast Lane. The premiere Thursday, June 23 at 8:30 p.m. on the USA Network. The show will feature Dillion, his wife Whitney and his son Ace.. the synopsis states. "Featuring high-stakes races, hilarious adventures and heartwarming moments at home, Austin leans on his loved ones both on and off the track as he trains and competes in the NASCAR season."

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Deadline Hollywood says Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren are going to star in the Yellowstone prequel ''1932''. It’s a new generation of the Dutton family and explore the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.” “1932” will premiere in December.

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ABC is open to having Chris Rock host next year's Academy Awards ..no doubt, he’ll be wearing boxing gloves…just in case…The Daily Mail says Tom Cruise did not pilot the $70 million fighter jet he is seen flying in ''Top Gun Maverick''. The paper says he was denied clearance by the Navy. Tom says he did all of his own stunts for the film.

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There’s nothing better than sitting at home and binge-watching programs.  Just ask Tim McGraw he’s found a few he likes ‘Yellowstone’ ‘Succession’ and an unexpected favorite. “We’d heard about it and heard about it and put off watchin’ it – was Ted Lasso.  There was so much heart to that show and so much wisdom to that show that I really fell in love with it, and certainly fell in love with Jason Sudeikis’ character. He’s just such like a likable guy." Adding there’s nothing like sitting on a rainy day with a fireplace going, binge-watching a program.

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There are books about parenting…there are videos about parenting.  Thomas Rhett Thinks Writing A 'Parenting' Album Would Be Fun ... “I feel like that’d be super fun, you know, just to write from a super self-deprecating point of view of how challenging it is just to parent. That’s something that would be intriguing to me, and it also sounds really fun” He posted one thing on Instagram last year, of this made-up idea of an album called Parenting, and got thousands of comments about titles and lyrics that were just cracking him up.

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If you’re keeping track of the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial. Amber is on the stand this week and being cross examined by Depp’s Lawyers and it’s not looking good…Well, the change.org petition to have Amber Heard removed from ''Aquaman 2'', has passed 4 million digital signatures.

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Matthew McConaughey Reveals His LEAST Favorite Word.  “Unbelievable, is my least favorite word. I think we should wipe it out of the dictionary. Why? What’s so unbelievable? About tragedy about triumph, about people who raise us up or let us down.  It happens every single day, believe it…so, unbelievable…I don’t buy it.” Unreal….

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Fans are one step closer to seeing Yellowstone Season 5. Five months after the last episode of Season 4 aired, the cast and crew have headed back to the Dutton family ranch, with Paramount Network confirming Monday, May 16 that production on Yellowstone Season 5 has officially begun. The series films in Montana.

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ABC says Luke Bryan, Gabby Barrett, Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood are going to perform on the season finale of American Idol on Sunday night.

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The 2022 Billboard Music Awards is now a thing of the past with Sean‘ Diddy’ Combs at the helm.  Un-canceling people and teed up some fun throughout the night and kicked off the show with a joke about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock…Saying "in the spirit of being free, if you're feeling a bit froggy tonight...and you decide to jump on this stage here tonight? I do suggest you have your affairs in order. And I say that with love!," congratulations to Morgan Wallen he picked up the award for Top Country Male Artist, and Top Country Duo/Group went to Dan + Shay.

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Sunday night was a special night at The Ryman Auditorium. The Judds' family members, fans and fellow artists gathered to pay their respects to Naomi Judd, who died on April 30. The public memorial, which aired live on CMT, included tributes from both of Naomi's daughters: Wynonna and actor Ashley Judd. The late legend's widower, Larry Strickland, was also in the audience. Other performers paying tribute to Naomi included Ashley McBryde, Little Big Town, Allison Russell and Emmylou Harris.

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Jerry Bruckheimer should be spending most of his time talking about the long-delayed release of Top Gun: Maverick, but instead there is more attention centered around another big franchise on his resume, Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. In a new interview, the producer revealed that it is extremely unlikely that Johnny Depp would appear in a potential Pirates 6 and revealed the Margot Robbie project rumored in 2020 is still in the works.  "The future is yet to be decided." Adding that they are working on TWO Pirates scripts…one WITH her and one WITHOUT her.

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Carrie Underwood has a brand new studio album, Denim and Rhinestones, slated to drop June 10th, and she’s just announced a massive headlining tour that’s kicking off in October and will run through March of 2023. She’s taking Jimmie Allen as an opener, and says she’s excited to bring some of that Las Vegas flair and showmanship from her current residency to fans all over the country: Denim and Rhinestones will be at the Tax Slayer Center in Moline IL November 12, 2022.

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NBC announced Sunday that Camilla Cabello will be the fourth coach on the upcoming fall 2022 season of The Voice, The network shared a TikTok video featuring Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, John Legend, and Cabello singing along to "Grace Kelly" by Mika. This will be the first season without Kelly Clarkson since Season 15 in 2018. The Voice season 22 is back this fall on NBC.

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Congratulations to Jamey Johnson Saturday became an official member of the Grand Ole Opry.  He was welcomed by Opry member and mentor Bill Anderson.

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Carly Pierce always associated playing the Grand Ole Opry with “Making It” and the day she got to PLAY the Opry?  “I felt like in that moment, that the Opry took a chance on me. I do feel like they kind of were one of the very first champions for me. And I meant it the day that I stepped on that stage, like I want to be a face of the Opry. I want to carry on that legacy.” Adding, that she didn’t have a song on the radio but they just believed in what she was doing… performing 75 times in five years, I think they know that by now…

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The paparazzi found themselves in a precarious situation following Jason Momoa around Italy.  He’s there to film a new movie and they wouldn’t leave him alone while he was riding his motorcycle…so, he introduced them to some of his new tour guides….a group of Hells Angels…POOF, no more paparazzi.

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Christopher Walken is going to star in the next Dune movie as Emperor Shaddam. The film is scheduled to be released on October 20th, 2023 and Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard is going to release his first solo single, ''5 Foot 9'', on May 20th.

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TMZ reports Fast and the Furious star Ludacris celebrated graduating from Georgia State University by buying himself a new private jet. Because that’s what you do…The jet cost $20 million and has leather seats. And if you ever happen to see Alfonso Ribeiro in KIX Country don’t ask him to do “The Carlton Dance” tells ABC that he is done doing it so don’t ask…

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Elle King topped the country music airplay chart with Miranda Lambert and their smash hit “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” Now Elle is following that up with a song with Dierks Bentley called “Worth A Shot.” Elle and Dierks debuted the track several weeks ago in front of a live audience at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. This is not the first time Elle and Dierks have joined forces musically…Elle was a part of Dierks’ 2016 number-one hit “Different For Girls.” Now in 2022, Elle King and Dierks Bentley are back singing together on “Worth A Shot.”

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