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When you picture Lainey Wilson, is she wearing bell bottoms?  If so, mission accomplished.  It was about six years ago when she decided to make that her signature look, and it definitely paid off.  She tells "Variety", quote, "I was really trying to figure out what could I do to stand apart from the rest of the females in Nashville, because it's very important to do that.   And what is something that is really true to me?  It was the bell bottoms.

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Jon Pardi and his wife Summer are expecting their first kid soon, a baby girl.  And on Sunday, they revealed she'll be named, Presley Fawn.  It's not clear if Elvis inspired the Presley part, but Sunday would have been his 88th birthday.

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I will NOT be ignored Dan!! The "Fatal Attraction" TV series hits Paramount+ on April 30th….The teaser for “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” has been released watch for it April 6^th on paramount +, Residents of Montecito, California have been ordered to evacuate due to the massive rain and flooding.  Those residents include Harry and Meghan, Oprah, Rob Lowe, Adam Levine, Gwyneth Paltrow, and George Lucas.

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Kane Brown tells People magazine that he almost joined the Army. "Some of my friends convinced me to try and join the army. I ended up doing my test and I was about to get sent off. They told me I had to get my tattoos removed first. I was like, '[Heck] no!' So, then I ended up getting a job at FedEx.

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Hugh Jackman tells People magazine that he is going to spend the next six months training to play Wolverine in ''Deadpool 3.''“So, we have six months from when I finish The Music Man to when I started filming. And I’m not doing any other work. I’m going to be with my family and train. Hugh tells HBO that he is not taking steroids to bulk up to play Wolverine.  “No, I love my job. And I love Wolverine. I have been told anecdotally what the side effects are of that. And I was like, ‘I don’t love it that much.’ So no, I just did it the old school way. At 54 years old it’s going to hurt…

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With Football season winding down…Jackson Dean says even though he played football in high school, and he was pretty good at it, Jackson admits that outside of being on the field and playing, he never was and still isn’t much of a fan of football. “And as much as I played football, and I loved playin’ ball, I never wanted to watch it . I was working. I was doing things. And sports was just never my thing. I was never that guy that kept track of everybody’s stats. It just was never my thing.”

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 "Avatar: The Way of Water" crossed the $1.7 billion mark globally this weekend, and that means James Cameron will make the rest of the sequels. So, with all the fake humility he could muster, Cameron said, quote, "It looks like I can't wiggle out of this. "I'm gonna have to do these other sequels.  I know what I'm going to be doing the next six or seven years." Cameron noted that "Avatar 3" is already finished, and parts 4 and 5 have been written.

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Joe Don Rooney and model Tiffany Fallon are getting a divorce.  He says she's been having an affair with her personal trainer.  She doesn't deny it, but says they're break up is caused from his alcoholism and drug abuse. To be fair HE says that SHE’S the one hooked on drugs.

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Chase Rice debuted his new song "I Hate Cowboys" on "Good Morning America".  It's off his upcoming album called "I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go to Hell" that comes out February 10th.  He also released the video for "I Hate Cowboys".

https://youtu.be/J77KwDL0QAo

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Zac Brown tells The Los Angeles Daily News newspaper that he prefers smaller venues. "Nothing beats performing in front of thousands of people but being in a bar or something with like 100 people is so intimate. You can sing and interact with people and see how your music affects them. It's awesome.“ You can see Zac Brown band this summer at the Hy-Vee Indy Car weekend July 23^rd at the Iowa Speedway.

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Prince Harry claims his father, King Charles III, is jealous of Meghan Markle. In his new memoir, "Spare", he writes, "What he really couldn't stomach was someone new dominating the monarchy, grabbing the limelight, someone shiny and new coming in and overshadowing him."

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Regarding memoirs, Heat magazine says Angelina Jolie may be working on one. A source tells the magazine, “Ange’s book is less likely to delve into relationships, but the troubles she’s had with Brad will be addressed. It’ll be more from a standpoint of helping other women avoid falling into those types of relationships.”

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Starting off with some good news, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is awake and he’s breathing on his own.  His ventilator, has been removed and is able to talk. He even joined this mornings team meeting by FaceTime.  The Doctors still have him in Intensive Care but say we know that it’s not only that the lights are on…but someone is home and that all cylinders are firing.

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CNN says Gabrielle Union is under fire for a comment she recently made on the Armchair Expert podcast. She said because she was financially supporting her first husband, Chris Howard, she felt it was acceptable for her to cheat on him. I just felt entitled to it as well. I was paying all the bills. … Like my dad before me, whoever has the most gets to do whatever the hell they want.''

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Luke Combs announced his fourth album, "Growin' Up", will come out March 24th.  It'll have 18 songs.

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Mel Gibson may postpone making ''Lethal Weapon 5'' in order to concentrate on a sequel to ''The Passion of the Christ''. That film earned $612 million on a $30 million budget. Mel could start shooting the movie as soon as June.  I didn’t know you could HAVE a sequel to “The Passion of the Christ”.

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Yellowstone actor Luke Grimes just celebrated a major moment on the show that fans might have missed. In Sunday's episode of the Paramount Network neo-western drama, Grimes' debut country single, "No Horse To Ride," was featured. In a post on Instagram, Grimes shared a photo of his character, Kasey Dutton, and wrote in the caption, "Thanks for watching, and thanks [Yellowstone] for having my song in last night's show. Means the world."

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Oh those sweet harmonies…..They’re a signature element of Midland’s sound, and while they make it look easy, bassist Cameron Duddy says it’s definitely a skill that takes work.  But what happens when your voice just gives out? “Any normal person would be like, ‘Oh, I’m just not gonna sing. You know, I’ll just play bass. That’ll be fun.’ But so much of our sound evolves, and so much of my pleasure personally comes from the three part harmony, that to not do that would basically be like not playing bass, or having a missing instrument.”

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Super Bowl 57 airs on Sunday, February 12th on Fox.  The game takes place at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, with Rihanna headlining the halftime show. All that is good to know…but what about the commercials? For now we can confirm that Walter White isn't dead after all.  He's returning for a Super Bowl commercial for Frito-Lay's PopCorners. Bryan Cranston shared a picture of himself as Walter holding a bag of chips, with the caption, "Breaking Soon."

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Entertainment Weekly put together a list of the 20 best guilty pleasure movies.  It includes "Overboard", "Twilight", and "Point Break". Others making that list include “Pretty Woman”, “Miss Congeniality” and “Showgirls”…so, if your favorite movie is on the list don’t feel bad…it’s a guilty pleasure. Well except for “Showgirls” shame on you.

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Brantley Gilbert says he's met a lot of people in the music business, but the one guy who has impressed him the most, is Blake Shelton.  He says Blake has always been "solid, kind, and welcoming."  He adds, quote, "I don't know that you'll meet anybody that'll say a whole lot of negative stuff about Blake."

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In his new book, Prince Harry says Prince William once physically attacked him when they were arguing about his relationship with Meghan Markle.  He says William shoved him to the ground, but later apologized.   At least that's what Harry says in his upcoming autobiography, "Spare". "Spare" comes out next Tuesday.  The title refers to the fact that William is the HEIR to the throne, and Harry is the SPARE, in case anything happens to him.

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Jimmie Allen will be a speaker at the undergraduate ceremony of his alma mater, Delaware State University, in May.  He said, quote, "I met lifetime friends there and learned so much about who I am as a Black man . . . [I] hope I can share something that will inspire the next generation of leaders."

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Shane Profitt met his mentor, Chris Janson, for the first time at a sushi restaurant, which is ironic because up to that point he had never eaten sushi and was pretty sure he didn’t like it. The “How It Outta Be’ singer was only at the restaurant because he was on a date with a girl who said she wanted sushi.  “The crunchy shrimp sushi roll is my go to if we go to a sushi restaurant. I still haven’t stepped into the raw aspect of the sushi side, but maybe one day I’ll expand my horizons and step into that raw sushi aspect. “

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