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People magazine says 'Star Wars' star Mark Hamill recently celebrated his 44th wedding anniversary. Mark paid tribute to his wife, Marilou, by saying, "44 years. Thank you for saying yes. And thank you for never getting tired of my shenanigans." Please give back my lightsaber……

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TMZ says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want to have a sit-down with the Royal Family. A source says they want to air out some grievances that came to light in their docu-series, 'Harry and Meghan'. Harry and Meghan feel the Royals never addressed the problems they had head-on, nor did they ever own up to anything….The docu-series received 81.55 Million views on Netflix…seems to me it was “aired out” pretty well!!

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TheBlast.com  reports Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani were spotted at Disneyland. The couple, their friends and their family are spending the holidays in the Happiest Place on Earth. Gwen says, "We had the most magical time at Disneyland ! Loved all the pretty lights. The decorations made me feel like i was walking through a Winter Wonderland !"

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Country music paradise is heading back to Central Illinois next year. The premier event of the summer, “Tailgates and Tallboys” will return for 4 days in June and it comes with a lineup that includes some of the hottest country stars in the business right now in addition to one of the most iconic rock bands. Headliners for the festival in Bloomington, IL include Jelly Roll, Kane Brown, Parker McCollum, and Nickelback. Bailey Zimmerman, Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wade, and Lily Rose are just a few of the featured artists opening for the headlining crews.

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Mercury Nashville / Range Music recording artist Luke Grimes releases his debut country song “No Horse To Ride”…Grimes, who plays Kaycee Dutton on ‘Yellowstone’, is also credited with percussion and acoustic guitar.  Grimes grew up playing music in the church as the son of a Pentecostal pastor.  His song “No Horse, No Ride” will be featured on the show’s mid-season finale January 1^st.

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Kelly Clarkson is getting ready to host a big NFL event. The Emmy and Grammy award winner will host NFL Honors on Thursday, Feb. 9 at Symphony Hall in Phoenix. The awards show will recognize the NFL's best players, plays and performances from the 2022 season and air live at 9 p.m. ET on NBC, NFL Network and Peacock. NFL Honors will take place three days before the Super Bowl, and Clarkson will be the first woman to host the show.

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Eli Young Band's Mike Eli speaks up about the one and ONLY thing he just HATES about the Christmas holiday….the glitter ... “I live in a house full of girls and they like glitter and that’s just one of those things that is a part of the holidays. For better or for worse, when glitter starts floating around, I kind of give a little eye roll to Christmas. Because that is the only thing that I don’t like about Christmas is glitter.” Adding, it takes six to seven months before you ever get rid of all of it.

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The world was shocked to learn the news of Kirstie Alley's death, a couple weeks ago. Not long after, the 71-year-old actress' representatives confirmed her cause of death was colon cancer, which she had secretly battled for a while. The rep revealed the type of cancer to PEOPLE on Tuesday morning; Alley's children, True and Lillie Parker, had previously announced that she had "only recently discovered" the cancer.

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Thomas Rhett tells E! News that he gets the best feedback from his family. He says “Family is the one who is going to tell you if the song [stinks] or not ... whether they come over to the house to swim or we're going to the farm to hang out, my brothers-in-law are big about, 'Play me the new stuff! Keep playing these songs.'"

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Jackson Dean tells Songwriter Universe magazine that his hit “Don’t Come Lookin’” started from NOTHING literally.  The song didn’t have any lyrics at all.  It had the stomp and the attitude but no words, as it turns out…it was something he used to say to his mom before he left the house for a couple of days or go out in the woods for a little while. She would say, 'Stay within earshot or stay alive no matter what occurs.' I'd go, 'Momma, if I don't come back, don't come looking for me.' It was one of those where it came together."

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TMZ says Sharon Osbourn recently fell ill while taping a TV show in Santa Paula, California. She was then transported to a local medical facility for treatment before being released. Sharon and her team have not made a statement on what the medical emergency was.  But over the weekend her son Jack posted that SHE will post to what  happend when she’s ready.

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Ace Showbiz says Kate Hudson gave the gift of astrology for Christmas last year. She says, she gave everybody in her family their year in astrology. She gave them crystals; and gave them all a piece of jewelry they could wear that was very specific to them, and had someone give them each an astrological reading."

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Congratulations to Ali Bradshaw.. she is Alan Jackson’s middle daughter…her and husband Sam welcomed their first child, a son, December 13^th. Alan Jackson shared the news on social media Thursday evening with a post that read “Denise and I are celebrating our 43^rd wedding anniversary with our new grandson. Jackson Alvie Bradshaw. So, happy that this little guy has made us grandparents!”

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The man who jumped onstage at the Hollywood Bowl and attacked Dave Chappelle has been sentenced to 270 days in jail.  That's nine months for you non-math majors. 24-year-old Isaiah Lee plead no contest to misdemeanor counts of battery and entering a restricted area during a live event. He tackled Dave in the middle of a show on May 3rd, then ran offstage.  But security ran him down and tuned him up pretty good.  He's also facing an attempted murder charge for allegedly stabbing his roommate.

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As 20-22 winds to an end the ‘Year End lists’ have started popping up!! It look like Luke Combs' "The Kind of Love We Make" leads a list of the Top Country Songs of 2022.  It's followed by Cole Swindell's"She Had Me at Heads Carolina" . . . and "Something in the Orange" by Zach Bryan.

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Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and their three daughters had a "dinner theme night" on Wednesday where they dressed up as characters from a movie.  Care to guess what film?  Nope, you're not even close. Tim shared pics of them on Instagram, and wrote, "'The Godfather' dinner theme last night.  Love my family and all the craziness that comes with it."  Their daughter Gracie also posted fun photos from the night.

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Forget New York City, Nashville is the place to be on New Year's Eve.  There are some 50 performers, with some additions to the lineup!!   Luke Bryan, Sheryl Crow, Dierks Bentley, Ashley McBryde, Darius Rucker, and Lainey Wilson  "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash" will air on CBS.

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Henry Cavill may not be Superman anymore but he DOES have a new gig. He’s going to star in and produce a TV series adaptation of the miniature tabletop game, "Warhammer 40,000". For Amazon.

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