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Carrie Underwood tells Billboard magazine that she's just recently gotten into gardening. " The past few years, I plan it, think about it, work in there. I’m literally in my garden every single day. Right now, I have lots of tomatoes, bell peppers, snap peas, broccoli, onions, zucchini, yellow squash, watermelon, honeydew melon — a lot of things." Wow not even kidding!!! That’s a serious garden….

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'Thor: Love and Thunder'' director Taika Waititi tells CBS that he shows Chris Hemsworth's bare backside in the movie. If you’ve seen the trailer there is a scene where Thor loses his clothing and a pixilated panel is placed over his backside…well, Taika says.. “In the movie, it’s not pixelated, you get the full Hems’ Worth. The full worthiness! With Chris, he’s worked so hard on that. It’s so many squats! It’d be depriving humanity if I didn’t show that. The movie is out on July 8^th

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Keith Urban is fantastic on stage and in the studio.  He tells American Songwriter.com that he has ONE person to thank for that… Johnny Cash.  Saying he saw Johnny Cash in concert when he was five years old and that’s all it took.  He wanted people to react to HIM the way they did to Johnny….

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Austin Butler, who plays Elvis in the new biopic about The King, says he wore fake chest hair in the film. The hair was fastened to a bodysuit that he wore while playing an aging Elvis. Variety magazine says Austin underwent 90 costume changes while playing Elvis. The film opens today

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Who say THIS coming…Jimmie Allen has an addiction…to BOWLING!! He got addicted during the pandemic.  How bad is it? He practiced eight hours a day, five days a week . . . and now he's in five different bowling leagues, and plans to try out for the Professional Bowlers Association. So how does he do this while maintaining a singing career, and being married with three kids?  Quote, "I only sleep about three-and-a-half hours a night.  If I get two, I feel like I've slept."  (Jimmie's third album, "Tulip Drive", is out today.)

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If you could go back in time and give your younger self a bit of advise…what would that advice be?  Thomas Rhett knows what he would tell HIMSELF  “You are not in control, and you might as well let the control go.  The anxiety and the wonder of, is this record gonna do well? Where’s my song at on the chart? How many streams do we have? I feel like I did that for like five years, and it was exhausting. I just started to kinda let go of control and create. And I’m just in a lot happier, if I could, that’s what I would say.” Sometimes to move forward ya gotta let go….

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Tim McGraw with all the things going on in his life..music..movies..he says with all that ONE thing comes before his career…FAMILY “We made a conscious decision when we got married that no matter what, if we were gonna start a family, that that was gonna be our first priority and everything else was gonna sort of find its place, for better or worse. For our careers better or worse, or whatever, that’s always been our core understanding and our core principle, is putting our family first.

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Carrie Underwood tells Country Heat Weekly that she doesn't sing love songs. Saying she just loves the strong character that doesn’t take anything from anybody. Like in  “Ghost Story,” you know she’s not doing anything to get revenge on this guy. It’s just like, ‘I’m just telling you that you’re gonna want me back and I’m not gonna be there.'”

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Michael J. Fox is going to receive an honorary Oscar statue later this year. The Academy says his advocacy for Parkinson's research "exemplifies the impact of one person in changing the future for millions."

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"Back to the Future" is coming to Broadway next year.  Not much is known, but It was announced yesterday with a teaser trailer showing two actors playing Marty McFly and Doc Brown in the one and only DeLorean with the words, "Synchronize your watches." if you're interested, you can sign up for ticket info at BacktotheFutureMusical.com.

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And finally, "The Office" redid their intro with a "Minions" twist.  Instead of Steve Carell as Michael Scott, it's Steve as Gru.  You really have to see it, especially if you’re a fan of “The Office” below.....

https://youtu.be/A4FMZpNNrzA

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Congratulations to Luke Combs and his wife Nicole!!  Luke posted on Instagram, that he became a father on Father’s Day!  Writing “[We] are over the moon in love with this little guy.  Mama and baby are healthy, and we're back home now with family.  Life is good.  Everyone welcome Tex Lawrence Combs to the world." You can see the pic he posted below...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfFemxsO7x5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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The Daily Mail says Amber Heard is reportedly in talks to write a tell-all book about her life with Johnny Depp. A source tells the newspaper, "She is not in a position to turn down money. Amber considers her career in Hollywood over. She's already in talks and is excited about it.  At this point, she has nothing to lose and wants to tell all.'' Unless Johnny Depp’s lawyers see her book as slander. And drags her back into court…

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Congratulations to Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi are having a baby boy.  It'll be their first child together.  They found out earlier this year but decided to wait before announcing it.  They were married in 2018. "Live at the Opry" has released video of Keith Urban performing "God Whispered Your Name".  It's from his April 22nd show at the Grand Ole Opry. Check it out below...

https://youtu.be/gXubRTFoeHk

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Collider magazine says "Top Gun: Maverick" passed the $900 million mark yesterday just 25 days after being released.  NBC says Paramount has changed the name of the new ''Yellowstone'' prequel series from ''1932'' to ''1923''…because it was a more exciting time…just coming out of World War One, prohibition just to name a couple. Meanwhile season 5 of Yellowstone premieres November 13^th this year on Paramount +

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And finally, Blake Shelton was recently performing in concert when Gwen Stefani came out on stage and got the crowd to sing Happy Birthday to him. She then gave him a sheet cake .. and Miranda Lambert has gotten a new horse named ‘Cowboy’. posting “When my friend Eric said a friend of his had a horse that needed to be re homed …. That’s never a no…

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And the first day of Summer,

Justin Moore Enjoys his Summer and likes to go places where no one can find him ... “My zen places, if you will, are either on the lake on my boat fishing or in a tree huntin’. be in the middle of nowhere where if somebody wanted to, there’s no way they could find me. That’s my favorite places to be.”..My favorite place is the dinning room with a box of Oreo’s…

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"Top Gun: Maverick" star Glen 'Hangman' Powell tells the USA Today newspaper that he and the cast pigged out after filming was done. Saying ''We took down more tater tots than a human has ever eaten. We lived it up. Then we get a call right after dinner. It was like: 'We got the vibe, but we need more. We're going to have to reshoot in a couple of weeks.'' Oops!

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Jake Owen Says says HIS favorite summer activity is pretty simple…”I mean I like anything, I like just drinking beer. I like being with my friends, I like being on my boat.” Sometimes that’s all it’s about, keeping it simple. Jake’s career is ANYTHING but simple.  He’s doing very well with his hit “Best Thing Since Back Roads” and he’s on his 34 date cross country ‘Up There Down Here’ Tour  that will bring him through North Eastern Iowa to the Delaware County Fair in Manchester July 14th

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A new movie about Elvis Presley is out this weekend and Tom Hanks will play Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis’ Manager/Promoter. “Was he a cheap carny…yes…did he have an artistic bone in his body? No…We were able to put together I think a realistic approach to what a genius the Colonel was up until 1968.” It looks to be a pretty good movie if you’re an Elvis fan it’s going to be a must see.  We’ll take a look at ‘Elvis’ Thursday with ‘At The Movies’ during the Drive At Five.  ‘Elvis’ is in theaters this weekend.

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Will Kane Brown start wearing a cowboy hat? Maybe!  He tells Music Mayhem magazine that a cowboy hat makes him feel powerful. Saying his stylist brought him one to wear.  Adding, ‘No wonder Jon Pardi and Kenny Chesney feel… Just powerful’. I had to put it on, I feel like a bigger superstar!” it’s kinda why Tom Cruise wears lifts in his shoes…so he can be taller…and feel more…. well, never mind…

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And finally, Sports Illustrated says Tom Brady promoted his new underwear line yesterday on Twitter. He posted a picture of himself standing next to a man in boxer briefs. The man was holding a sign that read; "Stop trying to promote your underwear, Tom."….that’s a good place to end…

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