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Clint Black's wife Lisa Hartman Black backed out of his gig in Kansas on Saturday night, because she wasn't feeling well.  The show went on without her with Clint and their daughter Lily.  The Black Family is in the midst of their Mostly Hits & The Mrs. Tour, which kicked off last month.

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The good news: Tommy Wirkola’s holiday-themed action-thriller Violent Night scared up a solid $13.3 million in its box debut, while holdover Black Panther: Wakanda Forever continued to be a crowd-pleaser in topping the chart with $17.6 million.  Wakanda Forever has now earned an impressive $394 million domestically. Before I get a chance to see this movie It’ll be on Disney+…

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Thomas Rhett says since he’s had kids…he’s had to learn a new skill.. ’compartmentalization’  “Next year, I think I’m gonna at least try to compartmentalize all my different job flows. So like, if we’re gonna write, let’s just write. If we’re gonna play shows, let’s make sure that the show is the focus. And if we’re gonna be dad, let’s make sure that being dad is the focus, and not try to do it all at the same time. I think that’s the biggest thing I learned this year.”

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Mark Wahlberg’s house is up for sale…if you’re interested!!  . . it’s a European style mansion has 12 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, a two-story library, a wine cellar, a cigar cellar, a movie theater, a basketball court, a tennis court, a skate park, a fireplace, a health club, a five-hole golf course, a driving range and a pool. He’s dropped the selling price from $87.5 Million to an even easier to swallow price of $79.5 million…The HOA fee for the home is $3,000 a month.

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Toby Keith is finally speaking out about his cancer battle, addressing it for the first time since his June 2022 reveal to fans.“I’m thinking about getting back into fighting shape.  I need a little bit of time to ah, rest up, heal up.  It’s pretty debilitating to have to go through all that.  As long as everything stays hunky dory then, we’ll look at something good in the future.” Keith had been diagnosed with the disease in the Fall of 2021 and has been quiet about it since. But as PEOPLE shares, Keith will sit for an upcoming interview with CMT Hot 20 Countdown and discuss his optimism about the future.

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What do you do when you have more money than you know what to do with…well, if you’re Kim Kardashian you hire a pianist to wake up your kids every morning with Christmas songs. So, of course, people had to share their thoughts.  Here are some of the comments online: Amanda Hirsch from the "Not Skinny But Not Fat" podcast posted, quote, "I guess rich people don't use Spotify," with a video of herself playing a toy piano. Then someone commented, quote, "And this is why she needs that [$200,000 a month] child support."

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 Trailers for "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny", "Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3", and "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" came out yesterday.  They're all hitting theaters next summer. Indiana Jones in June…Guardians of the Galaxy 3 in May…and Transformers in June.

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Luke Bryan recently told a great behind-the-scenes story from "American Idol".  He was on the set Face Timing with his 14-year-son "Bo" when Katy Perry made the mistake of eavesdropping.  Here's Luke talking about it, "So [Bo] goes, 'Dad, do we have any doe pee around here?'  Which is doe urine.  [Katy] was like, 'Did your son just ask you, do you have any dope around the house?'  "I said, 'Katy, he's asking for doe pee,' and she goes, 'like urine from an animal?’  I was like, 'yes, that's what we use to bring the big bucks in.'  I feel sorry for her and Lionel [Richie] and the country education that they have to get from me."

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Morgan Wallen released a three-song set today called "One Thing At A Time - Sampler".  All three tracks will be on his next album, whenever that drops.  Also, he announced the dates of his 2023 world tour. His One Night At A Time World Tour will kick off with some dates Down Under in March.  The North American leg starts April 15th in Milwaukee, and stretches all the way into October. He'll be bringing Hardy, Parker McCollum, Ernest, and Bailey Zimmerman along to open select shows.  The dates closes to kix country include Milwaukee April 15^th , Moline Il April 28^th  and Chicago June 23^rd.

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Walt Disney World employees banded together to march for fair wages on Wednesday. The large group, many of whom were still dressed in costumes. Disney has not publicly commented on the Wednesday rally. The status of negotiations remains unclear at this time. But seeing Snow White with a sign that says “Magic doesn’t pay the bills”…might bring some people to the table.

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Lastly, If you missed out on tickets to Garth Brooks' Vegas residency because they sold out almost immediately, here's your second chance.  He's extending the residency through 2024.  Hit up Ticketmaster.com/GarthVegas for details.

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Al Roker was hospitalized earlier this month due to blood clots in his leg and lungs . . . but he was released just in time for Thanksgiving. However, on Friday, he had to be rushed back to the hospital.  A source says, quote, "His condition was worrying, but once back in the hospital he improved." Al is still in the hospital, so he missed last night's lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center . . . just like he missed last week's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in 27 years.

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"People" magazine named four celebrities as their People of the Year for the inspiring work they've done. Matthew McConaughey for his help with Uvalde, Quinta Brunson she created the sitcom "Abbott Elementary" on ABC and won an Emmy for it. Jennifer Hudson for her talk show and becoming the youngest woman to achieve EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) and Mila Kunis for her work on raising money for refugees in Ukraine.

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Do opposites attract and can it really work? Jason Aldean and his wife are proof that opposites attract and yes they can work. He says he and his wife are completely different.  “I love to hunt, she love animals. I love sports and she don’t care you know…it’s just..whatever”.

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Shane Profitt has an ideal woman…The “How It Oughta Be” singer says  "I need a woman that'll drag me to church on Sundays when I get home on Saturday night from a show.  She makes me go to church, and she can make biscuits from scratch with gravy.  That's the ideal woman." Lady’s there’s your ‘in’...

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The trailer for "Cocaine Bear" is out, and it looks amazing.  It's based on a true story of a cocaine shipment that gets tossed out of a plane, and a bear gets ahold of it.  It sounds like a pretty wild, dark comedy.

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The search for the new James Bond continues and may be getting closer to who they’re looking for…Kick Ass and Bullet Train star Aaron Taylor-Johnson has become the front-runner to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond. Johnson reportedly took a top-secret screen test in September. A source tells the news outlets. He is now one of the front-runners.”

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Tom Hanks just launched a packaged goods company called Hanx for Our Troops.  And he's giving 100% of its profits to organizations that provide aid to U.S. military veterans and their families. Their first product is coffee.  It comes in three different flavors. Tom said, quote, "By choosing our coffee, you help support those who chose to commit their time and efforts in defense of our liberties for the good cause that is the American Way . . .

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Gabby Barrett is an addicted…and her drug of choice is SHOES!!  “I feel like I collect shoes but I just haven’t admitted it to myself yet. I have quite too many shoes… some that I have not even worn yet but swear I would have by now…so I think shoes.” It could be worse…it could have been Back Scratchers...

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BuzzFeed put together a list of surprising jobs celebrities had before they were famous…can you imagine Whoopi Goldberg as a morgue beautician, Megan Fox working at a smoothie shop in Florida, which included dressing up as a giant banana. Or Christopher Walken He was a lion tamer trainee when he was 16. Matthew McConaughey Cleaned out chicken coops.

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Here’s a quiz – Who said, "Before I go on stage, I smoke a Marlboro and drink a cup of coffee." If you guessed Trace Adkins, you’d be right!! Sharing his process before he goes on stage, with Rob Lowe on his podcast. He added; "I took voice when I was in college, so I know the way you're supposed to do it.  I know all the warm-up and breathing techniques, and things you do to loosen up and everything but like a lot of other things in my life . . . I just don't do it."

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Tracy Lawrence celebrated "Giving Tuesday" by donating $60,000 to fight homelessness across Middle Tennessee.  It involved him hand-delivering $10,000 to six different charities through his "Mission: Possible" organization. On top of that, Tracy's annual Turkey Fry and Benefit Concert fed over 9,600 of those in need and raised more than $250,000.

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The new trailer for "The Super Mario Brothers Movie".  It introduces Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong!!

https://youtu.be/OSY9FRKyCsw

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