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The List for Monday, October 31st 2022

Welcome to The List,

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are officially DONE.  They each issued statements Friday saying all the typical things:  It was amicable, they grew apart, they wish each other the best, and will continue to do what's best for the kids. So the question now isn’t WHAT’s next but WHO… Bookies at BetOnline calculated the odds. For Gisele, not surprisingly, Pete Davidson is her next most likely match and If the oddsmakers are right, Tom will most likely show up in one of Taylor Swifts break-up songs in the near future.

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How strong is YOUR candy flex…David Nail’s is strong…He Wants To Have The Best Halloween Candy In The Neighborhood ... "When I can afford it, I’m gonna have the best dagum candy. I’m gonna blow everybody away. I’m gonna have a line. It’s gonna look like a George Strait meet-and-greet. It’ll be all the way around the neighborhood".

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Some people were unhappy that Luke Bryan brought Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on stage at his show in Jacksonville on Friday.  So Luke issued a statement yesterday saying it was NOT a political thing, it was about raising awareness for the victims of Hurricane Ian.

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Speaking ruffling of feathers…social media was a buzz all weekend over Henry Cavil announcing that he's leaving the Netflix Sci-Fi Fantasy show "The Witcher" after three seasons.  He didn't give a reason why, but maybe it's due to a scheduling conflict since he's returning to the DC Universe as Superman. His character Geralt of Rivia will be played by Liam Hemsworth for Season 4.

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Shania Twain is releasing a brand new album, and she'll be promoting it with a tour.  The album is called "Queen of Me", and it'll be out on February 3rd.  The tour kicks off in Washington state on April 28th, and runs through next summer.  Tickets go on sale this Friday.  Opening acts include Kelsea Ballerini, Mickey Guyton, and Hailey Whitters.

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Lainey Wilson did some minor thievery while filming Season Five of "Yellowstone".  She failed to wear deodorant while on set one day, so she went to the bunkhouse and stole somebody's razor and deodorant how sneaky. The two hour "Yellowstone" season debut is November 13th…and Lainey’s "Country with a Flare Tour."  kicks off January 4th in Spokane, Washington . . . and runs through March 31st in Columbus, Ohio.

You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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Nashville Music Minute: Eric Church working on opening new bar

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The List for Friday, October 28th 2022

Welcome to The List,

Halloween is Monday, so why not have a scary movie marathon this weekend.  If you need ideas, "Entertainment Weekly" put together a list of the 20 best slasher movies.  The top three are "Halloween" (1978), "Psycho" (1960), and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)….I don’t know…Have you SEEN the latest Hocus Pocus?

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People who already think "The Crown" shamelessly exploits the Royal Family aren't going to like this: Netflix is filming Princess Diana's final car ride . . . in the place where it actually happened But at least there's this:  Sources say Netflix will NOT recreate the actual crash.

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You probably have noticed you’re seeing LESS of Shay Mooney of Dan and Shay that’s because he’s lost close to 50 pounds in the past five months.  He says he cleaned up his diet, stopped drinking, started lifting weights, and walks seven miles a day.  Quote, "I've literally never felt better physically, mentally, and spiritually."

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Just in time for the holidays…Tim Allen reprises his role after nearly 30 years in "The Santa Clauses", with Tim returning as Santa.  The new series follows Scott Calvin (Allen) as he struggles to balance his duties as Father Christmas and being an actual father. The first two episodes premiere on Disney+ November 16th and you can watch the trailer below -

https://youtu.be/6Of1wKwGVPo

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If seeing Dolly Parton in concert is on your bucket list, you better get on it.  In an interview with "Pollstar", she said she won't be doing full tours anymore.  She's NOT retiring, but she is slowing down.  She'll still do shows here and there, but now that she and her husband are "getting older" she wants to stay close to home. She's still recording that rock album, so they asked if she has any "dream duet partners".  She's planning to ask Ed Sheeran, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, her goddaughter Miley Cyrus, and Chris Stapleton.

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Country superstar Alan Jackson is this year's CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.  He'll be honored at "The 56th Annual CMA Awards" live from Nashville with a tribute performance from Dierks Bentley, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood, and Lainey Wilson. The CMA’s will broadcast on ABC November 9th at 7pm.

You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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Nashville Music Minute: Lainey Wilson's new album drops today

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At The Movies for Thursday, October 27th 2022

Welcome to At the Movies Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…

In theaters this weekend: ‘Ticket to Paradise

From the producers of Mama Mia! George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made.

https://youtu.be/hkP4tVTdsz8

Ticket To Paradise” is Rated: PG-13

Stars: George Clooney and Julia Roberts

 At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen tomorrow during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.

 I’m Jonathan Knight and we’ll see YOU ‘At the Movies’

‘At the Movies’ Thursday’s at 5:40 on Iowa's BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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The List for Thursday, October 27th 2022

Welcome to The List,

Ask a country artist if they have a "road prank story" and they'll give you one.  Jason Aldean remembers the time Tim McGraw hijacked his ear monitor, while he was on stage TRYING to perform. "He [got] the microphone where my ear monitor guy is, where he talks to us in our ears.  Tim got ahold of that.  "I'm trying to sing and all the sudden, I hear somebody talking or singing a different song, and I'm trying to hear my band and all I can hear is McGraw . . like right in the middle of my show.  [And] he's singing like 'Indian Outlaw'.", "I look over and he's laughing on the side stage."

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In his new memoir, ''Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing'',  Matthew Perry writes that he and Cameron Diaz were fixed up in 2007 after she dumped Justin Timberlake. The couple was playing a game of Pictionary at a dinner party when Matthew flirted with Cameron. She went to punch his shoulder, but missed and ended up hitting him in the face…did she though…miss?

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Lainey Wilson's new album "Bell Bottom Country" is out tomorrow.  She says the title means "country with a flare."  Her team put brightly-colored bell bottoms on a "bunch of mannequins located at Nashville's Music Row Roundabout.

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Travis Denning said one of his "most proud AND embarrassed" Halloween costumes was when he went as Terry from "Reno 911".  “I had the roller skates the short-shorts, the tied-up shirt.  Looking back, it wasn't the manliest thing I ever did, but it got a lot of laughs and I think that year my favorite candy was Busch Light.”

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American idols Katy Perry tells The Cut that she meditates her hangovers away. “I try to meditate in the morning if I didn’t get enough sleep or if my sleep was like an Imax movie — I use it for jet lag, hangovers, creativity. Sometimes, I just slip away for 20 minutes in the middle of the day.

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Music Row magazine says Miranda Lambert has debuted a new fragrance called Idyllwind Velvet Rodeo. She says, “This scent was created for all you strong-spirited, take no prisoners, queen of hearts. Saddle up… and go get ‘em girls!”

You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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October Pack the Backpack Winner: Mrs. Ruby Johnson

Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.

Our October winner is 3rd Grade Teacher at South Hamilton Elementary, Ruby Johnson. She was nominated by her co-worker, Alison Hassebrock, who wrote to Kix 101.1:

Hi Kix 101.1!  I would like to nominate Rebecca (Ruby) Johnson, a third grade teacher at South Hamilton Elementary School in Jewell, Iowa.  Ruby is a busy mother of five and all of her children are active and just as generous as their mother.  Ruby teaches more than just academics.  Mrs. Johnson teaches students to love, to be kind, to make good choices, and to love life!  She is as adventurous as her students! An avid hiker, climber, kayaker, bicyclist and runner, Ruby doesn't slow down.  She welcomes third graders every morning with her warm smile.  Ruby teaches science and it is not unusual to hear about the crayfish she has students investigating.  She also hatches Monarch butterflies and will care for just about any living creature while teaching her students to do the same.  Mrs. Johnson is an example of what teaching really is.  She believes everyone can learn, everyone can do great things, and everyone deserves the best.  I nominate Mrs. Johnson because she is an educator who always gives it her all, goes the extra mile, and she is an educator I respect and look up to.  Please consider Ruby for this honor.

Regards,

Alison Hassebrock

First Grade Teacher

Take a listen to our surprise interview with Mrs. Ruby Johnson below!

Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.

https://youtu.be/w1SN51wiU2w

 
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Nashville Music Minute: Miranda Lambert has a new perfume out

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The List for Wednesday, October 26th 2022

Welcome to The List,

The scariest horror movie villains of all time were calculated using the average number of kills and jump scares.  The top three are Michael Myers, the Werewolf from "An American Werewolf in London", and the creature from "The Grudge"….So uncle George from Pennsylvania didn’t make the list again this year.  But you’ll see him for Thanksgiving.

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The actors on "Avatar: The Way of Water", worked with specialists to learn how to hold their breath for underwater scenes.  Zoe Saldana got to the point where she could hold hers for almost five minutes.  Sigourney Weaver did six and a half minutes . . . and Kate Winslet, always the overachiever, went SEVEN minutes without taking a breath…meanwhile Tom Cruise is over here like ‘Hold  my beer”…

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Scotty McCreery's wife Gabi gave birth to their first child on Monday.  It's a boy named Merrick Avery McCreery.  Scotty posted pics and wrote, "Next to his mother, he is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.  Gabi was a total rock star during Avery's birth.  I could not be more proud of her."

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Marvel Studios is feeling the holiday spirit in the first trailer for The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special!! There’s even a surprise cameo from Kevin Bacon!!  The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special! Premiers on Disney+ November 25th

https://youtu.be/HMx7a6YyTjI

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The CMAs announced the first round of performers, and they include Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert, Hardy, Carly Pearce, Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, and Zac Brown Band. They also announced that the show will OPEN with a "star-studded" tribute to Loretta Lynn.  I'm sure you'll see several of those performers take part in that.  "The 56th Annual CMA Awards" is airing November 9th on ABC.

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Chase Bryant married model Selena Weber in a hilltop ceremony in Texas on Saturday.  The venue overlooked 30 miles of Texas Hill County.  For Selena's walk down the aisle, they had a string quartet perform "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley play.

You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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Nashville Music Minute: Jon Pardi spent how much on a coffee maker?

[caption id="attachment_52162" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Tune in each weekday around 7:20a on the Morning Kix Start as we get the latest news and gossip in Country Music from Nashville Kat.[/caption]

 
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