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Straying from the country side for a moment…Fans of glam rock are in luck – Mr. Big is moving forward with plans for a reunion tour in 2023. The ‘To Be With You’ band has been promising a comeback for years, especially after the tragic death of original drummer Pat Torpey in 2018. Now, frontman Eric Martin says that they are ready to hit the road and honor their late friend.

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Cobra Kai fans are in an emotional quandary right now as they wait for Season 6 to premiere on Netflix. Last month, Netflix officially announced that Season 6 was in the works, but also that it would be the final season of the show.  Cobra Kai has become one of the most popular Netflix original series in the entire catalog, and six seasons is a pretty good run by the streamer's standards.

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Blake Shelton is allegedly "miserable" in his marriage to Gwen Stefani. According to Radar Online, the pair were spotted not having a good time at NASCAR's Busch Light Clash.  Stefani spent part of the event doing commentary for Fox. Later, however, sources claimed that the singer and her country star husband appeared unhappy…I would probably say ‘bored’…Do the cars get above 50 miles per hour in that small space?

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Alan Jackson's CMT disorder won't be keeping him out of the studio.  During an interview on his daughter Mattie's "In-Joy Life" podcast he said he doesn't tour much, but the "creative part jumps out now and then" . . . and he feels like there WILL be new music on the way.

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Radar Online claims 76 year old Cher is allegedly planning to elope with her 37 year old boyfriend Alexander Edwards…and the public reacts! (crickets)

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Jo Dee Messina is on tour right now, and as an ode to her 1996 hit, it's called the "Heads Carolina, Tails California" tour.  It kicked off in North Carolina last week and will wrap up in California in November with a stop at Tailgates N’ Tallboys in Clinton Iowa June 9th.  She's also releasing a greatest hits album next month.

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Four former presidents of the United States are going into space later this year . . . or at least parts of them are. Hair samples from George Washington, JFK, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan will be shot into space by Celestis, a company that specializes in blasting human remains into space. They'll share the ride with a hair sample from "Star Trek" star DeForest Kelley . . . and the ashes of his co-star Nichelle Nichols….why?  Because they're Hollywood and it doesn't take a lot to send stuff into space on a model rocket...

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Have you even made it in country music, if you haven't been given a nickname?  A list of the best nicknames in country music includes "King George" for George Strait, "Chief" for Eric Church, and "Toad" for Blake Shelton.  Others include, Big Dog Daddy: Toby Keith, Possum:  George Jones and Duckman: Riley Green…

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Jimmie Allen talks to Sherri Shepherd on her show about why he would never sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.  “I am a country artist ok?  Let alone I am a BLACK country artist, if I mess up the National Anthem…I am DONE, I better get a new career!!” He would rather learn sign language and sign it…

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The NY Post says a firearm enhancement charge against Alec Baldwin has been dropped. He is accused of shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of their movie "Rust". The dropping of the charge means Alec now faces a maximum of 18 months in prison for manslaughter.  He was facing five years, if convicted, Apparently the charge they initially filed wasn’t on the books when the incident happened…

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Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie were brought to tears by 18-year-old Iam Tongi as the aspiring artist brought a heart-wrenching tribute to his late father to the Season 21 premiere of American Idol Sunday. Tongi himself got emotional as he introduced himself to Bryan, Richie and Katy Perry during his audition, revealing his father was the one who taught him everything he knows about music. If you didn’t see it live…you can see it here...I'll warn ya, I had to stop the video after only a couple minutes....

https://youtu.be/S_MAesZsnMk

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Kane Brown tells Music Mayhem magazine that there's nothing better than being a girl dad. “My girls are my world. I love being a girl dad. I'm gonna make sure they have everything to succeed in life. Those girls are my world."

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Happy Monday!!  Today we start with some behind the scenes with Liam Neeson and his movie “Taken” remember the “Very particular set of skills” speech?  Well Liam had NO IDEA it would become such an iconic speech. In fact, when he was delivering those lines, he actually thought they were CORNY. Quote, "It was a cornball.  I really did feel that.  It's nice to be proven wrong." So you can imagine after he delivered the line, he looks at the director and they both start laughing…

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"Judge Mathis" and "The People's Court" are both ending their runs at the end of the current season.  "Mathis" has been on the air for 24 seasons, and "The People's Court" is in its 26th.

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Olivia Newton-John's final recording is a duet with Dolly Parton singing Dolly’s classic "Jolene".  It'll be included on an upcoming posthumous release of Olivia's called "Just the Two of Us: The Duets Collection".  It comes out May 5^th,

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A home gardening company called Epic Gardening teamed up with Carrie Underwood to help her build out her greenhouse.  They released a 26-minute video of the process, which includes a tour led by Carrie of her property and the chicken coop.  Ya gotta have chickens!!!

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A couple Hollywood quickies - Richard Gere was hospitalized in Mexico with pneumonia he was celebrating his wife’s 40^th birthday when he got the bug…but good news he’ll be alright.  Tom Sizemore from "Saving Private Ryan", "Pearl Harbor" and "Black Hawk Down" is in critical condition after suffering an aneurysm…he is in critical condition and is in a ‘Wait and see situation’.

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Lastly, our thought and prayers are with former President Jimmy Carter and his family.  The former president entered hospice care over the weekend.  He's 98.

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The diagnosis is in…Bruce Willis Has Dementia: The NY Post says he’s been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia or FTD. His family released a statement saying ....Today there are no treatments for the disease.

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Jack Nicholson Has Love Child: The NY Post says she’s breaking her silence. Tessa Gourin is 28. Her mother was working as a server when she had an affair with Jack in 1994. Jack refuses to acknowledge Tessa. Tessa says, “ I was raised by a single mother in a really intense, nuanced situation,” My mom wanted me to have a relationship with him, but he said he wasn’t interested.

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Would the world be a better place if more people got CLOCKED for doing ignorant stuff?  Brantley Gilbert thinks so.  He just did an interview with Outsider.com this is what he said, "A lot of the problems in our society right now stem from the fact that people don't get punched in the face anymore."  He said it applies to people being jerks online too, and hiding behind their laptops. He referenced a video of him just the other day jumping off stage to kick a guy out of a recent concert.  The guy reportedly hit a GIRL in the crowd, and Brantley saw it.

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Radar Online claims Arnold Schwarzenegger's friends allegedly want him to hire a chauffeur because of his latest traffic accident in which he hit a biker. A source tells the website, Arnie’s pal thinks it’s time to let someone else do the driving. He loves cruising around Los Angeles, but he seems to be cursed, and his friends want him to quit while he’s still ahead.

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Tractor Supply Company partnered with Lainey Wilson, Ashley McBryde, Jimmie Allen, Dustin Lynch, along with the Opry, to launch something called the "Emerging Artists Program."  It's basically a platform to discover and develop new country music artists.  Lainey Wilson made the announcement on the Opry stage just this week.

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And finally, Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce will host "Saturday Night Live" on March 4th with musical guest Kelsea Ballerini.

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