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Sharon Osbourne's recent health woes have reportedly worried many of those closest to her, with some sources saying she needs to "slow down." According to Radar Online, the former The Talk panelist was released from the hospital after dealing with an unannounced illness. "The silence is deafening" said a source, noting that the family choosing not to share what's happening could be an indication that Osbourne is very unwell.

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Garth Brooks fans may have been happy about the country music legend adding more dates to his upcoming Garth Brooks/Plus ONE Las Vegas residency, but other musicians were reportedly frustrated. Sources told Radar Online that Keith Urban and Luke Bryan are concerned that Brooks will make it difficult for them to succeed on the Vegas strip. Bryan doesn’t  currently have any dates scheduled that could conflict with Brooks, but Urban does and was hoping to be the musical star of the desert next year but now it's going to be like 'Well, Garth is sold out, we could just go see Keith,'" a friend told Radar. "Garth's Vegas show is guaranteed to be a blockbuster."

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Kip Moore gives his sage advice for avoiding a  New Year’s hangover "Pace yourself on New Year’s – that’s the remedy. Pace yourself"

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Morgan Wallen has quite a 2022! From a sold out tour, to multiple weeks at number one on the charts, it comes as no surprise that this year would be record breaking!  makes history on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “You Proof” leads the list for an record breaking ninth week. "You Proof" is the superstar's seventh number 1 hit.

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Bill Cosby is planning to go on tour in 2023. He says, “When I come out of this, I feel that I will be able to perform and be the Bill Cosby that my audience knows me to be. I want to go out, tell my story, and be funny again.”

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Luke Bryan tells Parade magazine that his popcorn brand might make a comeback after selling out instantly over the Summer. We’ll keep an eye out

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Do you want to know more about Carly Pearce’s life? She tells The Tennessean newspaper to just listen to her songs. "In this next phase, I'm just excited to keep doing what I've always done, which is write what's going on in my life. Do I have a big divorce to write about right now? Thank God no, I don't! I'm grateful for that. I'm grateful that I conquered that chapter of my life in a graceful way. But I'm excited to be able to show fans what I've been up to."

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Is Jackson Dean Country? Well he tells Songwriter Universe magazine that he grew up in a tiny shack. "It was just four block walls with a stove in the corner and a couch that I had built and my bed in the corner. It was my dad's room, my uncle's room, my cousin's room, and then it was mine. It was some of the best times of my life, and I would happily do it all over again!"

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FemaleFirst.co.UK says Pete Davidson and Emily Ratajkowski are no longer dating. A source close to the pair says, "Their fling has moved into the friend zone. They both seem fine with that." So, ladies! If you’re interested…a slightly used…almost funny comedian is on the market!

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This Saturday, CBS is ringing in 2023 with New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash, an epic holiday spectacular featuring some of the biggest names in country music. The special will be co-hosted by singer-songwriters Elle King and Jimmy Allen, as well as Entertainment Tonight correspondent Rachel Smith.  Elle says of the night “They’re going to give me a mic, you just never know what’s going to happen.” The fun starts  at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and continuing from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.  on the CBS Television Network, and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.

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Top Gun: Maverick played in theaters for months and has been available on home video since early November, but none of that stopped Tom Cruise from dominating on Paramount+. The film was finally added to the streaming platform on Dec. 22 and has become the most-watched movie ever for Paramount+ in the U.S. The six Mission: Impossible movies also saw a boost, as Cruise fans could not get enough of his death-defying stunts over the holiday weekend. I just watched Top Gun: Maverick last night!!

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Luke Combs simply doesn't miss. The current CMA Entertainer of the Year took to social media Tuesday December 27^th to tease yet another new track "Growin' Up and Getting Old." The retrospective tune hits all of Combs's strengths. His ability to suck you into a story and paint a country music picture is truly one of a kind. "Its when you start thinking how much time left you got" the clip starts. "I've been thinking more and more about it these days," Combs continues. The 30 second snippet seems to be a future #1 in the making.

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Kane Brown tells Southern Living magazine that growing up he was ALWAYS on the straight and narrow…and it was because of his grandmother she raised him that way. Saying "Nana was a sheriff and a detective. She would take me for drives in her police car, and I would go down to the police station all the time, so the cops always knew who I was. I had that positivity of being in the jail but not being in the jail. So I feel like that was very important in my life.

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Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles has got a new gig!! She’ll host a dating show for farmers this spring. Farmer Wants a Wife will air on Fox..  The show will feature four farmers from across the country hoping to find the love of their lives among a group of women who head to their farms. The farmers will show the "big city" women what it is like to live on a ranch or farm and hope they find a wife among them..  ‘Farmer Wants A Wife’ premieres March 8^th ..8pm on Fox.

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HollywoodLife.com says NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal wants to do an underwear ad for his 51st birthday . He says, “I've already lost 40 pounds. I need to lose about 20 more, but impressive. Im’ma get real chiseled up and do an underwear ad with my sons. I got until March, I'll make it.”

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Zach Bryan may be the country music Santa this year! The rising star gave fans quite the surprise when yesterday he took to socials announcing not only a new live album but hinted at a new tour. The new superstar shared some harsh criticism for recent ticket prices and dropped a new live album, ‘All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster Live From Red Rocks’.  On Twitter he wrote “I have met kids at my shows who have paid upwards of four-hundred bucks to be there, and I’m done with it.

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Page 6 is reporting Gisele Bündchen prioritized family on her first Christmas without Tom Brady. The former Victoria’s Secret Angel flew down to her home country of Brazil with her kids to visit her parents.  Meanwhile Tom Brady summed up HIS holiday by saying. “I’m gonna learn how to deal with Christmas Eve in a hotel, and I’m gonna have to learn how to deal with Christmas and Christmas night and still go out there and be a professional,” The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, who beat the Arizona Cardinals on Christmas Day, spent time with his kids on Dec. 26 this year.

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With the Christmas holidays now a memory, it’s time to look forward the New Years celebrations.  Justin Moore says HIS celebrations have mellowed over the years "My favorite kind of New Year’s has changed over the years. Back in the day, we stayed out and turned it up pretty loud and stayed out late and did all that. Nowadays with kids, it’s hard to even make it to midnight, so it’s changed over the years. But it’s changed for the better".

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Luke Bryan, at one time peanut farmer…Country music superstar…Judge for American Idol…tells The Tennessean  that he spent a good portion of 2022 helping raise awareness for pig farming. Showcasing pig farmers in a better light and showed just how technologically-advanced pig farming operations are. Any time people can go purchase their food and feel good about how that process was, I think it helps farming and pig farmers everywhere."

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Get up early Christmas morning…and head for the tree…but FIRST…you have certain things that gotta happen right?  It’s called tradition.  Well Justin Moore shares his Christmas morning family traditions ... "Our main thing that we do on Christmas morning is we have a Christmas brunch with my in-laws. They’re from Louisiana – they like to drink – so we have mimosas and Kate makes waffles and we make this big huge production of a brunch.” And then it’s breathalyzers all round…gumbo and presents…

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AceShowbiz.com says many of Cher's friends are worried about her dating habits…Cher, who is 76, is dating Alexander "AE" Edwards, who is 36.  They think she is in way over her head and want her to see this for what it is a fun winter fling. They don't want her to get carried away."

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Jackson Dean tells Songwriter Universe magazine that his debut album, "Greenbroke," is full of songs that paint pictures of America. Saying "It's a big sound, and there's a lot going on at one time. Some of it is a little in your face, and some of it is a little space-ish, but it all really has a landscape. “Greenbroke” comes out March 11^th.

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Most have a favorite Christmas movie…The Grinch, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer…Die Hard…Jordan Davis tells us about his favorite “The one Christmas movie I have to watch, which Elf has slowly taken over that spot, but I would have to say It’s a Wonderful Life. Then moving to Nashville, they play it at a theater here in town, and it’s something that I really look forward to going and seeing that movie. Man, it’s just a great movie.”

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For the comic book movie lovers, the DC Universe just got blasted with many of the new movies being cancelled…The new Wonder Woman movie, The Flash…including the latest franchise with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Black Adam…but he tells US Weekly magazine.  He believes his character, may yet have a future in the DC movie universe.  Maybe not right away…but down the road in the DC multiverse chapters….Oh yeah….He’s The Rock and he can smell what Hollywood is cooking…so cheezy…

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