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Sharing Christmas memories today with Lauren Alaina, one of HER’S is one from when she was six years old... "When I got my Barbie bike when I was six years old, and I thought I ruled the world because it had a horn and it had Barbie's picture on it." So Barbie had a bike? Well, if she can have a townhouse, Corvette.. she can have a bike…my G.I. Joe was the best because IT had Kung Fu Grip!

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Luke Bryan Recalls The Most Meaningful Christmas Gift His Wife Ever Gave Him ... "My wife, Caroline, went and found my brother’s old pickup truck from 1996. it was down in Louisiana, and it was still on the road. her and my dad went down, they picked it up, brought it to Nashville and Christmas Eve night pulled into the driveway with it, and let’s just say that yes, the tears were flowing and it will never be topped.” Luke lost his brother Chris tragically in a car accident in 1996, Chris was 26 years old.

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Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer tells The Hollywood Reporter that he hopes Disney allows him to cast Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow again. "You'd have to ask them. I can't answer that question. I really don't know. I would love to have him in the movie. He's a friend, a terrific actor, and it's unfortunate that personal lives creep into everything we do. We tried to kill him. It didn't work."

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Jon Pardi Says His Grandmother's Elvis Christmas Ornament Sparked His Love For The King ... "One of my favorite memories of my grandmother’s tree, and I think maybe why I love Elvis so much, She had an ornament and it was Elvis, and it was always on her tree. You’d go and you’d hit a button, and it would sing ‘Blue Christmas. And I’d just always hit it, and he’d be doing his pose with a microphone, so yeah, ‘Blue Christmas’ and that ornament, I think that’s probably why I like Elvis so much.”

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Carly Pearce is already lookin down the road to New Years Eve!! She says it’s a time for reflection, "I think that every year I try to look back on the year and see what has happened, what I achieved, what I felt like I could do better at, and just try to set quarterly goals. I try to set yearly goals just to make sure that I'm continuing to try to get better."

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And finally, the forecast is in. Twisters are coming to Hollywood. The long-awaited sequel to the hit 1996 film Twister now has a release date.  Twisters will open on July 19, 2024, Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment announced Tuesday, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

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People magazine says 'Star Wars' star Mark Hamill recently celebrated his 44th wedding anniversary. Mark paid tribute to his wife, Marilou, by saying, "44 years. Thank you for saying yes. And thank you for never getting tired of my shenanigans." Please give back my lightsaber……

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TMZ says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want to have a sit-down with the Royal Family. A source says they want to air out some grievances that came to light in their docu-series, 'Harry and Meghan'. Harry and Meghan feel the Royals never addressed the problems they had head-on, nor did they ever own up to anything….The docu-series received 81.55 Million views on Netflix…seems to me it was “aired out” pretty well!!

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TheBlast.com  reports Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani were spotted at Disneyland. The couple, their friends and their family are spending the holidays in the Happiest Place on Earth. Gwen says, "We had the most magical time at Disneyland ! Loved all the pretty lights. The decorations made me feel like i was walking through a Winter Wonderland !"

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Country music paradise is heading back to Central Illinois next year. The premier event of the summer, “Tailgates and Tallboys” will return for 4 days in June and it comes with a lineup that includes some of the hottest country stars in the business right now in addition to one of the most iconic rock bands. Headliners for the festival in Bloomington, IL include Jelly Roll, Kane Brown, Parker McCollum, and Nickelback. Bailey Zimmerman, Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wade, and Lily Rose are just a few of the featured artists opening for the headlining crews.

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Mercury Nashville / Range Music recording artist Luke Grimes releases his debut country song “No Horse To Ride”…Grimes, who plays Kaycee Dutton on ‘Yellowstone’, is also credited with percussion and acoustic guitar.  Grimes grew up playing music in the church as the son of a Pentecostal pastor.  His song “No Horse, No Ride” will be featured on the show’s mid-season finale January 1^st.

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Kelly Clarkson is getting ready to host a big NFL event. The Emmy and Grammy award winner will host NFL Honors on Thursday, Feb. 9 at Symphony Hall in Phoenix. The awards show will recognize the NFL's best players, plays and performances from the 2022 season and air live at 9 p.m. ET on NBC, NFL Network and Peacock. NFL Honors will take place three days before the Super Bowl, and Clarkson will be the first woman to host the show.

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Eli Young Band's Mike Eli speaks up about the one and ONLY thing he just HATES about the Christmas holiday….the glitter ... “I live in a house full of girls and they like glitter and that’s just one of those things that is a part of the holidays. For better or for worse, when glitter starts floating around, I kind of give a little eye roll to Christmas. Because that is the only thing that I don’t like about Christmas is glitter.” Adding, it takes six to seven months before you ever get rid of all of it.

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The world was shocked to learn the news of Kirstie Alley's death, a couple weeks ago. Not long after, the 71-year-old actress' representatives confirmed her cause of death was colon cancer, which she had secretly battled for a while. The rep revealed the type of cancer to PEOPLE on Tuesday morning; Alley's children, True and Lillie Parker, had previously announced that she had "only recently discovered" the cancer.

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Thomas Rhett tells E! News that he gets the best feedback from his family. He says “Family is the one who is going to tell you if the song [stinks] or not ... whether they come over to the house to swim or we're going to the farm to hang out, my brothers-in-law are big about, 'Play me the new stuff! Keep playing these songs.'"

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Jackson Dean tells Songwriter Universe magazine that his hit “Don’t Come Lookin’” started from NOTHING literally.  The song didn’t have any lyrics at all.  It had the stomp and the attitude but no words, as it turns out…it was something he used to say to his mom before he left the house for a couple of days or go out in the woods for a little while. She would say, 'Stay within earshot or stay alive no matter what occurs.' I'd go, 'Momma, if I don't come back, don't come looking for me.' It was one of those where it came together."

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TMZ says Sharon Osbourn recently fell ill while taping a TV show in Santa Paula, California. She was then transported to a local medical facility for treatment before being released. Sharon and her team have not made a statement on what the medical emergency was.  But over the weekend her son Jack posted that SHE will post to what  happend when she’s ready.

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Ace Showbiz says Kate Hudson gave the gift of astrology for Christmas last year. She says, she gave everybody in her family their year in astrology. She gave them crystals; and gave them all a piece of jewelry they could wear that was very specific to them, and had someone give them each an astrological reading."

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