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Nashville Music Minute: Tim McGraw hums a lot on set of Yellowstone

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The List for Monday, December 13th 2021

Welcome to The List,

Do you have a favorite Christmas movie?  Bad Santa is pretty good and then you have the classics..’A Christmas Vacation’, ‘The Santa Clause”  Jon Pardi when we asked him?  “I would have to say Elf is pretty much probably one of the funniest Christmas movies to ever be that new and beat out all the old Christmas movies. It is definitely up there.”

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SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen the season premiere of the 'Sex And The City' revival, 'And Just Like That', were Mr. Big (Chris Noth) dies of a heart attack shortly after he finishes a Peloton session.  Social media exploded with people saying how DANGEROUS the Peloton exercise bikes are…well, Peloton released an ad starring Chris and Ryan Reynolds showing that Mr. Big is still alive and well. 'And Just Like That' is streaming on HBO Max…keeping in mind it’s a SHOW…not real life….

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It seems Jimmie Allen can NEVER make it on time wherever he goes.  He telling CMT. If they gave out awards for being late, I'd be there an hour late to pick mine up. But, when I do finally show up, I give you everything I got. I feel like people would rather me be a little bit late and give you everything I got than be on time and give you nothing,” Or…or..maybe be on time and give everything you got.  Just an idea…

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Mariah Carey’s Christmas Song, 'All I Want For Christmas Is You', has gone ‘Diamond’ in the record industry going ‘Diamond’ means that an artist has sales of a single or album has reached 10-million copies. Mariah Carey’s song has been streamed one billion times. Mariah says she had planned to do a video to thank her fans for the honor.

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Congrats to West Side Story – the number ONE movie over the weekend, followed by Encanto – Ghostbusters: Afterlife, House of Gucci, and Marvels The Eternals rounding out the top 5.

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

 
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Rex - 12/13/21

 
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The List for Friday, December 10th 2021

Welcome to The List,

Jon Pardi On His Christmas Plans ... "We already called all the family We’re staying in good ole Goodlettsville and we’re gonna relax at our house and enjoy our decorations.’ And so, I think Summer’s parents are coming out. I think my sister is gonna come out, and that’s just kind of our new thing is having people out at the house”

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Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is going to be one of Marvel’s BIGGEST movies…but it’s not keeping Tom Holland from pranking the man in charge… “The Spider-Man suite because the thing is so tight, the zips sometimes get stuck. We have a bottle of lube that we squirt on the zips to like get it open.  Rich Bow is there he’s one of our big Marvel producers in charge of the money, so you know, a COVID shutdown for him is a very serious thing. This bottle of lube DOES suspiciously look like a bottle of hand sanitizer. So, he walks over and he’s chatting to me and he’s like ‘hey man, can I get some of that hand sanitizer?’  I look at my brother Harry and I’m like this is about to be golden” 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' opens in theaters on Friday, December 17th.

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Thursday, Jussie Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was a victim of a hate crime in January 2019. Prosecutor Dan Webb Responds To the verdict. “Whether we won or lost the trial isn’t the issue.  What WAS the issue is that when Mr. Smollett done in this city should be aired in front of a public trial, were ALL the evidence comes out. But,  the TRUE facts I thought needed to come out and we did it.

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You may have some great Christmas memories…we asked Carrie Underwood about some of her’s.. “One thing that we always did growing up that was one of my favorite memories, we would on Christmas Eve we would go to my grandparents’ house. Us kids were always responsible for putting oranges and apples and bananas in little paper bags and we would go down to the nursing home and sing Christmas carols.” How cool is that….

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Yesterday on “At the Movies” we previewed “West Side Story” Director Steven Spielberg talks about why he decided to remake the 1961 original “It’s such a profound story, it speaks to every generation. It’s timeless in the sense, that we should be reminded of that story as often as possible” "West Side Story." is in theaters today

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

 
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Marvin - 12/10/21

 
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Nashville Music Mintue: Jake Owen's business vandalized

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At The Movies for Thursday, December 9th 2021

Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to you by North Grand Cinema in Ames….

In theaters this weekend Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story”

Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City.  Their romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks – two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.

https://youtu.be/A5GJLwWiYSg

 'West Side Story” is rated PG-13 and stars Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose

Get showtimes and information on private screenings at northgrandcinema.com.

 ‘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, December 9th 2021

Welcome to The List,

We all have a favorite movie this time of year…from ‘The Christmas Story” to ‘Christmas Vacation’ a personal favorite..Jordan Davis, says the movie that’s taking over is Elf…but is it 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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If you’re a fan of ‘This Is Us’ which we never miss an episode in our house…Chrissy Metz who plays Kate Pearson on the show tells Kelly Clarkson the final season of her show,  is going to be incredible “We’ll get to see how Toby and Kate sort of unravel and then of course we’re following Rebecca’s story line and her Alzheimer’s.  It’s going to be very emotional and very wonderful and beautiful.” The sixth and final season of 'This Is Us' premieres on NBC on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022.

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People magazine says Michael Strahan will fly into space on Saturday aboard Jeff Bezos' rocket. His trip for today was scratched due to high winds. He plans to take the following with him on his trip

his Super Bowl ring

his Hall of Fame ring

a watch that belonged to his grandfather

his ABC and FOX employee ID cards

3 French Hens

2 Turtle Dove

And a Partridge in a pear tree

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Blake Shelton has added another major award to his trophy shelf. The country superstar took home Country Artist of the Year at the 2021 People's Choice Awards on Tuesday night.

Shelton was on hand at the ceremony to perform his latest single, "Come Back as a Country Boy," on the same night that he also performed the song on The Voice as the Top 8 contestants were whittled down to the Top 5.

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

 
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Victoria - 12/9/21

 
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Cyclone Insider: ISU faces Iowa tonight at 8p on KIX

 
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