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Today we start with Russell Dickerson as he talks about his country roots and how he was brought up in country music. “Being raised on country like old Garth Brooks is what I was raised on.  The first time I sang in public was in my fourth-grade talent show, singing ‘Standing Outside The Fire’. So, obviously country is my roots.” Russell has released ‘Studio 900 Sessions’ which are his songs with a new spin on them stripped back to THEIR roots you can check it out on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes or wherever you stream music.

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Keanu Reeves was on last night with Stephen Colbert…we found out Keanu’s favorite movie growing up was ‘Rollerball.’ He’s a dog person and Steven Asked him to describe the rest of his life in five words. “Ok well then I’m going to be hopeful. Health, love, friendship, great art, motorcycles…” Of course motorcycles..

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As far as hangover cures…and there’s A LOT of them…I kinda like Jon Pardi's approach…he says a ‘Bloody Mary’ does the trick…but adds a warning…"My hangover cure is Bloody Mary's, but be careful – because once you have a couple, don’t go to beer, because if you go to beer, you’re gonna start drinking again and you’ll end up a morning drunk. OR if you want to go the non-alcoholic route, there’s nothing you can do for hangovers. [laughs] You just go deal with it." And by deal with it means Tylenol and sleep…

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Pop Culture magazine says Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are divorcing. They posted; "We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times. A revolution is unfolding and our family is of no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic shifts.  Come on now, we all know it’s because he doesn’t put the toilet seat down…

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Denzel Washington tells Collider magazine that he is in talks to do a third Equalizer movie. …. Kane Brown has been celebrating Georgia's College Football National Championship by dressing his two-year-old daughter, Kingsley, in a Bulldogs cheerleading costume….SNL’s Pete Davidson may host the Academy Awards

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Parker McCollum has another hit on his hands "To Be Loved By You"  is doing VERY well here he tells us how it came about... "Recording ‘To Be Loved By You” was really a unique kind of experience. It was a song, I think, that when I wrote it with my buddy Rhett Akins, I kind of said, ‘Man, what if we just push the limits on this one and kind of just see how far we can push the envelope here?’ It’s crazy to see how well it turned out, and it’s such a rockin’ tune and we’re stoked about it." ‘To Be Loved By You’ is Parkers second single from his debut studio album ‘Gold Chain Cowboy’, and is a follow up to his number one song ‘Pretty Heart”

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If you’re an aspiring artist Eric Church has some great advise for you.  He tells CMT that being told 'No' is a great way to get inspired to succeed. “There’s a motivation in being told no, that you can’t do something. It’s okay to go to ten places and get the door slammed in your face. It’s an integral part of learning who you are as an artist. And remember: Nashville told Randy Travis to put a hat on, they told George Strait to take a hat off.”

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TMZ says the "Nightmare on Elm Street" house has sold for $2.98 million. The three-bedroom Los Angeles home was famously featured in the 1984 horror movie. It was originally listed for $3.25 million before the price was "slashed." The house went viral last year after a model dressed as Freddy Krueger and posed for pictures throughout the property.

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John Cena stars in a new program called “Peacemaker” based on James gunn’s 2021 film “The Suicide Squad”.  Peacemaker is a vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost no matter how many people he has to kill to get it. ”It’s a superhero tail but it’s really different. The character is very conflicted, the character was debuted in a movie called The Suicide Squad and got a lot of attention because of his ideology.  This is an 8 episode dive into the dysfunctional structure of that ideology.” So, it’s NOT your typical superhero movie…”Peacemaker” premieres on HBO Max tomorrow

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Showbiz411 says the Academy Awards will take place on March 27th at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. ABC says this year's show will have a host unlike others from the past several years

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Tim McGraw says that filming his new show '1883’ can be pretty dangerous especially when they have to take a covered wagon across a river. “About every scene I shot with my horse he was trying to throw me in the middle of the river. I had one scene where my horse is raring up his hooves are slashing in the air my hat falls, I catch it put it back on.  It shows the chaos and the danger and the precarious situation everybody was in.” He says Faith has really gotten good at driving the wagons  '1883' is streaming now on Paramount +.

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Big Changes at ‘The Voice” and this time it’s not the judges.  Unfortunately, for fans, the show will not be returning to TV this January. In fact, it may be some time before you get to see the coaches in action again. It’s not going AWAY According to Fansided, just that Season 22 of The Voice won't be coming back until later this year. They usually run two full seasons during the course of a year, one in the spring and the other in the fall.

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Georgia Bulldog fan Travis Denning celebrated his favorite college football team’s National Championship win Monday night by shot gunning a White Claw…. Turns out, all the beer was all gone…I guess sometimes you gotta do whatcha gotta do. Georgia won college football's National Championship last night by beating Alabama 33-18. It's the school's first national title since 1980.

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Cause of death for Betty White has been released.  The Hollywood Reporter says the cause of death for The beloved Golden Girl and Mary Tyler Moore Show actor died at her home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles as the result of a Dec. 25^th Cerebrovascular accident, the medical term for stroke.  According to the L.A. County death certificate obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

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Billboard magazine says Snoop Dogg is planning to launch a new hot dog brand called Snoop Doggs.  He already has a line of Gin and cookbooks.. Woman's Day magazine says Queen Elizabeth may move in with Prince William and Kate Middleton because of a recent security breach at Buckingham Palace. I don’t know but that sounds like a movie to me…

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Faith Cracks Tim! - Tim McGraw tells People magazine that Faith really slaps him on their TV show ''1883''. Saying they had this scene where she has to slap him. He was expecting a finger slap but it was a paw to the jaw,” he added. “There was 25 years of pent-up aggression going on! When you see it on screen, you realize it was a genuine hit.”

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The first full-length trailer for "Bel-Air," the reimagined “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” spinoff, is here — and this time around there's definitely no laugh track. The new one-hour series, is a much more dramatic affair than its 1990s sitcom predecessor, “Bel-Air” premieres Superbowl Sunday Feb. 13 on Peacock

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Blake Shelton’s music could put your baby to sleep!  Some of his biggest songs are being made into lullaby renditions.  A company called Rockabye Baby has put together a collection of Blake's music that will be out on February 4th.  If your little one isn't a fan of Blake's, there’s other artists to choose from, Dolly Parton, Miranda Lambert, Johnny Cash, and Shania Twain.

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They say these things happen in three’s, well, we have our number three…Betty White, Sidney Poitier and now Bob Sagat is gone.  He was in Orlando for several comedy shows and was found in his hotel room over the weekend unresponsive.  He was the host of “Funniest Home Videos”…played ‘Danny Tanner’ the dad on “Full House”.  The cause of death has not been released Bob Sagat was 65

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See any good movies??  Spider-Man: No Way Home was number one again at the box office with a 33-Million dollar hall, followed by The 355 the new female led action movie, and The King’s Man rounding up the top three

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And finally - Chia Pet is honoring Willie Nelson with his own chia. The chia is a likeness of Willie and has the Chia plant growing from his head into two long Chia plant braids. Walmart is selling the Chia Pet

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