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It's REALLY hard to imagine "Titanic" without Leonardo DiCaprio, but director James Cameron says he almost botched his audition. James says Kate Winslet was "fantastic" from the get-go, but when Leo first came in, he had an attitude.  “We’ll run some lines, I’ll video it, he said ‘You mean I’m reading?” I said Yeah! He said I don’t read, and I shook his hand and said thanks for coming bye!  He said wait, wait, you mean if I don’t read I don’t get the part? Just like that?  I said Oh, yeah this is going to be a giant movie and it’s going to take two years of my life, so, you’re going to read or you’re not going to get the part.” He goes on to say every ounce of his entire being is just so negative right up to the point I said action…and he turned into Jack.

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The latest news on Jay Leno from TMZ…is reporting he's back on the open road less than 2 weeks after he was severely burned in a car fire, and his first stop ... the same garage where it happened. Tuesday, the comedian drove himself  to his Burbank garage where he keeps most of his famous car collection. He briefly chatted with photogs as he pulled in at the gate ... tellin' them he'll back onstage telling jokes as soon as this weekend. He also jokes around about a much-needed BBQ. Too soon, Jay!!!

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It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! viewers will be treated to four new balloons, five new floats, 12 marching bands, and 25 performers — including the Queen of Christmas herself: Mariah Carey, who will sing her classic holiday tune "All I Want for Christmas Is You" ahead of Santa's arrival at Macy's. The 96th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off Thursday, Nov. 24, at 9 a.m. ET local time. On NBC.

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This won't surprise you.  Presale tickets for Garth Brooks' year-long Vegas residency went on sale Monday . . . and sold-out that day.  He talked about it on Monday's "Inside Studio G", quote, "What an unbelievable day this was for us.  Every show in '23 is pretty much . . . done.  A whole year in one day."

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Lainey Wilson performed a new song called "Smell Like Smoke" on Sunday's episode of "Yellowstone" where she DID get her drink and a dance.  If you know you know..and. If you're interested, it's been ADDED to her "Bell Bottom Country" album.

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Just an FYI…."Top Gun: Maverick" will go to Paramount+ on December 22nd.

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If you could have a celebrity over for Thanksgiving, who would it be? Morgan Freeman topped a list of celebrities we'd MOST like to invite over for Thanksgiving dinner.  Robert Downey, Jr. was second. Others who made the cut. Jimmy Fallon, Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Aniston.

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If you spent any time watching "Chrisley Knows Best" on the USA Network . . . you should be aware that the Chrisleys do NOT know best. Back in June, Todd and Julie Chrisley were found guilty on federal charges of bank fraud, tax evasion, and conspiring to defraud the IRS.  They'd been caught submitting fake documents to take out more than $30 MILLION in loans to "fund their lavish lifestyle."  Todd was sentenced to 12 years in prison plus 16 months of probation, while Julie got seven years behind bars and 16 months of probation.  Their shows have been canceled, obviously.

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Miranda Lambert has a new cookbook coming out next April called, "Y'all Eat Yet?".  It features recipes she learned from "two generations of hell-raising, hard working women who knew how to make people feel good."

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Jackson Dean is ‘Yellowstone Famous’ knew "Don't Come Lookin'" would be featured on "Yellowstone", but seeing the actual episode as it aired, blew him away. "They played a like minute and a half of my song, [and] then it goes to Kevin Costner, and I'm like, 'Oh my God, there's a piece of film in the world that has my song playing and Kevin Costner in it at the same time.  This is insane."  He’s been watching Kevin Costner’s work all his life and it was pretty mind blowing for him.

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Author Stephen King has yet to get into the holiday spirit. He ranted yesterday on Twitter:  “The political ads stopped just in time for the Christmas ads to start. The next time I hear ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ I’m gonna blow up my radio. I forget what is the male equivalent to a ‘Karen’ ?

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Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery, and Chris Young are some of the rotating set of performers at this year's "Opry Country Christmas".  It's eight nights of shows at the Grand Ole Opry, and they start November 27th.

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New details about the Indiana Jones 5 movie go like this…It’ll take place in the 1960s . . . and yet somehow, Indy still finds himself fighting the Nazis.  The movie is set against the backdrop of the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.  But the Big Bad played by Mads Mikkelsen is based on Wernher von Braun, a real-life former Nazi who went on to become a NASA engineer. And ‘Indi’ has a problem with that…

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The series finale of "The Walking Dead" aired last night.  And some actors from the show kept a memento to remember the Zombie Apocalypse by. Jeffrey Dead Morgan (Negan) has his bat, Lucille, and Norman Reedus (Daryl) kept his vests and some crossbows. Josh McDermitt (Eugene):  He was gifted his mullet.

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About three weeks after Lauren Alaina caught the bouquet at Hardy's wedding . . . she got engaged.  Her boyfriend Cam Arnold proposed on Friday, and she brought him to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday. Cam is a partner in a Nashville-based insurance firm, and he does NOT like the spotlight.  Lauren told the crowd she had to "negotiate" with him before he agreed to join her on stage.

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Granger Smith dropped a surprise album on Friday called "Moonrise".  And it's also the soundtrack for a new MOVIE he's starring in called "Moonrise".  It premieres December 15th on the family-friendly streaming service Pure Flix.  He says "It's about a country singer (imagine that) who's really stubborn (sounds familiar).

https://youtu.be/5KcMSH2GbXU

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Shania Twain is being honored with the Music Icon award at the "People's Choice Awards".  She'll also perform a medley of her greatest hits. The show airs December 6th on NBC and E!.

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"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" won the box office again.  Mariah Carey will perform "All I Want for Christmas Is You" at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.  It airs 9:00 a.m. Eastern on NBC and Peacock. Taylor Swift would like you to know that it's been "excruciating" for her to see all that chaos involving Ticketmaster and her new tour…So now we know what Taylor NEXT album is going to be about….

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Yahoo News says the budget for the tenth Fast and the Furious film, Fast X, has ballooned to $340 million. That's 70% more than the $200 million budget for Fast and the Furious 9. Increased salaries, increased production costs and inflation are the reason for the skyrocketing costs. Fast X is scheduled to be in theaters May of next year.

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Chris Hemsworth found out through genetic testing that he has a greater chance to develop Alzheimer's disease than the average person.  He was hesitant to talk about it on his show "Limitless" because he didn't want it to come off as a manipulated grab for empathy. Chris said his grandpa has Alzheimer's so the news wasn't a TOTAL shock.  Limitless is on Disney+.

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"CMT Crossroads" is celebrating its 20th anniversary with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.  They have a 90-minute special premiering November 29th on CMT.  They'll perform songs like "Can't Let Go" and "High and Lonesome", and Led Zeppelin hits like "When the Levee Breaks".

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Toby Keith's advice to new songwriters is write one song a day, and don't get lazy.  It felt like he had to write 200 songs before he wrote a good one, and 150 more before he wrote a second hit.  So just keep plugging away. Now that he's got three decades and over 30 number-one hits under his belt he says it does come easier.

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Billy Ray Cyrus is engaged to a woman named Firerose…and he says his family has no problem with it. In a interview with “People” He said there are "no hard feelings" because everyone knew his marriage to Tish Cyrus "was over a long time ago" . . . and "everybody's turning the page."

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Today show meteorologist Al Roker is in the hospital after suffering a blood clot in his leg that "sent some clots into [his] lungs." The beloved 68-year-old news anchor took to Instagram on Friday morning to give an update to fans who were wondering where he has been this week amid his absence from the Today show. Roker wrote. "After some medical whack-a-mole, I am so fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on the way to recovery. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers and hope to see you soon."

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