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The List for Monday, March 7th 2022

Welcome to The List,

The 57TH annual ACM Awards is tonight New this year? The ACM Awards is leaving its traditionally broadcast home on CBS to totally bypass broadcast television -- a first for a major awards show -- to air exclusively as a livestream on Amazon Prime Video. Here’s a small preview of tonight’s show…Miranda Lambert surprising Parker McCollum with the news that he is this year's ACM New Male Artist of the Year. “Are you serious? I’m like getting blurry vision right now.  Oh my goodness. “The ACM Awards air tonight 7pm on Amazon Prime Video.

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Now that The Batman is the number one movie Robert Pattinson tells Variety magazine that he wants to star in a Planet of the Apes movie. ''I love those Apes movies so much. He saw what Andy Circus did with motion cap and thought…” Yeah, I can do that!”

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Disney+ is rolling out a cheaper subscription tier later this year that'll be ad-supported.  In other words, it'll be cheaper, but you'll have to watch commercials.  There's no word yet on the exact date, or the cost.  Disney+ currently costs $7.99 a month, or $79.99 a year.

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Dolly Parton will be  hosting The 57th annual ACM Awards ...and talks about how this year's awards are making history. “ We’re gong to be in Las Vegas for the first time, we’re going to be streaming all over the world for the first time with Amazon Prime Video. So, I’m looking forward to it, It’s going to be fun. The ACM Awards air tonight 7pm on Amazon Prime Video.

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Speaking of ‘The Batman’ which happens to be the number one movie…but another big star is set to take up the Bat-cowl in just a few months: Keanu Reeves. The “Matrix” star will voice Bruce Wayne in the animated film “DC League of Super Pets,” which sees members of the Justice League get their own superpowered pets, with Superman’s beloved canine Krypto (Dwayne Johnson) leading them all.  It’s kinda cool, you can see the trailer below

https://youtu.be/aSIuiuVLpCo

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MORGAN WALLEN's "Dangerous:  The Double Album" is unstoppable.  It's spent more weeks in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 than any other country album in history.  It's been there for 60 weeks, which passes Taylor Swift's previous record of 59 weeks for her album, "Fearless".

In case you missed it, MICKEY GUYTON was the guest-host last Thursday on "Ellen".  She had JIMMIE ALLEN on to talk about co-hosting tonight's ACMs, his Grammy nomination, and being on "Dancing with the Stars".  She asked him to demonstrate some of his "Dancing with the Stars" moves, so he got up and did the cha-cha..

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

 
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Nashville Music Minute: The ACM Awards are tonight in Vegas

[caption id="attachment_52162" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Tune in each weekday around 7:20a on the Morning Kix Start as we get the latest news and gossip in Country Music from Nashville Kat.[/caption]

 
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The List for Friday, March 4th 2022

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Keith Urban tells ABC that he thinks his daughter, Faith, may grow up to be a musician. Saying "She has a great musical ear. She'll hear a melody and go to the little piano and figure it out by singing it and matching the notes and stuff. She's got a good ear."

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JAY LENO has a MASSIVE car collection.  But there's one thing he doesn't have:  A Ferrari.  And there's a very specific reason why. Saying Ferrari dealers force customers to buy several cars in order to secure orders, and they pressure owners into paying for certificates of authenticity. Other companies like McLaren and Porsche are much more buyer-friendly. So, remember that next time you go to buy your supercar…advise from Jay Leno and The List…

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Pushing your kid on a swing is something parents do.  Getting ON that swing is something BRANTLEY GILBERT should NOT have done.  He literally flipped over and nearly landed on his head.  He laughed it off, though.  Oh yeah, you probably want to know that somebody posted the video on Instagram. You can see it below....

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CanvelQg9aL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Netflix is launching your new obsession on April 1st.  It's a daily interactive trivia series called "Trivia Quest".  Each episode features 24 questions, 12 standard and 12 "hard".  The categories are science, history, entertainment, sports, art, and geography. The only  down side is that you won’t win a car wash or cash…bummer…

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CHRIS JANSON's fourth album is called "All In", and it'll be out April 29th.  Here he is talking about a couple of special guests.  Quote, "I hope the fans enjoy listening to this album as much as I did creating it.  I'm especially honored to have collaborated with my friends Eric Church and Travis Tritt

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JOY BEHAR fell straight on her BUTT while she was walking to her seat on "The View" yesterday.  But she was okay.  She said, quote, "Twenty-five years, that has never happened.  Who do I sue?!"..Karma Joy…that’s who you sue…Karma

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

 
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Nashville Music Minute: New Chris Janson album to have tune with Travis Tritt

[caption id="attachment_52162" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Tune in each weekday around 7:20a on the Morning Kix Start as we get the latest news and gossip in Country Music from Nashville Kat.[/caption]

 
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The List for Thursday, March 3rd 2022

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Everyone likes a good picture of themselves, right?  Whether it’s on social media or on your family’s wall…Carly Pearce really hates unflattering photos And selfies ... "The photos I get tagged in are literally… think of like the worst angle of yourself, and it’s on the Internet for the world to see. Times it by 20. It is awful,. And it’s just been something that I’ve had to really work through of understanding I’m human and not making myself feel like I have to be perfect, cause none of us are''. But sometimes we are our own worst critic…it may be a GREAT picture but we just don’t see it.

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''The Batman'' opens in theaters tonight. The Streamable says AMC is raising ticket prices for the film because they are trying to make as much money as possible before the film starts streaming on HBO Max in 45 days. Tickets will cost between $1 and $1.50 more than regular tickets. More about the movie is coming up with ‘At The Movies’ during the Drive at Five.

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BRAD PAISLEY hasn't released a new album in five years, but it sounds like it's only a matter of time.  He's been writing songs during the pandemic, and he wants more.  Quote, "When I do an album, it'll fully be an album and hopefully not things that feel like I wrote them when everybody was hoarding toilet paper."

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You may have seen this on social media…LUKE COMBS shared a clip of a four-year-old boy named Tripp doing his best version of Luke.  He's on a back patio somewhere singing "Beer Never Broke My Heart" . . . while wearing a button-down shirt, jeans, and one of Luke’s Blue Otter trucker hats. Luke shared it on Instagram yesterday commenting "Been looking for a backup in case I ever needed one, but I had not checked with the four-year-olds yet.  Tripp, you're my guy.” If you missed it you can see it below

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CalQuwrjQ51/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Jason Momoa tells Entertainment Tonight that he is going to play a villain in Fast and the Furious 10.  “It’s fun, I get to play the bad guy, which I haven’t gotten to do for a while. Now, I get to be the bad boy. A very flamboyant bad boy. A little panache!” and  E! News says Netflix is doing a Pamela Anderson documentary. It will allow her to rebut the Hulu series, ''Pam & Tommy''. Which I found very entertaining.

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HILLARY SCOTT thinks it's "incredible" that the ACMs got Dolly Parton to co-host Monday's show.  "I can't wait to hear how she delivers the amazing little quips and always pokes fun at herself and other people.  I mean, there's no greater icon than Dolly, and I just think that she's gonna do a great job."  The 57th ACM awards are Monday March 7th at 7pm exclusively on Amazon Prime Video from the Allegiant Stadium in Vegas.

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

 
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Nearly 350 vendors on tap for Iowa Deer Classic this Weekend in Des Moines

The Iowa Deer Classic is set for this Friday through Sunday at the Iowa Events Center in downtown Des Moines. Show promotor, John Bunge stopped by the Morning Kix Start on Thursday to preview what's new and what's going on at the Iowa Deer Classic. May be an image of text that says 'IOWA DEER CLASSIC'

 

 
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Nashville Music Minute: News and notes from Thomas Rhett and Blake Shelton

[caption id="attachment_52162" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Tune in each weekday around 7:20a on the Morning Kix Start as we get the latest news and gossip in Country Music from Nashville Kat.[/caption]

 
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At The Movies for Wednesday, March 2nd 2022

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

In theaters “The Batman”

Two years of stalking the streets as the Batman has led Bruce Wayne deep into the shadows of Gotham City.  When a killer targets Gotham’s elite with a series of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues sends the World’s Greatest Detective on an investigation into the underworld.

https://youtu.be/hbnx6DJQ3xU

 'The Batman' opens in theatres on Thursday

 “The Batman” Rated PG-13 and Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravits, John Turturro and Colin Farrell

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 Wednesday, March 2nd 2022

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So, is it true that Kane Brown working at Lowe’s used to sing at work? “Yes I got to ah, it’s kinda were my music career started. I used to sing in the halls and the aisles. All of my co-workers used to tell me to sing louder, and I remember always being around that was my family.”

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The Drinks Business website says rapper 50 Cent recently attended a wine auction and dinner in Houston. He wore a black cowboy hat and purchased a $125,000 bottle of wine. After buying the 2017 Hye Meadow Winery Boooom Red, he tweeted,  “You’re a nobody till you win a bid at the wine auction. Now I have a bottle of wine that costs more than a Rolls Royce.”  And the world rolls there eyes…

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Miranda Lambert tells EW.com that the pandemic was hard for her. "The first six months of 2020, I didn't write anything. I didn't do anything. I painted and cooked. Like everyone else, I ate too much and tried out all the wine and found all the places we had it hidden.

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MovieWeb says Chris Hemsworth is going to play a villain in the next Mad Max movie, 'Mad Max Furiosa'. He says, ''Pretty damn fired up to be a part of a franchise that meant the world to me as a kid growing up in Australia. I'll do my best to continue the tradition of cinematic badassery."

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A career search website called Zippia.com posted a list of each state's most famous movie star. Some of those choices were questionable to say the least. For example, for Arkansas.  They chose:  Wes Bentley.  They could have chosen:  Mary Steenburgen or Billy Bob Thornton. Missouri.  They chose:  Evan Peters from "American Horror Story".  They could have chosen:  John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Dick Van Dyke, Jon Hamm, Don Johnson, and for Iowa it HAD to be Ashton Kutcher

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 Whiskey Riff reports that CODY JOHNSON sold out his Opening Night appearance at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show.  He's only the third performer to ever do that.  The other two are Garth Brooks and George Strait.  Cody will be at the Xtream Arena in Coralville Friday March 18th

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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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1st ever Furr Ball being held to benefit the ARL in Marshalltown

The 1st ever Furr Ball- Cough it up for the Animals fundraiser is being held on March 19 at Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown. Peggy Hannam and Terry Harris stopped by the Morning Kix Start to talk about the event and the important funds raised for the Marshalltown- Animal Rescue League.

 

 
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