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Today on The List we celebrate favorite Christmas presents…I think MY favorite was waking up in the morning to a room FULL of toys and for one day I didn’t have to clean up my mess… But Brantley Gilbert? He got a new best friend…"The best gift I ever received as a child, I still gotta say, I think I was in third grade, and I got a miniature dachshund. My parents got me a dog, and that little dude was my best friend for eight years. His name was Max, and he was one of the best dogs ever. So that’s probably my best Christmas memory"
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The Spice girls could soon be piling back into their infamous double decker bus for a Spice Girls reunion tour. Just two years after the beloved '90s girl group reunited, minus Beckham, for a brief tour, Sporty Spice herself teased the possibility of yet another reunion, revealing that she and her former bandmates are "constantly" talking about another tour. But, it won’t happen any time soon…but if it did they say a World Tour would happen in 2023. Tell me whatcha want…what cha really, really want…..a Spice Girls reunion tour…
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Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley On His Best Christmas Present ... "My best Christmas gift I ever received, probably as a child, had to be my G.I. Joe command post. It was basically like a big old castle, a fortress. I woke up on Christmas morning, it was all set up, had all the G.I. Joes, all the players, and it was incredible. I had a wonderful day playing with all my friends, and nothing like a good G.I. Joe as a child. It made for a very memorable experience"
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Would you mistake Ryan Reynolds for Ben Affleck? Well it happens almost every time Ryan walks into this New York pizzeria. Ryan says "They believe I’m Ben Affleck and I’ve never corrected them. I feel it would not go over well if I revealed. I do everything normal like everybody else. 'They’ll ask how J.Lo is and I’m like, "Great, good." I get the pizza and off I go." How could you ever mistake Batman for Deadpool….
You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our Holiday Edition of Pack the Backpack continues this week with our winner being Mrs. Natasha Becker, 3rd grade teacher at South Tama County School. She was nominated by a grandparent of a student. Here is what Janet wrote to Kix 101.1.:
I would like to nominate Natasha Becker for your $101 backpack. Natasha is my granddaughter’s 3rd grade teacher at South Tama County School in Tama IA. She is so enthusiastic, she sends Facebook messages and pictures to parents and grandparents almost daily. She includes information in English and Spanish. When you meet her, you can see and feel her enthusiasm for teaching. I am sure she could use your gift for her class, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she shared the things she might pick out with other teachers in South Tama Elementary – she is just that kind of individual.Thank you.
Janet Busch
Take a listen to our surprise interview with Mrs. Becker below!
Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.
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The Movie Review presented by North Grand Cinema in Ames with the Movie Mom Nell Minow is each Friday at 8:30a during the Morning Kix Start with Brandon Lewis.
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Today we find out last minute shopper…many procrastinate.. not mentioning any names…like the guys in ‘A Thousand Horses’ notorious last minute shoppers "I am totally a last-minute gift buyer for Christmas, and other occasions. So, I’m definitely the guy you’ll find at the mall on Christmas Eve, at 11:00 p.m. shopping for last minute gifts." Graham Deloach says: "Christmas shopping stresses me out to no end. I’m a horrible shopper, have no idea what to get for anyone, and I do the majority of my shopping -- I don’t wrap it up until Christmas Eve. I’m the worst" I wouldn’t say you’re the worst…I have a few I still have to wrap myself..
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Lorne Michaels executive producer and creator of ‘Saturday Night Live’ has his eye on retirement. Lorne Michaels who is 77, says he’s committed to doing the show until it’s 50th anniversary, which is three years away, and feels that would be a really good time to leave.
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But then you have Brad Paisley, he LOVES last minute shopping…Not really… “It’s a shame. It’s really a waste of what should be a fun day, ’cause you know, here I am scrambling around going, ‘Oh, I think they’ll like that.’ They may have never heard of it, and I don’t know what it is necessarily, but let’s buy it! And I could give it to somebody. (laughs) You end up buying all these things, and it’s just a waste.” He blames it on lack of planning…on our part guys…he’s not wrong.
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TMZ says Dennis Rodman flew from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale yesterday. Several JetBlue flight attendants had to tell him to put his mask on. Rodman said he was having trouble breathing. Broward County, Florida deputies were waiting for Rodman when the plane landed. They let him go with a warning….so, what was the point….
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Welcome to the first day of winter –
You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our Holiday Edition of Pack the Backpack continues this week with our winner being Mrs. Shelly Chandler, English Teacher at Marshalltown High School. She was nominated by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. Here is what they wrote to Kix 101.1.:
Shelly Chandler is devoted to her students and MCSD. She is the perfect recipient and will be incredibly appreciative! She consistently puts her students first and pushes them toward success at MHS! If you call MHS, I'm sure they will have someone who can speak to her ability and dedication to our community.
My only request is that this is an anonymous nomination...
Take a listen to our surprise interview with Mrs. Chandler below!
Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.
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Welcome to The List,
There’s something to be said about a ‘traditional Christmas’ and Alan Jackson likes to do just that... "Christmas is pretty traditional. We don’t let anybody open any presents until Christmas morning, everybody has to wait and kind of get situated, and maybe have a cup of coffee, and then we start all of the regular Christmas morning activities" I still always get anxious and ready to get goin!
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Yellowstone prequel 1883 debuted this week, and we already know that A-list actor Tom Hanks is going to have a surprise cameo in Episode 2. Hanks will be playing Union General George Meade, a real life American Civil War hero who is most well-known for defeating Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg. Hanks' scene was reportedly shot in just one day, and was somewhat a favor to Tim and Faith.
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There’s nothing quite like the sights and sounds of Christmas…the music, usually the snow all mix to make a special season…Brett Young he loves the sights and smells of Christmas ... “The first thing always is that the day after Thanksgiving all the Christmas decorations including the tree go up at my parents’ house and in my apartment. And then anything kind of like ‘nutmeg’ I’ll be, ‘All right I’ve got to make some sort of holiday dessert to make the house smell like that.” And of course there are the Christmas movies every year..his big favorite which is a no brainer “Elf”
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'Director Matt Reeves tells Empire magazine that Robert Pattinson's Batman is inspired by Kurt Cobain. Saying when he wrote the story he was listening to Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way’ and started making connections as Bruce Wayne having this Kurt Cobain thing, where he looks like a rock star, but you also feel like he could be a recluse.
Matt Reeves ‘The Batman’ is scheduled in theaters March 4th of next year.
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“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” was the hit at the box office over the weekend…with a whopping $253 million. The film cost $200 million to produce. Overseas, the movie earned $334.2 million followed by “Encanto,” and “West Side Story,” rounding out the top three
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