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A new trailer for the "Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts" special, has been  released. The new look features Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and many more are expected to take part in the special that will "celebrate the legacy of the Harry Potter film franchise and its impact on families and fans around the world," which will debut on HBO Max on Jan. 1.

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Colin Farrell has agreed to play the Batman villain Oswald Cobblepot, also known as The Penguin, in a new HBO Max series. The show will be a spin-off of the upcoming The Batman movie, starring Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader. The Penguin series would follow the character's rise to power in Gotham's criminal underworld. Which I thought they did that with the Fox TV show “Gotham”.

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Lauren Alaina can now add “Author” to her ever expanding list of things she’s just great at...TODAY Lauren releases her book ‘Getting Good At Being You.’  Saying THIS is the book she wished she had when she was 16. and hopes that her words can help at least one person out there who is struggling, and for them to know they are not alone. Saying about writing a book vs a song…’it’s being vulnerable in a completely different way.”

 Lauren is also climbing the country music chart with Jon Pardi and their song “Getting Over Him” – which is from her album, Sitting Pretty On Top Of The World…

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Blake Shelton was doing an interview with Ellen yesterday when he revealed that he is stockpiling Christmas gifts for Gwen Stefani so he won't feel guilty. He’s worried that Gwen will break their agreement to not buy anything for each other this Christmas…soooo..he’s gonna do it first.

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''Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes'' airs tonight on ABC. Jennifer Aniston is going to star in a live re-enactment of the 1980s sitcom ''The Facts of Life''. She will play Blair while Gabrielle Union will play Tootie. The cast for ''Diff'rent Strokes'' features Kevin Hart as Arnold and Damon Wayans as big brother Willis. John Lithgow will play Mr. Drummond

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With Christmas just weeks away it’s only fair to ask some of your favorite country music stars questions about how they celebrate and some of their fondest memories. Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman talks about her family’s Christmas traditions. “We would go over to my grandmother’s house and have Christmas over there, and everybody would come home to Mama and Daddy’s house. We’d sit down and Mama hands out everybody a gift, and we act like we don’t what it is, but we do ’cause it’s always Christmas pajamas. So, everybody opens their Christmas pajamas and goes and puts ’em on, and we come back to the living room and we sit around Daddy and he reads The Christmas Story.” Sounds like fun…don’t know about the pajama’s though

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And TJ from Brothers Osborne LOVES being a Christmas homebody "I think part of just holidays in general when mostly there's nowhere to go, every place is shut down so you are forced to finally relax. You have to be a family and hang in this house.." I would have to agree…anytime you can relax and do nothing??  It’s a plus in MY book.

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Disney animated “Encanto,” was the top movie over the weekend with “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” and “House of Gucci,” starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver and Al Pacino all topping the box office over the weekend with Encanto making just over 12-million…

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Variety magazine says Spider-Man star Tom Holland is going to portray Fred Astaire in a new movie about the dancer's life. His latest Marvel film “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is scheduled to be in theaters December 17^th

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And to help you get into the spirit…Mr. and Mrs. Christmas Michael Bublé’s Christmas In The City airs tonight on NBC and Mariah Carey’s special is on Apple TV…her holiday gown needs SIX grown men to carry the train because she says it weighs 60 or 70 pounds.  You can watch for yourself “Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues” is currently streaming on Apple TV

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Carrie Underwood helped spread the holiday cheer as she took the stage for NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center event Wednesday night.  Brad Paisley and Mickey Guyton were there as well but it was Carrie’s vocals that stole the show.  Snippets of the performance made it to social media with people dubbing the performance "amazing" and "incredible," with one person even stating that Underwood's "beautiful" singing brought them to tears.

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Blake Shelton has a new album out and is giving his fans more new music this year by adding four new songs to the already twelve track record, Body Language Deluxe.  One of which is his current single “Come Back As A Country Boy.” The other three new songs are “Fire Up The Night (feat. HARDY),” “Throw It On Back (feat. Brooks & Dunn),” and “We Can Reach The Stars.” Body Language Deluxe is available now.

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Yahoo News says ''Shark Tank'' star, and Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban has purchased an entire Texas town. He bought Mustang, Texas for an undisclosed amount. The city has a population of 23 and has been for sale for $2 million since 2017. Mark says, “I don’t know what, if anything, I will do with it.”

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Nicole Kidman was on with Kelly and Ryan and discussed being married to Keith Urban for 15 years, dished on Christmas plans and talked about her new movie “Being the Ricardos” were she plays Lucille Ball.“It really is about a marriage, and it’s about two people that really love each other. Then, all of the stresses the pressures and the things they are never getting. Then you flash forward and back in their lives and how they created this iconic show the “ I Love Lucy Show” "Being The Ricardos" is in select theaters next weekend and streaming on Amazon Prime beginning December 21.

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