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Last year when Morgan Wallen got into some hot water and was ‘cancelled’ Jason Aldean stepped in to help his friend. Saying "Where I'm from, when you got a friend that's down, you help them get back on their feet and teach 'em, and try to help them be better. He does think Morgan's punishment was "a little excessive" . . . but at the same time he learned from it, and that's always good.

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The anticipated Walking Dead Spin-off that focuses on Daryl and Carol will happen…but not with Carol….It's going to film in Europe, and unfortunately Melisa McBride can't commit to the move just yet. The show is expected to carry on with just Norman Reedus as Daryl, but there's no word if a  different  "Walking Dead" character will take Melissa's place.  On the bright side, it sounds like we haven't seen the last of her.

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Maren Morris tells CMT that she loves to listen to music while cooking. "She’ll put on some music while cooking and just get lost in it. There have been times where I've almost burned things because I was so caught up in what I was listening to Be listening this Sunday when Maren Morris’s husband Ryan Hurd joins John Ritter Sunday on ‘Rise Up’ at 7am…

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Andrew Garfield is taking a break from acting to rest and recalibrate.  He wants to be a "bit ordinary" for a while and take time to consider what he does next. Andrew says he's tired from awards season. Yeah, all that hanging out with young starlets and latenight parties could wear ya out. I wonder…is ‘ordinary’ brooding all day and watching Netflix?

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The NY Post claims a petition, to have Amber Heard removed from ''Aquaman 2'', has garnered over 2 million digital signatures. The petition reads: ''Amber Heard has been exposed as a domestic abuser by Johnny Depp. In his $50 million lawsuit.  It references physical altercations that resulted in Depp getting his finger reattached as well as other physical confrontations.

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The Johnny Depp – Amber Heard trial continues…A forensic psychologist testified yesterday that Amber Heard suffers from borderline personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder.  This means she could present as "cute and girlish," but actually be, quote, "very destructive . . . dramatic, erratic, and unpredictable." Shannon Curry interviewed Amber for 12 hours, and also read through her mental health records.  She testified that anyone in a relationship with someone suffering from those conditions would likely see themselves go from, quote, "idolized to dumpster fire."

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Betty White's longtime home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles is on the market four months after the actress's death at 99.  The 1952 home, which is more than 3,000 square feet and has five bedrooms and 6 baths, is listed for $10.5 million Sotheby's International Realty – Pacific Palisades Brokerage. The Hollywood legend and her late husband Allen Ludden bought the property in 1968,

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Andrew Woolfolk -- the longtime saxophonist for Earth, Wind & Fire, and one of the OG members through their historic run -- has sadly passed. The veteran musician, who joined Earth Wind and Fire in 1972, passed Sunday after battling a long illness he'd been afflicted with for at least six years ... this according to the band's lead singer, Philip Bailey.  He was with Earth, Wind & Fire through their most formative and influential years in music -- having contributed to some of their biggest hits.

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Does MORGAN WALLEN make good music, or what?  "Don't Think Jesus" has debuted at the top of the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart, and that's historic.  He's now the first artist to have three songs debut at Number One on that chart.  His other two were "Wasted on You" and "7 Summers".

https://youtu.be/-5ub0FEDVpY

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You know you're good when you cover someone else's song, and they bow down to you.  Metaphorically.  Luke Combs posted a clip of himself doing an acoustic version of Jordan Davis' "Buy Dirt".  Jordan saw it and commented, "Damn, I thought I sang this one pretty good.  You crushed this, buddy."

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Cary Elwes from "The Princess Bride" had to be airlifted to the hospital after getting bitten on the finger by a rattlesnake on Saturday.  He's recovering well and commented "Bit not by a R.O.U.S. but a rattlesnake.   An R.O.U.S. is a creature from "Princess Bride".  It stands for Rodents of Unusual Size.

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A video of Darius Rucker shouting "[eff] Tennessee" has gone viral.  It was during a free concert on Sunday that honored the University of South Carolina women's basketball team.  During his performance of "Wagon Wheel"  Instead of singing "from the Cumberland Gap to Johnson City, Tennessee" . . . they all belted out "from the Cumberland Gap to [Eff], Tennessee."

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Director James Gunn went to bat for Chris Pratt on Twitter when a bunch of people randomly called for Chris Pratt's Star-Lord character from "Guardians of the Galaxy" to be recast.  Well, director James Gunn wasn't having any of it.  James replied, "For what?  Because of your made-up, utterly-false beliefs about him?  For something that someone else told you about him that's not true?  Chris would never be replaced as Star-Lord but, if he ever was, we would all be going with him."

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The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department has released police bodycam footage of the moments following the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust.  Search warrants later revealed that the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, loaded the Colt .45 believing a real bullet was a dummy round. She then handed the weapon to first assistant director who skipped the customary safety run-through.

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Strong will and determination to make it…that’s what it takes.  Just ask Luke Bryan about long hard days….  In an interview on Apple Music Country, Luke talked about working at his dad's peanut mill after college.  They were 15-hour days that left him so wrung out it felt like he'd been in a gang fight.  And yet, he still played concerts on the weekends with his lungs full of peanut dust….

The Verge says famed director JJ Abrams is teaming with Warner Brothers for a new live action Hot Wheels movie. Plot details are being kept a secret

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WILL SMITH went to India . . . supposedly to meet with a spiritual guru.  Meanwhile, CHRIS ROCK's mom addressed the slap. "When Will slapped Chris, he slapped all of us, but he really slapped me.  When you hurt my child, you hurt me."   She said she's really proud of Chris for the way he dealt with the slap, and   You (Will Smith) really could have been taken out in handcuffs.

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JASON ALDEAN is dedicating his song "Your Mama" to his four-year-old son Memphis.  saying, "I really wanted to record it for my son.  It's probably the most personal thing I've ever done on a record."  "Your Mama" is on his new album, "Georgia", which came out Friday.

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Bill Murray’s new movie project called ‘Being Mortal’ was shut down recently.   A source claims that the reason is because he was getting too handsy with women.  He didn't touch them in an ‘inappropriate’ way and his conduct wasn't illegal . . . but it made some of the women uncomfortable.  put an arm around a woman, touched her hair, pulled her ponytail . . . but always in a comedic way.

Bill Murray is accused of groping a woman on a movie set.  "I've seen worse," responded Alec Baldwin.

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Being called a ‘Redneck’ to some would be considered an insult…Not Justin Moore!!  He’d like you to know that the word redneck means "more" than what people usually use it for.   "It's blue-collar, hard-workin', simple . . . in a good way, God-fearing.  And so, it's absolutely a compliment.  To me there's not much of a higher one."  Justin has a Greatest Hits out now…and his tour starts May 5^th in Knoxville TN

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More drama in the court room with Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard. Last week Amber's attorney claimed that Amber carried a concealer palette from Milani Cosmetics during the ENTIRE relationship to cover bruises Johnny caused.   Milani Cosmetics taking to Tik Tok showing this would be impossible because the makeup item that she’s talking about came out in 2017, long after her and johnny broke up in 2016….ooops…..

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HARDY is getting everything in place for his wedding…He tells Music Mayhem magazine that he's excited for his upcoming wedding. Saying “We have a new wedding planner and she’s awesome. We are making headway and it’s been great. It’s very exciting. We have a venue and a date, which is the most important thing, now the fun can begin. When is it? Let’s just say it’s sometime in October” I’ll be watching for my invitation……

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