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Growing up Luke Bryan  wanted to be an athlete…but after he started playing guitar…something happened… “I had started playing guitar, I seemed to be getting more reactions with the guitar.  I really did stumble into the theater aspect”  Lukes drama teacher heard his voice and basically pushed onto the stage in a one act play

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Country music star Granger Smith's wife Amber Smith reminded her Instagram followers to think before they type when she shared screenshots of the shocking and hurtful messages she received that referenced her 3-year-old son River, who died in a drowning accident in June 2019. One of the comments suggested they "replaced" River with their newborn son Maverick.

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The National Enquirer claims Olivia Newton Newton John is trying to set John Travolta up on dates. A source tells the magazine,  She has lots of beautiful, fun-filled lady friends from the U.S. and Australia she could set John up with! But he hasn’t healed yet from the passing of his wife Kelly Preston who passed July of 2020

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Hollywoodlife.com claims Kim Kardashian may host the season premiere of ''Saturday Night Live.'' A source tells the website, she was asked and there was even discussion of having Kanye West be the musical guest for the first episode of the season.

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Hollywood film legend Ed Asner has passed away at the age of 91.

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Jameson Rodgers hit 'Cold Beer Calling My Name' continues to do well and climbing the charts…How did this song come about? "We wrote this song actually two or three years ago. It took us like three sessions to finish it. We just wanted to write a little fun, upbeat kind of song and here we are two or three years later and it’s my single at radio."  Sometime if you wanna get it right…it takes time…

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Tim McGraw talked to Esquire magazine about getting sober in 2008, and he credits his wife Faith Hill for helping him commit to that decision.  Saying"When your wife tells you it’s gone too far, that’s a big wake-up call. so, now, he’s replaced drinking with exercise…He does his ‘meet and greets’ then he and the band go for a 4 or 5 mile run…then straight into the dressing room and then the stage. He says it’s all timed out.

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The Daily Mail says thieves recently stole Tom Cruise's luggage. They took his bodyguard's $150,000 BMW from outside of his hotel. A source tells the newspaper, "Tom had been driven around in the car while in Birmingham and some of his luggage and belongings were inside it when it was taken. How does a BODYGAURD afford a $150,000 BMW!!!

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Blabbermouth says Kid Rock has canceled his weekend concert in Fort Worth, Texas because most of his band has tested positive for the Coronavirus. Most of the band was vaccinated and The Wrap says the season premiere of "The Connors" is going to be a live episode. It will air on September 22nd.

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Did you know…on this day august 26^th in 2018, Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert were at number-1 with “Drowns The Whiskey.” In 2015, LOCASH premiered the video for “I Love This Life”In the year 2000, Pam Tillis became a member of the Grand Ole Opry And wishing a very happy birthday to Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line

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Dylan Scott is having a blast out on the road with Luke Bryan and the Proud To Be Right Here tour – but it almost didn’t happen because Dylan didn’t answer his phone! He was home working in his yard with equipment that was not cooperating.  His cell phone rang, but he didn’t feel like answering in the moment. The second time it rang it was his manager AND Luke Bryan!! Sometimes even bad days can have silver linings….

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In touch Weekly Magazine says Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are discussing getting married.  A-Rod started binge eating when he learned Ben was in a jewelry store looking at rings…Ben and Jenn are talking about eloping instead of having a lavish wedding…by the way she STILL has the engagement ring A-Rod gave her..J-Lo has been engaged three times and married three times…

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James Corden shared a funny story about his helicopter flying celebrity friend Tom Cruise on the latest episode of The Late Late Show. According to the host, The Mission Impossible star tried to land his helicopter in Corden's London yard. After a few back and forth texts where James thought Tom was joking…he wasn’t…

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Carly Pearce sings about “those guys” in her song ‘Next Girl’ but has she dealt with “those guys”? "I’ve experienced this guy numerous times in my life. I’ve watched girls at my shows in the audience deal with this guy and meet him and I know that they’re dealing with them in their own lives.”

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Chris Young's "Famous Friends" is a song about good friends in a small town, and the characters in the song were inspired by his real-life friends in Tennessee.  In an interview Chris admitted not ALL of his friends liked the song.  There was ONE person and to this day every time he sees him he says ‘Hey remember that song you hated?” "Famous Friends" spent two weeks atop the country charts, giving Young his 12th No. 1 hit.

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Reuters reports the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is revoking Andrew Cuomo's Emmy Award because he resigned from office and because of his sexual harassment allegations. The Huffington Post says Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon, who ran against Andrew Cuomo for Governor of New York in 2018, slammed him yesterday as he was leaving the governor's mansion. She tweeted: ''The difference between me and Andrew Cuomo?  Neither of us is governor, but I still have my Emmy(s)…ouch!!

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TMZ is reporting today that Kanye West has filed legal documents to change his name to simply "Ye." Which is his nickname…Of course, the news prompted a multitude of spirited reactions amongst those on social media…most of which was a collective    ‘eye roll’

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