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The Olympics Opening Ceremonies were today and Carrie Underwood loves the Olympics and says the champions are role models 'I think it’s absolutely impossible to pick one Olympic champion that’s a great role model, because I think in so many ways they all are. I think no matter where you’re from or what you’re into, you can watch the Olympics and just find someone to cheer for and be proud that they are the ones out there that are representing us.'

 No matter how famous you get or how many number ones you have. There is always someone there that keeps your feet planted firmly on the ground Scotty McCreery tells CMT that his wife keeps him grounded. Saying that when he says I have the number one single in country music' and she'll say, 'That's awesome, but you know the trash needs to be taken out.'"

Earlier this month Nick Cannon sent Kevin Hart a llama for his birthday. And we TOLD you there was going to be retribution…well, Kevin pranked Nick yesterday by putting his personal phone number on billboards in L.A., Atlanta and New York. The billboards read; "For any advice on fatherhood? Call my best friend Nick Cannon." Nick tweeted, ''I hate Kevin Hart''

Consequence of Sound says a Whitney Houston hologram concert experience is coming to Harrah's in Las Vegas. Shows will kick off on October 26th. Tickets go on sale today. Whitney's biggest hits will be performed by her hologram…but Popculture dot com is reporting some fans are NOT happy with it, saying it’s exploitative.

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As Dan + Shay's ‘Glad You Exist’ is climbing the charts Shay Mooney Says that song has a message that every person needs to hear “ it’s important to remember that we need to tell the people that we love that we love them and we’re glad they’re around. I think being away from your family and not getting to see the ones that you love was…we were reminded of that even more. So, this song has taken on a new meaning.” You can find ‘Glad You Exist’ on Dan and Shay’s fourth studio album ‘Good Things’ out now.

Blake and Gwen should be on their toes…Luke Bryan tells People magazine that he’s about to send out their wedding gifts only saying he’s getting a big box and he’s putting some embarrassing items in there.  They’ll be funny, and sarcastic and will have the Luke Bryan touch on it.

Hasbro’s G.I. Joe movies have a spin-off called 'Snake Eyes:G.I. Joe Origins'' and Star Henry Golding Talks About having a love for martial arts. “I’ve been watching martial arts films since I can remember. We’d watch Jackie Chan films, we loved Jet Lee stuff, all the old Hong Kong classics.  That’s kinda really inspired me and sort of fired my love for those action films.” “Snake Eyes:G.I.Joe Origins” is in theaters tomorrow.

Robin Williams' family is continuing to celebrate his memory nearly seven years after his death. On what would have been the late actor's 70th birthday on Wednesday, Williams' son, Zak Williams, took to social media to pen an emotional tribute to his father, who died by suicide in August 2014, in honor of his birthday. It was a picture of Robin, and a simple caption that read “Today would be 70, missing you especially much today. Love you always evermore.”

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As Thomas Rhett says in his song, ‘It feels good to be country again’ it sure has been a long road for him. "It doesn’t feel like that long ago, yet at the same time it feels like a century ago that I felt like I was in college just trying to figure it out. Today he feels more centered, loves to be outside, or fishing or sitting by a fire on a back porch.

 Cole Swindell says his one-time duet partner, Dierks Bentley, has always been one of his idols and credits HIM with the idea of writing his own songs.  When Cole was singing covers in college he realized he needed to make other people feel that way and write his own stuff…

US Weekly Magazine claims Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez may do another rom-com together ..please no…anyone remember ‘Gigli”…..Hoda Kotb of The Today Show. Asked if there was going to be a return of ‘Bennifer’ JLo responded, "I am happy. I'm always happy when you see me, Hoda ... you can call me. You have my number."

 Comedian Gabriel Iglesias Hasn't Gotten To Meet His "Space Jam" Co-Star, LeBron James ... Gabriel plays Speedy Gonzales in "Space Jam: A New Legacy." ‘I’m hoping that’s gonna happen sooner than later, I missed the red carpet that happened at Magic Mountain. So, the first chance I get I’m going to tell LeBron who Speedy was if he doesn’t already know.”"Space Jam: A New Legacy" is in theaters and streaming on HBO Max now.

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We ALL have out favorite songs…Cole Swindell Says 'Single Saturday Night' is his “’Single Saturday Night’ is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever put out and it’s pretty much just talking about doing the same old thing…one night you meet somebody that changes your life….and cheers to the last single Saturday night of all of our lives”

Jason Aldean is celebrating his 25^th number one hit 'Blame It On You' "So “Blame It On You” was a song that I got, it was actually written by a couple of guys in my band, Kurt Alison and Tully Kennedy, my guitar player and bass player.  It was one that just kind of grabbed me right off the bat and I’m really glad we cut it." Jason tells CMT that he may be a bit rusty when he resumes touring in August after taking a year off…

Blake Shelton tells Parade magazine that he's getting more choosy with what songs he records. Saying he used to record whatever songs he thought sounded good. But now, he tries to picture if anyone back home would crank it up in his truck.

OK! magazine says ABC has a wish list for the next season of ''Dancing With the Stars''. A source says producers are interested in LeAnn Rimes, Fran Drescher and Meghan McCain. Sadly, no Brandon Lewis, Doris Day or Jonathan Knight…we…are…bummed….

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos successfully went into space this morning taking his brother Mark,  the youngest student 18 year old Oliver Daemen and the oldest woman in space Wally Funk at 82 – “We’re going to show the world what can be done in space and how we can act and think and how we want to bring things back to people.”Pretty inspiring.  It was a 10 min 10 second trip onboard Blue Origin’s rocket ship called ‘New Shepard’ and took off at 9:12 Eastern from a private launch site in Van Horn Texas.

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