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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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The best moments for an artist, if you ask them, may say it was the first time they got on stage…the energy they felt from the audience…others may say the first award or first number one single…but Luke Bryan HE has a few… “The top three moments in my career musically I would say is when I got my record deal, winning Entertainer of the Year from the ACMs and CMAs and probably first time I got to play on the Grand Ole Opry.” Luke just turned 45 Saturday, if you want to see how they celebrated ‘on the road’ you can check out their Instagram his wife Caroline documented the whole thing…

Dolly Parton had reason to celebrate this week, as her Netflix holiday film, Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square, earned two nominations at the 2021 Emmy Awards. The film, which was released in November, was nominated for Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming.

Garth Brooks played a concert for 900 fans at a Salt Lake City dive bar on Friday. He wanted to warm up for his Saturday night show at Rice-Eccles Stadium…The man needs to drop in somewhere here in KIX Country

''Space Jam: A New Legacy'' topped the box office over the weekend and that has director Malcolm D. Lee thinking about ANOTHER Space Jam movie only THIS time with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson!!  He says it’ll be different…we’re not exactly what the skill set would be.  Maybe he goes back to wrestling that might be interesting.

Get out the poodle skirts and hair cream A new Grease prequel series, is in the works ''Rise Of The Pink Ladies'', is going to stream on Paramount+ in the near future

Good Will Hunting is one of Matt Damon's most beloved films, he tells CBS Sunday Morning that his 15-year-old daughter, Isabella, refuses to watch it. “You know, my 15-year-old refuses to see it. She doesn't want to see any movies that I'm in that she thinks might be good.". "My daughter said, 'Yeah, remember that movie you did, The Wall?' I said, 'It was called The Great Wall.' She goes, 'Dad there's nothing great about that movie,' ouch!!

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The clock is ticking for many of our favorite touring artists…Garth Brooks says there is a feeling of joy in the stadiums now that live shows are back. “I don’t think it has anything to do with Garth Brooks, I think it had something to do with the fact that we’re all SUPPOSE to be together. We’re all suppose to SING together, at the top of our lungs and man did they ever. It was a joy to be back.” He says his wife, Trisha Yearwood, is his ace in the hole for when he's touring.

Luke Bryan is also talking about returning to the road... “There’s been so much anticipation that we’ve moved tour dates around and we’ve waited for this moment where we can all get back out on the road. but then when we stand in front of those crowds and we physically see the people out there having fun, nothing is more special than that.” Luke returns to touring tonight in Hartford

Emily Blunt talks about her new movie with “The Rock” Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ with Kelly And Ryan and Ryan asked the question. “Did Dwayne get seasick?  Dwayne go seasick, Dwayne should be sponsored by Dramamine I feel that should be his next venture.” She is hoping because she stars in a Disney movie to get a free Disney pass so she can take her daughters to the park. "Jungle Cruise" is in theaters and streaming on Disney+ on July 30th.

MovieWeb says Antonio Banderas is joining the cast of Indiana Jones 5. No word on what his role will be…He’ll probably be doing all the stunts for the 80 year old Harrison Ford…Digital Journal says a new dating site for Jeep owners has launched called Jeep N Date. ..because nothing says desperate…like building a dating app around the car you drive….They need one called broken down old rusty, flat tired, yard car for singles….

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Kane Brown has another number one hit with 'Famous Friends' "It means the world to me to have the number one song in the country with my good buddy Chris Young. Started covering his songs and we’ve done a couple songs together, we’ve written a lot of songs and just to have one as a number one song Country radio, it means the world to me."

Dan + Shay's Shay Mooney Says He's Glad He Came From A Musical Family ... “I did come from a very musical family, pretty much everyone in my whole family…extended family everybody does something in musicI think that obviously helped me get where I wanted to be So, that was great thanks, thank family for that.” Dan + Shay coming to the State Fair Saturday August 21st

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson' talks about working out for two hours at 3:45 am because he couldn't sleep.  “It was one of those nights I couldn’t shut my brain off, so at about 3:45 I said let me go down and start my day off right and jump into this workout.  Every once in a while you get one of those wild hairs.”His new movie ‘Jungle Cruise’ with Emily Blunt is in theaters and starts streaming on Disney+ on Friday, July 30th.

And get ready for ANOTHER ‘Halloween’ movie to be added to the franchise…Jamie Lee Curtis says the appeal of her upcoming sequel, is that people love stories about good versus evil. She admits that she isn't a fan of the "Halloween" films…but she likes to get paid….The TWELVETH movie "Halloween Kills" is in theaters October 15th. There IS however a thirteenth called “Halloween Ends” with no release date just yet…

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Miranda Lambert’s new son ‘Settling Down’ is climbing the charts but what inspired the song?  She says LIFE did…" um, I got married, but I also still love the road, I have a gypsy soul, and I wanted to write a song that kind of spoke to the sentiment of “can you have both?” and is that okay? I think the video just compliments the lyrics."

Brad Paisley's meets shark week in ‘Shark Country’ on Discovery channel last night…HE and comedian JB Smoove met in the Bahamas to attract new fans: sharks. With the help of Dr. Austin Gallagher, Brad’s musical talents are put to the test in shark-infested waters to see how sound can attract or repel sharks. JB Smoove was a little confused about what was about to happen

Brad - “We’re gonna go swim with sharks today,

JB – What!?  So, wait a minute we’re going out to Mark Cubans Yacht to pre pitch these ideas?

Brad – No….

JB - Somehow Brad something got mixed up here…

Cedric the Entertainer is going to host the Emmy Awards September 19^th on CBS.  Some of the nominations have been announced…like Sterling K. Brown is nominated TWICE for his work in ‘This Is Us’.. Outstanding Comedy Series Cobra Kai got nominated…but for Outstanding Variety Talk Series…Conan, The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Last Week Tonight and the Late Show with Stephen Colbert…but no Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon?  The Emmy Awards September 19^th on CBS….

Jungle Cruise the new Disney movie based on the ride, starring Dwyane ‘The Rock” Johnson who plays boat captain FRANK takes a British scientist Emily Blunt and her brother on a mission into the jungle to find the Tree of Life, which is believed to possess healing powers that could be of great benefit to modern medicine. All the while being chased by bad guys that want the same thing…arrives in theaters on July 30, and is also planning to be available on Disney+, though it will come with a $29.99 Premium Access fee (in addition to the Disney+ subscription price).

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