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Eric Church Is Proud That Both Of His Grandfathers Were In The Military ... "Both of my grandfathers were World War II veterans. The way that I was raised was very much red, white and blue and very patriotic, it’s the fact that what they give up is the real thing that’s very touching to me.”

Brett Young Is Grateful For The Sacrifices Of Military Heroes “It’s a humbling thing to realize that we’re out enjoying these liberties that they’re providing us. And so, I don’t know that there is a way to be sufficiently grateful, but we make it a point to do whatever we can and always have them in our thoughts and our prayers."

Chris Pratt has a new movie coming to Amazon Prime called ‘The Tomorrow War’ “The film takes place in both 2021 and 2051.  In 2051 we’re fighting against this brutal alien invading force, they have to develop technology to draft soldiers from the past or 2021 to move into the future to fight against this alien horde.” 'The Tomorrow War' starts streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, July 2nd.

Emma Stone was asked if she hopes to get a free pass to Disney Land because of her role in ‘Cruella’ “That is a good question, I do want to try to go to Disney Land. I don’t know what my having been in a Disney movie pass to Disney Land looks like.  But I would HOPE!!” 'Cruella' is currently streaming on Disney+.

Bill Cosby has been denied parole because he failed to complete a treatment program for sexual offenders. Had he completed the course, he would have been eligible to be released from prison later this year.

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  Thomas Rhett talks about how sometimes writing his new album 'Country Again: Side A' which is what he was doing during the pandemic. It got a little overwhelming because he doesn’t know when to quit working…His wife gave him some great advice. ” She was like, ‘Hey, maybe you should just stop writing for a second. Maybe you should just pour yourself into something else while you have the time to do it.”

Blake Shelton Teases Nick Jonas For Leaving "The Voice" ... “I’m gonna miss Nick, kinda like you would miss a skin tag. It was a part of you for a minute.  But, you know you need to get rid of it. That’s Nick to me, like a skin tag…skin tag…Nick Jonas.” Next season, Ariana Grande is going to sit in the vacated red chair…

Radar Online says Kelly Clarkson's daytime talk show will take over Ellen's time slot when Ellen retires. A source tells the website, "NBC believes Kelly is the perfect choice to take the throne from Ellen. They have invested so much money and time into the brand ... they really have faith in her to bring in that advertising revenue

Hola magazine claims Kim Kardashian has failed the first bar exam she has taken. They quote her as saying, “I did not pass the baby bar. If you do law school the way that I’m doing it, it is a four-year program instead of your typical three-year program. This one actually is harder, I hear, than the official bar.'' Actually, Becoming a lawyer usually takes 7 years of full-time study after high school—4 years of undergraduate study, followed by 3 years of law school.

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Country Stars salute to Memorial Day continue with Lady Antebellum Star Charles Kelley shares A humbling moment he had With a member of the military “One of the servicemen that was performing with us gave me a bracelet apparently, I guess when one of their brothers falls, a fallen soldier, you know, they give him a bracelet in his honor. It has their name and all those things, and their numbers and stuff – but he gave it to me and said, 'Man, if he knew that you were wearing it and being up on stage and doing this …' I was like, 'I can’t take this. This is like your friend that died in battle. I can’t do that.' He’s like, 'Just trust me, this would mean so much to him.'"

Eric Church shares how his #1 Song 'Hell Of A View' Was Written ... “We were in the mountains of North Carolina and we would write a song the same day. I came back one day from a jog, Casey Beathard, the co-writer on this song, was working on something. And I remember walking in, and I remember he had reading glasses on and he pulled ‘em down and he looked at me and he goes, ‘This is good. Listen to this.’ And he started, (I was no Daddy’s dream’ you know, the whole deal. He got to the Bronco, smoke my Bronco tires line, and I go, ‘This is really good.’ So, we wrote that song that day and the next day.”

Johnny Knoxville the star of Jackass tells GQ magazine that the next Jackass movie will be his last. “You can only take so many chances before something irreversible happens. I feel like I've been extremely lucky to take the chances I've taken and still be walking around.

And just in case you missed The Voice finale last night Team Blake's Cam Anthony is declared the winner of 'The Voice'.

Next season will be the final season for ‘This Is Us’ and Chrissy Metz Says Portions Of it Have Already Been Filmed ...” We banked a lot of footage, actually throughout the seasons. But yes we definitely have shot a lot from the series finale.” ‘This is Us’ Season 6 returns in September for the final season Tuesday nights on NBC

Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait  celebrates his 59^th birthday, Country Star Hank Williams Jr is 72 and rocker Stevie Nicks is 73

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With Memorial Day just around the corner Country Stars are sharing their support.  Tim McGraw is thankful for the safety he feels. "They put their life on the line. They put their families on the back burner because they have to be away while we sit in our comfortable homes and we take our kids to a great school and we drive in our cars to places, and we feel safe. They provide that."

Brett Young shares his feelings on sacrifice  "You know, I wouldn’t get to do what I do and I wouldn’t get to enjoy the freedoms that I do if there weren’t people that had gone and made those sacrifices. And so, once I kind of realized that it’s about the freedoms we enjoy in this country, it became a really, really special holiday for me."

If you’re a fan of ‘The Office’, there is sad news out of Hollywood, TMZ reports that Marcus York, who played Billy Merchant in the earlier seasons of the comedy series, died following an illness (details about what led to his illness and death have not been revealed.  In addition to appearing on The Office, the actor appeared in CSI: New York and Fighting Words. Marcus York was 55.

Kevin Spacey has booked his first film role since sexual assault allegations against him surfaced more than three years ago, though the new credit isn’t without controversy.  Ironically, the actor is set to return to the big screen as a detective investigating a sex crime.

John Krasinski’s new movie sequel “A Quiet Place Part 2” is in theaters this weekend and he talks about why you should REALLY see this movie in a theater…“I just think that this movie is so uniquely primed for the theater, we designed it completely to be a theatrical experience. So, in this movie we tried to push the boundaries even more with what we did with sound and put YOU in the movie and make you feel like you are part of this terrifying experience.” He says it’s much bigger and scarier than the original film, we’ll take a closer look at “A Quiet Place 2” on At The Movies Thursday. “A Quiet Place Part 2” is in theaters Friday.

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It was a big night last night for Country music at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards…with Morgan Wallen walking away with Top Country Artist, Male Artist and Top Country Album for “Dangerous: The Double Album”

Another big winner was Gabby Barrett for Top Country Female Artist, Top Collaboration, and Top Country Song. She says winning these awards is an amazing feeling and blessed that she can involve her family. “To have a husband that’s super supportive and knows how much it takes.  I’m just very blessed.” Gabby’s husband is her guitar player Cade Foehner.

Another big deal last night was Duran Duran!!  The British 80’s pop group was on stage for the very first time EVER on the awards show.  The guys still making music after 40 years and have an album on the way!!  They’re putting finishing touches on ‘Future Past’ due out October 22nd

Someone won Friday's Mega Millions lottery jackpot so Tuesday's jackpot is worth $20 million.  The winning ticket was sold in Pennsylvania…

In case you missed the American Idol: Grand Finale .... Chayce Beckham is the winner of American Idol. Willie Spence comes in second while Grace Kinstler comes in third.

Number ONE at the Box Office is Spiral at a whopping $4.5-Million and Happy Birthday to NASCAR’s Joey Logano, John C. Reilly and Tommy Chong

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