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Sam Hunt Talks About Writing His Latest #1 Song ... “Typically, I don’t know for sure that a song is going to be on a record until it’s finished, But that one, I would sit and write the track listing and I would put ‘Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s’ on the track listing before we even wrote the song, and I knew I had to get it right.”

Jordan Davis Is Excited About Having A Baby Boy ... "I would be lying to say that I wasn't hoping for a boy. You know I think it is a special thing to have a boy coming. You know, mainly 'cause I look back on like the really cool things I did with my Dad that were like special to me. You know hunting and fishing and kinda being outdoors with him. It's something we're really excited for and pumped for. He's dues in September."..May I suggest a name…Jonathan..is pretty strong..

Rumors circulate around Benifer and were it’s going….The National Enquirer claims Ben Affleck is allegedly open to eloping with Jennifer Lopez and J-Lo…not so much…she’s acting as if this is just a fling with two old friends…Ben’s on a speedboat where this romance is concerned, while she’s in a rowboat.

The season finale of ‘This Is Us’ Season 5 is next Tuesday and Milo Ventimiglia who plays Jack Pearson got to direct the episode and says THIS about  what we can expect. “It’s one of those episodes that, I feel like people are going to be upset, but in a ‘Oh no you didn’t’ kinda way. I think it’s one of those kinds of moments for the finale.” Season 6 of ‘This Is Us’ is said to be the final season…

Happy Birthday to Country singer David Nail He’s 42, Tina Fey is 51 and King George…Strait is 69

Today in 1963, The Beatles start their first tour as the featured act and in 1985, Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) hits #1

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Planning a trip after all this COVID stuff?  Here’s an idea!! It was announced just last week that Luke Bryan will be one of multiple headlining acts at the upcoming Resorts World Las Vegas, opening this summer, joining Carrie Underwood, Céline Dion and Katy Perry. Bryan's first engagement will consist of six shows beginning Feb. 11^th…

Luke Combs Says The "Forever After All" Music Video Features Footage From His Wedding ... "It's a bunch of footage from from me and Nicole's wedding. And you kind of get to see a little bit of a glimpse into our day and it's a really cool thing. I know that the fans are pretty excited about that. They've been asking us for it.”

The MTV TV and Movie Awards were held over the weekend…big winners seem to be Marvel properties like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier were Anthony Mackie won “Best Hero”, Other shows like Wanda-Vision were big winners in Best Performance, Best Fight and Best Duo with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan winners in that category…Best Show went to WandaVision.

Nick Jonas was hospitalized over the weekend after suffering an injury on the set of an unnamed project.  According to sources who spoke to TMZ, the unspecified injury occurred Saturday night and resulted in the singer being rushed to a hospital via ambulance, and was released from the hospital Sunday evening. In other news from the set of The Voice, it looks like the rotating chair in the middle will rotate judges once again…NBC announced this is Jonas’s last season on “The Voice” and would not be returning for Season 21. Instead, Ariana Grande will take his place.

The Guardian newspaper says Tom Cruise and Russia are in a race to be the first to shoot a movie in space. Both productions will start in October now that Russia has already cast the lead in their movie.

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ACM Video of the Year winner and hit make Kane Brown Loves All Types Of Music in middle school it was RNB, now? Pretty much everything. “Honestly, I like all kinds of music, Rock, old school country, Jazz anything. I just love music.”

 Dierks Bentley Has Been Mountain Biking Throughout The Pandemic.  He moved his family to Colorado in March and well he’s an outdoorsy kind of person and the thing to do there…is biking…” Yeah, been riding a lot of bikes, Oh my gosh. I actually have about ten bikes at the house right now. It’s a mountain town and these bikes that keep getting passed around, so we have like ten or eleven bikes in our back yard.”

 People magazine says Jimmy Fallon is going to produce a new late-night show titled ''The Kids Tonight Show''. The show's description reads, ''The show is a sophisticated, elegantly produced late-night show in the vein of The Tonight Show - but it's hosted by kids, and kids are in charge of everything. I’ve watched the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon…the kids are already in charge.

TMZ says Robert De Niro recently injured his leg on the set of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's new movie ''Killers of the Flower Moon.'' Robert is flying from Oklahoma to New York to have a doctor look at his leg. The film is about a series of murders in Oklahoma in the 1920sapparently they don’t have doctors in Oklahoma…

With the new CDC guidelines when it comes to wearing masks…people are looking forward to going back to movie theaters…and what are the flicks people are looking forward to seeing?  Top of the list James Bond “No Time To Die” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Mission Impossible 7”

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Luke Combs talks about his latest song “After All” and the inspiration for it. I wrote this song obviously about my wife Nicole, and it was the first song that I had written in our new house that we live in here in Tennessee. It just felt like we were taking a huge step forward with our relationship and with our life and wanted to encompass that in a song."

 Miranda Lambert talks about why the video for Settling Down is so special to her. “We shot this video at my farm, I got to ride my horses.  So, it was really special, I’m so thankful to have that on tape because it’s my happy place.”

Complex magazine says The Ellen show that was announced yesterday is going away…kind of…Tiffany Haddish is the favorite to replace Ellen on the show. A source tells the magazine, “Tiffany is a favorite, she has humor and empathy in spades. She’s top of the list to get a daytime show – she’s a fresh voice.”

Adweek is reporting NBC is ending "This Is Us" after season six!!  Fans of the Pearsons were devastated to find out that This Is Us will reportedly be coming to an end after the sixth and final season. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news, and NBC is expected to release an official statement on Friday. While no details have been revealed about the final season, it is reportedly 18 episodes long, bringing the series' episode count to 100

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CMT says Dierks Bentley offered some piloting advice after learning that Dustin Lynch has been taking flying lessons. He said, "Don't get drunk on a plane unless you are sitting in the back, That would be advice number one. That's important. Don't be hungover either. That's not a good way to go either. Sage advise….

 Trisha Yearwood talking about Garth says he pushes her to go beyond what she thinks she can do…he’s very close to being perfect…in fact he’s become a very important person in the kitchen. “Especially for spicing, for salt and pepper. I have to call on him to tell me if this tastes right. He’s always happy to do that.” Trisha knows what she’s doing in the kitchen but because of her bout with COVID her sense of taste and smell haven’t come back 100%

And for those of us waiting for the “Friends” reunion…it’s on it’s way Here’s what Courtney Cox said about the show. “It’s unscripted with lots of surprises and we all got to gather on stage 24 at Warner Brothers and that’s the first time we got to do that since the show ended. It was very emotional, and it was great.” HBO Max hasn’t yet announced a release date.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is coming to an end. The daytime talk show has been at the center of controversy ever since former and current staffers alleged there was a toxic workplace environment on the show. In light of those allegations, WarnerMedia launched an investigation into these claims in which they spoke to former and current employees about their experiences. The show subsequently fired three top producers.  Ellen confirmed the end of her long-running talk show on today’s show, revealing how Season 19 — the show's upcoming season — will be the last.

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