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Luke Bryan’s album "Born Here Live Here Die Here" debuted on the Country Albums chart at number one…making it his sixth consecutive appearance in the top position…so NOW there’s a DELUXE version.  Saying he’s got songs on his brain right NOW… “I think a lot of trends in music are fans love to be able to go and seek new music, and I’ve got the songs that I love. I got the songs that I’m proud of that tell the story of where I’m at right now, and there’s no need for fans not to hear ‘em right now." Says he doesn’t want to sit on them for a later project. The New DELUXE Edition Of "Born Here Live Here Die Here" is out today

Country star Clint Black has a new talk show, and here he’s explaining the concept of ”Talking In Circles” to Kelly Clarkson. “It’s the kind of conversations that you and I would have in the ‘green room’ when we’re not promoting we’re not talking about awards and record sales. We’re just talking about the craft or whatever we like to do so, It’s kind of a fly on the wall show to hear what artist talk about with each other.”  'Talking In Circles' premieres Saturday, May 22nd on Circle Network

Ace Showbiz says Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett won early ACM Awards yesterday. Allen won New Male Artist of the Year while Barrett won New Female Artist of the Year

Katey Sagal reminisces with Kelly And Ryan ... on her early singing days. Katey sang with everyone from Bette Midler to Etta James. She met Elvis Presley when she was young because her father directed him in a movie. She talks a bit about her new series “Rebel” that’s inspired by Erin Brockovich “The character Rebel that I play, is a consumer advocate. She’s kind of loud and intense.  It’s all about here work and family life.  It’s a very messy family drama.” "Rebel" airs Thursdays on ABC.

Uproxx says the Jeni's Ice Cream website crashed yesterday after Dolly Parton's new Strawberry Pretzel Pie flavor went on sale. Jeni's only created 10,000 pints. Fans went wild and took out Jenni's website within five minutes.

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Luke Bryan talks to Jimmy Kimmel about how accident prone he’s become lately.  He had a bad run-in with a fishing hook and a trout earlier…and now he biking in LA…”I rode up a big hill, then when you get up the hill and you look back down the valley, You realize what you’ve been breathing in for two hours, an now my voice…I was like I just peddled through all of that smog.”  I thought things were clearer now that everyone was on lockdown because of the pandemic.

Brett Young Has Turned His Sister into A BIG Country Music Fan ... “She’s so supportive, first of all, and secondly, that only worked because she didn’t like country music. She’s now one of the biggest country music fans I know. it’s been really cool to see the girl who hated country so much that I would play it to annoy her become a big country music fan and get to be a part of this with me.” That’s what we do convert EVERYONE into a Country music fan… one… at… a.. time…

Tiger Woods is recovering from his February 23^rd accident which left him pretty banged up.  The LA Sheriff insists that there was no “Preferential Treatment” shown to Tiger. “There was no signs of impairment, our primary concern once we obviously are at the scene of the collision was his safety.  This is were you have to switch gears, and make sure the person survives and receives the medical care they need.  That would occur at any collision of this type based on these circumstances.” Although Tiger was traveling 84 in a 45-mile speed zone to begin with.

We Got This Covered says Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnson is being eyed to play a Terminator in an upcoming movie. No word on if he would be a good or bad Terminator. John Cena, Margot Robbie and previous Terminator star Edward Furlong are also being mentioned for the next Terminator project.

NBC says animal expert Jack Hanna, a favorite of late night talk shows, has Alzheimer's disease.  His family released a statement saying, “His condition has progressed much faster in the last few months than any of us could have anticipated.

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Many of us have tried to stay active during the pandemic Florida Georgia Line's Brian Kelley has too... "I was throwing baseball, getting my arm in shape for a while there. And I still throw here and there, but I was getting pretty serious on it.   working in the yard, and just doing everything under the sun in between doing FGL stuff, Trying to stay physically healthy too, and bike rides, trail rides and all that stuff." Sounds like he has a handle on it, I’ve been stayin in shape I think…round IS a shape right?

Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus says the band has had a real impact on the lives of some of their fans. “It was wonderful to see the outpouring of love for our music and what we’ve meant to their lives. And that’s been one of the great things about this band, I think, is we’ve always been able to find songs that really do resonate and last throughout the changing times.” Who hasn’t been to a graduation that they played ‘My Wish’ or a wedding that played ‘Broken Road’

Mark Wahlberg will turn 50 this June. He says he’s looking forward to  partying with his family and friends. “You know it is a big one, I can’t believe I’m turning 50 but sometimes because of the grind and everything I passed 50 along time ago.”  Even at 50 Mark still gets up at 2 am to workout in his gym, and support his like of health products that you see in HyVee.

a Superman comic recently sold for $3.25 million. The comic was published in 1938 and explains how Superman came to Earth from another planet. The previous record for a comic sale was $ 3.2 million.

Ace Showbiz says Chris Hemsworth is trying to convince Russell Crowe to make a sequel to ''Gladiator''. A source says Chris wants to produce the film. "Chris is in awe of Russell. He hangs off his every word and Russ has really taken him under his wing." The two are currently filming the new Thor movie in Australia

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Thomas Rhett Says His Father, Rhett Akins, Is His Favorite Songwriting Partner ... "My favorite person to write with, as a whole, I think is my dad. Even though I write with a bunch of other people, my dad and I do have a pretty special bond. Probably because he’s my dad, but he’s also, like, a really good friend of mine and a really fun co-writer."

 Kelsea Ballerini is on this months cover of Shape Magazine, she talks to Kelly Clarkson about her fitness and how wine is ok sometimes and what it’s like to sit in her chair on The Voice. “I just has goosebumps most of the time. Just the talent is really crazy this season.” She also thinks Blake hates her now because Kelly told her to keep him ‘in check’

"The Walking Dead" Star Jeffrey Dean Morgan dishes on filming Negan's origin story for The Walking Dead season finale and living in a house on the set. “I lived in Alexandria, the town that has the 30 foot walls around it.  We had a house in there we use, it’s the ‘Rick Grimes’ house. My sons room had like shotgun spray on his closet door, in the living room there’s marks from ‘Lucile’ when I was in a fight with Rick. All those things were still there, and then they put a bunch of furniture in there and that’s were we lived for two months while we shot this thing.”

 Screen Rant reports a THIRD Creed movie is in the works, Michael B Jordan is going to star as well as direct.  A fan asked Sylvester Stallone if he was going to be IN the movie and he said ‘It will be done, but I won’t be in it.’ And added ‘Keep Punching”

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Kelsea Ballerini was filling in for Kelly on “The Voice” while she was sick. Behind the scenes it was a pretty quick turn around “Kelly called me at 7pm Nashville time and they were shooting the next day at 1pm in LA. On the flight over she sent me all the blind auditions, everyone on her team what she loved what she was looking for.  So, as soon as I landed, you just downloaded all of your incredible knowledge.” Kelsea said it was like going back to college and cramming for an exam.

Carrie Underwood talks about her new gospel Album, 'My Savior' and how scary and hopeful it was in the making. “I feel like the entire time, that we were making the album, I felt like I was praying the whole time. It was all just so hopeful, inspirational and joyful. In such a time when there’s so much fear and having no idea what was around the corner or what the next month or week would bring. Getting to work on this music was peaceful to me.” Carrie livestreamed a concert featuring her new album from the historic Ryman auditorium in Nashville and raised over 68-thousand dollars for the charity ‘Save The Children’  if you’d like to see the livestream concert it’s available for free for the next 48 hours on Carrie Underwood's Facebook page.

The Falcon and Winter Soldier Anthony Mackie And Sebastian Stan were on the Kelly Clarkson show and Sebastian shares something about Anthony, “ There’s a big, big soft side behind that mountain, and I’ve seen it…I’ve seen it.  sometimes it comes out.” Anthony wishes Sebastian wasn't such a hermit…ah, the love…can’t ya just feel it….

And who knew!  There’s a new “Fresh Prince of Belair” in the works but Alfonso Ribeiro tells Hollywoodlife.com that HE has no plans to be a part of it.  Adding, it’s NOT a re-boot but a reimagining.  A completely different show with none of us really involved in it.

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Tenille Arts has a new song called "Somebody Like That" she says it was nerve-wracking ... “I don’t know that it ever stops being like nerve-wracking and exciting.  But, I didn’t know how to feel the night of the release. We had a party and I performed the entire album and it was really really fun but then it was just kinda like ‘Oh, it’s out there now’. Like, that’s it, but then I started thinking about all the fun things I could do now that the albums out.” Her new song “Somebody Like That’ is the third single from her second album ‘Love Heartbreak, & Everything In Between’ and is available now.

 Easton Corbin multi hit maker, big shows, but there’s something I always wanted to know…were did his parents get his name ‘Easton’? Was he named after Philadelphia Phillies player John Easton? “I have no idea, were my parents got my name from my dad never played baseball my mom never cared about baseball. So, I have no clue, I was I think born the day after Easter I don’t know if that has something to do with it…um yeah, I have no clue.” I guess that kinda answers that?  Yeah, we’ll just go with that one…

Ace Showbiz says Ariana Grande is lining up to get a huge pay day from “The Voice” next season…she’s getting paid between $20 and $25 million to be a coach.  While Kelly Clarkson earns $15 million while John Legend and Blake Shelton each earn $13 million a season

Michael Strahan posted a video where a dentist fixed the gap between his front teeth….”I gotta thank my boy Dr. Lee at Smile Design Manhattan, for taking care of me and I’m happy that I did it.” Turns out it was an April Fools joke…” So, I just wanted to say…April Fools, Come on man!! The gap is here to stay.” Yeah, why would you want to fix something like that….big ole gap in your teeth

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