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Congratulations to Lady A! Officially part of the Grand Ole Opry…what does it all mean to Charles Kelley? "I mean, it really, truly was a surprise. All my friends have asked me, they’re like, ‘Did you know?’ And we had absolutely no idea. I know it just meant the world to the three of us. It means the world to our family, and can’t think of anybody that I would want more than Darius Rucker to have been the guy that welcomed us in.”  Their surprise invitation and performance will air during Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Country Music, premiering February 14th on NBC.

Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard says he loves wearing his coronavirus mask... "It’s been fun walking through Target and feelin’ … you know, not that we’re always getting recognized or that we’re getting hassled, or that it’s anything like that, and so, with a mask on, you’re like nobody knows it’s me, I can do whatever. And I don’t know, there is some freedom in that. It’s kind of fun.”

TERRIBLE "Dad Joke" About Cows... "What do you call a cow that doesn't produce milk? An udder failure, and a milk dud."

The feelers are out for who’s going to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond…Woman's Day magazine is reporting that Tom Hardy and Idris Elba are battling over the roll. “Idris will have producers bashing down the doors to get the conversation rolling. Hardy is refusing to comment about the rumors for fear of jinxing his chance.”

Comedian Frank Caliendo Imagines President Donald Trump Playing Batman ... Frank wore a Batman mask and impersonated former President Trump playing a crime fighter in Gotham City…what do you think, pretty good…

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Blake Shelton told Luke Bryan that he wants to lose some weight before his wedding to Gwen…but it hasn’t gone so well. “I’m just hoping to catch the stomach flu or something before the wedding. Maybe a two-week stomach flu. So I can’t eat for two weeks, that’s what I’m hoping for.”

Kelsea Ballerini says being in therapy helped her write her latest album. “It’s really, if you’re able to a really healthy thing.  I would have been able to write half the songs if I hadn’t had someone who was kinda being like how do you feel about that, why do you feel that way about that?”

Apparently, New York got some snow…Ethan Hawke tells Stephen Colbert he finally took charge as a dad…and made his girls shovel the snow… “and I watched from the window…and I said put a little rock salt down. The girls worked really hard and they did a good job. I was proud of them.”

Dark days the last few for Hollywood…first Dustin Diamond passes on Monday. Now Actor Hal Holbrook has passed he was 95 and we learn today that singer Tony Bennet has been battling Alzheimer’s the past four years. All in all, 20-21 isn’t starting out as well as it could…

Mashable claims Disney+ has greenlit a Wakanda TV series from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler. No word on an air date

And speaking of New York snow “What a crazy storm it’s been so far.  Freezing temperatures, high winds multiple feet of snow.  Today even the ant-maskers were like ‘ok, give me on.”

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It's time to go "on the road again" for Miranda Lambert, but don't get too excited. She and husband Brendan are traveling in her Airstream trailer dubbed “The Sherriff’” The couple, along with their dogs, documented their first stop in Asheville, N.C. taking to Instagram with pics of their first stop.  The historic Biltmore Estate, a 250-room chateau built in the 1800s which holds the distinction of being America's largest privately owned home…where to next? We’ll just have to see…

Luke Combs is talking about his song 'Better Together', and what it means to him and his wife Nicole. “Beautiful Crazy” was already done and out at that time, so I kinda felt like I needed to do another song that was kind of, I guess it’s kind of ended up turning into like a trilogy, “Beautiful Crazy,” and then it’s “Better Together,” and then “Forever After All” and that’s kind of our whole story up to this point in a way.”

Is Disney considering rehiring Johnny Depp to play Captain Jack Sparrow in the next Pirates of the Caribbean film. A source tells the news outlets, “Rumors are rife that the Change.org petitions have forced the makers to reconsider.” Over 600,000 fans have signed a petition calling for Johnny to return…of course they missed you…You’re Captain Jack Sparrow…

The Irish Mirror says crew members on ''Mission Impossible 7'' have branded Tom Cruise a 'nightmare'. One crew member tells the paper, “It feels like everything is against us at the moment and morale is really down. A lot of us would love to cut our losses and leave things for a while, then pick up when we can. But Tom is completely obsessed with finishing and nothing will stop him. He’s the most determined person. It’s impressive, but a nightmare.”

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It might surprise you to find out where Parmalee got their start.  Matt Thomas explains about their rehearsal spot…”We were fortunate to have a rehearsal facility…in the town of Parmalee North Carolina.  It was a barn, a brick barn that’s all it was.  So, we decided to drive out there every night and rehearse. We just spent years out there just trying to do what we do wright songs and start a tour regionally and here we are.”

Thomas Rhett Dishes On  his hit ‘What’s Your Country Song’,  The Song Titles and what he hopes the listener takes away from it ... So, we picked a lot of songs that I feel like really shaped me as an artist, hopefully, when the listener’s listening, the more they listen to the song, I hope they can kind of go through and be like, ‘Oh my gosh, I love that song. I love that song.’ what were my songs that kind of defined my life? What songs did I hear on the radio, that when I hear them today as a 30-year-old or a 40 year old, it makes me feel 17 again?"

Is Gremlins coming back? Zachary Galligan best known for starring as Billy Peltzer in the comedy-horror films Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch. talks about the possibilities of there being a 'Gremlins 3'. “Well, the answer to that question is we are probably closer to a Gremlin’s 3 now than we have been in decades.”  Warner brothers has decided to do a 10-part animated series later this year for HBO max called “Gremlins Secrets of the Mogwai” and hopes that will springboard into another live action movie.

 Entertainment Tonight says an animated Game of Thrones series is in the works. It will be based on some of George RR Martin's works. YAY something for the kids on a Saturday morning….

Entertainment Tonight, citing The Hollywood Reporter, says George Clooney has signed on to star in a reboot of the Buck Rogers TV series. He will wake up in the 25th century after being suspended in animation for 500 years. I never thought George Clooney would sign up for another TV series…

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