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While life has kinda slowed a bit because of the pandemic, what has Jon Pardi Been Doing While In Quarantine ... "How I’m doing with social distancing? Well, I’ve got my country distancing, and I’ve been working on the land. I’m hanging in there. Trying to write music, watching TV, Netflix and stuff, so it’s been fun, getting back to my inner self, powering up the soul, know what I’m saying?"

Has the balance of power tipped on The Voice in Kelly's favor? Blake Shelton thinks it has because between The Voice and her talk show, she is now on NBC 80 hours a week. Can't dispute the logic....Blake just go with it...

Great news if your a Peanuts cartoon fan...The “Great Pumpkin” never showed on broadcast television this year, but after a deal with PBS, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Christmas specials will. Last month, Apple TV+ became the new home to the Peanuts holiday specials. People were NOT happy about it, so Yesterday, Apple announced it had teamed up with PBS for ad-free broadcasts of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (on Nov. 22) and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (on Dec. 13).

Is there any truth to Matthew McConaughey running for Governor of Texas? He told Stephen Colbert NO, but had this to add, "I don't get politics, politics seems to be a broken business. Politics needs to re-define it's purpose, so, as I move forward in life, yes am I going to consider leadership roles where I can be most useful? I'd LOVE to I'm doing that regardless."

Jimmy Fallon talks about the new at-home coronavirus test. "Well guys this is exciting the FDA has just given the greenlight to a new type of coronavirus test. Just in time for Christmas the ultimate stocking and nasal stuffer. I think you can tell how your marriage is going during quarantine by how deep your wife pushes the swab in...Honey! Honey! I don't think it's suppose to be a jabbing motion!"

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Russell Dickerson Says Music Was The Only Thing He Ever Wanted To Do "It took eight years, I graduated 2011 from college and I just hit the road. I just always wanted to play shows, whether we got paid two hundred bucks or we got paid nothing. I just wanted to be on the road."

Dolly Parton May Have Written "Jolene" And "I Will Always Love You" On The Same Day ... She can't remember exactly when she wrote the two hit songs, "If it wasn't the same day it was during that period of time, no more than a week probably." She just recently discovered the old demo versions of the songs on the same tape.

Gwen Stefani, will not be back next season on the voice. She'll vacate her chair and pass it down to returning coach Nick Jonas next season. Jonas coached for The Voice‘s 18th season were one of his team members, made it all the way to the finals. When the show returns for Season 20 in spring 2021, Jonas will coach alongside Blake, John and Kelly.

Conan O'Brien, is capping a 28-year career in late-night TV, he will end his nightly talk show and begin hosting a weekly variety series on HBO Max. "Conan," which airs Monday through Thursday (11 EST/PST) will conclude after its 10th season ends in June.

There's a change coming to Family Guy...Sam Elliott (and his iconic brush mustache) will join the show this Sunday as recurring character Wild Wild West, a horseback-riding cowboy cousin of deceased Mayor Adam West, played by the real-life “Batman” star who died in 2017. In his introductory episode (9:30 p.m. on Fox), Wild is recruited by Peter (Seth MacFarlane) to run for mayor of Quahog

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The awards just keep rolling in...Country stars were the big winners at the 2020 Tunie Awards, a "Tunie Award" is collaboration between Waffle House and TouchTunes which awards artists who received the most plays on Waffle House jukeboxes throughout the year. #1 Played Song was "Tennessee Whiskey" by Chris Stapleton and for the second year in a row Luke Combs won for Top Country Artist...while the Waffle House employees recognized Old Dominion for the Associate’s Choice Award.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are returning to the small screen. Trisha announced on Instagram yesterday that she and Garth will star in the CBS special Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event next month. It airs on CBS, December 20th at 8:30 ET.

Is the rumor of a fifth "Lethal Weapon" movie true? Mel Gibson weighs in "Yeah, no absolutely. The man who was behind all that, the man who brought it to the screen and gave it's ah.. the goodies and is working on it right now. Richard Donner, he's a legend."

Ryan Phillippe has figured out how to use the self-drive on his Tesla. "Jimmy I went hours without touching the wheel. I took off my shoes, I had multiple screens attached to the windshield so I could facetime with the kids and my friends. It was amazing, it was like a super slow first class." He hacked the system by using a weighted water bottle tucked into the corner of the wheel...

The next Pirates of the Caribbean movie will reportedly introduce Jack Sparrow's long-lost son and CBS says comedian and actor Sinbad is recovering from a recent stroke.

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Country singer Doug Supernaw, has passed - He had hits in the early 90's with “I Don’t Call Him Daddy,” and “Reno,” Died Friday in Texas. The Houston-raised singer announced in February 2019 that he had lung and bladder cancer and he entered hospice care in October after the cancer spread. Doug Supernaw was 60.

Chase Rice has come up with a creative way to help support his band and crew during the pandemic....He's teaming up with Jack Daniel’s for a three-part virtual concert called “Live From Twin Eagles Creek Farm.” his Nashville property. The three events will air on November 29, December 6 and December 13. Tickets are $10 apiece, or $20 for a pass to all three shows. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit Chase’s band and crew, who haven’t been able to work since the COVID-19 shutdowns took effect.

Ryan Reynolds Says His Wife And Daughters Are The Superheroes Of His Family ... "No joke they're like the most capable people I know. If anything got crazy or scary in my life they're the first people that I would lean on." and he loves being a "girl dad." So, with all the women in the home what does he do when he get's his "Caveman" on..."Boy, I don't know...after a big meal I will try to like, I'll burp as long as I can."

On Friday, Will Smith released the trailer for his upcoming Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air reunion special. Will shared some laughs and a few tears as he caught up with his costars..from the original series, which aired from 1990–1996.  The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air reunion will be available to stream on HBO Max starting on November 19.

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Morgan Wallen wasn’t kidding when he told fans on Twitter recently that he was thinking of putting out a double album. On the heels of his New Artist of the Year victory at Wednesday’s CMA Awards show, Morgan has announced a massive, two-disc project, Dangerous, which is due out on January 8. All told, the album consists of 30 songs, plus two exclusive bonus tracks.

Chris Stapleton talks to Jimmy Kimmel about how he got on 'Game Of Thrones' "There have been a few people much more famous than I am to get in on the show and have bit parts you know...I want to do that even if I'm going over there you know I'm just layin in the dirt. So, they agreed to let me come and do that." Chris Stapleton, made a brief cameo as a fallen Wildling-turned-White Walker outside Winterfell as Jon Snow tries to charge the Night King. Which if your a fan of the show...you know that didn't turn out so well.

Just as NBC premiered their Wednesday night line up of Chicago Fire, Med, and PD...They had to stop production for two weeks on Chicago Fire after multiple members of the series’ production team tested positive for coronavirus. The work stoppage began on Nov. 8. COVID-imposed shutdown.

E! News says the ''Friends'' reunion special is going to take place in 2021. Matthew Perry posted: "Friends reunion being rescheduled for the beginning of March. Looks like we have a busy year coming up. And that's the way I like it!"

Rolling Out magazine says a change.org petition has been started to get LeVar Burton to take over as host of ''Jeopardy.'' It has over 8,000 signatures

Jimmy Fallon talks about Ticketmaster requiring people to get a coronavirus test before they attend events. "Come on half the fun of going to a concert is not knowing what you're going to catch, it backfires when you see sketchy guys selling negative COVID tests outside the arena."

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