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Gabby Barrett Has a hit record under her belt with ‘Goldmine’ with songs like ‘I Hope’ and ‘The Good Ones’ climbing the charts. But there is one song that she has always loved and that’s Dolly Parton's "Jolene" “I started singing that song when I was just starting, because I absolutely loved it around eleven or twelve. I started singing around nine in a gospel choir and I started performing when I was eleven.  But I’ve always loved that song.”

Matt Thomas of Parmalee says their song ‘Just The Way’ is about telling people that they are fine the way they are.  Here, he talks about walking onto the set of the music video. “We were all blown away, the colors the set, the cast just the whole thing was just mind blowing from the moment we walked in. It’s pretty emotional at times too, It was amazing.”

Mark Wahlberg likes to start his day early…like 2 A.M. early..but it can get him into trouble sometimes.“For me, the earlier I get up the more I get accomplished before I gotta get the kids up for school, then I can start the rest of my day. Getting to bed early and getting up early, it annoys my wife every once in a while, we were watching a movie last night and I fell asleep mid-way through the movie.”

Godzilla Vs Kong is finally out in theaters and streaming today and Alexander Skarsgard plays Dr. Nathan Lind, He says the battle between Kong and Godzilla is unique. “They’re animals, they’re not good or bad. They do what animals do.  The reason they go after each other King Kong and Godzilla is because they’re both Alpha, they’re both apex predators and their can be only one alpha.” Kong Vs. Godzilla is now in theaters and streaming on HBO Max

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As Rascal Flatts' closes the door on their touring days as a group Gary LeVox talks about how he hopes they’re remembered. “I think we’d want to be remembered for ‘Broken Road.’ I think we’d want to be remembered for ‘Prayin’ for Daylight,’ and our clothes and pleather and hairdos. You know, really want to be remembered for that, and the bowling video with ‘This Everyday Love’ that we did.  The guys love the movie ‘The Big Lebowski so much that they used the same bowling alley that was used in the movie.

Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard Says "Long Live" Is A Perfect Song For Right Now ...“I don't know, it just had a really good energy and really positive and felt like it just took us back down memory lane every time we heard it. So, came time to cut the album, we said, this song's a no-brainer and it has to go on this album. It feels like such a big song and such a necessary song and a timely song, even more timely now than ever." ‘Long Live’ is a top 10 hit for FGL. The second single from their fifth studio album ‘Life Rolls On’.

We have shows about masked singers, baking, dancing, talent shows what we’re missing is a show about competitive dog grooming…in comes Rebel Wilson with her new show that premiers tonight, guess what it’s about…you guessed it grooming dogs..”What these groomers can do, because they’re such dog lovers and their creative skills are amazing.” Watch contestants take on different challenges every week turning their pooches into something creative and unique. "Pooch Perfect" premieres tonight on ABC.

A couple movie notes - MovieWeb says Russell Crowe has joined the cast of ''Thor: Love and Thunder.'' His cameo is being kept a secret….Godzilla vs King Kong has been pushed back from last weekend to start Wednesday in theaters and streaming on HBO Max…and bob and weave on this one!! Collider magazine says Sylvester Stallone is writing a ''Rocky'' prequel. Sly posted that it will be a TV series for streaming ideally he says 10 episodes for a few seasons to really get to the heart of the Characters in there younger years.

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Brett Young says it’s going to be hard to top his hit "Lady" because it’s so personal  ... " This is literally a song about my wife to my daughter. I don’t know that I’ll ever do anything that personal. Not because I don’t want to; I just don’t know that there’s something that personal that I can ever do again.”

Thomas Rhett Says "What's Your Country Song" Includes A Shout-Out To His Father, Rhett Akins ... " I remember the first line that I spit out was, ‘Are you heart broke because you know that ain’t your truck in her drive,’ literally as a joke, just cause dad was sitting there.  And as we started to write the song, it felt like it just fit.  It was pretty funny, but I’m glad Dad got a shout out in that song."

The Wrap says Sharon Osbourne is leaving "The Talk". She and her co-hosts got into an argument after she defended Piers Morgan's offensive comments about Meghan Markle. Perez Hilton says Sharon plans to sue CBS. They quote a source as saying, “She feels a few suits at CBS have really have got it in for her. Sharon won’t let this go.”

The Voice is scheduled to begin its first Battle Rounds of Season 20 tonight, but you’ll notice a new face sitting in coach Kelly Clarkson's chair. Kelly will be absent from the show due to an illness, so if you're wondering where she is, there's no need to worry. The Battle Rounds were filmed in January, and Clarkson will soon be back in her red chair on the show — but in the meantime, she called in country music star Kelsea Ballerini to take her place.

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Brett Young talks to Kelly Clarkson about his 10-week BY40 Challenge that he's doing with his fans. “We created this challenge were like people could complete a task and earn points. Dawn and myself did meet and greets and show tickets stuff like that as prizes that you could win by competing in the challenge.” If you’re interested in joining you can click this link BY40 Challenge

Dustin Lynch loves singing in the shower…who doesn’t but what is his song of choice? “The song I belt out randomly in the shower has to be a Bing Crosby version of It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” and this could hit in the summer time.  I have no idea what’s wrong with me, but Bing gets me going when I’m sudsing up.”  I’m more of a Barnie fan so..that’s just between us.

George Clooney Never Dreamed Of Having Children  “And then I met Amal, and realized that my life had been pretty empty, and then when you throw these two kids in there you suddenly you realize how incredibly empty it was and you know it just fills it up…makes it fun.”

The Daily Mail says The Rock is once again posting pictures of his cheat meals. One picture showed three large pizzas and two dozen donuts while another showed two hamburgers and a giant plate of fries. The Rock had two cinnamon buns and a giant piece of cheesecake during one cheat day….He’s trolling me I know it…that’s the only thing I can figure he’s doing…I thought we were friends…

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Just under one year after releasing his album Here and Now, Kenny Chesney has announced a deluxe version of the project, which will arrive on May 7 with four new songs. In a statement, Chesney told fans that if they "love" the original album, "we’re making it even a little bit more special." Pre-orders for the deluxe album begin tomorrow.

Brett Young talks to Kelly Clarkson about the drawbacks of being tall… “We had to go through this whole conversation early in the relationship were she was like stop bending down for the photo stand up it’s ok to be tall.”  you see.. Brett Young…is 6 foot 6

TV Insider says the Lifetime Network is doing a third movie about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle titled ''Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace''. It will premiere in the Fall. The movie's description reads: "It reveals what really happened inside the palace that drove Harry and Meghan to leave everything behind.  Insiders think someone just took the Oprah interview and decided to make a movie about it.  I wonder if Tom Cruise will play Harry

It’s the clash of the titans on HBO Max…the new Godzilla vs. Kong.   Alexander Skarsgard talks to Jimmy Fallon about the movie. “In this movie, Kong basically shows up because he wasn’t in King of the Monsters. Kong is like hold my banana while I spank this lizard.’ Godzilla vs Kong is in theaters and HBO Max Friday

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We start today by saying happy birthday to Brett Young he turns 40...”I think it’s just something to embrace, and that just really means more experience in my years, I guess.  And so, I’m not really too worried about it." He really feels unaffected by it, you’re only as old as you feel.  I’m trying to convince MY bones of the same thing.

A full decade after Mickey Guyton signed with Capitol Nashville, she says she'll finally have a full-length album to share this summer. Since 2014, she’s released three Eps with her most recent EP, 2020's ‘Bridges’ includes the Grammy-nominated "Black Like Me,"

In April, Guyton will co-host the 2021 ACM Awards with Keith Urban.

There’s another birthday on The List today…Happy birthday to Capt. James T. Kirk, William Shatner he turns 90! What does he say the secret is? “So, I’m busy, and I think that if there’s a secret to any of this.  It’s keeping busy, god genetic structure by the way.” And probably a feisty doctor helps too.

TMZ says Vin Diesel's nine year-old son, Vincent, is going to star in ''Fast and the Furious 9.'' He will play a younger version of Vin's character, Dominic Toretto. Vincent earned $1,005 a day for his work on the film.

Whiskey Riff reports a New Orleans man dressed as Darth Vader took a boat out to the middle of a canal while blaring Celine Dion's Titanic song ''My Heart Will Go On.'' The man had a bubble machine on the back of his boat. All to honor drew Brees.  His boat had a sign that read: "Thanks Drew". The NFL QB just retired

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