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For the first time in history, the ACM Awards will take place virtually, The Academy of Country Music shared in an Instagram post on Monday that the 55th annual ceremony will be "the first-ever totally virtual" show when it airs next month. They are "cooking up the most entertaining show yet." they say and Keith Urban will host. The ACM Awards airs on CBS on September 16 at 7 p.m.

Tim McGraw says his mother, Betty, had a difficult life. Despite her problems, she always put her family first. So, It would be no surprise to find out Tim McGraw's mother inspired his new single "I Called Mama" ... "She always, always, always put everything she had into us. I think the biggest thing my mom taught us is 'you're better than this, you're better than the circumstances that you're in' and taught us to dream bigger than our circumstances"

More Tiger King news....NBCUniversal’s television and streaming platforms have ordered “Joe Exotic,” starring Kate McKinnon as Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin, straight to series. It'll roll out across NBC’s broadcast network, streaming service Peacock and cable channel USA. It'll be a limited series based on true events following Carole Baskin as she sets out to shut down Joe Exotic. The role of Joe “Exotic” hasn't been cast yet...

Keanu Reeves And Alex Winter were on with Stephen Colbert ... and give a little insight into what the new Bill & Ted movie is about. "Well, Bill and Ted have to find this one song that has to be played by a particular point in time.  So, we are going to our future selves to try and get the song" 'Bill & Ted Face The Music' is in theaters and video on demand on Friday.

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Thomas Rhett says writing songs for him...is really all about honesty and is a songwriter's key to his success ... “Especially as an artist, It’s tough to be vulnerable and to write songs about your life. When you put them out you go, ‘Does songs that I write, you’re really talking to a lot of the population. When you can put that into a song form that can evoke an emotion and bring people into that, I think that is songwriting 101 – to be unabashedly yourself and do things different, not because you’re just trying to be different because that’s actually who you are, I think that doesn’t go unnoticed.”

If Justin Moore could be better at something what would that be...writer, singer, bass boat fisherman...no...he says golfer...“ it’s funny, because now that I play worse I don’t get as upset. I’m just like, ‘Ehhh, whatever.’ I think I’ve lowered my expectations now. So, I don’t play near as well now but it’s almost more fun to me now.”

David Spade guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. David says that Jimmy does NOT have a feud with Matt Damon. Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, is really Polish. and that the coronavirus can linger for a long time. "Scientist have found live Corona Virus up to sixteen feet away from a patient. They say Corona lingers so long, it's still making jokes about Tiger King...."

Variety magazine says Hollywood producers are planning to reboot "The Nutty Professor" again. The original 1963 movie starred Jerry Lewis before Eddie Murphy remade it in 1996. No word on who is going to play Murphy's character, Buddy Love ..why? we don't know...maybe boredom...maybe to many late night binge watching comedy movies....

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Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard is going under the knife this week. apparently he needs practice on his dirt bike..."I was at the track riding my dirt bike a couple days ago, over jumped a jump and laded flat and blew out my ankle. So, I'm sitting here, I have a ruptured Achilles tendon and I broke the bone right there on the inside of the ankle. Just an update, hope you all are doing well. Keep ya posted and have an awesome day"

Jason Aldean recently adopted a pet...it's not a furbaby though...I'm sure his wife Brittany just loves his new bright green chameleon named Elvis.

Warner Bros. debuted its first teaser trailer for "The Batman" at DC's FanDome Saturday night. Fans on social media loved the look and feel of the new film it's gritty, it's dark...and it's got Robert Pattinson...and he doesn't glitter...You can check out the trailer below...The Batman is set to hit theaters Halloween of next year...

https://youtu.be/Jn7lSqJkY0c

AMC Theaters CEO says many of his reopened theaters were sold out over the weekend. He tells Fox Business News, They've had five months to get ready.  Alot of time and effort was spent to make sure they opened safely, Everybody's wearing masks and they set up Plexiglas shields..So, if popcorn gets flung you won't get hit?

Lori Loughlin Rebecca from the original TV Sitcom ' Full House' and her husband, Mossimo, ponied up $500,000 to get their daughters into the University of Southern California and got caught..now, the verdicts are in. Mossimo was sentenced to five months in prison on Friday and Lori received two months in prison and must pay a $150,000 fine after serving 100 hours of community service.

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Luke Bryan and his wife Caroline appear in a new commercial for Jockey brand underwear. They get a box of items for the shoot and start pulling underwear out ...and Luke says to Caroline "these are my go-to's" but he stops smiling...when she pulls out something a little different than his favorite 'Jockey' type

Caroline - "Oh, yes here's your new go-to..

Luke - This is a prank is what that is...I'm not...wearing...that took my eye out with that dental floss"

Tim McGraw has a new album out and we got to ask about the feel and sound of it... "If you ever listen to much of my music, I mean, I have a pretty wide spectrum of styles usually in my albums. There’s some that lean more modern and there’s some that lean more traditional, and everything in between. So, I think I’ve really got a pretty wide scope on this record. There’s a couple that are really traditional. Tim's new album "Here on Earth" is out today.

Russell Crowe has a new movie in theaters this weekend called "Unhinged" but when asked about "Gladiator" he said it Wrecked His Body "So, I carry alot of injuries from films, but I'm saying this without meaning to sound sad about it. I don't regret any of those decisions. But, you know at fifty-six, I do feel it on a daily basis." This year is the 20th anniversary of "Gladiator"

Dr. Phil adopted two eight week-old puppies, named "Blue" and "Einstein." "These are two new rescue pups that we got...this is blue...they're brothers, they're eight weeks old he has blue eyes. We lost our sweet Maggie about three years ago, and we just waited until it felt right. Don't go buy dogs...don't buy pets, you gotta rescue."

The Tonight Show Monologue ... Jimmy Fallon jokes that researchers in Finland have found a cure for a hangover. "Finally, a group of researchers from Finland said that they've found a cure for hangovers...everyone's like..Yeah, there's already been a cure for hangovers....it's called more booze..." I thought everyone knew that too...

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