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Keith Urban hit "God Whispered Your Name" the second single from his upcoming eleventh studio album "The Speed of Now Part 1" currently sitting at number 13 on the charts. and Keith is giving us some insight into the song. "'God Whispered Your Name' tells my journey. Going through a season in life of being very lost and lonely and confused and not knowing how to get out of that ... and then the chorus hits and everything starts to open up and become clearer."

Darius Rucker And Clint Black teamed up with Tracy Lawrence for a special live stream last night to raise money for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Darius says it felt good to perform live again "Just to get out and sing with musician playing with you, and know somewhere people are watching you...all that stuff, I miss that and I want that to come back right now. I didn't know how much I missed it till I didn't have it. You know what I mean?" Now in its 11th year, the annual event has raised over $2 million to date

Stories of the Ellen DeGeneres staff are just getting more and more strange...Neil Breen was a producer on Australia's Today Show and claims that Ellen's producers told him not to look at or talk to her...was she a nice person though? "I'm not blaming Ellen cause I didn't get to talk to her...I wasn't allowed to so I don't know whether she's a nice person or not, I wouldn't have a clue. But, I can tell you the people who worked with her walked on egg shells the whole time. The whole thing was totally Bizarre."

Dad Jokes...we all have one...or have heard one..usually bad ones but Kerry Washington is no different the ABC drama series 'Scandal' actress shares her fathers dad joke. "When is the element table reviewed? Periodically!" Kerry says her father has a great sense of humor.

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Garth Brooks Withdraws From "CMA Entertainer Of The Year" Consideration ... "With all the love in the world, all the gratefulness cause the last thing I wanna do is seem ungrateful to CMA's and everyone that's voted for us. We are officially pulling ourselves out of Entertainer Of The Year. It's time for somebody else to hold that award and know what that entertainer feels like, because they're all out there bustin their butts." Garth has taken home the prize a total of seven times.

Thomas Rhett Says "Be A Light" Will Help Financially Struggling Musicians ... "One cool thing that we’re gonna do with this song is that some of the proceeds are gonna go to the MusiCares COVID-19 relief fund, which is gonna help music industry professionals, who have been financially affected by the shutdown of our touring industry, help get them some compensation. So, not only is this song kind of a light in a little bit of a dark time, but it’s also kind of helping the people that have been directly affected in my world." Thomas Rhett practicing what he's preaching...

Raw Story says Instagram censored Madonna because she was posting false information about a coronavirus cure. She claimed that a vaccine has been available for months, but is being kept a secret “to let the rich get richer and the poor and sick get sicker.”...yeah...she's just...about...there...

The Osbournes were On The Talk discussing their new Paranormal show on the Travel Channel called "The Osbournes Want to Believe." Jack says Ozzy and Sharon are equally skeptical.

Jack: "And then the more you talk to them, well, maybe I believe in something..and then when we're filming my mom turns around and goes, 'well, actually I'e had two out of body experiences'."

Sharon: "Yeah, I have..I have honestly

Ozzy: "Quite a lot more I'm sure..because she's kinda been juiced."

"The Osbournes Want to Believe" premieres Sunday on the Travel Channel.

On The Tonight Show Jimmy jokes that the CEO's of Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon testified about their companies stifling competition...Saying "seeing the four of them together is like seeing the Beatles of selling your personal information"....I am the Walrus...I am you..I have all of your baby photo's"

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Florida Georgia Line is using the gift of music to give back to our nation's veterans. The duo will headline an upcoming episode of the USO's online series, Military Virtual Programming, on August 1. The pre-taped special, was shot at The Anthem in Washington, D.C as part of the World's Biggest USO Tour in 2018. The new episode will be streamed on the USO website on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET.

Luke Combs lost a bet earlier this year...and had to become a vegan....did it last? "Am I still a vegan? No, I’m not still a vegan. Did I honor the bet for the whole 90 days? No, I did not. I made it just over a month and I just was like, “Man, I don’t really want to do this anymore.” So I made the bet with my keys player anyway's, and I really debated on just firing him if I had to do the whole 90 days. So no, he was cool with me giving up."

The 72nd Emmy Award Nominations Are Announced ... Josh Gad, Laverne Cox, and Leslie Jones made the announcements. The Emmy's will air on Sunday, September 20th.

People magazine says production is set to resume on ''Jeopardy'' and ''Wheel of Fortune.'' The contestants and the staff will be socially distanced. ''Wheel of Fortune'' will have a redesigned wheel to ensure the contestants stay six feet apart. Contestants on ''Jeopardy'' will also be spaced six feet apart

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Chris Janson Never Knows When lightning will strike and a Song Will Hit Him ... Chris says lyrics for songs can come to him at anytime. "I'll riding down the road, in fact last night I had some lyrics just kinda running through my head with a little melody, didn't even have a title for it. Sometimes songs get titled after the fact so, it's an ebenflow"

Guess who's a BIG fan of board games...Maddie And Tae!!

Maddie says; "Candy land. Oh wait, actually, Candy land and Battleship. Those are my favorites. That's what I'm going to go with.

Tae says; "That's good. I'm still a fan of LIFE ... I'd have like six kids in my car. I don't actually want to have six kids, but in the game of LIFE I did. 'The game.'"

Mike Tyson talks to Jimmy Fallon ... about getting back into the ring for the first time in 15 years. He thought it would be a great thing to do. "I started training, I'm back in shape, I'm 228. I don't believe in the fountain of youth, but something just came over me and I'm back." You know...some people would just buy an expensive car, or go skydiving....

The rumors have been swirling for months now.....about The Ellen DeGeneres Show...well, Variety reported yesterday The Ellen DeGeneres Show is under investigation following numerous accounts of a toxic and bullying workplace culture. Employees received a memo last week explaining that current and former staffers will be interviewed. The memo cited recent articles about treatment of crew, with allegations of mistreatment, racism and intimidation on the show as the cause for the investigation, Ellen DeGeneres hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing herself.

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