With Mothers Day this Sunday country star Tyler Farr always has a hard time getting a Mother's Day gift ... “I always never know what to get for my mom because I’ve never been good shoppin’ for women, so I usually just…you know, try to stick with somethin’ that you know they like, and flowers...you always win with flowers. You can’t go wrong.”

Thomas Rhett credits mom for his good morals... "My mom’s a saint. She’s a very, very sweet lady. So, you know, growing up, mom was one of the main people that always took me to football practice, or whenever I had a play, she’d always take me. Mom really made sure that I had my head on straight and was always getting me involved in the youth group. Mom just instilled a lot of good morals into me, just the way that we view life and the way that we love people. So, she really rubbed off on me in that aspect. She’s one of my biggest fans"

Jason Aldean’s beach-side Florida home is among the large swath of houses threatened by wildfires in the state’s panhandle region. The country star’s wife, Brittany, updated fans on the situation in her Instagram Stories on Wednesday night, offering assurances that, though the family had to evacuate, they are all safe. Thousands of people across the Florida panhandle have had to evacuate their homes since the order was first issued this week.

Someone that's NOT to upset with being in quarantine is Shaquille O’Neal he's gotten a dad bod and he's pretty proud of it... O'Neal gives his Dad Bod a seven out of ten. He is enjoying all of his days off.

Kelly Clarkson tells Seth Meyers on his show that she and Blake Shelton had issues during this past Tuesday's 'The Voice.' Kelly is in Montana while Blake is in Oklahoma. They are so far off the grid that it's causing issues when they film 'The Voice.' Kelly's time in quarantine has been chaotic. She's working and dealing with a house full of children. She asked to be left alone for her birthday.

Conan O'Brian says the quarantine is taking a toll and making his brain a little fuzzy...He wore a tie on the show just so he can feel like he's still ALIVE!! now if we could just get him to wear pants...

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Brad Paisley Has A Challenge For The Graduating Class Of 2020 ... "I challenge the class of 2020 to take all of this frustration and turn it into something good. Become doctors, scientists, nurses, first responders, leaders. People, who do a better job than we have done with this. You can change the world and that doesn't just change because you didn't get to walk across that stage and shake hands with your principal or throw that cap in the air. You are the future of this country and we're hoping that you will rise up and make it an even better place."

Jennifer Nettles Says about Motherhood 'There is nothing that becoming a mother has not changed. There is nothing that it has not touched. There is nothing that forever more it will not touch. It is the strangest feeling. I will never know again what it is like to be one whole person. I will forever have my heart walking on the outside of my body. I will worry for every day of the rest of my life.'

Back in 2018, reports surfaced that Disney was set to reboot their blockbuster franchise Pirates of the Caribbean. Since then, fans have been wondering what would that mean for Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow, well I can say don’t expect him to return. According to reports, the studio is in fact going the reboot route, and are currently looking for a female lead, and one name at the top of Disney’s list to lead the reboot is Avengers: Endgame and Jumanji: The Next Level star Karen Gillan.

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli are reportedly more confident than ever that their case in the college admissions scandal will be tossed out. In court documents previously obtained by Fox News, attorneys for the famous couple argued that the entire case should be thrown out after notes from scam mastermind William “Rick” Singer seemingly showed that agents had urged him to lie in order to implicate parents like Loughlin and Giannulli in committing a criminal act. Speaking to Us Weekly, an anonymous source close to the couple reveals that Loughlin and Giannulli believe that the alleged misconduct on the part of federal investigators will lead to the case being dropped. “Lori’s lawyers feel they have a very strong chance of having the charges dismissed because prosecutors withheld key evidence that [ringleader] Rick Singer was pressured by the FBI to lie in the course of his conversations with Lori,” the source explained. “It was entrapment, misleading a defendant so that Rick could get a favorable sentence for his role. Rick was the mastermind in all of this.”

and finally, Did "The Simpsons" Predict The Coronavirus And Murder Hornets In 1993 ... In the episode, Springfield residents yell at Dr. Hibbert to come up with a cure for a disease. They panic and accidentally unleash killer bees from a truck. Some believe the bees were a prediction of Murder Hornets....there's an argument that could be made for that....

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What special traits would you say that you received from your mother...Florida Georgia Line Star Brian Kelley Says He Got His 'Sweetness' From His Mother ... "I think I got my sweetness from my mom, for sure. She’s an angel, and very thankful I have such a great loving mother. And our relationship is amazing and just super thankful for her leadership and, yeah, to watch her and my dad … I’ve got both my mom and dad in me for sure. It’s kind of, I guess what keeps me sane, maybe."

And Lady Antebellum's Lead Singer Hillary Scott Got Her 'Heart' From Her Mother ... "I think one of the characteristics that I got from my mom is, I watched her my whole life have such a heart for people. And I think that that’s part of who she was created to be. I think that’s part of who I was created to be. But I also got to have this beautiful example of that lived out by her. And so, I would say, a big wide open heart for people."

Howie Mandel hasn't found much comedy in quarantine....He did however celebrate his 40th wedding anniversary. His wife doesn't think they'll make 41. Howie is practicing safe social distancing with his grandchildren. He climbs a tree and looks at them through their windows. Howie calls the coronavirus a nightmare. He hopes the world comes out a better place.

"Murder Hornets" are now the new thing to worry about and it brings with it some opportunities for interesting entertainment...like..."Brave Wilderness" YouTube series host Nathaniel "Coyote" Peterson. He's decided to show how painful a sting from one of these insects can be...on purpose...The giant hornets are from Asia and have a sting that is strong enough to puncture a beekeeper's suit. you can throw him the dunce cap....Scientists don't know how the hornets made it from Asia to the U.S.- Canadian border.

Ellen DeGeneres time in quarantine is taking it's toll.. she's invented some interesting alcoholic drinks... Her first drink is called the 'Joe Exotic.' She serves it on a toilet paper square. Ellen's next new drink is called the 'Rum And Joke.' It's a Rum and Coke, but you tell an awful joke before you drink it. Ellen's last new drink is called 'The Long Isolation Tea.' You put everything and anything in it. You'll black out and lose a day.

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With Mothers Day just around the corner some of your favorite country stars are talking about moms and being moms - Thomas Rhett Says His Wife, Lauren, Is A Good Mother ... "She’s definitely calmer than I am. Like, I kind of get anxious a lot with our kids, like, ‘Is this okay that they’re doing this?’ And Lauren’s just like, ‘Honey, she is two. She is fine.’ But I think that’s just kind of like the perfectionist in me just wantin’ to make sure I’m doing everything right. But yeah she’s a very good, laid back mother."

Carly Pearce Is Missing Her Mother While Quarantining ... "Knowing that my mom is gonna be alright, and being able to really be around her. Even though I’m going to see her, I’m staying at a different house. I’m not going to be really around her. She has stage four COPD. So this is a really, just terrifying time for my family of … she already has probably 30 percent lung use. So, I am literally one of those people that’s like, 'Do this for my mom if you’re not doing it for anybody else.' It’s killing her to not be able to be around me. So, this coronavirus has taken a hit in my immediate family of just trying to make sure she’s all right.

It's official - Nicolas Cage will portray the “Tiger King” Joe Exotic in an eight-episode scripted series about the imprisoned big-cat owner. The limited series — which is not to be confused with the Kate McKinnon “Tiger King” scripted show in the works at UCP — hails from Imagine Television and CBS TV Studios. No network or platform is currently attached to the show, which has the working title “Joe Exotic,” but an individual with knowledge of the project said it will be taken to mark in the next few days. so, hold on to your hats...it's gonna get bumpy - Here’s the synopsis for the series: The story centers around Joe Shreibvogel, an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park — even at the risk of losing his sanity. The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation. The show is based on the Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild,” by Leif Reigstad. Lagana and Paul Young optioned the rights through Lagana’s overall deal at CBS Television Studios in June of 2019.

Tom Cruise and Elon Musk’s Space X are working on a project with NASA that would be the first narrative feature film — an action-adventure — to be shot in outer space. It’s not a “Mission: Impossible” film and no studio is in the mix at this stage but look for more news soon.

Sylvester Stallone tells Entertainment Tonight that he is developing a sequel to Demolition Man. “We’re working on it right now with Warner Brothers. It’s looking fantastic. So, that should come out, that’s going to happen.”

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Chris Lane is shaving his beard for charity!!! Chris hasn't shaved his beard in five years, which seems a bit longer than a Quarantine beard BUT he's shaving it off to raise money for out-of-work barbers.

Luke Combs Sold His First Car For $1,000 ... and it went to a good cause "I sold the Neon to a friend whose dad needed a car. I sold it to him for a thousand bucks. I’m glad I did, cause his dad didn’t have a vehicle and really needed one. Everyone’s like, “Man I bet you wish you kept that thing,” I mean not really. I kind of hated that car to be honest with you. Everyone said I looked like Donkey Kong in Mario Kart driving that thing around. I saved up money, and I had like a bank bag that I bought at Staples that had like a key lock on it, you know like the zipper cash bag? And I saved up enough money to buy a 2015 Ford Fusion." He eventually saved up enough money in a zipper cash bag to buy a 2015 Ford Fusion

Star of ABC's TV show "Blackish" Anthony Anderson while Quarantined has been brushing up on his gardening skills , re-learning how to sew among other things...But one thing he is NOT doing is cutting hair...anywhere...He says "Barbershop" did NOT prepare him to cut hair. He keeps in touch with his "blackish" TV family via text messages.

Jimmy Fallon has heard that Disney is planning a live action Hercules movie...and is waiting for "that call from Disney"...he know's it's coming..Disney's gonna call any...minute....I'm thinking Jimmy shouldn't hold his breath.

Happy Star Wars Day!! Disney+ is celebrating Star Wars Day today by streaming "Rise of Skywalker" two months early. Making all nine Star Wars movies are available on the streaming service...

May the 4th be with you...

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