Luke Bryan is paying it forward. He is the latest artist to take part in Verizon's Pay It Forward Live series in an effort to raise money for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Luke will perform tonight across Verizon's social media channels, including on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. “When I heard about the Pay It Forward program Verizon was doing to support local small businesses I loved the idea of doing my part to help raise awareness for it," says Luke. "These are the people who wake up every day living out their dreams and passions and bringing them into our communities. Let’s all continue to do right, support each other and Pay It Forward.” Viewers are encouraged to support their local businesses by placing online orders or purchasing gift cards, among other things. Each time #PayitForwardLIVE is used, Verizon will donate $10 until it reaches its $2.5 million cap. Luke's Pay It Forward Live livestream takes place tonight at 8 p.m. ET.

Gabby Barrett Knew At An Early Age She Wanted To Be A Country Singer ... Gabby's plan A, B and C were to be a country artist. Her father supported her 100%. They sat down and looked at each other He said "You're not going to college, you're not doing any of that. You're gonna make something of yourself with music...and boy did she ever...

Joe Exotic's Third Husband Says The "Tiger King" Is Misunderstood ... Joe's third husband, Dillon Passage, is standing by his man during his 22-year prison sentence. He says, "The producers really wanted to get across that yeah, he's, like, opinionated, he's charismatic and he doesn't really care what people think, but that's really just in front of the camera ... he's very romantic. He's super sweet and sincere. Every morning, he would wake me up with coffee and a bacon egg and cheese croissant." Dillon says Joe was excited to hear that President Trump might look into his case. He says he will never abandon Joe.

DJ Jazzy Jeff Opens Up About Recovering From The Coronavirus ... He says his symptoms began with body aches before he lost his appetite and his sense of smell. Jeff had pneumonia in both of his lungs and didn't recover for nearly two weeks. He feels guilty that he may have spread the virus to other people before he knew he had it. Jeff says it brings tears to his eyes to hear that some people aren't taking social distancing seriously.  But Jeff is on the mend and we are very happy to hear that.

and we wrap it up today with a song About The Benefits Of Quarantining ...

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Reba McEntire has a new album in stores called "Stronger Than The Truth" and was On The Kelly Clarkson Show ... Reba sends a message of hope to one of her fans that's suffering from terminal breast cancer. and talks a little about what she would love to do next Reba wants to appear in a Western movie or TV show. They take a walk down memory lane were Kelly shows pictures from Reba's past and talk about how Reba once won a car for six months...a Ford Torino..

Luke Combs tells The Times that his songs will always reflect beer and boring jobs. "Why do I sing about beer? Why do I sing about boring jobs? Because people who drink beer and have boring jobs are the fabric of our society. They’re also my fans ... people who don’t like my music think it is bland, vanilla, songs for rednecks and moms in trucks. And if I’m honest, my music does have a lot of that because I had an everyday upbringing, living right in the middle of struggle and comfort, so I represent everyday people. Listen, man. Nobody who likes my music wants to get in their car after a job they maybe don’t love so much, and hear me tell them how terrible the world is or how they should feel or what to think. That is somebody else’s gig."

Are you ready for a Capt jack Sparrow.....6? Pirates Of The Caribbean actor Lee Arenberg says a sixth movie is definitely being discussed. The star - who played bumbling pirate Pintel in the original trilogy - has not been involved in the franchise since 2007's At World's End, but he suggested a new film is on the horizon. “They're definitely talking about it, as far as I know,” he told Kendall Talks TV about a sixth Pirates. It's unclear whether the new installment will be another sequel or a reboot of the original franchise - which starred Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow - but last year, Disney brought Ted Elliot and Craig Mazin on board. Elliot co-wrote the first three films in the seafaring saga, while Mazin created Chernobyl.

The search for the next American Idol will continue, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting April 26, the show will start airing remotely, with judges, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, host Ryan Seacrest and mentor Bobby Bones, appearing from their homes, and the top 20 contestants performing remotely as well. Contestants perform at their house! America will VOTE from HOME and choose a WINNER!"...The Voice on is in the same situation when the LIVE competitions begin in May

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During the Coronavirus Quarantine Blake Shelton tells Jimmy Fallon what life is like with Gwen Stefani. Shelton says they're living like they did on 'Little House On the Prairie'. He says Stefani bakes bread while he puts up fences. Stefani says Shelton has been turning her on to country music. She says Shelton is an encyclopedic jukebox of country music knowledge. He says they're going to have to coach the contestants on 'The Voice' through video chat.

Talk about getting away from it all...Kip Moore Talks About What He's Been Doing Since The Coronavirus Pandemic Hit ... "I’m doing a lot of the same things I’ve always done to stay healthy. I’m trying to eat right, take care of my body. But I have followed the guidelines of quarantining myself. I’m trying to do everything asked of me. I’m currently in the mountains and I’m rock climbing. I’m completely solo. I’m off the grid. I’ve stocked up on a lot of frozen meats. I’ve got a little lodge up here in Kentucky, so I’m hanging out here, so that’s where I’m spending my time. I’ve always wanted to learn Spanish. I’ve always been able to dabble in it, but I want to get better at it. So, the first thing I did was I downloaded the dual lingo app, and it’s very elementary. Every single morning, I try to spend 45 minutes to an hour with that app, and the other thing that I’ve been trying to do is I have been outside trying to work on my skateboard game."

The Daily Show and The Office alum Ed Helms tells Kelly And Ryan ... that he's realized a few things while in quarantine. He feels like he is living in a "Black Mirror" episode in quarantine. Ed realized he had bad breath after wearing his face mask. He says chasing his two-year-old around has been chaotic. Ed made the mistake of cooking chili for his quarantining family. It made everyone gassy. He recently spent way too much time making a cardboard train for his daughter.

Variety magazine says American Idol had this seasons -lowest ratings on Sunday night when only 5.8 million people watched the show. That's down 16% from the week before

NBC says people are panic buying hair coloring products and beard trimmers because their salons and barber shops are closed due to the coronavirus.

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Chase Rice had plans to head to New York City for a stop on “Good Morning America” before the COVID-19 shutdown took effect, and though he won’t be there in person, the singer has found a creative way to keep his date with the show. “We always have such a fun time bringing the band up to Times Square to perform, but when it became clear that everyone needed to stay home, our friends at ‘GMA’ really thought outside the box to still make this performance possible,” the singer says. Chase plans to join the show by video, live from his Nashville farm, in the 8AM hour next Tuesday, April 14. You can tune in on ABC. He’ll perform his current single, the top twenty-five hit “Lonely If You Are.” Additionally, the singer hints that he’s got an exciting announcement to share on the show. “I’m excited to strip this song back to just me and a guitar, and hopefully bring a little much-needed joy to everyone’s morning!” he adds.

Luke Bryan talks about how his 24th number 1 single 'What She Wants Tonight' Came To Be ... " What She Wants Tonight’ is a song that I wrote at my house with Jon Nite, Ross Copperman and Hillary Lindsey, and I’ve been wanting to get together and write with all of them for some time now. Ross came in, and he had the track and that drum loop in the front kind of dialed in, and the second I heard it, it was just really, really infectious. And then we were able to just really put a really great lyric (together) with a high energy track. When we came up with the hook – ‘She gets what she wants/and I get to be what she wants tonight,’ I was just, it just felt like something that could be played on the radio and it felt like something like that’s what women want to hear. They want to have a confident guy kind of singing to them in that way, and I hadn’t been this excited about a song in some time."

David Spade discussed the possibility of himself playing Tiger King star Joe “Exotic” Maldonado-Passage in a movie version of Netflix's No. 1 hit docu-series, which will air a bonus episode this Sunday. “I don't know. It depends. There's [my talk] show and there's getting time off and all that,” Spade told Ellen DeGeneres yesterday. “Joe Exotic said me or Brad Pitt. I see Brad Pitt at auditions all the time and it's always tense...But I think Joe is a little too squirrely for Brad that might be wishful thinking because Brad is so studly.”

Daily Mail photographers caught Mama June panic buying yesterday at a Publix grocery store in Port St Lucie, Florida. She had an armful of Twinkies, Honey Buns, chocolate cupcakes and at least three boxes of cookies. Her cart was packed with water and Bob Evans hash browns and NO TP...

A man in the U.K. building a deck while home on furlough from work during Britain’s coronavirus lock down found a car buried in his yard. identified as either a 1955 or 1956 Ford Popular 103e, As for how it got there, they have no idea, but it must have been buried for over 50 years. he was told that the neighborhood was home to some people who had worked in the British Secret Service during the war, and that the car appears to be painted RAF Grey. For now he’s trying to decide if he should leave it where it is as a conversation piece...disarm the headlight machine guns and look for the missing ejection seat.

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