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Brad Paisley will soon be sitting in the host seat on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! Since going on hiatus in early June, host Jimmy Kimmel has invited several celebrity guest hosts to fill his spot. Brad has been tapped to host the show on September 9.

Luke Combs is giving fans a taste of a heartfelt new song he's working on. On Sunday, he shared a snippet of a new song called "Forever After All." Luke previously announced that he'll be releasing What You See Ain't Always What You Get on October 23, a deluxe edition of his chart-topping sophomore album What You See Is What You Get, featuring five new songs.

Saturday Night Live alum...Jason Sudeikis, has been watching the 'Star Wars' movies and ET: The Extra-Terrestrial.' with his six year-old son during the pandemic. says his son didn't take the ending of ET very well..."Our little guy freaked out...He was so sad when the spaceship takes off and leaves ET on earth. He freaked out in a way, I immediately got defensive. He went to his bed, and wouldn't sleep. It was just so bad"

While tributes continue to pour in for actor Chadwick Boseman, TMZ is reporting that his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina is planning to honor him with a large get together and a massive enshrinement. The get-together will feature several guest speakers and social distancing....

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Granger Smith boils life down to its essentials on “Country Things,” the just-released title track of a new double album he’s got in the works. The first half of that project, Country Things Vol. 1, will be out on September 25. In the eight-song first chapter, Granger offers a look into his family life and also feature a guest appearance from Granger’s colorful, oddball alter-ego, Earl Dribbles Jr.

Kane Brown Is pumped up about his hit single 'Cool Again' ... "Cool Again”, we were trying to get a summer vibe song. It came pretty quick, and then after we wrote it, we’re in quarantine so it’s kind of a perfect match of, “you know we just want everything to be cool again, we wanna be back on the road.” We were all excited when we got it. It was our first single off the next record.

You may have heard by now, Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman has died after a private four-year battle with colon cancer, his representative said on Friday. He passed at his home in L A with his wife and family by his side. Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage IV,”. He did seven movies and all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. Which proves Hollywood CAN keep a secret when they need to...Chadwick Boseman was 43.

AV Club says Sylvester Stallone is readying a director's cut of ''Rocky 4.'' He says he is going to remove Paulie's Birthday robot from the film. (AUDIO) Stallone added “The robot is going to the junkyard forever, no more robot. I don’t like the robot anymore.”

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It's been a while since Chris Stapleton fans got new music from the singer, but that all changed this week when he dropped “Starting Over.” An upbeat, acoustic guitar-heavy ode to optimism and new beginnings, it was a first glimpse into the next album cycle. Revealing that it's also the title track of his next album, due out in mid-November.

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Speaking of new music, Dierks Bentley is enjoying some downtime during the pandemic writing music and spending time with his family. "You know we're off the road it's a chance to reset creatively, and really think about the next album..the music and I know it's a rush to get back out there and tour. But, I'm just tryin to sit back and find what little silver lining can exist for me creatively. We're just working on writing songs and find out what the next tracks are going to be. Obviously, alot of family time and really being in Colorado."

Many of us can't wait to get back into the theaters...so, plans are moving forward for the second weekend of nationwide cinema reopening as nearly half of the United States’ 5,800 theaters are expected to be back in business. At least 2,500 theaters are expected to be open as 20th Century/Marvel’s “The New Mutants” is planning to open at 2,412 of those locations. That will make the long-delayed “X-Men” horror film the widest release in theaters this weekend.

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Denise Richards is one of the stars on 'The Bold And The Beautiful.' The show is one of the few filming new episodes. To keep everyone safe, they're doing something unique. They're using mannequins as stand-ins for actors. "The other actors we're within eight feet of each other, we have to have a mannequin . So, the mannequins are 'eye lined' and then the actor the other actors off camera are reading lines"

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Getting Idolized can be part of the business and Maddie & Tae never considered young girls would idolize them!... "As we were growing up, we were idolizing all those female singers that at the time we would look at them and think, ‘oh my gosh, their life is a dream I don’t think we ever thought, whenever we were fifteen years old, that girls would be looking at us like that. But, it’s a really cool feeling."

Luke Bryan Talks to guest host Jason Derulo on Jimmy Kimmel Live about his new album "I kinda rewind the clock a bit, got alot more country songs on this album that kinda goes back to some of my earlier roots. So, I'm excited, it was tricky putting an album out during a global pandemic" Born Here Live Here Die Here is Luke's seventh album and is available now.

Fans of Tyler Perry's 'Madea', Will get a chance to see "Madea's Farewell Play" The film was supposed to be his final farewell to the "Madea" character but, Tyler admits that Madea may have to return to bring some joy..."Madea's Farewell Play" premieres tonight on BET+

Macaulay Culkin recently turned 40 and said he's having a midlife crisis. He's thinking of picking up surfing. But he wants someone to Photoshop his head on a surfer body first to see if he looks cool....Yeah, a crisis...don't know if it's a mid-life crisis though...

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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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