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Miranda Lambert is looking forward to being the opening act on Morgan Wallen's tour because her team believes it will help her expand her audience.  Meanwhile, Morgan is overhear breaking records…he just passed Garth Brooks for the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.  97 weeks on top with "Dangerous: The Double Album" . . . and 75 weeks at #1 with "One Thing at a Time".

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Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sanchez are part of an all-female crew that's going into space aboard a Blue Origin craft this spring.  Lauren, who's Jeff Bezos' fiancée, reportedly organized the mission…

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People are talking about Carrie Underwood’s diva behavior on 'American Idol' and how out of control it is with outrageous demands for VIP treatment. A source shares: “She’s making it known she expects the best treatment.  Letting the bosses know she won't tolerate anything less than the best, but people fear she's overdoing it with how she's asking for it!"

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The bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife were found Wednesday.  Authorities are still trying to piece together what happened, but there still aren't many answers yet.

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Sad start to the day today.  We've lost one of the greats.  Legendary actor Gene Hackman has died. Police in Santa Fe, New Mexico confirmed late last night that the bodies of Gene, his wife Betsy Arakawa, and their dog had been found inside their home yesterday. No foul play is suspected, and no cause of death has been announced. He won Oscars for "The French Connection" in 1972 and "Unforgiven" in 1993. Gene had just turned 95 last month.

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Were just full of good news today… Michelle Trachtenberg, from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Gossip Girl", died yesterday.  She was only 39.  There's no word on the cause of death, but apparently, she had a liver transplant sometime in the past year.

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Ella Langley and Riley Green's hit "You Look Like You Love Me" is one of those songs that once you hear it, it's hard to get out of your head.  A TikToker put out a parody song and it's worth checking out.  Except she changed the lyrics to, "Excuse me, you look like you're ugly." The best part is Ella saw the video and approved.   (You can check out Katy's parody song, here.)

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Shaboozey now has the longest #1 streak for a solo artist since the Hot Country Songs chart began in 1958.  "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has now spent 35 weeks at #1.

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The Voice…American Idol…The Mask…NOW.. It was just announced that Keith Urban will be joining the new music competition show on CBS called "The Road" that'll air sometime in the fall.  Blake Shelton and "Yellowstone" creator, Taylor Sheridan, are executive producers.

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Jelly Roll Says He Tried To Buy His Childhood Home ... He says he had no idea what he was going to do if his offer was actually accepted.

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The 10,000th episode of "The Price Is Right" airs today.  Over the years, 75,000 people have been called to "Come on down" . . . and contestants have walked away with more than $300 million in cash and prizes.

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If you’re a Ozzy Osbourne fan… An Ozzy  documentary called "No Escape from Now" will debut on Paramount+ later this year.  It'll be about Ozzy dealing with his health issues as he prepares for his final concert.

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Luke Combs and Eric Church's Concert for Carolina raised $24.5 million for Hurricane Helene victims’ last fall.  And Luke promised "every single dollar" would be used to help them.  So, did they follow through?  Yes, all $24.5 MILLION went exactly where Luke Combs and Eric Church said it would.  Half went to four charities Luke picked.  The other half went to Eric's nonprofit called Chief Cares to help build new homes.

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Travis Kelce will receive a $12.5 million roster bonus if he stays with the Chiefs instead of retiring. The team could save $17 million in cap space if he retires or gets released. Despite uncertainty, sources say Kelce is leaning towards playing another season…

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Kelsea Ballerini recently found out that a young girl named Avery was using her song, "This Time Last Year", as the "anthem" for her battle with cancer. Avery's mom reached out to Kelsea through TikTok, and when Kelsea caught wind of it . . . she wrote a response.  "Sending you so much light and love and strength . . . I'm having the team reach out to set you up [with tickets] for Kansas City . . . if our girl is feeling good enough [to go]."

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Lastly, Sad news to report, Roberta Flack died yesterday, after a battle with ALS She had #1 hits with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", and "Feel Like Makin' Love".. Roberta Flack was 88 years old.

You can catch The List, weekday afternoon at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1