Nashville Music Minute: Kris Kristofferson
Monday 29th December 2025
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Hoda Kotb is leaving the "Today" show early next year. She says, quote, "I had my kiddos late in life, and I was thinking that they deserve a bigger piece of my time pie." She'll stay with NBC in some capacity, but she didn't elaborate.
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The "People's Choice Country Awards" took place last night in Nashville. Morgan Wallen won the People's Artist of 2024 . . . and the Album of 2024 went to Luke Combs with "Fathers and Sons". Shaboozey won for New artist for 2024 and gave thanks to Beyonce’ for some reason…
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Jimmy Fallon is allegedly leveraging his celebrity friendships to boost 'The Tonight Show’s' declining ratings and revenue. An insider says, “When Jimmy took the Tonight Show job ten years ago, he pretty much insisted on five tapings a week and promised the decision would pay for itself. For the first few years of the show, it apparently did. But 2024 is a different time and the amount of advertisers willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for thirty seconds during Jimmy’s show have definitely shrunk.
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A new docuseries on Hulu starring Luke Bryan called "It's All Country" will premiere on November 15th. The show will do a deep dive with some of Country music's biggest stars and try to uncover the secret stories of their biggest hits.
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Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: “The Wild Robot”
A funny, animated epic adventure of a robot named “Roz”, shipwrecked on an island has to learn to survive a harsh environment and becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
https://youtu.be/njPNg0A9VpY?si=sokSn5aoTURZkqql
“The Wild Robot” is rated: PG
Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal and Kit Connor
At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen Friday during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.
‘At the Movies’ Thursday’s at 5:40 on Iowa's BEST Country KIX 101.1
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The Sun says Diddy fears being “Epstined” specifically poisoned in jail and is not eating. Diddy faces charges of trafficking and racketeering and has been denied bail.
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Who's on your Mount Rushmore of Country Music? Someone asked Miranda Lambert. Her four picks were Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Merle Haggard, and Willie Nelson.
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Jennifer Aniston's home was recently the target of a swatting prank. Someone called the cops concerned about a friend's well-being. Law enforcement spoke with Aniston to confirm she was safe. They are now investigating the prank.
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Dolly Parton is Miley Cyrus' godmother. But they just found out that they're actually related by BLOOD, too. They're 7th cousins, once removed . . . And it all comes from a common ancestor named John Brickey, who was born in 1740 in Virginia.
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Brett Favre revealed yesterday that he has Parkinson's disease. He was testifying before Congress yesterday about a welfare fraud scandal he's caught up in. He's not actually facing any charges, and he's already repaid more than $1 million in funds that were allegedly misspent. Favre turns 55 next month. He played 20 years in the NFL, mostly with the Green Bay Packers. It's not clear that his condition was caused by concussions.
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Jelly Roll just made his acting debut across from Sylvester Stallone on episode two on this season of "Tulsa King". He played himself in the episode and looked good up there.
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Johnny Cash just became the first musician ever to receive a statue at the U.S. Capitol. The statue says, "Johnny Cash . . . 1932 [to] 2003 . . . Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Humanitarian."
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The "Purple Rain" soundtrack tops "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 101 greatest soundtracks of all time. It's followed by "Help!" and "The Harder They Come".
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
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The latest bombshell from the “Diddy Drama” is that Singer Jaguar Wright claims Diddy sold a tape of one of his "Freak Offs" on the dark web for $500 million. She also says that Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Drake, Rihanna, and Chris Brown were all there.
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How popular is Morgan Wallen? If you didn’t already know…He’s pretty popular…ok…well he just broke the record for the biggest music weekend in the history of Knoxville with two shows at Neyland Stadium for over 150,000 people. The previous record was set 40 years ago by The Jackson 5.
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Hello! Magazine reports The Octomom, remember her? Nadya Suleman, known for giving birth to octuplets in 2009, is now a grandmother. She shared the news on Instagram, thanking her son and daughter-in-law for the baby girl.
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Country stars were asked: "Who was the toughest act to follow in all of Country music?". A LOT of people said it was Chris Stapleton. Cody Johnson also got some votes.
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