KIX-KLASH RE-HASH
February 16, 2026
Monday 16th February 2026
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The ACM nominations were announced yesterday, and Hardy scored big, picking up seven nods. Right behind him is Lainey Wilson with six. Luke Combs, Kane Brown, and Cole Swindell have five apiece. Morgan Wallen got his first ACM Entertainer of the Year nomination. The ACMs are May 11th on Amazon Prime. Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks are the hosts.
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Tim McGraw is launching his own media company called Down Home. It’ll be based in Nashville, and will produce movies, TV, and digital media. The company will focus on “relatable stories about everyday Americans.” He explained it even more on Facebook. Quote, “There’s a real push for people to get back to togetherness and a sense of community. That’s Down Home, and that’s what I want our company to be about.”
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“Time” magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023 includes Michael B. Jordan . . . Drew Barrymore, Beyoncé . . . Patrick Mahomes . . . Elon Musk…Kid Rock and I didn’t make the list again this year…
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Matthew McConaughey is hosting his first ever virtual live event…It’s called “The Art Of Livin” Monday April 24th and it’s about coming together to figure out who we WANT to be and creating a roadmap to get there as he calls it…“Look the last couple years, they’ve been wild haven’t they? Goal post always moving left and right. So much uncertainty, people divided, making us feel further apart than we actually are even from ourselves. Times like these, we could all use a roadmap to help us get a little more of “that”…would you please join me? It’s live…and it’s free, wanna see you there…just keep livin;” If you’d like to sign up, for the McConaughey Live Event, click HERE
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Boston’s Berklee College of Music is going to be offering a Taylor Swift songwriting class next semester. The class’ description reads; “Delving into the core of her songwriting, this course will explore and analyze her compositional and lyrical choices…if you’d like to Master in Taylor Swift…Berklee’s tuition is a mere 46,800/year…
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Luke Combs is teaming up with Opry Entertainment Group to open “a massive bar and entertainment complex” in Nashville. There’s no word on a name yet, but it’ll supposedly be inspired by his hit “Hurricane”. The place is expected to open in the summer of 2024.
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Brantley Gilbert sang “Dirt Road Anthem” at the Turning Point USA halftime show, and Zach Bryan took it personally. So Zach dropped a parody called “Chili on a Hot Dog,” basically roasting the lyrics and celebrating double-fisted chili dogs like it’s a county fair championship. Brantley fired back by grabbing two foot-long chili dogs on stage and acting it out. Jason Aldean chimed in with, “Best song I’ve heard from that guy.” Nothing says country unity like processed meat.
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Thomas Rhett admitted on a podcast he’s losing hearing in one ear at 35 and had to get hearing aids. Years of loud concerts… plus four kids and a fifth on the way. He wore them for a week and asked his wife, “Is this what you hear all day?” She basically said, welcome to marriage. Turns out the loudest tour of his life is at home.
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There’s a new indie horror movie called ‘The House Was Not Hungry Then’, told entirely from the haunted house’s perspective. No close-ups. No dramatic reaction shots. Just the house silently watching a woman search for her missing father. It hits video on demand February 13th. So now even the drywall is judging you.
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says he’s working on Top Gun 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 6. He told Screen Rant it’s basically a horse race. Right now Top Gun is barely ahead, waiting on a script. So Maverick might fly again… or Jack Sparrow might stumble back in. Hollywood is saying…. originality is overrated.
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I had the opportunity to talk to Darryl Worley before his Acoustic Valentine's Dinner at Gatherings in Nevada. He has ventured in the the podcast world
https://www.darrylworley.com/
https://nevadaiowashows.com/2025/12/05/2-14-26-an-acoustic-valentines-dinner-with-darryl-worley/
