Thursday 4th December 2025
Welcome to The List,
Dustin Lynch ALMOST wasn’t a country music star. He tells Entertainment Tonight he had a major in biology and chemistry and got into med school and told his parents he wanted to at least give music a legit shot before he went and chased that. They didn’t like it but it worked out.
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Oscar-winning Bahamian actor and former ambassador Sir Sidney Poitier has reportedly died. Sidney Poitier was the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was also the first Bahamian actor to do so. Known for MANY movies over the years To Sir, with Love, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and In the Heat of the Night. Sir Sidney Poitier was 94.
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Leonardo DiCaprio is receiving an honor from London’s Royal Botanic Gardens they’ve named a new tree species after him. The Uvariopsis DiCaprio, aka Leonardo ‘Tree’ Caprio, It’s an evergreen with large yellow and green flowers that is found in the forest. The tree is endangered. But Leo’s carrier is not…his latest movie “Look Up” is one of the top movies playing NOW on Netflix.
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Morgan Wallen’s 2021 album Dangerous; The Double Album finished out the year as the no. 1 streamed album across all genres among Billboard’s charts. Despite being arguably one of country music’s most controversial figures over the last year or so. Morgan is spinning up his “Dangerous Tour” that kicks off at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana February 3rd, and will bring him through the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines April 29th.
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A new year means new resolutions and superstitions and traditions. Penelope Cruz talks to Ellen about HER New Year’s tradition of eating 12 grapes in 12 seconds. “We eat 12 grapes, for New Years Eve in the last 12 seconds. Some people say you ask for one wish for each grape, for others it’s more of a superstition thing.” Penelope Cruz stars with Lupita Nyong’o and Jessica Chastain in a new movie called ‘The 355’ in theaters NOW with an opening take of $350,000 since opening night last night.
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson threatened the Cookie Monster yesterday after Elmo tweeted; ”Has anybody ever seen a rock eat a cookie? Elmo is just curious.”
The Rock responded …
Yes, my friend.
This Rock devours cookies.
All kinds of cookies
I’ll introduce you to #CheatMeals and it’ll change your life.
Tell Cookie Monster to move it over, cuz I’m coming to Sesame Street to kick a** and eat cookies.
And I’m almost all outta cookies.
~ Rock
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If you ask someone to name a celebrity with above-average brain power… most people don’t immediately yell “KIM KARDASHIAN.” And after the latest episode of The Kardashians, the bar didn’t get any higher. Her doctor showed her brain scans with “holes,” meaning low activity in the frontal lobe basically the command center for stress and decision-making. He said it’s not deadly, just not ideal for someone juggling law school, a beauty empire, and Kanye West. Kim refused to accept the results like a kid refusing broccoli.
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Ella Langley is still celebrating her triple CMA win with Riley Green, but fans only care about one thing: who she’s dating. The rumor mill has moved off Riley and onto John Sansone from Farmer Wants a Wife. He’s a sixth-generation farmer turned reality star who just broke up with his TV girlfriend. The kicker? He posted pics with Ella’s dog Crue… and she posted a video of them shooting together. Country music fans connect dots quicker than the FBI and right now they’re convinced Ella’s planting new crops.
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Keith Urban is allegedly dating 25-year-old singer Karley Scott Collins who looks suspiciously like Nicole Kidman’s clone. They were spotted together at the CMAs, and she posted a birthday tribute to him online. Sources say the age gap is raising eyebrows, but hey, Keith’s living his best post-divorce life. Nashville loves drama, and this one practically came pre-gift-wrapped.
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Quentin Tarantino is reportedly itching to make a Kill Bill prequel about Bill’s origin story. Because the one thing we were missing from that franchise was even more sword-swinging backstory. No casting details yet, but you know Tarantino’s already dreaming up a 14-minute monologue about childhood trauma and kung fu philosophy. Fans are already rehearsing.
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