The List for Friday, May 27th 2022

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DIERKS BENTLEY and ELLE KING will be hosting this year’s “CMA Fest:  The Music Event of the Summer“.  The three-hour concert special will air August 3rd on ABC And GABBY BARRETT needs help naming her baby boy, who is due later this year.  She asked fans to submit boy names on her Instagram Stories . . .and at the bottom she wrote “Southern or biblical is preferred.”

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Keith Urban recently wrapped the European leg of his The Speed Of Now Tour and sported a surprising ensemble during the final night of the trek: a kilt!  When Urban’s tour rolled through Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, the country superstar fully embraced the local culture, and his mother’s Scottish heritage, by donning a kilt on stage. In fact, Urban and his entire band sported kilts for the occasion.

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Seattle Sports says Blake Shelton has been named the Indy 500 Grand Marshal. He will tell drivers to report to their cars during Sunday’s pre-race ceremonies  Parmalee star Matt Thomas tells People magazine that it feels weird to be the last single man in the group.  He’s LOOKIN…but, so far no bueno. The rest of these guys got someone that was able to stand them. He says “That means there has to be hope for me.”

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Fortune Magazine reports the producers of “Top Gun: Maverick” paid the U.S. Navy $11,000 an hour for fighter jet rides . The magazine says Tom Cruise could be in the cockpit but couldn’t touch any of the controls.  The cast was filmed sitting behind an F-18 pilot. They underwent emergency training and knew how to survive at sea and eject should a plane crash occur.

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AMBER HEARD took the stand yesterday for the final time in her defamation battle against JOHNNY DEPP, and told the court what a NIGHTMARE her life has been since the trial started. Closing arguments begin this morning, then the case goes to the jury.

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“Top Gun: Maverick” premiered in London earlier this month, and that gave JON HAMM the opportunity to meet PRINCE WILLIAM and KATE MIDDLETON. He had to learn the rules….”Your royal highness, If they offer THEIR name then you can USE their name.  But, you can’t do it first, you can’t offer your hand they have to offer their hand, you have to bow, but you can’t bow to low. But no, it was exciting.”  Top Gun: Maverick is in theaters now…

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