Tuesday 10th June 2025
Welcome to The List,
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.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
Welcome to The List,
Lainey Wilson just launched a new line of boots—because apparently country music and bedazzled footwear weren’t enough. It’s called Golden West, and she threw a bougie little launch party in Nashville with Ella Langley and Shaboozey, because obviously. Four new boot designs, So if you’ve ever wanted to stomp heartbreak with rhinestones on your feet—Lainey’s got you covered.
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Forget blocking your ex—Dakota Johnson went full National Geographic on a guy who broke her friend’s heart. She admitted she mailed him a gallon of GORILLA poop. From a site literally called PoopSenders.com. You can pick cow, elephant, gorilla, or a poop party mix—because revenge is a buffet now. And it’s only $29.95! That’s cheaper than therapy! Oh, and she knows where to get pubic crabs too, but “she’s not a monster.” Just... creative.
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Tom Cruise wants $35 to $40 million up front to strap back into a fighter jet for Top Gun 3. Because apparently, gravity doesn’t apply to egos. The studio’s still “working on the script,” which means “praying Tom approves.” He gave them a discount last time—how generous—but now he wants the GDP of a small country just to show up. And spoiler: no Tom, no Top Gun. That franchise is basically his Scientology side hustle at this point.
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Bailey Zimmerman is officially launching the SPF-free revolution, folks. He told People that men—especially redheads—deserve the right to spray tan without judgment. “Legalize tans for men!” he says. Like he’s fighting the patriarchy one orange glow at a time. Honestly, I didn’t realize we were spray-tan shaming dudes now—but Bailey’s out here doing the Lord’s work… with a can of bronze mist.
You can catch The List, weekdays at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
