Wednesday 17th December 2025
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Thomas Rhett Says “Country Again” Reflects Where He Is In Life Right Now … “You know, I think this song really is about my life realizing that it’s okay just to stop for a second. It’s okay to live simple and to really just getting back to my roots a little bit and what all that entails.” Sounds like a plan…
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Country superstar Kacey Musgraves opened up about her highly anticipated new LP and her divorce from Ruston Kelly. Giving some intimate details about a guided psychedelic trip that inspired her new album on the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, hosted by Dr. Maya Shankar. Saying it opened a “flood of emotion and ideas” The record is finished, and the follow-up to her grammy-winning album ‘Golden Hour’ is due for a late-summer or early-fall release.
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Jake Gyllenhaal tells Vanity Fair magazine that, like Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell and Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, he does not always bathe. Saying “More and more I find bathing to be less necessary, at times. I do believe, that good manners and bad breath get you nowhere. So I do that. But I do also think that there’s a whole world of not bathing that is also really helpful for skin maintenance, and we naturally clean ourselves.”
In response The Rock tweeted: ‘Nope, I’m the opposite of a “not washing themselves” celeb’. Shower (cold) when I roll outta bed to get my day rollin’. Shower (warm) after my workout before work. Shower (hot) after I get home from work. Face wash, body wash, exfoliate and I sing (off key) in the shower’
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Jeopardy may have a new permanent host….Just months after having guests host the show the production is nearing a deal to name Alex Trebek’s permanent replacement. According to Variety, Mike Richards is in advanced negotiations to host Jeopardy permanently. Richards was one of the guest hosts of the program earlier this year and earned positive reviews from fans. He joined the Jeopardy crew early 2020 as an executive producer, when asked Sony refused to comment only to say they are STILL in negotiations with other candidates.
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Sad news from the soap world. General Hospital icon Anthony Geary has passed away at age 78 due to complications from surgery in Amsterdam. Fans knew him forever as Luke Spencer, one of the most legendary characters daytime TV has ever seen. His longtime on-screen partner Genie Francis said, “No star burned brighter than Tony Geary,” adding that working with him was always unpredictable and exciting. A true original, and a massive loss for television history.
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Radar Online says Mariah Carey is allegedly stressed that her Christmas anthem All I Want For Christmas Is You might not dominate the charts this year. Apparently Gen Z is flirting with other holiday jams. An insider says this song is basically Mariah’s financial Super Bowl. If it underperforms, the brand wobbles. Somewhere, Mariah is warming up her whistle register and threatening December itself.
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Riley Green had a moment onstage when a fan tossed leopard-print granny panties at him mid-show. He kept singing like a pro while the internet absolutely did not. His tour crew has now started collecting bras, panties, and even hair extensions thrown on stage. Riley said they were going to donate the bras once he learned how expensive they are. Country concerts really are built different.
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Blake Shelton told People magazine that Gwen Stefani is the head chef at home, especially when it comes to Italian food. Blake says her lasagna takes all day to make, but he’d eat it for the rest of his life. Somewhere, an Oklahoma grill is quietly weeping, but love is love. And apparently love tastes like lasagna.
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