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Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie or not? The world may never truly get to a consensus on this. But this might sway a few people. A new trailer that was made to promote the movie’s release on 4K presents “Die Hard” as, quote, “The greatest Christmas story ever told.” Bruce Willis’s John McClane is just a dad who wants to spend the holiday with his family, but, quote, “gets stuck at the office party.” In case you’re wondering where Bruce stands on the issue . . . during his Comedy Central Roast in 2018, he said “Die Hard” is, quote, “a Bruce Willis movie.”
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James Gunn and his partner Peter Safran are really shaking things up at DC. And that includes a big switch for Jason Momoa. Sources say that after “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” comes out next December, Jason will be officially done with the character. But he’s not getting the axe. Instead, he’s going to play a DIFFERENT DC character . . . the anti-hero Lobo.
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Tyler Hubbard just coming off some fall dates with Keith Urban and Ingrid Andress and Keith’s “The Speed Of Now World Tour” and now his focus is on the holidays’ “I love Christmas as well, you know? I think it’s taking time away from work and just kind of getting grounded again, spending good quality time with family and friends, and just the spirit around that time of year just feels great.”
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In theaters this weekend Avatar: The Way Of Water tells the story of the Sully family and the trouble that follows them,. Zoe Saldana says some of the cast members were competing to see who could hold their breath the longest. underwater scenes in the movie. “So, I do remember when I came into work one day, they were like Kate did seven…and I said she did seven minutes under water?! I came on and said I gotta step up!” Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Staring Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet is in theatres on Friday…We’ll take a closer look Thursday with ‘At The Movies’ during the Drive At Five.
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Dolly Parton’s matter-of-fact honesty is one of the million things we love about her. During an interview on “CMT Hot 20 Countdown” she revealed a secret function of the wigs she wears. saying “My wig cap has a little pocket on it in the back because my clothes are so tight, my mic pack don’t fit nowhere, there’s only room for me in my clothes. “So I have it to where the mic fits in my hair ’cause I wear wigs all the time and so it goes right over it and we just kind of mic it around and it works perfect.”
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And finally, NBC says Kane Brown and Breland will perform during tomorrow night’s season finale of ”The Voice’ and Music Mayhem magazine says Bailey Zimmerman is going to perform during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve countdown on ABC.
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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/
Join us Thursday during the Drive at Five for ‘At The Movies” brought to you by North Grand Cinema in Ames..
In theaters this weekend – “GOAT”
From the studio behind Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and KPop Demon Hunters. Follow Will, a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball – a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world.
https://youtu.be/ggZA2oi8S5s?si=IhPmbbwAvvfg99Zv
“GOAT” is rated: PG
Stars: Caleb McLaughlin and Gabrielle Union
AT THE MOVIES...Thursday’s at 5:40, brought to you by North Grand Cinema in Ames and IBC KIX 101.1….
