Friday 5th December 2025
Welcome to The List,
Last night during Sunday Night Football, they dropped the bomb: Bad Bunny will headline the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show. But get this he might’ve been the runner-up! Word is Taylor Swift was in talks, but she turned it down because the NFL expected her to work for free. Super Bowl 60 hits Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, February 8th… and somewhere in the NFL offices, a guy is still crying into his friendship bracelet.
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The Grand Ole Opry just packed its bags and went international! Friday night, Royal Albert Hall sold out as Darius Rucker, Marty Stuart, Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde, and Carly Pearce took the stage. They wrapped with Will the Circle Be Unbroken and, yeah, it felt just like Nashville. After 100 years at home base, turns out the “Mother Church of Country Music” doesn’t need a passport stamp to feel like home… though I’m sure someone still yelled, “Play Freebird!”
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TMZ says Dolly Parton had to cancel her Las Vegas shows because of health issues. Before you panic no, it’s not plastic surgery, stop it. She’s got a few procedures lined up, but Dolly promises she’ll still be working on projects in Nashville. Even while healing, she’ll out-work all of us… and probably crochet three albums before breakfast.
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The Simpsons are about to hit a milestone 800 episodes in February. And so far, the only plot detail they’re teasing is: the dog gets fat. That’s it. After 35 years on TV, they don’t even need spoilers anymore… but hey, it’s still less predictable than a Hallmark Christmas movie.
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Welcome to The List,
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are allegedly hitting a rough patch not over romance, but over the prenup. An insider claims the financial talks are “cold-hearted,” mostly because their bank accounts look like they’re from two different planets. Travis wants to play another season or two and eventually jump into broadcasting, and apparently Taylor’s not thrilled with that plan. The source says there is supposed to be a wedding this offseason… but right now the negotiations look less like love and more like Shark Tank.
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Willie Nelson is fed up with the internet declaring him dead every other week and he finally said something. He posted a photo of himself snoozing on a couch with the caption, “If you believe those A.I. death stories one more time.” For months, fake AI posts claimed he collapsed, was hospitalized, or worse. None of it true. Willie’s still here, still laughing, still alive… and more coherent than some of the people posting about him.
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Diddy allegedly thinks someone in his own family sold him out after 50 Cent got access to leaked footage for the Netflix documentary ‘The Reckoning’. The footage shows him distressed on a phone call and Diddy is reportedly determined to figure out who leaked it. He believes only family had access to something that sensitive. And after watching parts of the doc myself? Yeah… “eye-opening” is putting it lightly. This story gets messier by the hour.
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Luke Combs told ESPN he wants to headline the Super Bowl halftime show and watch his Carolina Panthers win that same game. Bold. Very bold. He said he grew up in Charlotte when the Panthers became a team, so it’s “in his blood.” Look, we love the confidence but asking for a halftime slot and a Panthers Super Bowl victory is what scientists call “a miracle.”
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