Thursday 18th December 2025

The List for Thursday, January 2nd 2025

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Lainey Wilson and former NFL quarterback Devlin “Duck” Hodges were one of country music’s most beloved couples of 2024, so it’s only natural that fans are buzzing about whether they might be taking the next step and tying the knot sometime soon. Bunnie Xo is wondering, too. She confessed to Wilson that she’s “manifesting” a wedding for her in 2025.  Lainey has even offered to propose to HIM!!

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It’s not too unusual for Luke Combs to tease new music before releasing it, but this time, he’s got one important question to go along with his unreleased demo. “Who should I duet this with?” he asked fans as he posted a clip of something that appears to be titled “More Less Than Perfect.” Combs’ new song is a love ballad with lyrics that appear to be directed at a person who fell in love with him, even though he thinks he doesn’t deserve her attention.

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Blake Lively has filed a lawsuit against her “It Ends with Us” co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, according to court docs…as well as the film’s production company, Wayfarer Studios.  Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department on Dec. 20. On Dec. 31, Baldoni and his publicists also sued the New York Times for libel,  after the news outlet published a Dec. 20 article about Lively’s claims that she’d been the victim of a smear campaign after speaking up about sexual harassment on the set of “It Ends with Us.”

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And lastly, Megan Markle started the new year with a fresh Instagram post from a newly launched account. In it, the Duchess of Sussex happily runs barefoot along the sand on a beach while wearing a white button-up shirt and a pair of white jeans rolled up above the ankle.  Writing 20-25 in the sand before running out of the shot. Though the former “Suits” actress, 43, turned off the comments for the post, several stars showed their support by “liking” it, including her pals Serena Williams and Chrissy Teigen.

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The List for Thursday, December 18th 2025

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The Oscars are officially breaking up with ABC and moving in with YouTube. Starting in 2029, the Academy Awards will stream on YouTube, along with all the red-carpet chaos, through at least 2033. ABC still gets the show through the 100th Oscars in 2028, but after that, no channel flipping — you’re clicking a link.

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Don’t expect to see Michael Bublé back in the spinning chair next season. He says he’s done with The Voice after dealing with online backlash and missing his family. An insider says the negative comments really took a toll, even though he loves the show and the crew. Sometimes the smoothest crooner in the room just wants to go home and be Dad.

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Blake Shelton shared the first time he brought Gwen Stefani home to Oklahoma and it blew her mind. Gwen, raised in Anaheim, saw Blake’s land and asked, “You own this?” Then she spotted a creek and said, “You can have that?” She thought rivers only came with national park admission. Blake called it one of the joys of his life. City girl meets country acreage…

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Morgan Wallen is now the highest-selling country artist of all time. He just picked up 80 new certifications and officially crossed 240 million units sold. Luke Combs comes in at number two, Garth Brooks at number three. Let that sink in. Skipped awards shows, topped streaming, and now sits on the mountain. Morgan let the numbers do the talking and they did….loudly.

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