The List for Thursday, November 17th 2022

Welcome to The List,

Move over Hallmark channel there’s a new player in town…and it’s called QVC. They’re not just a home shopping network anymore . . . they’ve gotten into the very lucrative business of making cheesy, contrived holiday romantic comedies. Their first Christmas movie, “Holly & the Hot Chocolate”, will premiere on it on Thanksgiving Day And it looks bad.  Like, REALLY bad.  It’s about a food critic with car trouble and a cranky tow truck driver who, of course, find love . . . in a town where a guy sells really good hot chocolate.

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There’s an intentional Easter egg in “Top Gun: Maverick”, and if you caught it, Tom Cruise would be quite impressed.  A guy’s yell from the volleyball scene in the first “Top Gun” was sampled and used in the football scene in the new movie. A fan on Twitter pointed it out and Eddie Hamilton, an editor on the movie, noticed the Tweet and said, quote, “I am stoked you noticed this.  Very deliberate little nod . . . No one else has spotted this as far as I’m aware.  Enjoy your time in the smug zone.”

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Elle King’s debut country album, “Come Get Your Wife”, will be out in January. Obviously, she’s very excited about it. Quote, “I’ve poured my heart and a lot of tequila into this record.  I hope people like it because I’m proud of it and I can’t wait to sing all these songs live and I hope you guys want to sing them with me.”  She says this new album is packed full of emotion and excitement and a lot of gratitude toward the country music fans…

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After the 2022 we’ve had, this is one of the best things I could have heard:  Woody and Buzz from “Toy Story” are best buddies in real life.  Tim Allen says he and Tom Hanks are super-close and have been having lunch together since the first “Toy Story”.  And even though they disagree on a lot of things, he says, quote, “I adore that man’s heart and mind.”

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CMA’s Country Christmas date and performers have been announced. Dan + Shay, Carly Pearce, Scotty McCreery, Maren Morris, Old Dominion, and Steven Curtis Chapman are some of the performers on this year with Carly as the host. The show now in it’s Thirteenth year will air from Nashville on ABC December 12^th.

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And finally, Jimmie Allen and Elle King are going to host Nashville’s New Year’s Eve celebration. The celebration will feature Brooks & Dunn, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town, Zac Brown Band and more.

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