Thursday 11th December 2025
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Garth Brooks is getting the band back together, he’s performing at the Billboard Music Awards next week with five of the original seven band members. Garth will also be presented with the prestigious Icon Award at the ceremony. The Billboard Music Awards will be hosted by Kelly Clarkson and air live October 14 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
Brad Paisley talks to Ellen about his ‘No I In Beer’ video..to rescuing donkeys during the pandemic…and recalling the last concert he played before the pandemic shut everything down…“We were up in Saskatchewan, the day after they shut down all of America. Which was really weird because I feel like we got one pass the goalie. I was able to really soak it in with that audience, and I think we all knew.. ok, this is it for a long time.”
Each audience member for Saturday Night Live’s season premiere walked out with a surprise $150 check. New York’s COVID-19 guidelines prohibit live audiences at “media production activities,” unless the audience is made up of paid cast, crew or employees. so, by paying the audience…NBC was able to count them as employees which put the show in compliance with the state’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Legendary rocker Eddie Van Halen passed away from throat cancer yesterday..in the early days of Van Halen Eddie said the band never took NO for an answer “The bottom line is…we believed in ourselves, just like when no record company wanted anything to do with us we threw our own gigs. We played back yard parties, stuffed lockers in high schools.. we played high schools we played everywhere whether you liked us or not you definitely had heard of us.” ..Eddie Van Halen was 65.
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Tom Cruise is allegedly still stunned and furious that Ana de Armas dumped him. A source says he “didn’t see it coming” and can’t wrap his head around the idea that she didn’t want him as a long-term partner. Now Ana’s out here laughing it up with Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari garage — which stings even more because Lewis is friends with Tom.
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Maddie & Tae are officially calling it quits after 15 years together. Tae says she’s stepping away to raise her kids, and Maddie is heading into her solo chapter. Country duos break up worse than boy bands. . From “Girl in a Country Song” to “Die from a Broken Heart,” they gave us the harmonies AND the therapy.
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Jason Aldean’s six-year-old daughter Navy lost her first tooth and not to the Tooth Fairy, but to a knee in the face during some vacation roughhousing. That’ll teach ya! One moment you’re having family fun, the next you’re spitting teeth like a tiny MMA fighter. At least the Tooth Fairy pays better than UFC.
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Golden Globe nominations dropped yesterday, and One Battle After Another and The White Lotus are leading the pack in movies and TV. The show airs January 11th on CBS. Soooo….get ready for another three-hour Hollywood party where everyone pretends to be surprised and the host makes at least one joke that gets them in trouble on Twitter.
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