Sunday 25th May 2025
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“Rolling Stone” put together a list of the 50 Worst Decisions in Movie History. Will Smith made it on the list twice . . . for slapping Chris Rock AND for turning down “The Matrix” to make “Wild Wild West”. Burt Reynolds turns down James Bond, “The Godfather”, “Star Wars”, “Pretty Woman”, and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. Now that’s an EPIC run of bad decisions. Their top spot went to the 1956 movie “The Conqueror”. Not only did it star noted white guy John Wayne as the Asian warlord Genghis Khan. . . they also filmed it at nuclear testing sites in Utah.
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Football traditions can be deadly. And not just for Buffalo Bills fans. There’s a family of Miami Dolphins fans who take a shot of tequila every time their team scores a touchdown. Well, on Sunday, the Dolphins crushed the Denver Broncos 70 to 20. For those of you who need help with the math, 70 points is 10 touchdowns. Meaning everyone in the family had to take 10 TEQUILA SHOTS in about three and a half hours. One of them Tweeted that it might be time to rethink the tradition.
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If you haven’t seen Jelly Roll Grand Marshalling NASCAR’s playoff race on Sunday, check it out. It was at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. People don’t always get fully into it when they say “drivers, start your engines.” But he WENT for it. He screamed so hard, you could actually see him shaking at one point. NASCAR posted the video on X, formerly known as Twitter, and said, “The energy has been brought.” Jelly retweeted it and joked that he “understood the assignment.” (Here’s the video.)
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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will host President Jimmy Carter’s Habitat for Humanity project next week. It takes place October 1st through the 6th in Charlotte, North Carolina. This will be the first event the Carters won’t be able to attend because of health reasons.
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Luke Combs has had his share of crossover hits. In fact, his cover of “Fast Car” peaked higher on the Billboard Top 200 than Tracy Chapman’s original. But don’t worry about Luke switching over to pop. He’s not interested. He said, quote, “Country music is enough. I don’t want to be a pop star. I love our genre and I love writing country songs with my songwriting buddies and singing them with the guys that I like to make records with.”
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And lastly, The Taylor Swift / Travis Kelce relationship already has MERCH a lot of it on Esty…mostly in the form of different shirts going for between $10 to $38, plus some luggage with a $206 price tag.
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AT THE MOVIES
Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Picking up two months after the events of 'Dead Reckoning Part One', Ethan Hunt continues his mission to stop Gabriel from obtaining the AI program known as "the Entity".
https://youtu.be/fsQgc9pCyDU?si=6RB_NV0gX6YhQP3j
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning is rated PG-13
Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell and Simon Pegg
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Dolly Parton’s taking over the Country Music Hall of Fame, and it’s shinier than a disco ball at a rhinestone rodeo. This new exhibit is full of glitter, glam, and six decades of fabulous. Dolly even teared up, saying, “It’s a long way from the Smoky Mountains to the top of the world.”
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So apparently, we’re canonizing craft brews now? Chicago’s Burning Bush Brewery just dropped a new beer called “Da Pope,” inspired by Pope Leo XIV—because nothing says holiness like hops. It's an American mild ale with fruity notes. So yeah, if you’ve ever wanted to drink the spirit of Chicago’s papal pride... now’s your chance to get buzzed and blessed.
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Morgan Wallen’s new rap-cover of “Miami” is catching heat—and not the good kind. People say it sounds like he teamed up with Alvin and the freakin' Chipmunks. The chorus? High-pitched and autotuned within an inch of its life. Once you hear it, you can’t unhear it. It’s giving... helium karaoke. Bless his autotuned little heart.
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Shakira’s hips don’t lie—but apparently someone’s immune system did. Someone with measles showed up at her MetLife Stadium show in New Jersey. No confirmed cases yet, but symptoms could pop up through June 6th. So if you went... congrats, you didn’t just get a concert—you might’ve got a souvenir virus. Thanks for the germs, mystery patient zero!
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