Zach Chats
November 25, 2024
Tuesday 26th November 2024
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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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Luke Combs was shocked to hear "People" magazine named him the sexiest 34-year-old on the planet. He told a reporter that when he heard they put him on a list, he thought it was for eating the "most cheeseburgers."
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Keith Urban was doing an interview for a recent edition of Variety magazine when he said he has two sides to his personality. "I’ve got a dutiful, responsible, reliable side. And I’ve got this animalistic, wild, reckless, irresponsible, What does this button do?' side. I constantly have to keep them both in check to make sure one side isn't taking more control than it should."
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Jay Leno recently suffered a 60-foot fall down a hill at a hotel resulting in injuries to his eyes and face that were left bruised along with a broken wrist. Which has led to wild internet conspiracies that Jay has a “gambling problem” and debt collectors were sending a message…
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Lastly, remember Jussie Smollett? Well his conviction for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. They ruled that he shouldn't have been prosecuted after making a deal with the D.A.
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