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Tonight the 54th Annual CMA Awards, with Hosts Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker live on ABC and of all the exciting things Thomas Rhett loves the fact that his wife Lauren is presenting New Artist of The Year and can’t wait for the live music “It’s just been amazing to watch how hard they’ve worked to put such a safe show together and I’m just honestly itchin to hear some live music for the first time this year so we are very pumped to be here and especially doing it together.” Thomas is nominated for Male Vocalist Of The Year…The CMA Awards air tonight 7pm on ABC
Happy Veterans day to all the veterans who have served! Country music stars hold a special appreciation for the military especially Florida Georgia Line. “BK and I are big supporters of our service men and women. So, any kind of chance we get to give back or to serve them, we’re always jumping at that opportunity. Any opportunity we get to give back, especially when it comes to the military and service men and women, we’re just excited.”
The TV King of ‘You are NOT the father’ Maury Povich And wife and journalist Connie Chung are celebrating 42 years of marriage and they have very different views on why it’s lasted so long “I say whenever arguments slash discussions you have during the day has to end when your head hits the pillow. Connie says that’s not true she holds grudges so she has to argue it out the next morning to get it off her chest.” I don’t like to go to bed mad…I gotta give this one to Maury…
Entertainment Tonight says Alex Trebek’s hometown of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada honored him yesterday by lowering flags to half staff, and the Game Show Network plans to honor him with a six-hour Jeopardy marathon. It will kick off at 9 a.m. Eastern on Saturday.
Disney my write out Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow character from the next ”Pirates of the Caribbean” film. A source tells the website, ‘We Got This Covered’ will say Sparrow died off screen, but as long as you don’t see a body he could maybe come back in the future.” Small Screen says over 250,000 people have signed a change.org petition calling for Disney to bring Johnny back as Jack Sparrow.
Jimmy Fallon jokes about Royal Caribbean looking for people to go on “test cruises” during the pandemic. “It sounds fun, all you need is a bathing suit and to sign eight thousand documents saying you won’t sue. It’s kinda creepy when you board and the captain says ‘good luck'”
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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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