Saturday 30th November 2024
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Apparently, some movie theaters tried to have a last minute advance screening of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and it didn’t go well. Multiple sources say theaters were NOT happy with having to prepare for potential mass demand with so little advance notice. The irony is, the demand probably wasn’t all that great. Due to the last-minute call for the advance screenings, theaters were reporting weak crowds.
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Dustin Lynch at one time was on a different path…he went to Med School before making it big. But what did his parents think of him dropping out for Country music? “When my parents started traveling around seeing the cash I was getting. They were like ‘this is good, this is fun, we can have fun with you and you’re making good money and making rent and you’re off our payroll’
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Jason Aldean tells Billboard magazine that he doesn’t need to win awards to know his songs are good. “I would much rather have thousands of people screaming my songs back to me than have any number of awards. When it comes down to it, you’d rather have the people like the songs than the critics.”
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America’s Got Talent: Extreme is being sued by a contestant who got injured during the practice session of his stunt for the show. The stunt involved two cars exploding in mid-air and HE got smashed between them and fell 20 feet to the ground. He survived and is now suing NBC saying the network and the show’s producers kept encouraging contestants to perform bigger and more dangerous stunts, while cutting corners on safety to save money. And it nearly cost him his life.
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Tommy Davidson tells the Club Shay Shay podcast that Will Smith confronted him after an unplanned on-screen kiss with Jada Pinkett Smith in 1988. Saying “Will came into the trailer and he’s standing over me and he’s like, ‘I don’t appreciate that, man. I don’t appreciate that.’ And I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ And [he’s biting his lip like] he might do something.”
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Reba McEntire tells NBC that she is mad at Taylor Swift for dating Travis Kelce. “Oh, my gosh, I am so mad at her because I had a crush on him. Now I can’t have a crush anymore because he’s dating her. I was so devastated.”
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The first character balloon in 1927 was Felix the Cat, and the character to make the most appearances is Snoopy, with over 40. This year's parade is scheduled to begin at 8:30 A.M. Eastern tomorrow morning, on NBC as usual, along with streams on Peacock and Fubo. Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker of the "Today" show will return as hosts.
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Jelly Roll Is Taking A Break From Social Media ... He says he is going to go dark for a few months, but you'll still see him on his wife's posts. He says he has an unhealthy relationship…with social media and phones in general...
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The NY Post says "Wicked" moviegoers are causing a stir by singing along during the movie. AMC Theaters has already banned singing. Some fans find the singing disruptive, while others believe it adds to the viewing experience. Nanci Zoppi says, "I’m already livid about it. Everybody’s an indoor cat now. They don’t know how to be in public places."
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Kix Brooks is stepping down as the host of "American Country Countdown" after 18 years. His last show will air the weekend of December 28th and 29th.
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