Myra 12/16/2020

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Garth Brooks is set to release "The Anthology Part IV: Going Home". The book details his Oklahoma years in retirement and includes stories from him, his friends, and wife Trisha Yearwood. Garth says, “Those fourteen years of my life are the ones I’ll always remember. It was life at its best.

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The Hollywood Reporter says Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson's new Christmas film, ‘’Red One’’, is getting poor reviews. ‘’Red One’’ opens on November 15th. It cost $250 million to make and is about a Santa kidnapping...Basically calling it a Fast and Furious movie and a “lump of coal in your stocking” …ouch!

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How imposing is Sylvester Stallone? What if you wanted to date one of his daughters?  Sistine Stallone says that her sister's high school boyfriend faced a tense moment with their father. "My dad grabbed his hand, pulled him in, and said 'next time, shake my hand like a man.'" The boyfriend was so rattled that he practiced shaking hands every day afterward.

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Jelly Roll just earned his sixth #1 on country radio with "I Am Not Okay".  Jelly thanked his fans and said that the response to his song has been, quote, "unreal."

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Sting and Jennifer Hudson are joining  'The Voice' as mega mentors. Sting will assist coaches Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani, while Hudson will aid Michael Bublé and Reba McEntire's teams.

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Cody Johnson admitted that he and Carrie Underwood initially recorded the vocals for their duet separately, but something wasn't right.  So Carrie said, "What if we just sing it live?"  It turned out to be a great idea, because they got the whole song done in ONE single take.

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The New York Post says the Western clothing brand Ariat has partnered with Paramount to release apparel inspired by the hit series, "Yellowstone." The fashion collaboration will include denim shirts, barn jackets, flannels, cowboy boots, and more. The cast of the show will be seen wearing these items…

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"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey is back on top of Billboard's Hot 100, after a one-week break when Morgan Wallen's song "Love Somebody" took over.  This means Shaboozey's song is now tied for second all-time with the most number of weeks at #1.

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It’s Election Day and The New York Post says astronauts on the International Space Station will be able to vote in today's election thanks to a special high-tech encryption system. The ballots are only accessible by the astronauts and the clerk to protect each vote's integrity.

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Morgan Wallen plays piano we all know this…but did you know he was trained to play Classical Piano?  "Yeah, I started playing piano when I was seven years old, and I learned to play it classically and played for a few years, and then I kind of just, just didn’t really play any instruments for a while because I was so focused on on baseball. But I guess I don’t know, once I got to be a I mean, I was in high school and I kind of started picking it up again, just messing around with it. I didn’t really take it seriously or anything. But I started playing it and writing songs and stuff on it when I was 19 or so."

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’The Golden Bachelorette’’ Joan Vassos tells Decider magazine that she will miss Kevin Costner on ‘’Yellowstone’’. “I will truly miss him being on it.  I’m disappointed he’s not coming back. I think it’s still a great show, honestly. I bonded with other characters like John Dutton’s daughter and the ranch hands. I have a love for the show.” Part 2 of Season 5 airs Sunday November 10^th on the Paramount Network at 7pm with CBS airing the premier at 9pm….

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Keith Urban recently sat down with Rob Lowe on his podcast and admitted how much he loves eating at Waffle House.  Keith said, "I do love Waffle House.  How could you not?  Scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, chopped, diced . . . let's go!"

You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1