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November 22, 2024
Saturday 23rd November 2024
Welcome to The List,
The ACM nominations were announced yesterday, and Hardy scored big, picking up seven nods. Right behind him is Lainey Wilson with six. Luke Combs, Kane Brown, and Cole Swindell have five apiece. Morgan Wallen got his first ACM Entertainer of the Year nomination. The ACMs are May 11th on Amazon Prime. Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks are the hosts.
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Tim McGraw is launching his own media company called Down Home. It’ll be based in Nashville, and will produce movies, TV, and digital media. The company will focus on “relatable stories about everyday Americans.” He explained it even more on Facebook. Quote, “There’s a real push for people to get back to togetherness and a sense of community. That’s Down Home, and that’s what I want our company to be about.”
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“Time” magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023 includes Michael B. Jordan . . . Drew Barrymore, Beyoncé . . . Patrick Mahomes . . . Elon Musk…Kid Rock and I didn’t make the list again this year…
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Matthew McConaughey is hosting his first ever virtual live event…It’s called “The Art Of Livin” Monday April 24th and it’s about coming together to figure out who we WANT to be and creating a roadmap to get there as he calls it…“Look the last couple years, they’ve been wild haven’t they? Goal post always moving left and right. So much uncertainty, people divided, making us feel further apart than we actually are even from ourselves. Times like these, we could all use a roadmap to help us get a little more of “that”…would you please join me? It’s live…and it’s free, wanna see you there…just keep livin;” If you’d like to sign up, for the McConaughey Live Event, click HERE
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Boston’s Berklee College of Music is going to be offering a Taylor Swift songwriting class next semester. The class’ description reads; “Delving into the core of her songwriting, this course will explore and analyze her compositional and lyrical choices…if you’d like to Master in Taylor Swift…Berklee’s tuition is a mere 46,800/year…
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Luke Combs is teaming up with Opry Entertainment Group to open “a massive bar and entertainment complex” in Nashville. There’s no word on a name yet, but it’ll supposedly be inspired by his hit “Hurricane”. The place is expected to open in the summer of 2024.
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Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: “Wicked”
The untold story of the witches of Oz, before the story YOU know of with Dorothy…and how they FIRST met… One raised by privilege and ambition who has yet to discover her true heart and the other a social outcast who has yet to discover her true power…and the choices they make will separate them, and will set them on different destinies that will change them, and Oz, for good.
https://youtu.be/6COmYeLsz4c?si=lteQIk3QQbkuVvvj
“Wicked” is rated: PG
Stars: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo
At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen Friday during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.
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Welcome to The List,
Here's who won big at last night's CMAs: Morgan Wallen won Entertainer of the Year . . . Lainey Wilson was named Female Vocalist of the Year . . . and Chris Stapleton won Male Vocalist of the Year, Best Song, and Best Single of the Year with "White Horse"…
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If you ever want to know more about Dylan Scott simply go to his socials…He was recently doing an interview with People magazine and said he loves to share his home life on social media. Saying “I want to keep things real and always show people who I am and what is happening in my life.”
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Denzel Washington tells Esquire Magazine that he would love to play Robert McCall in two more ‘’Equalizer’’ sequels. "I told them I would do another Equalizer, and we’re doing four and five. More people are happy about that - I know I am…
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And lastly, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi have reportedly moved to England to escape incoming president Donald Trump. They already have a home near London, and are selling their California estate….Bye Felicia!!
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