Tuesday 16th December 2025
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Vanna White said goodbye to Pat Sajak last night with an emotional video where she called him a “brother” and a “true, lifelong friend.” Pat’s last episode of “Wheel of Fortune” airs tonight.
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Morgan Wallen set a new record for most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 2020s, with 19 weeks. He surpasses the previous record of 18 weeks, which is tied by Taylor Swift.
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Will Smith gets slapped multiple times by Martin Lawrence in “Bad Boys: Ride or Die”. It’s been two years since Will slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.
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Interesting fact…Lainey Wilson’s step-grandmother used to babysit Tim McGraw, but Lainey and Tim have not met
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Trivial Pursuit was created in the 1970's. Do you know what year?
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Diddy is allegedly gearing up for a one-billion-dollar legal smackdown against Netflix over the docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning. His camp says there’s unauthorized personal footage in the series. The director fired back saying the footage came to them legally, with full rights, and added that Diddy has basically filmed himself obsessively for decades. She also says they repeatedly asked his legal team for comment and heard… nothing. I’ve watched it and let’s just say, this lawsuit is gonna need popcorn. We with him all the luck.
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Lainey Wilson and Devlin Hodges are reportedly planning a big, expensive wedding and sources say Lainey wants the best of the best. Here’s the twist: neither one of them is swimming in mega-millions. But Lainey loves everyone, considers everyone a friend, and apparently invited half of Nashville. Rumored guests include Dolly, Blake and Gwen, Luke Bryan, Jelly Roll, Morgan Wallen, and more. At this point, it’s less a wedding and more a CMA after-party with vows.
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The lineup is out for New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash and it is stacked. Lainey Wilson, Zach Top, Riley Green, Megan Moroney, and a whole parade of country hitmakers are ringing in the new year. So if you’re staying home on New Year’s Eve, congratulations Nashville already planned your soundtrack.
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And finally… when Leslie Nielsen died, he went out exactly how you’d expect. A fart machine was placed in his casket and anyone walking up to the bar at his funeral could push a button and make him fart. Even in death, the man committed to the bit. That’s not just comedy… that’s legacy planning.
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