The List for Friday, March 17th 2023

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Do REAL lightsabers exist?  Not exactly.  But at this year’s South by Southwest Festival, Disney Parks and Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro showed off the next best thing. It’s a lightsaber with a “blade” that actually expands and retracts, just like the ones in the “Star Wars” movies.  And it makes noises like them too.  Now the bad news:  At the moment, Disney has no plans to sell these things.  Check out the post here…

And the official lightsaber comes out! pic.twitter.com/yLvq3L6Imn

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) March 10, 2023

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Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was attacked outside a Florida hotel on Monday night.  He was standing outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Fort Lauderdale when a 19-year-old man ran at him at full speed and knocked him to the ground, where he hit his head. He was caught later, vandalizing cars in the parking lot of another hotel, and charged with abuse of an elderly or disabled adult with great harm. There’s no word on Allen’s condition.

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Luke Combs was on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast and told Joe that couldn’t imagine himself being a country star when he first moved to Nashville . . . because all the singers at that time “were hot.”  Quote, “We’re talking 6’5″, abs . . . I mean, I didn’t have chance.” He would have been happy just sweeping floors in a studio just to be around music.  Besides, I’ve never had someone request a song because the artist has great abs.  If they did, I’d hang up.

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Miranda Lambert has spent two decades with Sony Music Nashville, but this week she announced that she’s leaving.  She thanked Sony in an Instagram post, and added, “I can’t wait to see what my next adventure holds.” It doesn’t mean she’s LEAVING country music…just the label.

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Cher wants to go back to work and may do a residency in Las Vegas. A source tells Radar Online “A few years ago, she considered hanging up her hat, but she’s still got so much energy that she wants to go back to work. She surfs, rides a bike, and walks two to four miles a day. And she makes sure to exercise five times a week.”  With all the money she’s spending on her 29 year old boyfriend, she probably feels she NEEDS to go back to work..

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And lastly, Parker McCollum is going to perform before the Ally 400 NASCAR race at Nashville Super Speedway on June 25th.

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