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Hoda Kotb is leaving the “Today” show early next year. She says, quote, “I had my kiddos late in life, and I was thinking that they deserve a bigger piece of my time pie.” She’ll stay with NBC in some capacity, but she didn’t elaborate.
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The “People’s Choice Country Awards” took place last night in Nashville. Morgan Wallen won the People’s Artist of 2024 . . . and the Album of 2024 went to Luke Combs with “Fathers and Sons”. Shaboozey won for New artist for 2024 and gave thanks to Beyonce’ for some reason…
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Jimmy Fallon is allegedly leveraging his celebrity friendships to boost ‘The Tonight Show’s’ declining ratings and revenue. An insider says, “When Jimmy took the Tonight Show job ten years ago, he pretty much insisted on five tapings a week and promised the decision would pay for itself. For the first few years of the show, it apparently did. But 2024 is a different time and the amount of advertisers willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for thirty seconds during Jimmy’s show have definitely shrunk.
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A new docuseries on Hulu starring Luke Bryan called “It’s All Country” will premiere on November 15th. The show will do a deep dive with some of Country music’s biggest stars and try to uncover the secret stories of their biggest hits.
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Chris Stapleton's Traveler Whiskey is partnering with Dale Earnhardt Jr's, JR Motorsports, to field their first car in the Daytona 500. Defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, Justin Allgaier, will be behind the wheel of the number 40 Traveler Whiskey Chevrolet
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‘’Mission: Impossible 8’’ features jaw-dropping action sequences like Tom Cruise hanging onto a plane flying upside down. Director Christopher McQuarrie says, "We had a small screening and someone said, 'I was suffocating throughout the entire sequence. I almost had a heart attack.' And I thought, 'I guess we did something right.’ Mission Impossible 8 “The Final Reckoning” hit theaters in May.
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Tori Spelling tells Page Six that she evacuated from the Los Angeles wildfires with only the important stuff. Her five children, pets and five belongings including a Los Angeles tee, a jacket from 1985, a seashell, crystals, and her contacts.
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If you were ever wondering how Kenny Chesney stays in such good shape, Here’s his secret…it's because he practices singing while RUNNING on a TREADMILL.
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Country stars were asked to choose one album to take with them on a deserted island. Jelly Roll would go with Garth Brooks' greatest hits, so he can get, quote, "More bang for his buck" . . . And Lainey Wilson would bring "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack. Which Country album would YOU take….
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Tim McGraw will headline the first-ever, all-day concert event at the legendary Field of Dreams field in Dyersville, Iowa this August. That's pretty cool because Tim's dad, Tug McGraw, played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball.
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Justin Baldoni is suing Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400 million, claiming they orchestrated a smear campaign against him and tried to take control of their movie, "It Ends with Us".
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Director David Lynch died yesterday, after battling emphysema. He was 78. Former Major Leaguer and actor Bob Uecker also passed yesterday, due to lung cancer. He was 90 years old.
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