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We start today with some great news for the FIRST DAY OF APRIL!! Eminem and 50 Cent teamed up for a new country album. Eminem says, “I love country music. My favorite song is the one about Applebee’s.” …Yeah, you got me April fools….
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Morgan Wallen sings, writes. Plays guitar and the 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 baseball.” Other than ‘Sand In My Boots’ there really isn’t anything else he’s written for the piano…
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Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter Emmy Russell took the American Idol stage once again on Sunday. Whether or not she moved on feels like an afterthought after her performance. Sunday night’s American Idol episode was unique in that it was billed as the biggest cut in show history. More than half of the 143 Hollywood contestants were sent home. There are just 56 left. Russell is among that group. She learned she’d moved on to tonights (April 1) Showstoppers Round, where the group will be trimmed to 24.
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A BuzzFeed list of the worst songs of the ’90s is topped by Limp Bizkit’s George Michael cover, “Faith”. It’s followed by Lou Bega’s “Mambo Number 5” and Crash Test Dummies’ “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” Which used to be big karaoke hits…
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Luke Combs was shocked to hear "People" magazine named him the sexiest 34-year-old on the planet. He told a reporter that when he heard they put him on a list, he thought it was for eating the "most cheeseburgers."
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Keith Urban was doing an interview for a recent edition of Variety magazine when he said he has two sides to his personality. "I’ve got a dutiful, responsible, reliable side. And I’ve got this animalistic, wild, reckless, irresponsible, What does this button do?' side. I constantly have to keep them both in check to make sure one side isn't taking more control than it should."
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Jay Leno recently suffered a 60-foot fall down a hill at a hotel resulting in injuries to his eyes and face that were left bruised along with a broken wrist. Which has led to wild internet conspiracies that Jay has a “gambling problem” and debt collectors were sending a message…
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Lastly, remember Jussie Smollett? Well his conviction for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. They ruled that he shouldn't have been prosecuted after making a deal with the D.A.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1