Thursday 16th January 2025
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Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie or not? The world may never truly get to a consensus on this. But this might sway a few people. A new trailer that was made to promote the movie’s release on 4K presents “Die Hard” as, quote, “The greatest Christmas story ever told.” Bruce Willis’s John McClane is just a dad who wants to spend the holiday with his family, but, quote, “gets stuck at the office party.” In case you’re wondering where Bruce stands on the issue . . . during his Comedy Central Roast in 2018, he said “Die Hard” is, quote, “a Bruce Willis movie.”
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James Gunn and his partner Peter Safran are really shaking things up at DC. And that includes a big switch for Jason Momoa. Sources say that after “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” comes out next December, Jason will be officially done with the character. But he’s not getting the axe. Instead, he’s going to play a DIFFERENT DC character . . . the anti-hero Lobo.
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Tyler Hubbard just coming off some fall dates with Keith Urban and Ingrid Andress and Keith’s “The Speed Of Now World Tour” and now his focus is on the holidays’ “I love Christmas as well, you know? I think it’s taking time away from work and just kind of getting grounded again, spending good quality time with family and friends, and just the spirit around that time of year just feels great.”
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In theaters this weekend Avatar: The Way Of Water tells the story of the Sully family and the trouble that follows them,. Zoe Saldana says some of the cast members were competing to see who could hold their breath the longest. underwater scenes in the movie. “So, I do remember when I came into work one day, they were like Kate did seven…and I said she did seven minutes under water?! I came on and said I gotta step up!” Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Staring Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet is in theatres on Friday…We’ll take a closer look Thursday with ‘At The Movies’ during the Drive At Five.
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Dolly Parton’s matter-of-fact honesty is one of the million things we love about her. During an interview on “CMT Hot 20 Countdown” she revealed a secret function of the wigs she wears. saying “My wig cap has a little pocket on it in the back because my clothes are so tight, my mic pack don’t fit nowhere, there’s only room for me in my clothes. “So I have it to where the mic fits in my hair ’cause I wear wigs all the time and so it goes right over it and we just kind of mic it around and it works perfect.”
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And finally, NBC says Kane Brown and Breland will perform during tomorrow night’s season finale of ”The Voice’ and Music Mayhem magazine says Bailey Zimmerman is going to perform during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve countdown on ABC.
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Variety magazine says Paris Hilton has raised $800,000 for the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. The funds will assist hundreds of families. Hilton's non-profit, 11:11 Media Impact, made a significant grant to the GoFundMe Wildfire Relief Fund.
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The NY Post says Jay Leno used his vintage fire truck to deliver food to the L.A. firefighters battling the devastating wildfires. Leno cooked BBQ from the back of his 1941 American LaFrance fire truck. The wildfires have scorched 40,000 acres.
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Jason Aldean and Rascal Flatts will perform at Trump's inauguration ball after the swearing in on Monday. Billy Ray Cyrus signed on to play the "Victory Rally" that's happening ahead of it on Sunday. That should turn some heads at “The View”.
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The 12th annual iHeart Country Festival will take place May 3rd at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Performers include: Brooks & Dunn, Thomas Rhett, and Megan Moroney.
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Here's the latest on how the Southern California wildfires have been affecting your favorite celebrities . . . David Spade is offering $5,000 to anyone who helps catch people lighting fires…. Beyoncé is donating $2.5 million to the wildfire relief effort, Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation is donating $500,000 . . The Grammys are still on for February 2nd from L.A.'s Crypto.com Arena. The show will help raise money for the relief effort.
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Morgan Wallen posted a photo of himself in the studio the other day with the caption, "Locked in." Given that it's been almost two years since he released his last album, "One Thing at a Time", most people are guessing a new one should be on the way this spring.
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Drew Barrymore chose revenge "decades ago" when she found out an ex-boyfriend was cheating on her. On her show yesterday, she revealed that she made him watch her have drinks with the woman he was cheating on her with.
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Carrie Underwood will perform "America the Beautiful" at Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday. Quote, "I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future."
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