Zach Chats
January 3, 2025
Saturday 4th January 2025
Welcome to The List,
Big news over the weekend was Comic Con and all things Marvel themed..and Walking Dead news…cosplay…with highlights this year centering around the announcement of two new “Avengers” movies, the trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, and news on Rick Grimes’ future in the “Walking Dead” universe.
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Carrie Underwood shared an awesome “How it started – How it’s going” last Friday. It begins with a throwback clip of herself as a kid singing the Patty Loveless 1993 hit “Blame It On Your Heart”. Then it cuts to a grown-up Carrie doing the same song on the Grand Ole Opry. It was a preview of her performance on Saturday’s “Opry Loves the ’90s”, which also featured Jimmie Allen, Cody Johnson, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, and Chris Young.
— Grand Ole Opry (@opry) July 22, 2022
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Actual drama on the Production set of FX’s “Justified”. Filming was halted when two cars crashed onto the Chicago set, with the occupants SHOOTING at each other. Justified: City Primeval was filming Wednesday night in Douglass Park on the city’s West Side when the two vehicles broke through the perimeter. No cast or crewmembers were hurt; star Timothy Olyphant was among those at the location. Filming is slated to resume this week.
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Luke Bryan was performing in Bristow, Virginia last Thursday, and he noticed a sign that said, “Luke, Strip it down for Grandma’s 85th Birthday.” So rather than take it LITERALLY . . . he went over to grandma and serenaded her with a little of his 2015 song, “Strip It Down….
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Fun news from the ‘House Of Mouse’ – Disney+ continues its experimentation with new versions of Moana, Encanto and several other hit musical movies. Last week, the streamer announced new “Sing-Along versions” of its classic movies so that fans can have a karaoke-style watch party. The first of these movies was released back in March, and two more were released on Friday, July 22. Several more will follow next month.
The Sing-Along versions of Moana and The Little Mermaid are streaming now on Disney+, and 2019 remake of The Lion King is coming on Friday, Aug. 5. These new versions show the lyrics on screen like a karaoke machine, inviting the audience to sing along to their favorite songs.
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Kelsea Ballerini’s new album, “Subject to Change“, drops September 23rd . . . and she’ll be promoting it with a tour that launches the next day. The “Heartfirst Tour” will kick-off September 24th in New York City, and wrap October 14th Mashantucket, Connecticut.
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“It’s New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old named Bob Dylan from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.”
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Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton and Elle Fanning
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Welcome to The List,
Lainey Wilson and former NFL quarterback Devlin "Duck" Hodges were one of country music's most beloved couples of 2024, so it's only natural that fans are buzzing about whether they might be taking the next step and tying the knot sometime soon. Bunnie Xo is wondering, too. She confessed to Wilson that she's "manifesting" a wedding for her in 2025. Lainey has even offered to propose to HIM!!
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It's not too unusual for Luke Combs to tease new music before releasing it, but this time, he's got one important question to go along with his unreleased demo. "Who should I duet this with?" he asked fans as he posted a clip of something that appears to be titled "More Less Than Perfect." Combs' new song is a love ballad with lyrics that appear to be directed at a person who fell in love with him, even though he thinks he doesn't deserve her attention.
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Blake Lively has filed a lawsuit against her "It Ends with Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, according to court docs…as well as the film’s production company, Wayfarer Studios. Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department on Dec. 20. On Dec. 31, Baldoni and his publicists also sued the New York Times for libel, after the news outlet published a Dec. 20 article about Lively's claims that she'd been the victim of a smear campaign after speaking up about sexual harassment on the set of "It Ends with Us."
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And lastly, Megan Markle started the new year with a fresh Instagram post from a newly launched account. In it, the Duchess of Sussex happily runs barefoot along the sand on a beach while wearing a white button-up shirt and a pair of white jeans rolled up above the ankle. Writing 20-25 in the sand before running out of the shot. Though the former “Suits” actress, 43, turned off the comments for the post, several stars showed their support by “liking” it, including her pals Serena Williams and Chrissy Teigen.
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