The List for Monday, May 31st 2022

Welcome to The List,

It’s graduation season and Luke Combs has a message for all the 2022 graduates. “To all you seniors that are graduating this year, I wanted to offer up a huge congratulations to you on this amazing achievement. As each of you step into this exciting new chapter of your life, just enjoy it. Enjoy this moment, and do what you want to do. Whether that is using the degree you just got in your hand or not. You going to do what you want to do, being happy, and feeling fulfilled is the most important thing. So to each and every one of you, congratulations, and all the best to you going forward.”

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Alycia Debnam-Carey is officially departing Fear the Walking Dead. Deadline reported that her exit came after Sunday’s episode of the series, which saw her character, Alicia Clark, heading off on her own path. This marks a major departure for the show, She’s been with The Walking Dead spinoff since it first premiered in 2015.

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Does Thomas Rhett get ‘starstruck’? well, yes!  He was starstruck when he met George Strait for the first time saying they were at the ACM Honors event three years ago. There were a few new artists like himself, but mostly icons.  They wanted to do a big group picture and so he was literally sitting next to Alan Jackson and George Strait was behind him was Dolly Parton I was like, ‘This is wild!!’  ‘Man, that’s the king!’”

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Speaking of the king…of the BOXOFFICE, Tom Cruise just marked a major milestone in his career. Top Gun: Maverick earned the 59-year-old movie star his first $100 million opening weekend. The picture earned $124 million in its first three days in North American theaters, Paramount Pictures said Sunday. Worldwide, the film has taken in $248 million. The film’s final domestic numbers will be released on Tuesday.

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The Hollywood Reporter reports…Bo Hopkins, the wily actor with the wild-eyed gaze who came to fame portraying thieves and scoundrels in films The Wild Bunch, American Graffiti, Midnight Express and White Lightning. Passed on Saturday. Hopkins died at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys after suffering a heart attack on May 9, He was 84

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There was an event called “Star Wars” Celebration last week, and here’s what we learned:  “Indiana Jones 5” is coming out in June of 2023 . . . the trailer for the new “Willow” on Disney + looks pretty awesome and yes Val Kilmer WILL be involved . . . and JUDE LAW is starring in a new series called “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew”.

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