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The Voice returns tonight and judge Blake Shelton was excited to learn that pop star Ariana Grande was joining the show as a coach..but looking forward what does he expect out of this season? “I’m always excited to work with somebody new. It’s always more exciting for ME, the bigger the star the harder they fall. It’s always WAY more exciting to me to beat somebody of her level of popularity. Than it is to beat…you know, some looser like Kelly or John you know?” Sounds like a challenge to me! Season 21 of The Voice starts tonight 7 central on NBC
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Alan Jackson’s oldest daughter Mattie Jackson Selecman is still grappling with her grief following the September 2018 death of her husband, Ben. Three years after a boating accident, that took his life. Mattie is reflecting on his death in her new book Lemons on Friday, out Nov. 16 via Harper Collins, something that she says is “a story about how you go about honestly grieving something that is heartbreaking.”
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Congratulations to all the winners from last nights 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards! big winners, Saturday Night Live, Ted Lasso and The Crown. Cedric The Entertainer, LL Cool J, and a huge group of other celebrities open the show with an Emmy-themed rap song to the tune of Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend.”
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The Star claims Tom Cruise is allegedly living with his Mission Impossible 7 co-star, Hayley Atwell, in England. A source tells the magazine, “It’s one of those things that nobody is allowed to talk about openly, but everyone knows they’re an item. It took Tom a long time to find that special someone, but Hayley was worth the wait. They’re very compatible, true partners, and madly in love”
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Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: “Wicked”
The untold story of the witches of Oz, before the story YOU know of with Dorothy…and how they FIRST met… One raised by privilege and ambition who has yet to discover her true heart and the other a social outcast who has yet to discover her true power…and the choices they make will separate them, and will set them on different destinies that will change them, and Oz, for good.
https://youtu.be/6COmYeLsz4c?si=lteQIk3QQbkuVvvj
“Wicked” is rated: PG
Stars: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo
At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen Friday during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.
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Here's who won big at last night's CMAs: Morgan Wallen won Entertainer of the Year . . . Lainey Wilson was named Female Vocalist of the Year . . . and Chris Stapleton won Male Vocalist of the Year, Best Song, and Best Single of the Year with "White Horse"…
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If you ever want to know more about Dylan Scott simply go to his socials…He was recently doing an interview with People magazine and said he loves to share his home life on social media. Saying “I want to keep things real and always show people who I am and what is happening in my life.”
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Denzel Washington tells Esquire Magazine that he would love to play Robert McCall in two more ‘’Equalizer’’ sequels. "I told them I would do another Equalizer, and we’re doing four and five. More people are happy about that - I know I am…
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And lastly, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi have reportedly moved to England to escape incoming president Donald Trump. They already have a home near London, and are selling their California estate….Bye Felicia!!
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