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The List for Thursday, April 14th 2022

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You may have heard that Willie Nelson likes to smoke a little smoke.  Okay, a LOT of smoke . . . and that’s the key ingredient to this story from Tim McGraw  It happened one year at the CMAs.

As Tim tells it he and Willie were in an elevator with two cops and their police dog.  Things got a little tense there for a minute.  After the cops got off Willie joked that it must’ve been a “bomb dog” . . . as in, NOT a “drug-sniffing dog.”

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Remember Ted the foul-mouthed teddy bear? Word it there’s going to be a “Ted” prequel series set in 1993 when the newness of a talking teddy bear has worn of and now it’s day to day with a 16 year old ‘John” who was played by Mark Wahlberg in the movies.  Seth Macfarlane is going to voice Ted again, and also write, direct, A release date hasn’t been announced yet but I can tell you ‘Ted’ is coming to Peacock.

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Congratulation to Jamey Johnson last month he was informed that he was no longer going to be a guest at the Grand Ole Opry – that’s because Whispering Bill Anderson extended the invite to Jamey for him to become a member. Now we know that next month on May 14th Jamey will be inducted as the newest member of the Opry.

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”Top Gun: Maverick” is getting traction and director Joseph Kosinski tells Empire magazine that he shot 800 hours of footage for the film. Saying ”The sequel shot as much footage as the three ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies combined.  Out of a 12 or 14-hour day, you might get 30 seconds of good footage.  That’s what it took to get good aerial shots.  ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ after multiple delays since it’s original release date of July 2019 will finally be in theaters May 27th.

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First times are important…you first beer…first time you drove a car…Your first concert?  Cole Swindell remembers his first concert “Randy Travis and my grandparents took me to it – and something that you know I was very young so it’s kind of hard to…I just remember being there and buying a T-shirt.” Now, they’re label mates at Warner Brothers…crazy cool how things work out.

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Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter for $43 billion, The billionaire and founder of electric car maker Tesla, who earlier this month disclosed he owns a 9.2% stake in Twitter, Saying the social media company “needs to be transformed as a private company.” And believes free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy. In a statement, Twitter said it has received Musk’s offer and that its board “will carefully review the proposal.”

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The List for Thursday, March 6th 2025

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Page Six reports that Ben Affleck is allegedly open to rekindling things with Jennifer Garner—because apparently, he’s trying to complete the Jennifer Infinity Gauntlet.   But Garner is reportedly not interested, which makes sense—why go back to your ex when you’ve upgraded to a man who doesn’t look like he lost a fight with Dunkin’ Donuts?

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Eric Church's bar, Chief's, now has a drink named after Morgan Wallen called "The Chair".  It’s a $19 Vodka drink, that features a small folding chair hanging over the rim. Chief's is where Morgan was arrested last year for throwing a chair off a six-story balcony.

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Deadline Hollywood says a Randy Travis biopic is in the works. Clay Walker will play Travis in his 40s and 50s in the upcoming film. The movie, titled "Forever And Ever, Amen," will showcase Travis' legendary music career.  Travis and his wife Mary are executive producers.

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RadarOnline reports that celebrities are terrified they might go blind from using Ozempic—because apparently, nothing says “Hollywood” like risking your eyesight just to fit into a size zero.  Doctors say the drug has been linked to vision loss, which means some stars might finally have an excuse for their terrible movie choices.

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The List for Wednesday, March 5th 2025

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The Daily Mail claims Taylor Swift will likely be subpoenaed in the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni case. An insider claims Taylor is on a list of witnesses that Baldoni's legal team wants to hear from. She will be sworn in to answer questions under oath if she is deposed. Sources for Taylor claim she feels "used" by Blake.

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Kevin Bacon returns from the dead to hunt demonic criminals in the trailer for Amazon’s “The Bondsman”, which dropped on Tuesday.  Think of hell as a prison and sometimes the inmates get out….and come HERE… and Hell calls “The Bondsman”.  It also stars Jennifer Nettles, Damon Herriman, Beth Grant and Maxwell Jenkins…April 3rd on Prime Video…

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Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher allegedly clash over their dietary differences. She's plant-based while he's all about meat. An insider reveals, “She’s tried to get Mike to eat more salads and meat-alternative foods, but he’s a die-hard meat lover.  Mike is stubbornly refusing to change, and she’s none too happy about it because the smell of Mike’s steak searing in the pan makes her nauseated!”   File this under “Things you should have known BEFORE you got married”.

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Carly Pearce has one deal-breaker when it comes to choosing a man to date.  She says, "Being cocky.  I don't want all that.  I need a confident, sweet guy."

You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1

 
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