Thursday 26th December 2024
Welcome to The List,
Well, you don’t have to wait for tonight’s “Academy of Country Music Awards” to hear who won the Best New Artist categories. They already passed out those trophies at the ACM Country Kickoff event. Gabby Barrett took the stage to announce Zach Bryan as Best New Male Artist, and Hailey Whitters as Best New Female Artist. The 58th ACM’s broadcasts from Frisco Texas hosted by Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton tonight 7pm on Amazon Prime Video.
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BroBible says Dolph Lundgren has been battling lung cancer since 2015. During an interview with reporter Graham Bensinger, Dolph said he originally beat cancer before it returned in 2020. He was told he had two to three years to live because his kidneys, lungs and spine all had tumors. Dolph is receiving treatment to shrink his tumors.
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Did you hear about Tim McGraw’s dog winning Best of Breed at the Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday? Tim’s the co-owner of a dog named Lepshi (Leep-she) and it bested the competition in the Bracco Italiano breed. Tim honored the floppy-eared pup with a post on Instagram. He included a couple of pics, and wrote, “So proud of Lepshi. He’s always been a winner in our eyes.”
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An update from a story we had yesterday about Tom Cruise wanting to date Pop star Shakira US Weekly Magazine reports Shakira has no interest in dating Tom Cruise after meeting him on Sunday at the F1 Grand Prix race in Miami. She had a great time hanging out with Tom but she has no interest in dating him.
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Jon Pardi’s album ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ has been Nominated For The ACM Album Of The Year Award…being nominated for something is always great. “Mr. Saturday Night’ being nominated for Album of the Year is an accomplishment, and a lot of hard work went into it and a lot of hard work goes out touring it.. Just to get nominated by songwriters and publishers and the industry is always great.” The ACM Awards air tonight on Amazon Prime Video.
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When you see Shane Profitt on stage just be prepared for a party!! He tells Music Mayhem magazine that he likes to have fun on stage. “I want to show my fans how thankful I am that I get to do what I do. So I try to make sure every show I do is a huge party and everyone’s invited.”
You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
Welcome to The List,
Who is YOUR favorite Christmas movie villain? "People" magazine's list is topped by Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life". He's followed by Oogie Boogie from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and bully Scut Farkus in "A Christmas Story".
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The new “Superman” trailer has been released…it show many more superhero’s than just him too. It’s got Superman’s dog Krypto…and much much more. James Gunn’s version staring David Corenswet as Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Louis Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor is set to hit theaters July of next year…see it HERE
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Here are the annual Christmas traditions for some of your favorite country music stars: Keith Urban loves going to the beach, because it's summertime in Australia . . . and Parker McCollum's Christmas always includes a game of football in Grandma's front yard.
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The highest grossing country music tours in 2024 are: Zach Bryan's Quittin' Time Tour, which made over $321 million . . . Luke Combs' Growin' Up and Gettin' Old Tour, which made over $173 million . . . and Kenny Chesney's Sun Goes Down Tour, which made over $159 million.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
