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And who does Jon Pardi give credit to when it comes to his career…well he tells CMT it’s country legend Randy Travis. Saying “Randy definitely influences me as an artist. I honestly don’t think I’d be where I am without his music.” And of course, Garth Brooks presented the Artist Of A Lifetime Award to Randy Travis last night. “Artists like this guy only come along once in a lifetime, I know if you’re like me you pray that another Randy Travis shows up every day.. Other winners for CMT Artist of the Year, were Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini and Breakout Artist of the Year went to Mickey Guyton.
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Country band Rascal Flatts announced at the beginning of 2020 that they were breaking up and going on a farewell Life is a Highway tour. Unfortunately, the pandemic derailed those tour plans, leaving their ending as a band rather open-ended. Gary LeVox giving an interview to PEOPLE expressing his own frustration over how the band ended. Saying in part, “I wasn’t happy that Joe Don [Rooney] quit, It kinda came out of nowhere” and then the Pandemic cancelled everything…I just hate the way it ended.”
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The family friendly 1960’s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island” was almost re-made into an R rated movie….
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn tells MovieWeb that he wanted to do just that…
Saying they pitched a movie version of Gilligan’s Island where the islanders, starving and desperate, started killing & eating each other. Warner Bros wanted to do it, but Sherwood Schwartz, the creator, said no way…You just know Gilligan would survive..he always had that look that if skipper hit him just…one…more…time….
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No one FLEXES quite like Gaga…The NY Post says Lady Gaga was recently spotted on a flight to Las Vegas wearing a boa made of $100 bills, carrying a $22,000 Hermes handbag and wearing a $1,300 polka dot dress for the flight…
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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
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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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