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January 3, 2025
Saturday 4th January 2025
Welcome to The List,
We start The List today with some sad news Paul Sorvino the actor who played mob boss Paul Cicero in the movie ‘Goodfellas’ passed away yesterday. He also played a gangster in the Tom Cruise thriller “The Firm”, Journalist Yashar Ali pointed out that we’ve recently lost FOUR legends from the fictional mob: Sorvino and Ray Liotta from “Goodfellas”, James Caan from “The Godfather”, and Tony “Paulie Walnuts” Sirico from “The Sopranos”. Paul Sorvino passed of natural causes, he was 83.
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Luke Combs flew a cancer patient named Addi and her family to his show in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday. He put them a luxury suite, gave them a tour of the venue . . . and then brought Addi to the stage and serenaded her. You can watch the touching below.
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It’s Summer and already we’re talking about Halloween!! This Season The Simpsons will parody Stephen King’s classic novel It in a special singular Treehouse Of Horror episode.
Details of the show’s upcoming 34th season were teased at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday where executive producer Matt Selman announced that one of the two Halloween episodes in the next season will be dedicated entirely to a parody of It. The 34th season is set to premiere on September 25 on Fox.
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Blake Shelton shared a photo of THREE racing helmets that were given to him by his buddy, Jimmie Johnson. One of the helmets is autographed, but the others have photos of two different men. Blake didn’t mention their names in the caption. But, someone in the comments shed some light on that. Quote, “Love this. I saw the backstory of you and Jimmie helping with the design and the fact that it has your brother and dad included. What a special gift.” Blake’s dad Richard passed away in 2012. His older brother Richie died in a car crash in 1990. He was 24.
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Ace Showbiz says Vin Diesel celebrated his 55th birthday yesterday by having dinner with Helen Mirren. The two are filming the tenth Fast and the Furious movie in Rome. A source says they downed wine. “Diesel was wearing a blazer, which he then took off to reveal a tank top, because.. it’s Vin Diesel…
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And finally, Bloomberg says Brad Paisley has sold the rights to his music to an investment firm called Harbor View. They paid $25 million for his song catalog.
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“It’s New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old named Bob Dylan from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.”
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Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton and Elle Fanning
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Lainey Wilson and former NFL quarterback Devlin "Duck" Hodges were one of country music's most beloved couples of 2024, so it's only natural that fans are buzzing about whether they might be taking the next step and tying the knot sometime soon. Bunnie Xo is wondering, too. She confessed to Wilson that she's "manifesting" a wedding for her in 2025. Lainey has even offered to propose to HIM!!
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It's not too unusual for Luke Combs to tease new music before releasing it, but this time, he's got one important question to go along with his unreleased demo. "Who should I duet this with?" he asked fans as he posted a clip of something that appears to be titled "More Less Than Perfect." Combs' new song is a love ballad with lyrics that appear to be directed at a person who fell in love with him, even though he thinks he doesn't deserve her attention.
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Blake Lively has filed a lawsuit against her "It Ends with Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, according to court docs…as well as the film’s production company, Wayfarer Studios. Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department on Dec. 20. On Dec. 31, Baldoni and his publicists also sued the New York Times for libel, after the news outlet published a Dec. 20 article about Lively's claims that she'd been the victim of a smear campaign after speaking up about sexual harassment on the set of "It Ends with Us."
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And lastly, Megan Markle started the new year with a fresh Instagram post from a newly launched account. In it, the Duchess of Sussex happily runs barefoot along the sand on a beach while wearing a white button-up shirt and a pair of white jeans rolled up above the ankle. Writing 20-25 in the sand before running out of the shot. Though the former “Suits” actress, 43, turned off the comments for the post, several stars showed their support by “liking” it, including her pals Serena Williams and Chrissy Teigen.
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