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January 3, 2025
Saturday 4th January 2025
Welcome to The List,
It may NOT be Spring for cleaning, but we sure did a lot of it over the long weekend…Tim McGraw Says he likes working around the house. “But no, I enjoy it. We certainly have people that work for us, but there’s something about doing things yourself that really gives you some satisfaction.”
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“Minions: The Rise of Gru” set a record for biggest July 4th opening weekend. But, movie theaters in the UK are banning people, who wear formal wear to “Minions: The Rise Of Gru”. The #Gentleminions trend started on Tik-Tok and Twitter. Adult men are showing up in suits and tuxedos to watch the movie. They are also throwing bananas and talking throughout the film. Universal Pictures is encouraging the formal wear trend, but not the banana throwing.
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Music Mayhem magazine says Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary on Sunday. Blake posted; “Happy anniversary to the woman that makes my world go round… Gwen Stefani, because of you, this year has been the best year of my life. I love you!!!! Thank you for saying yes!” Gwen wrote, “1 year down, forever to go @blakeshelton”
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Dylan Scott tells Entertainment Focus magazine that he didn’t realize how popular he was until the pandemic eased up. saying “It was weird. We were having success, but you can’t really see it … once the pandemic was over and we could actually get back to shows, people were screaming [lyrics] back. Hopefully we don’t have to experience it like that again!”
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Joey Chestnut has won the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest AGAIN yesterday. But during the contest, an animal rights protester got too close, and Joey knocked him down… Denzel Washington, Olympian Simone Biles, and 15 others will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom… Clint Eastwood won $2 million from a CBD company that was using his name and likeness to advertise.
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Just when you thought it was over….it’s not…Amber Heard’s next big legal move is to seek a reversal in the verdict of the Johnny Depp defamation trial. In a 43-page memorandum that the jury’s verdict, along with the $10 million award, should be overturned because it was not supported by evidence. Depp’s lawyers indicated after the verdict that he might be willing to give up his share of the award. However, Heard has continued her allegations against him, including during an NBC interview.
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In theaters NOW: “A Complete Unknown”
“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.”
https://youtu.be/NO9hXSD5K4A?si=G2i73uy4cssa9PZk
“A Complete Unknown” is Rated: R
Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton and Elle Fanning
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Welcome to The List,
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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