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How did YOU get introduced to music…the first song that struck a chord in you that you heard on the radio..maybe that first cassette tape? Hardy tells Substream magazine that his father introduced him to the world of music. “We were in my hometown of Philadelphia, Mississippi and he had a cassette and he said Hey son, check this out this is a band called Pearl Jam,” “He put it in and ‘Alive’ started playing. I swear man it was something from a movie, that guitar that came in changed my life forever.”…Pearl Jam, man I feel old…
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Access Hollywood says Blake Shelton is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, May 12th. Gwen Stefani and Carson Daly will make speeches before Blake gets his star.
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We’re heading into wedding season. According to The Knot, they mostly happen between May and November. And if you’re the one GETTING married, here’s some inspiration: TasteOfCountry.com ranked the Top 40 best country songs for a first dance. Here are the top three are “In Case You Didn’t Know” by Brett Young, “Die a Happy Man” by Thomas Rhett and at number one.. “When You Say Nothing at All” by Alison Krauss.
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Kane Brown’s current tour will keep him on the road through the summer. When it wraps, he’s going to take some time off to hang with his family and dip his toes a little further into the acting thing. Saying “Taking a couple months off, I don’t know what I’m going to do but whatever’s there I’m going to try to pursue it.” They just bought a house in Florida and his girls had their first time on the beach…
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A couple different faces on this Sunday’s American Idol. Alanis Morrissette and Ed Sheeran will replace Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Because THEY will be in England performing at King Charles the Third’s Coronation Concert.
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Stop the presses!! Cher and her 37-year-old boyfriend broke up. No word on why, but they split a few weeks ago…rumors are he was bleeding her dry….
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Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
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
At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen Friday during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.
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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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