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Dan Aykroyd and his wife of nearly four decades Donna Dixon have split up!! The “Blues Brothers” star, 69, and Dixon remain legally married and maintain a “loving friendship,” the pair said.
“After 39 years as a couple we are now on separate life paths. We remain legally married, co-parents, co-workers and business partners,” the pair told People Magazine in a joint statement.
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The forthcoming Barbie film will be chock full of “A-Listers” Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, America Ferrera..with Margot Robbie as “Barbie” and Ryan Gosling as “Ken” the one thing Warner Bros. Pictures say will NOT be apart of the movie soundtrack is Aqua’s 1997 hit ‘Barbie Girl’. Earlier this week, Warner Bros. Pictures shared the first-look image of Margot Robbie in character as Barbie for the new live-action movie.
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My Radio Link says Thomas Rhett is launching his own line of sandals. They will cost $110 and come in two patterns. Garth Brooks performed on the campus of LSU on Saturday. The crowd went wild when he sang ”Callin Baton Rouge”. The roar was so loud that a seismograph recorded a small earthquake. The power of country music shakes the earth…
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Jordan Davis got drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday. Yes, football fans know I’m talking about Georgia defensive tackle Jordan Davis who went in Round One to the Eagles. It made our Jordan Davis, who performed at Stagecoach over the weekend, feeling a little forgotten. Quote, “We fight for like who’s on top of the Google search results. He’s winning right now.”
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Big news for “That ’70s Show” fans! Most of the original cast will be returning to make guest appearances on the Netflix sequel series “That ’90s Show”. This includes Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, and Ashton Kutcher . . . but no Danny Masterson..but we WILL be getting Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp are coming back as Red and Kitty . . .
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Vince Gill has announced a four-night residency at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium this summer. He’s doing back-to-back shows from August 4th through the 7th. “First time I sang in here, was a TV show probably thirty years ago with Garrison Kieler. I just sang with an acoustic guitar, by yourself, just a guitar in this room. Was one of the greatest experiences of my life.” Adding anytime he gets the chance to sing in the Ryman Auditorium he takes it.
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