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Howard Stern accused Oprah of showing off her wealth on Instagram. Yesterday on his radio show Howard Stern, He said, quote, “Oprah’s not embarrassed by her wealth at all . . . It’s mind-blowing. “You gotta be a little self-aware and know that there are people struggling out there. You got to. You gotta kind of think about people who don’t have enough to eat. “I mean, come on. You gotta be a little bit aware of this.”
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Jay Leno was back onstage Sunday night, two weeks after he suffered third-degree burns while working on one of his classic cars. Jay did an hour of standup at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California, where he’s been performing regularly since 1978. Reporters caught him on his way into the club, and of course, he had jokes. He said, quote, “We’ve got two shows tonight, regular and extra crispy.” Then he added, quote, “I never thought of myself as a roast comic.”
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Jimmie Allen has his eye on a lot of different things…He says he wants to one day try Comedy, TV and Film. “I’d rather spend my life chasing a dream that might not ever happen. Then to settle and one day look back and say I wish I would have.”
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Netflix has a new series based on ‘The Addams Family’ called “Wednesday” If you’ve watched it you’ve probably noticed Wednesday Addams doesn’t blink too much. Which turned out to be a request from Tim Burton. In an interview with “Teen Vogue”, Jenna Ortega who plays Wednesday said, “I did a take where I did not blink at all. And Tim said, ‘I don’t want you to blink anymore’ . . .it’s a bit more intimidating.
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Dolly Parton told the “Tennessean” that she’s opening a museum in Nashville within the next few years. It’ll be part of a larger “complex” that she’s calling “Dolly Center”, which might include a restaurant or a bar and grill. Dolly says this new museum would be in addition to her museum at Dollywood.
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Blake Shelton has teamed up with some rock and roll heavyweights for a good cause. They covered the Tom Petty song “I Won’t Back Down”, and it’s currently streaming on the site GoodNoise.io. Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit from the Eagles are on it, and so is Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum. Proceeds go to The Miraculous Love Kids, which gives guitar lessons to girls from war-torn countries like Afghanistan.
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