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With Labor Day creepin up on us we take a look at FIRST jobs from some of your favorite country music singers…let’s start off with Billy Currington on HIS first job. “Actually, a bass player that was playin in the church, I was singin and he played in a country club actually invited me in there. I was only 17 or 18 at the time, They got me up to sing one song and then I got a call the next day to join the band so that became my job.” Now, THAT’S slick…
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Sometimes you just get a bad job …Carrie Underwood would disagree…“I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad job. I’ve had hard jobs. I’ve had jobs that worked random hours. My first job was at a gas station, and that was a lot of fun actually. While I was working at the gas station, I took another job at a hotel down the street.” That was the job she got ONE DAY of training before the lady that trained her THE ONLY OTHER EMPLOYEE QUIT the next day and Carrie was now in-charge….
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Simon Cowell was on with Kelly Clarkson and she asked what are the HARDEST acts on ‘America’s Got Talent” and this is what he said “When a comedian goes wrong, I mean it feels like it feels like it’s going on for hours..it’s horrific. So, there’s nothing you can do about it. Those are the hardest ones.” You can watch ‘America’s Got Talent’ tonight at 7pm on NBC
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Jeopardy! may not be the only long-running game show looking for a new host. fellow game show Wheel of Fortune could possibly be losing host Pat Sajak and letter turner Vanna White. Sajak first joined the syndicated version of Wheel of Fortune in December 1981, followed by White just a year later. Hollywood reporter says they will be with the show through 2022 but there has been no discussion of contract renewals.
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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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