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On this day in country music, August 11th …2019 Luke combs was at number 1 with “Beer Never Broke My Heart…2014 Lee Brice threw out the first pitch at Baltimore’s Camden yards..the Orioles go on the beat the visiting Yankees. In 2009 Justin Moore released his debut album featuring “Small Town USA” and wishing a very happy birthday to the common man driving his common van in his rose colored glasses Mr. John Conlee turns 75 today…
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Yesterday was National Spoil Your Dog Day and many KIX listeners sent in photo’s of their favorite floof to our Facebook Fan page…Justin Moore has been welcoming new pets into his home during the pandemic but he says they unfortunately lost one….“Our oldest dog, Hank. It’s the first time as an adult I’ve had to deal with it, and having that conversation with the kids was, it was not a lot of fun, I can promise ya. “ They’ve added a bunny rabbit, Chocolate Chip. Now the goal is to add some chickens and a rooster.
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Kim Kardashian is still working on “being stricter and saying no” to her kids. opening up to Parents magazine about the high and low’s. The hardest part of having four kids she says is keeping their rooms “neat and organized,” especially their closets, but bedtime is no treat either.
Remember kids, if you’re not good mommy isn’t going to buy you that 25-thousand dollar Gucci bag for your 4th birthday…
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Jennifer Hudson plays Aretha Franklin in the new movie, “Respect.” She says it was 15 years in the making. ”It was right after ‘Dream Girls’ and we sat down and she said “Let me show ya something” and I was like I AM sitting at the table with Mrs. Aretha Franklin the Queen of Soul and it’s not everyday anyone gets to do that. So, to see it manifest years later and it was also a dream of mine.” “Respect” is in theaters Friday.
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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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