The List for Wednesday, November 22 2023

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Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan are coming together in the next “Karate Kid” movie.  Ralph will play Daniel LaRusso again from the original movies, and Jackie will return as Mr. Han from the 2010 remake. A global casting search is underway to find the NEXT “Karate Kid”.  The actor must be 15 to 17 years old and “portray Chinese or mixed-race Chinese”.  He must speak fluent English, and any Mandarin is a plus. Acting experience isn’t required, but they do have to know martial arts.

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For Thanksgiving there are a FEW things Mitchell Tenpenny says are a MUST HAVE  “Macaroni and cheese with Ritz crackers baked on top. It is so unhealthy, but so good… And my mom’s deviled eggs. It’s not turkey. It’s not ham. I mean I like that, but if like the mac and cheese isn’t there or the deviled eggs, I like kind of being a brat about it. I will cause a fit so it’s there every time and it’s delicious.” I don’t know about the Mac and Cheese with Ritz crackers thing, but deviled eggs? Oh yeah every time “

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Variety Magazine says “Mrs. Doubtfire” director Chris Columbus shot 2 million feet of film because Robin Williams improvised so much dialogue. Williams would do a scripted take and then improvise.  Columbus had to shoot the movie with four cameras to keep up with Williams’ improvisation. He has 900 boxes of footage from the film and hopes to turn it into a documentary.

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This is NOT a joke…The Rolling Stones’ 2024 tour will be sponsored by the AARP . . . seriously.  And members even get access to tickets two days early.  The tour kicks off in Houston on April 28th.  They announced a 16-date North American tour in support of their new album “Hackney Diamonds”.  And they did something kind of brilliant: They effectively prevented all of us from being able to joke about the tour being sponsored by the AARP . . . because they literally got the AARP to sponsor the tour!!

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Monday was a big day for Tim McGraw.  He woke up to learn that “Standing Room Only” had gone to Number One.  It’s his 46th song to top the Country Radio Chart . . . and he was over the moon about it. Sharing a quote over social media he said “He’s overwhelmed with gratitude.  Stay tuned for a big surprise.”  That came later in another post, which turned out to be “a few songs” as he put it…it’s actually a new EP titled “Poet’s Resume”.  He also released the first single, which is called “Runnin’ Outta Love”.

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And lastly, Blake Shelton tells Entertainment Tonight that he was excited when he saw Gwen Stefani’s 9-year-old son, Apollo, wearing western wear like him for her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.  He usually wears sweats and shorts all the time, and when he saw him come down the stairs in jeans and boots it warmed his heart.

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