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January 3, 2025
Sunday 5th January 2025
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Garth Brooks is getting the band back together, he’s performing at the Billboard Music Awards next week with five of the original seven band members. Garth will also be presented with the prestigious Icon Award at the ceremony. The Billboard Music Awards will be hosted by Kelly Clarkson and air live October 14 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
Brad Paisley talks to Ellen about his ‘No I In Beer’ video..to rescuing donkeys during the pandemic…and recalling the last concert he played before the pandemic shut everything down…“We were up in Saskatchewan, the day after they shut down all of America. Which was really weird because I feel like we got one pass the goalie. I was able to really soak it in with that audience, and I think we all knew.. ok, this is it for a long time.”
Each audience member for Saturday Night Live’s season premiere walked out with a surprise $150 check. New York’s COVID-19 guidelines prohibit live audiences at “media production activities,” unless the audience is made up of paid cast, crew or employees. so, by paying the audience…NBC was able to count them as employees which put the show in compliance with the state’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Legendary rocker Eddie Van Halen passed away from throat cancer yesterday..in the early days of Van Halen Eddie said the band never took NO for an answer “The bottom line is…we believed in ourselves, just like when no record company wanted anything to do with us we threw our own gigs. We played back yard parties, stuffed lockers in high schools.. we played high schools we played everywhere whether you liked us or not you definitely had heard of us.” ..Eddie Van Halen was 65.
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In theaters NOW: “A Complete Unknown”
“It’s New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old named Bob Dylan from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.”
https://youtu.be/NO9hXSD5K4A?si=G2i73uy4cssa9PZk
“A Complete Unknown” is Rated: R
Stars: Timothee Chalamet, Edward Norton and Elle Fanning
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Lainey Wilson and former NFL quarterback Devlin "Duck" Hodges were one of country music's most beloved couples of 2024, so it's only natural that fans are buzzing about whether they might be taking the next step and tying the knot sometime soon. Bunnie Xo is wondering, too. She confessed to Wilson that she's "manifesting" a wedding for her in 2025. Lainey has even offered to propose to HIM!!
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It's not too unusual for Luke Combs to tease new music before releasing it, but this time, he's got one important question to go along with his unreleased demo. "Who should I duet this with?" he asked fans as he posted a clip of something that appears to be titled "More Less Than Perfect." Combs' new song is a love ballad with lyrics that appear to be directed at a person who fell in love with him, even though he thinks he doesn't deserve her attention.
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Blake Lively has filed a lawsuit against her "It Ends with Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, according to court docs…as well as the film’s production company, Wayfarer Studios. Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department on Dec. 20. On Dec. 31, Baldoni and his publicists also sued the New York Times for libel, after the news outlet published a Dec. 20 article about Lively's claims that she'd been the victim of a smear campaign after speaking up about sexual harassment on the set of "It Ends with Us."
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And lastly, Megan Markle started the new year with a fresh Instagram post from a newly launched account. In it, the Duchess of Sussex happily runs barefoot along the sand on a beach while wearing a white button-up shirt and a pair of white jeans rolled up above the ankle. Writing 20-25 in the sand before running out of the shot. Though the former “Suits” actress, 43, turned off the comments for the post, several stars showed their support by “liking” it, including her pals Serena Williams and Chrissy Teigen.
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