Apparently, people are showing their generosity this holiday season by going to Walmart, and paying off layaway items. TYLER PERRY paid off $434,000 worth of layaway at two Walmarts last week and now KID ROCK has joined in. He Tweeted, “Tyler, great idea! I followed your lead, and paid off the layaway at my local Walmart in Nashville. Merry Christmas and God Bless You!” The manager of the store said it cost him $81,000. So, if you need a break this Christmas, it wouldn’t be the WORST idea to go to Walmart, put some stuff on layaway, hope that the trend continues . . . and that someone like Eva Longoria or Ashton Kutcher comes in and pays it off.
Album of the Year:
“Golden Hour”, Kacey Musgraves
Best New Artist:
Luke Combs
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group:
“Say Something”, Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
“My Way”, Willie Nelson
Best Country Song:
“Break Up in the End”, Cole Swindell
“Dear Hate”, Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill
“I Lived It”, Blake Shelton
“Space Cowboy”, Kacey Musgraves
“Tequila”, Dan + Shay
“When Someone Stops Loving You”, Little Big Town
Best Country Album:
“Unapologetically”, Kelsea Ballerini
“Port Saint Joe”, Brothers Osborne
“Girl Going Nowhere”, Ashley McBryde
“Golden Hour”, Kacey Musgraves
“From a Room: Volume 2”, Chris Stapleton
Best Country Solo Performance:
“Wouldn’t It Be Great?”, Loretta Lynn
“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters”, Maren Morris
“Butterflies”, Kacey Musgraves
“Millionaire”, Chris Stapleton
“Parallel Line”, Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group:
“Shoot Me Straight”, Brothers Osborne
“Tequila”, Dan + Shay
“When Someone Stops Loving You”, Little Big Town
“Dear Hate”, Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill
“Meant to Be”, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line
JENNIFER ANISTON sees her 2 failed marriages as being “very successful”. She says, “When the work has been put in and it doesn’t seem that there’s an option of it working, that’s okay. That’s not a failure.”
GEORGE STRAIT may never completely retire, in fact, at his Vegas show on Friday he announced that he has new album on the way called “Honky Tonk Time Machine”. He performed a few songs from it, including a track called “Código”. . . and if that sounds familiar it’s because it’s the name of his tequila brand. The song is available on Spotify.
“Fox News” asked JOHN RICH about his fellow country stars, like Tyler Hubbard and Dierks Bentley, joining the Toms Shoe Company campaign to get universal background checks on firearms. He doesn’t agree with their point of view, but he’d like to have a friendly debate with them about it.
Candace Cameron Bure’s family reunion landed her in the emergency room! The Fuller House star took to her Instagram on Thursday to document her trip to the hospital, telling her followers that her brother Kirk Cameron “ran me over.” Candace said, “Got into a go-karting accident and my brother ran me over. I’m waiting to see if I broke my hand or fractured it or what. I think I bruised my shoulder up pretty badly too, but I can’t tell because I haven’t taken my shirt off.”
RUSSELL DICKERSON stopped in the middle of a recent show because of a fight in the crowd. He keeps saying “absolutely not” over and over until things settled down.
Performers for NBC’s New Year’s Eve special will include Diana Ross, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, and Blake Shelton.
“Monday Night Football” at 8:15 p.m. on ESPN. The Seattle Seahawks host the Minnesota Vikings.
“The Voice” at 8:00 p.m. on NBC. The Top 8 perform live.
Reba McEntire hosts the “CMA Country Christmas” at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. The performers include Tony Bennett, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Brett Eldredge, Dan + Shay, Dustin Lynch, and Old Dominion.
“Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night” at 10:00 p.m. on NBC. Kelly Clarkson, the Backstreet Boys, and country singer Maren Morris join Pentatonix for their third holiday special. This year it’s in Vegas.
“Jimmy Kimmel” – Cole Swindell
Raven-Symoné is 33.
Meghan Linsey is 33.
Susan Dey is 66.
