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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 29: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the “Big Little Lies” Season 2 Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 29, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images,)

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"I'd rather be a maniac than be boring"

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MTV has announced it will renew “The Hills: New Beginnings” for a second season. All of the original cast members from the original show will be back for season two. There will also be two new cast members, Brandon Thomas Lee and Mischa Barton.

Keith Urban has a new song called “Gemini” on his most recent album, which includes lyrics which refer to his wife, Nicole Kidman, being “a maniac in the bed”. Kidman is now saying that while she was embarrassed that her sex life was being talked about in a public arena, but she doesn’t censor her husband’s art and she would prefer being called a “maniac” than being called boring

Kidman also said she would be open to returning for a third season of the HBO show “Big Little Lies”, but only if the entire cast were able to return as well. But HBO is saying that it likely will not happen. They say that they don’t see the show returning due to the schedules of its large and popular cast

Miranda Lambert has added two rabbits named Freda and Selena to her collection of pets. Miranda’s “MuttNation Foundation” has been helping animals around the country get adopted and put her money where her mouth was by adopting some of those animals herself.

Queen Elizabeth is giving a peak into her world by showing how she gets dressed each morning. She has a professional dresser who stores all of the royal clothing on the top floor of her castle. Each day the dresser brings down a selection of items with a few color choices pinned to them and the Queen chooses which she wants to wear, as well as any that she wants to be donated

Danielle Bradbery turns 23 today

Maren Morris joined a new group called "The Highwomen” with three other female artists. She says that she knew she wanted to be part of this group because it time for more female perspectives in country music

Brett Young and his wife Taylor will welcome a baby girl in a few months, but they are having trouble trying to decide on a name. They say they don’t want to wait until the baby is born so they need to decide soon

The trailer is now out for Tom Hanks playing Mr. Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood”

The creator of “The Simpsons” announced at ComicCon that the show has been renewed for two more seasons. He also surprised the audience by letting them know that there will be a second “Simpsons” movie and that it will soon be in production.

Jim Clerkin has been the producer for the morning show on Country 102.5 for the past five years. He has been on the radio in Boston for 25 years. He is also an accomplished club DJ, a referee for several local sports leagues and terminally single. Jim writes about the Country 102.5 audience, relationships and parenting.