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Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren announced they will be having a third daughter. They released the “gender announcement” video yesterday and admitted they have been hiding the news from…

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Thomas Rhett performs on stage during day 2 for the 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 07, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren announced they will be having a third daughter. They released the “gender announcement” video yesterday and admitted they have been hiding the news from everyone for a few weeks

Scarlett Johannson is engaged to Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” host Colin Jost and debuted her engagement ring at ComicCon this week. It’s said to be worth over $300,000. This is her third time wearing an engagement ring, but she went with a more traditional cut this time than in previous engagements

A man who was acting suspicious at a park near Taylor Swift’s home was arrested when police found several weapons including a baseball bat in his bag. He said he had been travelling between New York and Nashville trying to catch up with Taylor, but fortunately Swift was not home at the time so he was unable to approach her

JD McReary, who’s only 12 years old, stars as young Simba in the Lion King. He is now another of the young upcoming Hollywood stars making a lot of money. He was paid $5000 per day and $50,000 for each song that he performs lead vocal, $25,000 for duets and $15,000 for any song he even appeared in, plus a percentage of the soundtrack’s total sales.

An 87 year old man who was hiking along the Potomac River in Maryland got stuck in a patch of mud and couldn’t get out of it. His two dogs sensed he was in danger and ran to a nearly bike path where they flagged down a biker to come save him.

Reba McEntyre and Rachel Brosnohan have joined the cast of the Will Smith animated movie "Spies in Diguise".

Elon Musk is launching Nickelodeon Green Slime and an Adidas soccer ball into space from Cape Canavral in Florida. Those toys along with a bunch of other experiments will be sent to the space station for astronauts to “study” and record to be used in S.T.E.M. (Science, Techn…) classes to promote interest in science

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.