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Jelly Roll seems like a different person lately. The beloved “Need a Favor” country singer lost about 300 pounds. He now has a new, svelte frame, a clean-shaven face, and an upbeat attitude. In short, he’s feeling terrific and loving it. Jelly Roll, 41, exuberantly said per Extra, “I’ve gotten closer to God. I’ve gotten […]

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Four years after playing his last show, Phil Collins is giving fans an update on his health.  The “In the Air Tonight” rocker has faced several setbacks in the last two decades, including a spinal injury impacting his nerves and mobility, a head injury, and five knee surgeries. This caused the singer to sing his hits […]

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We reported yesterday that Lee Brice was asking fans to help him locate his family’s dog, Charlee. She had “slipped away” from the “Hard to Love” singer’s home and was pregnant.  “We’ve searched every back road, called every shelter, and prayed harder than we ever have,” Brice wrote on Instagram. “Charlee, if you’re out there, hang on, […]

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In “Let’s Get Lost,” off his latest album The Journals, singer/songwriter Sammy Brue sings about a man who has never taken a chance. Over the languid swing of his unaccompanied guitar he describes the man’s gray, unenviable existence. In the song–and