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Nicole’s News- October 21

The first performers for the 55th Annual CMA Awards have been announced. Eric Church, Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay and Carly Pearce are all on the list. More performers will be announced in the coming weeks. The CMA Awards will air November 10 on ABC.

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Lady A teamed up with Darius Rucker, Thomas Rhett and Carly Pearce for a new song called Friends Don’t Let Friends. It’s one of the 14 songs on their new album, What A Song Can Do that will be available tomorrow.

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Reba McEntire won’t be starring in a television remake of Fried Green Tomatoes. She says it was a great idea. They had a script written and they were ready to go but the network passed on the series.

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