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James Van Der Beek explains why his family moved out of LA

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Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic(TEXAS) — James Van Der Beek and his family have relocated from California to Texas following a particularly difficult year.

The former Dancing with the Stars competitor revealed last month that he and his wife, Kimberly, had decided to move their five children out of Los Angeles, but he didn’t say where they were headed.

In a candid Instagram post Tuesday, Van Der Beek explained that his brood has settled in their new home state and are “overflowing with profound gratitude.”

“In the last ten months, we’ve had two late-term pregnancy losses, each of which put @vanderkimberly in the hospital, we spent Christmas break thinking she had a tumor (the doctor was wrong, thank god), I was prematurely booted off a reality dancing show I was favored to win in front of the whole world, and my mom died. And a shut-down,” James wrote. “All of that led to some drastic changes in our lives, and dreams, and priorities… and landed us here.”

Van Der Beek, 43, revealed in June that his wife suffered a miscarriage at 17 weeks gestation for the second time in about seven months.

The Van Der Beeks, who have been married for a decade, are parents to Olivia, 10, Joshua, 8, Annabel, 6, Emilia, 4, and Gwendolyn, 2.

In a recent episode of The Make Down podcast, Kimberly Van Der Beek shared that she had mixed emotions about leaving L.A.

“I think we’re in a time right now where people are wanting to ground themselves a little bit more into nature, and L.A. has been a magical place for many years for me. So much life has been lived here,” she said, “But, you know, I gotta get out of the concrete jungle for a little bit.”

By Good Morning America
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Instruments from Loretta Lynn, Randy Travis will be played during Country Music Hall of Fame fundraiser

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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert and more will perform on instruments from generations of country icons during the Country Music Hall of Fame’s upcoming fundraiser, BIG NIGHT (At the Museum). 

The museum, which was closed to the public for almost six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will host the virtual fundraiser later this month, which will see several artists playing the instruments of the legends that came before them. 

Kane will honor one of his musical heroes, Travis, by performing one of his hits on his Gibson guitar, while Miranda is set to play the late John Prine‘s custom-made David Russell Young guitar. 

Stepping back in time, Carlene Carter, granddaughter of Maybelle Carter, will play her grandmother’s Gibson guitar that dates back to 1928. 

Meanwhile, Ashley will pay homage to trailblazer Loretta Lynn with a performance on the latter’s 1956 Gibson J-50 guitar, with Tim McGraw playing a tune on Keith Whitley’s C.W. Parsons acoustic guitar. 

Also joining the lineup are Brad Paisley and Dan Tyminski, who will show off their signature guitar skills in a collaborative performance, Brad using Don Rich’s 1964 Fender Telecaster and Dan on Buck Owen‘s famed red, white and blue acoustic guitar.

Additionally, Reba McEntire will pay tribute to Patsy Cline during BIG NIGHT (At the Museum) when it streams on the CMHOF YouTube channel on October 28 at 9 p.m. ET. 

By Cillea Houghton 
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Radha Blank says her film 'The Forty-Year-Old Version' explains why "self discovery can happen at any age"

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Jeong Park/Netflix(NEW YORK) — Radha Blank is sharing an important and meaningful experience in her new Netflix film The Forty-Year-Old Version.

As the writer, producer, director and star, Blank wanted to tell her own personal journey about approaching the milestone of 40, which she says has a stigma for women.

“When you get to 40… people just assume you’ve had a breakthrough or you’ve had your moment,” Blank, 44, tells ABC Audio. “Whether it’s about your career, or relationship, or an impact as an artist.”

“And here’s a person who is approaching 40 and that thing in her mind has not happened yet,” she continues. “And so she feels pressured.”

Blank says the film, which is based on her life, definitely hit close to home “especially with the death of her mother, who was also an artist.”

“It was personal in that I had lost my mother right after my 40th birthday,” she says. “And even though 40 represents being adult, I still really needed her. I still needed her guidance. There was so much I did not know about life.”

However, the loss of Blank’s mother didn’t stop her process nor her purpose. Instead, the creative is even more motivated in pursing her goals and “[hopes] people [realize] that you don’t age out of your passion.”

“I feel like when it comes to aging, that’s not something that we feel,” she says. “It’s something that the outside world kind of puts on you. That by 40, you will have a house, you’ll have a partner, you’ll have a kid, and that you know yourself. Whereas what I’m trying to say is that self discovery can happen at any age.”

The Forty-Year-Old Version is available on Netflix.

By Candice Williams
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Kiss and tell: Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson reveal worst on-screen kisses

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Charley Gallay/Getty Images for InStyle(LOS ANGELES) — Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson did not hold back when it came to revealing their worst on-screen kisses.

During an episode of Paltrow’s Goop podcast this week, the two named names.

Hudson said Matthew McConaughey, her frequent co-star in films like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Fools’ Gold, was probably the worst, given the on-set circumstances when they filmed their kissing scenes.

“The thing is, every time I kiss McConaughey, it’s like there’s just something happening and there’s like snot or wind,” she laughed. “When we were kissing in the end of Fool’s Gold, we’re like in the ocean, we had the plane crash. He just had snot all over his face.”

For Paltrow, she was less than thrilled with kissing her Iron Man and Avengers co-star, Robert Downey Jr.

“When I kissed him, I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me, this is literally like kissing my brother,’” she admitted.

Hudson did give credit to her Almost Famous co-star Billy Crudup for being a “good kisser,” even though the scene got cut from the film.

By Andrea Tuccillo
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Reba McEntire to star in 'Fried Green Tomatoes' TV series

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ABC/Alysse GafkjenReba McEntire has been cast in the lead role in a TV adaption of Fried Green Tomatoes. 

Variety reports that Norman Lear, whose production company Act III Communications co-produced the 1991 Oscar-nominated film starring Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson and Jessica Tandy, will produce the series for NBC, with Reba set to star and serve as an executive producer. 

The country star has been cast in the lead role of Idgie Threadgoode, sister-in-law of Ninny Threadgoode, a nursing home resident who strikes up an unlikely friendship with housewife Evelyn Couch in the original film.  

Taking place in modern day, the plot finds Idgie returning to the fictional town of Whistle Stop, Alabama after 10 years away to discover that the beloved Whistle Stop Cafe is now floundering. She also faces a family crisis with an estranged relationship with her daughter, in addition to learning a life-altering secret. 

Fannie Flagg, author of the 1987 novel on which the movie is based, will also be an executive producer on the series.

By Cillea Houghton 
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