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“Top Chef” contestants Nini Nguyen and Eric Adjepong take a dip into bourbon at Maker’s Mark Distillery in Loretto for the elimination challenge of the second episode of the Kentucky season, “Bourbon, Barrels and Burgoo.”

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‘Top Chef’ Kentucky: One team gets toasted by challenge at Maker’s Mark

The ‘Top Chef’ contestants head to Maker’s Mark Distillery where they have to rethink Kentucky classic cuisine.

‘Twas the night before Christmas and ... well, you know the story. See The Kentucky Ballet Theatre perform this holiday classic twice on Dec. 16.

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Get in the spirit with a local Christmas or comedy show this weekend

‘The Night Before Christmas,’ ballet, comedian Sinbad and the movie ‘Jingle Bell Rocks!’ all happening in Lexington.

Currently, Ozuna’s YouTube subscribers clocks in at more than 21 million, putting him well ahead of the YouTube pages of both Drake and Beyonce. He’ll be at Rupp Arena Sunday.

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Red-hot Latin musical artist at Rupp? Ozuna brings his tour to town.

Latin artist Ozuna performs at Rupp Arena.

Benefit Concert for Habitat at Downtown Arts Center

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Rock ‘n’ roll for the holidays. Local band performs Pink Floyd at benefit concert.

A concert to benefit Habitat for Humanity will feature sounds of Pink Floyd.

The hippie trailer gave the mega blow-up site its name - Santa’s Trailer Park. The site is so large, it is a walking tour that includes a pirate Santa, mooning Santa and Grandma actually being run over by a reindeer. When the homeowner was asked if the nickname offended him, he said, “We gave up classy a long time ago.” Casey Dunn is the homeowner.

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Looking for holiday lights? This Southern town has the wackiest, tackiest and ‘best.’

Looking for tacky in your Christmas light display? Head to Birmingham.

Former UK player Kenny Walker makes mac n cheese, talks about getting into cooking

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How basketball’s Kenny ‘Sky’ Walker got a nibble at ‘Top Chef’ table

Former Wildcat and NBA player and ‘Top Chef’ fan Kenny ‘Sky’ Walker shares a favorite recipe. ‘I thought I was ready.’

In this Nov. 28, 2018 photo, actress Emily Blunt, poses for a portrait at the Montage Beverly Hills, in Beverly Hills, Calif., to promote her film “Mary Poppins Returns.”

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Emily Blunt on the ‘daunting’ task of playing Mary Poppins

Emily Blunt knew it would be a daunting task to play Mary Poppins in a sequel to the 1964 classic, which is exactly why she wanted to do it.

Felicity Jones and Diego Luna star in “Rogue One.”

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Female-led movies outperform male-led films at box office, study reveals

Female-led movies do better at the box office than films centering on male leads, regardless of the size of the budget, a new study revealed.

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2018 file photo, Brian Kelley, left, and Tyler Hubbard, right, of Florida Georgia Line perform “Meant to Be” with Bebe Rexha at the 52nd annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. The two are nominated for a Grammy Award with pop singer Bebe Rexha for best country duo/group performance for their chart busting hit of the year.

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Timing is perfect for Florida Georgia Line’s 1st Grammy nom

After years of big chart-topping hits, country duo Florida Georgia Line said getting their first Grammy nomination makes them feel like "new kids on the block again.".

Jason Isbell, who performs at the Ryman Auditorium in 2017 in Nashville, will bring two acoustic shows to Central Kentucky this weekend. Both are sold out.

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Going it alone. Songsmith Jason Isbell performs at two acoustic, sold out shows.

Jason Isbell is going it alone in two sold-out concerts this weekend.

Lucas Hedges arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Lucas Hedges found himself in a difficult situation. Oscar winner Julia Roberts was championing him for the lead role of 19-year-old struggling addict Ben Burns in the feature film "Ben Is Back." She had seen Hedges' work in "Manchester by the Sea" and was certain he would be the perfect actor to portray her son.

New Kentucky Hall of Fame writers followed similar paths but found different voices

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They wrote from heart of California counterculture. Now they’ll join Kentucky hall of fame.

Ed McClanahan, Gurney Norman elected to Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame. Other 2019 inductees are novelist Sue Grafton, journalists Helen Thomas and Alice Dunnigan and poet Jane Gentry Vance.

In this Nov. 30, 2018 photo, Shameik Moore, a cast member in “Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse,” poses for a portrait at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.

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Shameik Moore slings webs as 1st biracial Spider-Man in film

Shameik Moore turns a dream into reality as film's first biracial Spider-Man, although actor still hopes to play the superhero and his alter-ego Miles Morales in a live-action film.

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2018, file photo, Dan Reynolds, center, of the band Imagine Dragons performs on the second day of the Corona Capital music festival in Mexico City. Grammy Award winners Imagine Dragons will perform at halftime of the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 7, 2019. ESPN and Interscope Records announced the performance Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.

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Imagine Dragons to perform during halftime of CFP champ game

Grammy Award winners Imagine Dragons will perform at halftime of College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 7.

Hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg brings Puff Puff Pass tour to Rupp Arena

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Snoop Dogg gets Lexington high with lean, crowd-pleasing set Saturday night

Snoop offered his most beloved tracks, his charismatic personality and some unexpected antics (was that marijuana?) in a Rupp Arena Saturday night stop of his Puff Puff Pass Tour in Lexington, KY.