Monthly Archives: July 2026

Hey, every sport needs its villains. NASCAR has had plenty of villains over the years, drivers who fans love to hate for one reason or another. Of course most of the time the drivers who are the most hated are also the ones who win the most, with legendary drivers like Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Darrell Waltrip, Kyle Busch, and many more receiving more than their fair share of boos over the course of their career. Well if you go […]

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The Red Clay Strays continue to knock their social media content out of the park. Nowadays, modern artists and bands have two things to focus on: their actual music and their online presence. Things aren’t as simple as they used to be, and social media is a never-ending beast. If artists aren’t trying to use the platform to rocket themselves to stardom, they are making sure they stay consistent with posting to maintain the stardom they’ve already achieved. It can […]

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Sounds like Days of Thunder 2 is actually in the works and moving forward. According to the Hollywood Reporter, a Days of Thunder sequel officially has the green light, or the green flag, I guess, and will be directed by Jonathan Levine, with Tom Cruise once again set to star in the movie, as he did the original. There have been plenty of rumors swirling over the last several months that a Days of Thunder remake is on the horizon, […]

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As a Nashville resident, I didn’t need any sort of study to tell me this. Driving around Music City truly is a daily, stressful occurrence, and now, the statistics say there’s only one other city in the country that’s more stressful to drive in than Nashville. There’s no other way to put it: Music City is one of the premiere tourist destinations in the United States. 17.4 million people visited Nashville in 2025, and that annual visitor number is expected […]

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In this day and age of social media, where influencers constantly woo sponsors and opinions are carefully crafted to enrage, it seems the willingness to not take oneself too seriously is becoming a lost art form. Southern California’s Mike Jacoby is a light in that darkness. From an album cover shamelessly imitating Elvis and The […]

Those who have come before Langley are starting to take notice of her talent. In fact, one country music legend recently sang her praises.

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If you shop at Costco, you may be eligible to claim a cash payment from the store as part of a recent $14 million class action settlement. 

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Mike Preston, the actor who had a colorful career and played the role of Pappagallo in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, passed away at 93. (Some sources state that he was 92. IMDb has him at age 88.) Per Variety, he died in Florida on Monday, June 8. Preston’s wife, Josie, confirmed the sad […]

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Nora Lussier first met her adopted daughter two years ago. The nurse, who works in the special care nursery at Beverly Hospital in Massachusetts, met Pamela when she was a patient.  Pamela Was Dealing With Some Medical Issues As PEOPLE reports, Pamela was exposed to drugs before her birth, and her biological parents were unable to be […]

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Country singer Zach Bryan has skyrocketed from obscurity to heady fame, and in rather a short span. Bryan, 30, is among the best-selling artists in the genre. One of his shows had the largest concert audience in the nation’s history at over 112,000 people in the stands. His catalog featured a whopping $350 million price […]

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