After Some Rocky Times, Country Music Star Weds His Girlfriend in Surprise Ceremony To Usher in 2026

Zach Bryan (Taylor Hill / Getty Images)

Country music artist Zach Bryan had a pretty rough couple of years. There was his ongoing, high-profile feud with fellow country star Gavin Adcock. Their spat got quite ugly at times. He also split with ex girlfriend Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia, which gave rise to plenty of nasty buzz and blaring headlines. However, Bryan, 29, is […]

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Dallas-Area Shopping Mall Goes Viral For Setting Up “Husband Daycare” Fit With Chairs, Drinks & TVs

Dallas-Area Shopping Mall Goes Viral For Setting Up “Husband Daycare” Fit With Chairs, Drinks & TVs

Finally… an area dedicated to men at the mall. Though a shopping trip isn’t always the worst thing, they often fall on the weekend. You know what else is on Saturdays and Sundays? Sports, and typically lots of them. That can often cause some tension between husbands and wives, and boyfriends and girlfriends. Choosing to stay at home and watch sports can be a death sentence. But on the other hand, opting to go along and shop means missing out […]

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ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt Couldn’t Hide His Reaction To New Year’s Eve Kiss During Last Night’s ‘SportsCenter’

ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt Couldn’t Hide His Reaction To New Year’s Eve Kiss During Last Night’s ‘SportsCenter’

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year’s Eve! Scott Van Pelt, the longtime SportsCenter host, almost had a disastrous one, but he managed to save himself at the last second. Van Pelt has hosted the late version of SportsCenter since 2015, and as the clock struck midnight last night, and the calendar flipped from 2025 to 2026, the ESPN employee skated along the cliff of cancellation. Here’s what happened. Scott Van Pelt was allowing for ESPN’s parent company, […]

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Billy Strings Sits In With Widespread Panic Three Nights In A Row To Ring In The New Year At Atlanta’s Fox Theatre

Billy Strings Sits In With Widespread Panic Three Nights In A Row To Ring In The New Year At Atlanta’s Fox Theatre

It doesn’t get much better than a crossover collaboration like this. A legendary southern rock and jam band from Athens, GA, Widespread Panic just capped off a legendary three-night run leading up to New Year’s Eve at Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre. A special venue in the band’s lore, the Fox Theatre first hosted Widespread Panic for a New Year’s Eve run in 1996. And while they have headlined the venue dozens of times over the past few decades, this year […]

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Zach Bryan Shares First Official Wedding Photo With His New Bride, Samantha: “Tougher Than The Rest”

Zach Bryan Shares First Official Wedding Photo With His New Bride, Samantha: “Tougher Than The Rest”

Your first official look at Zach Bryan and his new wife, Samantha Bryan. Yesterday, news broke that he had married his girlfriend Samantha after rumors have been going for a little while now about their marital status. Until yesterday, though, all we knew for sure was that Leonard and Bryan were dating, and had been since just after the his very public and messy breakup with Barstool Sports personality Brianna Chickenfry. The big talking point has always been how much […]

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Ernest Teases Studio Version Of Classic Country Ballad With Lukas Nelson, “A Penny Short”

Ernest Teases Studio Version Of Classic Country Ballad With Lukas Nelson, “A Penny Short”

I NEED it as soon as possible. On his stories, Ernest shared the studio cut of a song he recorded with Lukas Nelson called “A Penny Short,” which they previously debuted at the Grand Ole Opry over the summer. It’s beautiful classic country ballad that sounds like it could’ve been played on the Opry stage 40 years ago but still sounds fresh and current now with these two talented artists onstage. These two have worked together before, as Lukas was […]

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Jeff’s Picks – Best Album of 2025

“I want to go out and play these songs by myself and it sound as close to this as possible,” Jason Isbell explains to Gena Johnson, co-producer, in Well Welch’s documentary about the recording of “Foxes in the Snow.” Documenting the Isbell’s process making of the album, the above-mentioned film is called “Feel Real Good” […]