Yearly Archives: 2026

Actor John Goodman was not always the slim, fit man he is now. In fact, he admits that he once weighed some 400 pounds in 2011. His was a lifestyle of unabashed excess. Per The New Yorker, Goodman said that he stopped drinking almost 20 years ago. Even before then, however, his out-of-control eating was […]

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Some songs remind us to slow down and appreciate what we have. Tim McGraw’s 2004 hit asks a bigger question: What would you change if you knew your time was limited? Continue reading…

Randy Moss named the Eric Church album he loves most, but the “Springsteen” singers own answer came with a personal story about the record that still stands apart in his catalog. Continue reading…

Something tells me it was this, specific moment from Luke Combs’ high school football career that let him know he was going to be better off chasing a music career rather than a career as a pro athlete. Long before Combs became a household name with hits like “When It Rains It Pours” and “Beautiful Crazy,” Luke was just a kid in high school trying to figure out life. I’m sure all of us can remember pivotal moments from our […]

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A high-spirited Canadian tourist in Las Vegas decided to pull off a prank involving a flamingo at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino’s bird habitat. The alleged hijinks took place months ago. (A real bird was the target, not a plastic replica!) Per Fox5, “Mitchell Fairbarn, 34, took the stand in his animal cruelty trial and […]

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Maybe it was because she was at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show that led Megan Moroney to talk about her underwear.

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On her third album for Oh Boy Records, Appalachia — recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios with Grammy-nominated producer Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman) — Emily Scott Robinson opens herself up to experimentation and sings in her crystal-clear voice about resilience, love, grief, and hope.

An insane musical output for some of these artists. In the streaming era, long albums are all the rage. While there was a time when 12 songs were recognized as the gold standard (and still is in many ways), the incentive to pack as many songs as possible into a record to get as many streams as you can has changed the way albums are approached, produced and packaged. Though this has been a phenomenon across all of music, country […]

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Leland Chapman, the son of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” star Duane Chapman, has been following in his father’s footsteps.

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A Florida woman allegedly mercilessly pepper-sprayed a store clerk over a price dispute… even after he helpfully showed her the receipt. 

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