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A special halftime show for a special game. The New Orleans Saints announced today that Eric Church will join an all-star lineup, headlined by Trombone Shorty and featuring Kirk Franklin, Juvenile, Cyril Neville, and Ivan Neville, that will perform at halftime of the Saints game against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football next week. While he may seem like an unlikely addition to the lineup that largely features talent from the Big Easy, Church has teamed up with Trombone […]

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New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024. And now New York Attorney General Letitia James is reportedly preparing to probe the University. Over how they handled the allegations that the woman made almost two years ago. This is according to a Wednesday […]

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Having just wrapped up its 26th edition, AmericanaFest has grown considerable in the years I’ve been going. In the early years a shuttle bus continuously made the rounds between the half dozen or so clubs that were hosting official showcases across the 3-nights of shows (plus the kick-off Awards and Honors event Wednesday night). Now […]

Savannah Guthrie’s elderly mom, Nancy, vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home months ago. She was apparently abducted in the middle of the night. Clues have been disappointingly scarce. Despite a desperate search and multiple videos pleading for information narrated by Savannah Guthrie, Nancy’s whereabouts and fate are still tragically unknown. Nevertheless, the wife and mom […]

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A “Today” show segment came to a sudden halt when a guest became distracted by a woman walking in the background.

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It’s not unheard of for people to have very unusual medical conditions. Sometimes they have an illness or disease that is exceedingly rare and only found in a handful of people globally. But one teen has evidently made medical history by allegedly having a situation that has never, ever happened anywhere before. Per The New […]

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Wynonna Judd’s volatile family relationships are the true stuff of country music. She and her late mother, Naomi, sometimes butted heads. She took her own life in 2022 at the age of 76. Wynonna and her sister, Ashley, are apparently on the outs right now. And Wynonna’s adult daughter, Grace Pauline Kelley, has had multiple […]

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Some major hardware for Mr. Top. Simply put, there’s no one doing it quite as well as Zach Top these days. Though there are plenty of other stellar artists keeping the traditional scene alive, such as Jake Worthington, Charley Crockett and more, the Washington native has launched himself into the stratosphere as of late. Of course, this was highlighted on a national scale the past year when he not only took home Best New Artist at the CMA Awards in […]

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Elvis Presley fans who want to see the world through the iconic shades of the King of Rock and Roll may have to dig deep into their wallets.

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Could Luke Grimes convince the great Chris Stapleton to do a villainous arc on Marshals? The Taylor Sheridan Universe has always been welcoming to country stars. Lainey Wilson, Ryan Bingham, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill, among others, have all starred in shows underneath the Yellowstone umbrella. There’s just something about the talented men and women in the country genre that make switching over to acting look easy. And with Luke Grimes leading Marshals, he’s got a big time country music […]

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