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Country Music Headlines

Carrie Underwood attends 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on June 13^ 2024

Carrie Underwood returns for 13th season of NBC’...

September 2, 2025 @ 4:30 am
Carrie Underwood is returning to star in the show open for the 13th consecutive season of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, beginning Sept. 7. Underwood first performed the new show open at The Resorts World Theatre in Las...
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Lanie Gardner to release sophomore album ‘Faded ...

September 2, 2025 @ 4:30 am
Lanie Gardner is slated to release her sophomore record, Faded Polaroids, on Sept. 5. Gardner co-wrote all 18-tracks on the album alongside writers including Jesse Frasure, Lori McKenna, Karen Fairchild, Laura Veltz and more. The album was...
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Concert of Burna Boy 14 April 2022. Ziggo Dome Amsterdam^ The Netherlands.

Burna Boy and Shaboozey team up for the collab ‘...

August 29, 2025 @ 3:50 am
Burna Boy and Shaboozey have teamed up for a new single, “Change Your Mind,” taken from Burna Boy’s eighth studio album, No Sign of Weakness. The collaboration links the two Nigerian artists across genres, blending Burna Boy’s...
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Toosii Performs on the Nostalgia Tour in Jacksonville Florida USA December 18^ 2023 at The Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena

Toosii shares the new country-inspired single ‘E...

August 29, 2025 @ 3:50 am
Toosii has shared his new, country-inspired single titled “Even Then”. Toosii had previously-teased “Even Then” on social media for weeks before its release, and brought his performance of the song to the heart of Music City during...
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Singer Kenny Chesney performs onstage at the Runaway Country Music Fest at Osceola Heritage Park on March 19^ 2016 in Kissimmee^ Florida.

Kenny Chesney, Wynonna Judd and Steve Earle join l...

August 28, 2025 @ 4:40 am
Kenny Chesney, Wynonna Judd and Steve Earle have joined this year’s Farm Aid lineup, set for Sept. 20 at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Farm Aid, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, raises money to support...
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Riley Green performs in Hollywood^ Florida on November 14^ 2024 as part of Audacy’s Stars and Strings benefit concert.

Riley Green shares acoustic ‘Midtown Sessions’...

August 28, 2025 @ 4:30 am
Riley Green releases Midtown Sessions, a new acoustic EP produced by Erik Dylan. The EP follows on the heels of Green’s full-length record, Don’t Mind If I Do, which was released last October. Midtown Sessions came to...
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Post Malone performs at Bonnaroo music festival Manchester^ Tennessee USA - 06-15-2024

Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll added to list of...

August 27, 2025 @ 4:40 am
Doja Cat, Jelly Roll, Post Malone, Tate McRae, and Conan Gray have officially been added to the list of performers for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. The show, hosted by LL Cool J, will broadcast live...
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Thomas Rhett (L) and wife Lauren Akins attend the 2019 CMT Artists of the Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 16^ 2019 in Nashville^ Tennessee.

Thomas Rhett and wife Lauren Akins expecting baby ...

August 27, 2025 @ 4:40 am
Thomas Rhett and wife, Lauren Akins are expecting baby No. 5. The couple announced the news on Instagram, sharing a video with the caption: “Here we go again! We’ve got some really excited big sisters in our...
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Priscilla Block performs in concert on April 5^ 2024 in Fort Lauderdale^ Florida as part of the Tortuga Music Festival.

Priscilla Block shares ‘You’re Breaking My Hea...

August 26, 2025 @ 4:40 am
Priscilla Block is sharing her reimagined version of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Cecilia” with her new song “You’re Breaking My Heart (Cecilia),” out now. Simon & Garfunkel’s “Cecilia,” taken from their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water, tells...
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Ashley Cooke at the 48th Annual Gracie Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 23^ 2023 in Beverly Hills^ CA

Ashley Cooke shares the track ‘The Hell You Are...

August 26, 2025 @ 4:30 am
Ashley Cooke released her latest track, “The Hell You Are,” co-written by Ashley, Chase McGill, Emily Weisband and Joe Fox. Cooke shares of the track: “This song is that moment of clarity when you finally put your...
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Tallahassee^ FL - March 2023: Doak Campbell Stadium^ home of Florida State University Football

Florida State freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard ...

September 2, 2025 @ 4:55 am
Florida State University confirmed Monday that freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard is in intensive care after being shot Sunday night. Pritchard is listed in critical but stable condition at a hospital in the Tallahassee area. Pritchard, a native...
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Tyreek Hill (10) (Miami Dolphins starting WR) stands on the sideline during pregame warmup. Miami Dolphins vs. NY Giants at HardRock Stadium. Miami Gardens^ FLUSA - October 08^ 2023

Tyreek Hill left off Dolphins’ 2025 captains lis...

September 2, 2025 @ 4:50 am
For the first time since joining the Miami Dolphins in 2022, star wide receiver Tyreek Hill was not voted to be a captain by his teammates. The Dolphins revealed their six-player leadership group for 2025 on Monday,...
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Seattle Mariners infielder Carlos Santana runs to first base against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum. Oakland^ California - August 21^ 2022

Cleveland Guardians release longtime first baseman...

August 29, 2025 @ 4:55 am
The Cleveland Guardians announced Thursday that they have released longtime first baseman Carlos Santana. In a corresponding move, the Guardians reinstated utility player Daniel Schneemann from the paternity list to take the 26-player roster spot vacated by...
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Iga Świątek of Poland in action the Mutua Madrid Open at La Caja Magica on April 29^ 2025 in Madrid^ Spain

US Open 2025: Iga Świątek survives three-set bat...

August 29, 2025 @ 4:50 am
Iga Świątek’s streak of making the second round at Grand Slam tournaments nearly came to an end while facing Dutch challenger Suzan Lamens at the US Open on Thursday. Świątek, the world No. 2, had to fight...
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Carolina Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielen (19) on the sidelines against the Atlanta Falcons on January 5^ 2025 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Minnesota Vikings reunite with WR Adam Thielen in ...

August 28, 2025 @ 4:55 am
Minnesota Vikings have acquired Carolina Panthers’ wide receiver Adam Thielen, along with a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 fourth-round pick, in exchange for a conditional 2026 seventh-round pick and a fifth-round pick in 2027. The move...
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Entertainment Headlines

Meryl Streep^ Steve Martin^ Selena Gomez^ Martin Short at the "Only Murders in the Building" Red Carpet Premiere Event at Paramount Studios on August 22^ 2024 in Los Angeles^ CA

See the trailer for Season 5 of ‘Only Murders in...

September 2, 2025 @ 4:20 am
The trailer for the fifth season of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building finds true-crime aficionados Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) digging into the death of the building’s doorman, Lester (Teddy Coluca)....
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Charlie Sheen at the Angel Awards 2018 at the Project Angel Food on August 18^ 2018 in Los Angeles^ CA

Netflix premiering new documentary ‘AKA Charlie ...

September 2, 2025 @ 4:10 am
Charlie Sheen is the subject a new two-part Netflix documentary titled ‘AKA Charlie Sheen,’ directed by Andrew Renzi and premiering Sept. 10th on the streaming service. In a trailer, Sheen, 59, says: “When you got a lot...
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Jason Bateman at the world premiere for "Air" at the Regency Village Theatre. LOS ANGELES^ CA. March 27^ 2023

Jason Bateman, Jude Law star in the trailer for ...

August 29, 2025 @ 4:20 am
Netflix released a trailer for Black Rabbit, a limited series starring Jason Bateman and Jude Law. Law as Jake Friedkin, owner of the Black Rabbit restaurant and VIP lounge in New York, whose life erupts into chaos...
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Jude Law attends New York premiere of Firebrand during Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC in New York on June 11^ 2024

Jude Law, Andrew Garfield to portray Siegfried &am...

August 29, 2025 @ 4:10 am
Jude Law and Andrew Garfield will star in “Wild Things,” a new limited series from Apple TV+ centered around iconic magicians Siegfried & Roy. Variety has learned that the series takes its inspiration from the Wild Things:...
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Patrick Wilson (L) and Vera Farmiga arrive for the Premiere Of Warner Bros' "Annabelle Comes Home" held at Regency Village Theatre Westwood^ CA - June 20^ 2019

See the final trailer for ‘Conjuring: Last Rites...

August 28, 2025 @ 4:10 am
The final trailer has dropped for ‘Conjuring: Last Rites’, the last film in the ‘Conjuring’ franchise. The fourth Conjuring film follows Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) as they take on the Smurl case at...
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