Academy of Country Music Awards sets date for 2025 ceremony, Reba McEntire to host

The Academy of Country Music Awards will return in May 2025. A post on social media read: “ @Reba is BACK to host the 60th #ACMawards – on May 8, 2025 – LIVE on @PrimeVideo from @thestarinfrisco! Our 60th Anniversary celebration is gonna be our BIGGEST PARTY YET Join the free ACM A-List to be …

See trailer for Ryan Murphy’s new series ‘Grotesquerie’ premiering on FX in September

FX announced that Ryan Murphy‘s new 10-episode horror/drama series “Grotesquerie” will premiere Sept. 25 at 10 p.m. on FX. Grotesquerie is written and created by Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken; the series centers on “a series of heinous crimes” in a small community, with detective Lois Tryon (Niecy Nash-Betts), feeling the crimes “are …

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe star in trailer for ‘Kraven the Hunter’

Sony Pictures released the promo for director J.C. Chandor‘s feature film ‘Kraven the Hunter,’ starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe. Kraven the Hunter centers on the Spider-Man villain who debuted in the comics in 1964. The film follows Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff, who is left for dead …

Suspect in custody after 4 killed, 9 hospitalized after high school shooting in Georgia

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (“GBI”) has confirmed that at least four people were killed, and nine hospitalized after a shooting at a Georgia high school.  A post on X from the GBI noted that a suspect is in custody. The Wednesday morning shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, located in Barrow County roughly …

Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over 2024 election misinformation

On Wednesday, the Departments of Justice and Treasury announced sanctions targeting Russian government-sponsored attempts to manipulate U.S. public opinion ahead of the November election. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the sweeping crackdown of efforts by the Russian government to influence the upcoming 2024 election through covert networks aimed at spreading disinformation to American voters (per …

Inaugural ‘Giddy Up’ Las Vegas music festival cancelled

The inaugural ‘Giddy Up’ country music festival slated for Downtown Las Vegas this fall has been abruptly canceled. The three-day event, set to run from October 18-20, was set to feature performances from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Megan Moroney, and the Turnpike Troubadours as headliners; in addition to Chase Rice, Charles Wesley Godwin, Lauren Watkins, Tanner Adell, …

Midland shares video for “Vegas”

Midland recently revealed the track list for their forthcoming album Barely Blue, out September 20. Barely Blue, produced by Dave Cobb, features eight songs including their latest release, Vegas.  About the new single, Midland’s Mark Wystrach explains: “‘Vegas’ is an homage to the wildest town in the world and the intense connections and losses that tend …

ABC’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ reveals cast for Season 33

ABC’s Dancing with the Stars revealed its star-studded cast, including ‘Bachelorette’ Jenn Tran, actress Tori Spelling, and Olympian Ilona Maher. The Season 33 cast of ‘DWTS’ was announced on Wednesday’s episode of Good Morning America and will also include Phaedra Parks (of The Real Housewives of Atlanta), Chandler Kinney, Eric Roberts, Anna Delvey, Reginald VelJohnson, …

Adele to take extended break from music after wrapping Munich, Vegas residencies

Adele announced she is taking a break from creating new music or performing after her Munich and Las Vegas residencies wrap up later this year.  The singer/songwriter told the crowd at her 10th and last show in Germany over the weekend (per CNN): “I just need a rest .. I have spent the last seven …

Over 50 killed, 100s injured after Russian missiles strike Ukrainian military academy and hospital

In one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began, two ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital Tuesday in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian military forces on Tuesday launched missile strikes in the city of Poltava, a …