HBO(NEW YORK) -- Caroll Spinney, the man who originated Big Bird on Sesame Street, is leaving the show after nearly 50 years. The New York Times reports that Thursday will be the 84-year-old’s last day on the job. Since 1969, Spinney has played...
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Kenny Chesney and Thomas Rhett join Jason Aldean to headline the beachfront Tortuga Music Festival
Allister AnnKenny Chesney and Thomas Rhett are joining Jason Aldean as the headliners of next year’s Tortuga Music Festival. This will be Kenny’s fourth time playing the Florida gathering in its seven-year history. ...
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Comstock/ThinkstockThis legendary singing cowboy is the only person who's been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum twice: first as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and then as an individual. Can you name him? ANSWER: ...
Read More »Faith Hill helps bring "The World’s Best" to CBS after Super Bowl 53
Monty Brinton/CBS CBS is hoping you’ll make a date with Faith Hill after next year’s Super Bowl. Faith’s new talent competition show, The World’s Best, is set to premiere on Sunday, February 3 at approximately 10 ...
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Burke/Triolo Productions/Thinkstock Florida Georgia Line will tour Australia in March with Thomas Rhett and Morgan Wallen. Tickets go on sale next Monday. Dolly Parton is nominated for Original Song -- Feature Film for the trac...
Read More »Maddie & Tae confess they’re feeling some nerves ahead of tonight’s "Artists of the Year" performance with Carrie Underwood
Mercury NashvilleCarrie Underwood won't hit the road on the Cry Pretty 360 Tour with Maddie & Tae and Runaway June until May, but we'll get a preview Wednesday night, as all three perform together on the 2018 CMT ...
Read More »Maddie & Tae confess they’re feeling some nerves ahead of tonight’s "Artists of the Year" performance with Carrie Underwood
Mercury NashvilleCarrie Underwood won't hit the road on the Cry Pretty 360 Tour with Maddie & Tae and Runaway June until May, but we'll get a preview Wednesday night, as all three perform together on the 2018 CMT ...
Read More »‘The Hate U Give’: Russell Hornsby delves into his gritty, complex character that audiences need to “see and bear witness to”
L-R: Russell Hornsby, Regina Hall, Amandla Stenberg, and Common in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE HATE U GIVE. Photo Credit: Erika Doss.(NEW YORK) -- Russell Hornsby is extremely familiar with the type of man he portrays in the upcoming Black Liv...
Read More »Eric Church arrives at #1 with "Desperate Man"
EMI NashvilleEric Church debuts at #1 on the Top Country Albums chart this week, after Desperate Man sold 116,000 units in its first seven days of release. That’s enough for Eric’s sixth studio album to also bow at #5 on the all-genre Bill...
Read More »Will Smith says wife Jada “cried 45 days straight” during “worst” period of marriage
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) -- Will Smith will serve as one of his wife's guest in the upcoming season of Jada Pinektt Smith's Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk. In a tease for a forthcoming episode, Will recalls the “worst&...
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