Three people have been charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death: One for “abandonment of a person followed by death,” and two others for supplying him with narcotics.
The 2024 CMA Awards just released the initial lineup of performers for one of country music’s biggest nights. Luke Bryan will be hosting for the fourth year alongside Peyton Manning, but this time Lainey Wilson will be joining them as a co-host. Here are all the performances
1. Luke will sing, “Love You, Miss You, Mean It”.
2. Lainey will perform her current single, “4x4xU”.
3. Post Malone will sing “Yours”, which is about his daughter. And then he’ll be joined by Chris Stapleton to sing their song, “California Sober”.
4. Shaboozey will play a medley of his new single, “Highway”, and his smash-hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”.
5. Thomas Rhett will join forces with Teddy Swims for a mash-up of both of their hits, “Something ‘Bout a Woman” and “Lose Control”.
6. And Dierks Bentley, Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle, and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes will all join up to sing the Tom Petty classic, “American Girl”.
The 58th Annual CMA Awards airs on Wednesday, November 20th at 8:00 P.M. Eastern on ABC.
Barbie turned 65 earlier this year, and to celebrate, they released some new celebrity-inspired dolls. Among them was Shania Twain, in her iconic “Man I Feel Like a Woman” outfit. Here are some other country music stars that have been made into Barbies:
1. Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. And they are looking pretty dapper, too.
2. Reba McEntire. And she’s fittingly wearing a red dress.
3. Elvis. From his classic film, “Blue Hawaii”. He’s even holding a ukulele.
4. LeAnn Rimes. Her Barbie is giving serious late-’90s vibes. So, when she was in her prime.
5. Martina McBride. This was inspired by the dress Martina wore to the 2004 Academy of Country Music Awards.
And in addition to them, there are also a few “maybes”. A lot of people think some of these Barbies were designed after country stars. But it’s not official. Mattel released a Grand Ole Opry Collection. So, some folks say there’s a Loretta Lynn Barbie . . . a Kacey Musgraves Barbie . . . and even one that vaguely looks like Garth and Trisha. And don’t forget about Western Chic Barbie, who’s a dead ringer for Lainey Wilson . . . and Country Western Star Barbie, which has to be Dolly Parton, right?
Brooks & Dunn were recently asked what they thought of Jelly Roll, and others, coming in and taking country music in new directions. Ronnie Dunn said, “Everybody out there has an opinion. I don’t see the negative dynamic to it . . . there’s rock music out there, and different slants on what country should be. Let it eat. It’s all going to come back.” Kix Brooks said, “Fans change because fans get older and new fans come in. [Like] artists today that may have their start on TikTok or whatever. It’s like, ‘Stop throwing rocks. We have millions of fans out there. Let them decide.'” So, it’s pretty simple . . . If the country world likes it and listens to it, then it’s country.
Jamey Johnson and Toby Keith were in the midst of writing sessions when he died of stomach cancer back in February . . . but unfortunately nothing was finished. Jamey says, “I don’t know what happens with the songs now. But I know some time is probably going to go by, and I might break them back out and revisit them later on.” He suggests that he could recruit some of Toby’s friends to help him work on them. But, quote, “Right now . . . [we] are still hurting, and it’s probably not time to start trying to do that just yet.”
Lauren Alaina is 30.
Jack Osbourne is 39.
Courtney Thorne-Smith is 57.
Gordon Ramsay is 58.
Leif Garrett is 63.
Rickie Lee Jones is 70. “Chuck E.’s In Love”.
Alfre Woodard is 72
Bonnie Raitt is 75.
