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Carrie Underwood hasn't done that much acting, but what she's done, she's made it count.The country superstar made her acting debut in an episode of How I Met Your Mother in 2010, and the following year, she made her motion picture debut in Soul Surfer, which premiered on April 8, 2011 -- 11 years ago today. The movie lines up well with Underwood's Christian faith, but the faith-based elements of the film wound up creating controversy before the film even premiered.Soul Surfer tells the story of Bethany Hamilton, the champion teen surfer who...

The Weeknd scooped up the most nominations (17) for this year’s Billboard Music Awards, while Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo followed close behind with 14 and 13 nominations, respectively. The Weeknd, Doja, and Rodrigo were all nominated for Top Artist, alongside Drake and Taylor Swift. Doja Cat and Rodrigo will also vie for Top Female Artist against Adele, Dua Lipa, and Swift, while the Weeknd will compete for Top Male Artist against Drake, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, and Lil Nas X. In the Top New Artist category, Rodrigo — who...

Surprise! Carrie Underwood has released the title track of her newly-announced album, Denim & Rhinestones. Written by Underwood and frequent collaborators Hillary Lindsey, Josh Kear and David Garcia, the amorous song melds country lyricism with an effervescent, pop-disco production. The hitmaker opens by evoking sentimental memories of various things that naturally go better together — which also includes a shoutout to the iconic Dolly Parton.“Like jet black and a Cadillac / Like Tennessee and a bottle of Jack / Dolly and a tape deck on the way back to home...

The alleged shooter in the attempted murder of Lady Gaga’s dog walker was released from jail Wednesday in an apparent mistake, online jail records show. James Howard Jackson, 19, was sprung from custody at 3:38 p.m. Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department website states, listing the reason for the release as his case had been “dismissed.” A sheriff’s spokesman had no immediate comment late Thursday. Attempts to reach the Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney on the case, Michele Hanisee, were not immediately successful Thursday night. Sources told NBC...

Miranda Lambert promised a new sound on her upcoming Palomino project, and boy is she making good on that. "Actin' Up" — a new song she just released from the album — leans in a bluesy direction.The guitar slides and driving baselines showcase a side of Lambert we're not incredibly familiar with. The lyrics however, are all her."Billy Bobs Texas / Picking out new exes" is just one example of the sass and Lone Star State roots we've come to know and love from the Lindale, Texas, native.The song truly captures Lambert's...

A museum honoring the legacy of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton is set to open in May in Ljungby, Sweden, near where Burton died in a tragic tour bus accident in 1986. The Cliff Burton Museum, funded in part by the Swedish government, will feature ephemera from Burton’s tenure with the heavy metal legends — pictures, videos, tour posters, and more — as well as remembrances from first responders at the Sept. 27, 1986 crash site where Burton was killed at the age of 24. (A decade ago, members of...

Musically, Thomas Rhett is an old soul. In fact, if he were any older of a soul he'd be covering Stephen Foster on his new and decidedly progressive country album, Where We Started.A twist on a 68-year-old pop standard will have to scratch that itch for now.If any one album from 2022 could showcase the full range of a modern country singer's talents and influences, it'd be Where We Started. The 15-song collection is a remarkably peppy reminder that Rhett could go pop if he wanted to (but does he?), but...

On Wednesday, a Manhattan jury needed little time finding rap pioneer Kidd Creole guilty of first-degree manslaughter for stabbing a homeless man to death more than four years ago. The panel reached its decision just hours after lawyers on both sides presented their closing arguments. When the verdict was announced, Glover dropped his head, a courtroom source tells Rolling Stone. The artist, whose legal name is Nathaniel Glover, rose to fame in the early 1980s as an original member of landmark hip-hop collective Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. He...

Indie folk foursome River Whyless’ love for nature is evident in everything they do, including their latest album Monoflora, out April 8 via Soundly Music.In addition to songs like “Heaven and Light,” which features sounds that emulate birds chirping, the record’s cover illustrates a patch of wildflowers, a person looking across a body of water, staring at what appears to be Earth rising behind some rocky cliffs.The same sense of wanderlust that eminates from the album cover permeated throughout the record’s recording process, too. The twelve new tracks came together during a month-long retreat in August 2019 at...

UPDATE (4/6): The Weeknd is headed to Coachella. The pop star shared a new poster for the upcoming festival showing that he and Swedish House Mafia will replace Kanye West as the headliner for the third night. While Swedish House Mafia were already slated to perform at this year’s fest, the addition of the Weeknd is new. It’s unclear exactly how the co-headlining performance will pan out, though the two artists have collaborated on a handful of tracks recently, including two songs on the Weeknd’s LP Dawn FM, and the...

The Grand Ole Opry is expanding its interests on a global scale. The country music institution's parent company, Ryman Hospitality Properties, has sold a 30 percent stake in its entertainment operations to two investment firms.Comcast-backed NBC Universal and Atairos now hold a minority stake in Opry Entertainment Group (OEG) amounting to $293 million, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The bulk of that money comes from Atairos, who is contributing $278 million. OEG is also set to receive a Term Loan B for $300 million, for a total sum of $593 million. All...

Bobby Rydell, one of the first music idols to spur teen fandom in the Fifties and Sixties, has died at age 79. His death was caused by complications from pneumonia, a rep for the artist confirmed in a statement. “He had the best pipes,” his good friend and radio legend Jerry Blavat told the Inquirer. “He could do Sinatra, he could do anything… He could do comedy. He played the drums. He was a great mimic… He could have been as big as Bobby Darin, but he didn’t want to...

When Noah Thompson took the stage on Monday night (April 4) to perform on American Idol, he intentionally decided to step outside of the box. The 24-year-old construction worker from Kentucky chose a song from way outside of his genre as part of the intense “Showstoppers Round.”Belting out a cover of the pop smash "Stay" from superstar Rihanna, Thompson caught the full attention of the audience and judges, Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Even though his song choice was unpredictable, Thompson made the tune his own, inserting his natural country...