CMA Fest week got an unofficial kickoff on June 3 at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon during the second annual ’80s Dance Party to End Alz, which benefited the Alzheimer’s Association. This year’s event, which was hosted by Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Blair Garner, featured performances from Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Chris Young, Lindsay Ell, Charles Esten, Ashley…… MORE
A handful of country stars helped the T.J. Martell Foundation raise more than $425,000 for cancer research at the 10th annual Nashville Honors Gala on March 26. Nashville’s Charles Esten emceed the event that honored outstanding community leaders and featured performances by Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Lauren Alaina, Natalie Grant, Danny Gokey and Jeff Foxworthy.…… MORE
Stars of CMT’s Nashville celebrated their final season with a farewell concert in their show’s namesake city on March 25 at the Grand Ole Opry House. Nashville in Concert: Final Season Celebration featured cast members Charles Esten, Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack, Jonathan Jackson, Sam Palladio, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella, Rainee Blake, Kaitlin Doubleday, Jake Etheridge…… MORE
ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will team up for a multi-network telethon to benefit those affected by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma tonight (Sept. 12). The hour-long telethon—Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief—will be staged live from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, Times Square in New York and the Universal Studios lot in Los…… MORE
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The Grand Ole Opry hosted five star-studded shows over the weekend to get folks into a stellar mood for today’s total eclipse. Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, Charles Esten, Wynonna and more stepped onto the famed Opry circle on Sunday (Aug. 20) for the Total Eclipse celebration and treated fans to a number of their…… MORE
If you don’t have time to comb through social media all day, here’s what you’ve been missing over the last 24 hours or so in the country music world: Carrie Underwood and family wear super hero #PJMasks. Miranda Lambert is thankful for one of her most favorite shows. Florida Georgia Line shares new collaboration with…… MORE
Charles Esten is once again showcasing his comedic chops—remember, he was on Whose Line Is It, Anyway before Nashville—as Carl Hardee Sr. in a new commercial for CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. In the new clip, Carl Sr. recounts to his dimwitted song the harrowing inspiration behind the creation of…… MORE
Charles Esten is one of country music’s nicest dudes . . . and he is constantly demonstrating it without personal fanfare. Here’s a story we caught wind of via the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society—not Charles’ PR team. As a part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Random Acts of Light Campaign—an initiative created where celebrities…… MORE
Since July 15, 2016, Charles Esten has released an original song every Friday in his #EverySingleFriday series, culminating today with his 52nd track, “Long Haul.” In doing so, Charles becomes the first independent country artist to released back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back songs over the course of one year. That’s 52 “backs,” which is quite a streak. “I guess…… MORE
“Joltin’” Joe DiMaggio had a 56-game hit steak in baseball in 1941, a record that still stands today. “Chuggin’” Charles Esten is working on an impressive streak of his own. Full disclosure, we just made up the “Chuggin’” nickname, but it seems befitting as Charles chugs along toward country music history. Since July 15, 2016,…… MORE
Luke Combs is really excited to be touring again. The “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour” kicked off last weekend in Milwaukee and will end in Houston, Texas in August. Luke sat down with “Country Living” to talk about it, and it seems like he’s just as excited to be touring again as we are…
“Time” magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2024 include Dua Lipa, Patrick Mahomes, and Michael J. Fox. Production on “Law & Order: SVU” was halted for about 20 minutes, while Mariska Hargitay helped a little girl find her mother. The girl saw Mariska’s badge and thought she was a real cop. Katy Perry is leaving…