Zach Bryan just posted a long message on Instagram saying that he’s been sober for almost two months. Zach said a long motorcycle trip across the country helped him see he “really needed” support. Zach served in the Navy for 10 years, then immediately got launched into sudden fame. He said a lot of that pressure built up without him noticing. He admitted he was reaching for alcohol not for the taste but because there was, quote, “a black hole in him that always needed its void filled.” But now he’s working with a therapist to help him change the way he copes. Now he says, “I feel great. I feel content. I feel whole.” He reminded everyone that, “It’s OK to be weak at times and need help.”
BMI just released the Top 50 most-played songs of 2025. Here are the Top 5:
- “28” by Zach Bryan
- “4X4XU” by Lainey Wilson
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey
- “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” by Luke Combs
- “Am I Okay?” by Megan Moroney
The 59th Annual Country Music Association Awards is officially in the books. Here’s who won in every category:
Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Whirlwind . . Lainey Wilson
Male Vocalist of the Year . . . Cody Johnson.
New Artist of the Year . . . Zach Top
Vocal Group of the Year . . . The Red Clay Strays
Vocal Duo of the Year . . . Brooks & Dunn. That now brings their CMA total to 20.
Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Music Video of the Year. . . “You Look Like You Love Me” by Ella Langley and Riley Green
Musical Event of the Year . . . “Pour Me a Drink” by Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton
Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award . . . Vince Gill
The CMAs went down last night. Here are the highlights from last night’s show:
- Lainey Wilson did a great job as host. She kept things moving . . . she was funny . . . and she also won Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year.
- One of the best jokes of the night -Lorrie Morgan complaining about menopause
- Kelsea Ballerini sang a new song called “I Sit in Parks”. But then halfway through the song, a bunch of rain dumped down on her.
- Here are some of the best performances: Chris Stapleton sang “Bad As I Used to Be” and it’s true, he still is . . . Stephen Wilson Jr. impressed everyone with his cover of “Stand by Me” . . . and The Red Clay Strays crushed their song “People Hatin'”. Steve Martin and Alison Brown came out and did a banjo duet, and it was awesome.
- The Vince Gill tribute was special, too. He had George Strait give his intro. Vince was given the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Lainey won Entertainer of the Year and forgot she had to still be host and close out the show.
A list of scenes in “The Wizard of Oz” that are worth rewatching before seeing “Wicked: For Good” includes Dorothy’s arrival in Oz, the Wicked Witch’s attack on the Scarecrow, and the Wizard’s orders for Dorothy and friends to kill the Witch.
Sabrina Carpenter is making an “Alice in Wonderland” movie that’s set in the present and only loosely based on the original story.
“Friends” diehards can finally watch the conclusion of the short-lived spinoff series “Joey.” The final eight episodes of the 2004 NBC sitcom, which starred Matt LeBlanc as the Joey Tribbiani, never aired in the U.S. after the show was canceled in 2006 during its second season. But now, those eight installments are available to watch on the “Friends” YouTube channel, along with he 38 others that comprise the complete series.
Producer Mark Ronson says it takes Adele about 14 takes before her voice gets broken in and she gets that “unique Adele sound we all love.”
TV Tonight: The Houston Texans host the Buffalo Bills on “Thursday Night Football”
Josh Turner is 48.
Dierks Bentley is 50. ”
Mike D from The Beastie Boys is 60. “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)”,
Ming-Na is 62 the Dr. Chen on “ER”, and the voice of Disney’s “Mulan”.
Bo Derek is 69. ’80s goddess: “10”, “Bolero”, and “Tarzan the Ape Man”.
Joe Walsh is 78. The Eagles
Veronica Hamel is 82. D.A. Joyce Davenport on “Hill Street Blues”.
President Joe Biden is 83.
Norman Greenbaum is 83. Biggest smash: 1969’s “Spirit in the Sky”.
Dick Smothers is 87. The Smothers Brothers straight man.
