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Unscripted studio Maxine Productions is adding to its executive team.

Anneka Jones has been named executive vp development and current at Maxine, which is part of Sony Pictures Television. The company’s productions include ID’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV and Prime Video’s Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story. Jones’ hiring marks a reunion for her with Maxine founder Mary Robertson; they previously worked together at Left/Right.

“Having been fortunate to work alongside Anneka for over a decade at Left/Right, I know firsthand the qualities for which she has become recognized around the industry,” Robertson said in a statement. “She is a dynamic, versatile executive and producer, capable of combining journalistic rigor with strong commercial instincts. Her addition marks a pivotal moment for Maxine, as we build on a wave of successes and invest in an ambitious nonfiction slate. I look forward to our next chapter together.

Shaboozey is clarifying his viral reaction at the 2025 American Music Awards and noting it had nothing to do with his co-presenter Megan Moroney.

The country star presented the Favorite Country Duo or Group category at the AMAs in Las Vegas on Monday night alongside Moroney.

Reading off the teleprompter, Moroney said the award they were going to present had been awarded to The Carter Family, “who basically invented country music.” This remark prompted a side-eye from Shaboozey, which turned him into an instant meme.

Following the viral AMAs moment, Shaboozey took to Moroney’s latest Instagram post to clear up that the shade was not to her, as she didn’t write the script she read at the award show.

“Just want to clear something up: my reaction at the AMAs had nothing to do with Megan Moroney!” Shaboozey wrote. “She’s an incredibly talented, hard-working artist who’s doing amazing things for country music,...

Over the past few years, an array of musicians, historians, researchers, and critics have helped upend the history of country music. They’ve brought overdue attention to the myriad, yet long-ignored contributions of Black musicians to country’s origins, stressing the way record company owners overlooked Black artists for recording sessions, or slapped bogus genre terms on the songs they did record (“race records”) to differentiate them from the similar tunes recorded by white artists.

With all this knowledge far more well-known now than it ever has been, it was...

Fans were quick to clock Shaboozey’s reaction to Megan Moroney saying the Carter Family invented country music while presenting at the 2025 American Music Awards Monday night.

The awkward moment happened when the two singers were presenting the award for favorite country duo or group, which ultimately went to Dan + Shay.

“Country music has been an important part of Ama history. The very first year of this show, the award for favorite male country artist went to the great Charlie Pride,” Shaboozey read from the teleprompter first.

Moroney was up next, reading, “That same year, favorite female artist went to Lynn Anderson, and this award [favorite country duo or group] went to the Carter family, who basically invented country music.”

It was that last line that seemingly caught the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” singer by surprise, as he appeared to give her a side eye before pausing to process what she said and letting...

Shaboozey became a meme following a viral moment at the 2025 American Music Awards.

The country star took the stage in Las Vegas next to fellow artist Megan Moroney to present the Favorite Country Duo or Group category.

Shaboozey started by remembering that country music has been a part of the AMAs’ history, recalling that the award for Favorite Male Country Artist went to Charley Pride.

Things got awkward when Moroney took a turn reading off the teleprompter, saying, “That same year, Favorite Female Artist went to Lynn Anderson, and this award [Favorite Country Duo or Group] went to the Carter family, who basically invented country music.”

Shaboozey paused to process Moroney’s words and let out a laugh before continuing to present the nominees in the category, which was ultimately won by the duo Dan and Shay.

Update: Shaboozey Defends Megan Moroney After “Hateful Comments” Following Ama’s Side-Eye: “Let’s Not Twist The Message...

Travis Tritt is still as popular now as he was in the late 1990s but his career path took a turn as country music evolved with new artists. In a recent interview, the singer spoke out about why he was labeled as an outlaw in the music industry and why he’s not in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Plus, some fans thought the singer was unrecognizable at a recent concert.

Travis Tritt Addresses Country Music Hall Of Fame Snub

Travis Tritt is one of many well-deserving artists who aren’t in the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Nashville tourist spot recently unveiled a Dolly Parton exhibit about her life and career. While Travis Tritt isn’t on Dolly Parton’s legendary level (who is?) he’s still one of the most successful country artists.

The singer recently sat down with the Drifting Cowboys podcast. He opened up...

Kenny Chesney has been one of the hottest country stars for nearly three decades. He made a name for himself in the mid-1990s. Over 20 years later, he earned a huge career honor. Stay on this page to see his emotional reaction to the latest in his career.

Kenny Chesney To Release Book Later This Year

Kenny Chesney fans are anxiously awaiting new music from the popular singer. He released his 20th studio album, “Born” in 2024. But it seems his focus has shifted away from music for the moment.

It was announced earlier this year that his next release isn’t an album, but a book. Heart Life Music will be available in bookstores in the first week of November. The book will track his career from humble beginnings in a small town in Tennessee to a chart-topping musician in Nashville. But he wants to be clear: this isn’t his memoir.

As it turns out, Zendaya would never let go of playing Ronnie Spector. Five years after it was announced that the Emmy Award-winning Euphoria star would embody the Ronettes lead singer in a feature film, Deadline reported on Wednesday that the A24 project had secured a new director in Oscar winner Barry Jenkins. Dave Kajganich, a frequent Luca Guadagnino collaborator, is now writing the screenplay after Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury was initially mentioned as a possible screenwriter in 2020 when the project was first announced.

Deadline offered no timeline for the Spector film, but it’s safe to assume it’ll be a while. Jenkins was recently attached to direct a science-fiction movie for Universal with Glen Powell in a lead role. At the same time, Zendaya is seemingly constantly busy and now filming Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. However, whenever the project comes to fruition and lands an actual release date,...

2025 inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame Tony Brown, June Carter Cash, and Kenny Chesney (Photo Credit: CMA)

The Country Music Association has selected three individuals to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The class of 2025 includes June Carter Cash in the Veterans Era Artist category and Kenny Chesney in the Modern Era Artist category. Tony Brown rounds out the list of this year’s inductees, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in the Non-Performer category.

“This year’s inductees embody the relentless drive and dedication that defines Country Music,” stated Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “Kenny, June, and Tony have each left a lasting imprint on the genre, shaping its history with their contributions. From a young age, each of them was immersed in music, and their lifelong commitment has led to this very moment. Their achievements speak to the passion and dedication...

Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash, and producer-musician Tony Brown are the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Nashville institution announced the 2025 inductees during a press conference Tuesday morning in the Hall’s rotunda, where the plaques honoring the new class will be installed later this year.

Chesney is this year’s Modern Era Artist inductee. Known for infusing country music with carefree, beachy vibes, Chesney has become a live touring powerhouse, headlining football stadiums for more than two decades. Since launching his career in 1993, the East...

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From Reba McEntire paying tribute to Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, to Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood honoring George Jones and Tammy Wynette, some of country’s most legendary stars will hit the stage for the 100th anniversary of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry during tonight’s Opry 100: A Live Celebration. Hosted by Blake Shelton, the three-hour special airs on NBC and will stream live on Peacock.

Get ready for Grand celebration, NBC honors the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry on March 19 with a live telecast featuring dozens of country legends and superstars. The three-hour telecast for “Opry 100: A Live Celebration” will feature live performances, tributes and special appearances, and the whole star-studded affair is hosted by “The Voice” alum Blake Shelton.

“Becoming a member of the Opry is a highlight of my life and career, and 15 years later I still get that same feeling of reverence and excitement every time I walk out on that stage,” Shelton said in the event announcement. “The Grand Ole Opry has been connecting the country music family for 100 years, and I’m so proud to be part of this historic celebration.”

Live from the Grand Ole Opry and the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, the special event promises to deliver a jam-packed lineup of some of...

A lineup of performances for Wednesday night’s “Opry 100: A Live Celebration” special on NBC has been revealed, with many of today’s top country superstars slated to pay tribute to the legends of previous generations, and some doing their own enduring hits as well.

One First Couple of Country will salute another First Couple when Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood team up to honor the late George Jones and Tammy Wynette on the show, which will also be available for viewing on Peacock.

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash are the other country couple who will be feted with a tribute, delivered by the duo of Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde.

Reba McEntire will do double-duty, as tributes go, performing in dual appreciation of Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, who were close friends before Cline’s career was cut tragically short.

Kelsea Ballerini will sing Barbara Mandrell’s biggest hit,...

Receiving a single Oscar nomination would be an incredible personal achievement. But the four nominations A Complete Unknown costume designer Arianne Phillips has earned over her career extend “beyond my wildest 8-year-old dreams,” she tells Gold Derby in the final days of this year’s awards campaign.

Her bid this year for Best Costume Design is a full-circle moment. Phillips received her first nomination for James Mangold’s Walk the Line, a character-driven musical biography about Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Now, she’s back in competition at the Oscars for the Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown, another Magnold feature about a legendary musician. To further add to the symmetry, Johnny Cash is a supporting character.

“This nomination resonates in a way that is similar to probably my first nomination,” Phillips says. “Plus, it was a year of great costumed movies – very vivid costume movies, big costume movies.

Exclusive: How does it feel, Searchlight?

Absolutely great ahead of the Oscars, as James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is quite known around the world coursing past $100M at the global box office.

The eight-time Oscar nominated movie is now Searchlight Pictures’ No. 6 highest grossing title of all-time at the domestic box office with $69.5M behind Sideways ($71.5M) and it’s expected to strum to the Disney classic label’s fifth best ever in the coming weeks.

In its first weekend, the Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro movie repped Searchlight’s biggest opening since Disney acquired the company, quickly ranking as the second-largest opening in the studio’s history – just behind 2009’s Notorious ($20.4M).

In its second weekend, the film became Searchlight’s highest grossing film domestically since Disney acquired the company in early 2019 – surpassing 2022’s The Menu ($38.5M...

Some directors are good with music. James Mangold is one of them. Back in 2006, “Walk the Line” scored five Oscar nods and won Best Actress for Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash. (Joaquin as Johnny Cash lost to Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote”). A hard-drinking Johnny Cash (Boyd Holbrook) makes a memorable appearance in “A Complete Unknown” (in theaters December 25 from Searchlight), Mangold’s latest music movie, this time focused on the four-year origin myth of Bob Dylan, from his arrival in New York at age 19 in 1961 to his going electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

Mangold is returning to his bent for more personal filmmaking (Best Picture Oscar nominee “Ford v Ferrari”) after tackling 2023 franchise entry “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” for Steven Spielberg. The writer/director spoke to me on Zoom during his global press tour for “A Complete Unknown,” which has earned upbeat reviews,...

“How does it feel? To be without a home? Like a complete unknown? Like a rolling stone?”

I don’t know how many times I have heard that lyric and that song but never really gave it a whole lot of thought until I saw James Mangold’s very rich story of four years in the life of a young Bob Dylan in the early 1960s. That lyric is where this anti-biopic, A Complete Unknown, gets its title, and also takes a stab at defining who Dylan (played magnificently by a note-perfect Timothée Chalamet) was as he tried to find his way after travelling from home in Minnesota to New York City in 1961. He turned up at age 19, a budding genius who didn’t know it then, but by mid-decade would make seismic changes in the music landscape while trying to figure out just who the artist as a young man really is.

Bob Dylan has offered his thoughts on the upcoming film A Complete Unknown, which hits theaters this Christmas, taking to Twitter to express his excitement for the biopic and Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet’s starring role.

“There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” he said in the post. “Timothée Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”

A Complete Unknown was directed by James Mangold, whose credits include Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash biopic for which Reese Witherspoon won Best Supporting Actress at The Oscars for her role as June Carter Cash. With such an extensive and iconic career to explore, Mangold used a 2015 book about Dylan as his jumping-off point for the film, zeroing in...

Bob Dylan has offered his thoughts on the upcoming film A Complete Unknown, which hits theaters this Christmas, taking to Twitter to express his excitement for the biopic and Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet’s starring role.

“There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” he said in the post. “Timothée Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure he’s going to be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”

A Complete Unknown was directed by James Mangold, whose credits include Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash biopic for which Reese Witherspoon won Best Supporting Actress at The Oscars for her role as June Carter Cash. With such an extensive and iconic career to explore, Mangold used a 2015 book about Dylan as his jumping-off point for the film, zeroing in...

The 67th Grammy Awards nominations have recognized musicians Hans Zimmer, Atticus Ross and films such as Twisters and The Color Purple with nods across multiple categories.

Zimmer is nominated for the Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media category with the Dune: Part Two (2024) soundtrack and also for the Best Song Written for Visual Media category with “Love Will Survive” from The Tattooist of Auschwitz, which he wrote with Kara Talve, Charlie Midnight and Walter Afanasieff. Barbara Streisand sings the song from the series based on Heather Morris’ book of the same name.

Atticus Ross is nominated as a composer with collaborator Trent Reznor for the score soundtrack to Challengers (2024) starring Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor. Ross, along with Leopold Ross and Nick Cuba, has two nominations in the same category — Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media — with FX’s Shōgun, which also netted many trophies at the 2024 Emmys. Ross...

Filmmakers and distributors of awards-hopefuls have until Nov. 4 to submit their category preference — drama versus musical or comedy — to the Golden Globes organization, which reserves the right to overturn any classification that it finds egregiously inaccurate.

Some of this year’s cases are inarguable — for instance, Netflix’s Emilia Pérez, in which characters spontaneously burst into song, is clearly a musical (if not a comedy), and A24’s The Brutalist, in which an immigrant faces all sorts of harrowing hurdles, is clearly a drama. There are, however, also plenty of close-calls, about which many have made assumptions, but, in most cases, not confirmed.

The Hollywood Reporter has been working the phones and can now report which way almost every contender is breaking. This intel is, of course, subject to change prior to Nov. 4, and to being overturned by the Globes thereafter — but it is current as of this writing.

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New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement and, refusing to be defined, makes a controversial choice that culturally reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.

Here’s a look at the brand new trailer.

Wow – he sounds just like Dylan, especially with the singing.

James Mangold has directed two biopic movies. Walk The Link (2005), the story of Johnny Cash starring Joaquin Phoenix as Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash. The...

John Boyega and Danielle Deadwyler will soon ask voters to try a little tenderness come Oscar season. Variety reports that Boyega and Deadwyler have signed on to star respectively as legendary soul singer Otis Redding and his wife, Zelma Redding, in a biopic called “Otis & Zelma.”

The film will be directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples (“Miss Juneteenth”) from a script by Donnetta Lavinia Grays, with revisions by Godfrey Peoples. It’s produced by Fifth Season, Homegrown Pictures and Kinfolk Management + Media. It will tell the Reddings’ love story, which started when Redding was on his ascent to stardom, continued through his finding success with era-defining hits like “These Arms of Mine” and “Try a Little Tenderness,” and was cut tragically short when Otis died in a plane crash in 1967 at age 26, leaving Zelma a widow with three children.

Zelma is still alive and has kept her husband’s legacy...

This story was originally published May 20, 2016, on rollingstone.com.

When the Highwaymen recorded “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” written by visionary songwriter Guy Clark, who died in 2016, the supergroup of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson landed on their most poignant song. While Jimmy Webb’s “Highwayman” may have been the foursome’s signature, Clark’s “Desperados,” released on their 1985 debut album, dovetailed with their own outlaw legacy: that of aging icons who indulged the young guns their bravado while still beating them on the draw. They...

Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 years old Oct. 1, has lived quite a life, on and off screen.

Aside from his presidency during 1977 to 1981, the former president had many iconic pop cultural moments both before he became leader of the United States as well as during and after.

Carter shared moments with cultural figures like Andy Warhol, the Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash, Lucille Ball, Walter Cronkite and more. His real speech was featured at the beginning of 1978’s Americathon before a fictional mob attacks the White House and hangs Carter and his cabinet because of the energy crisis. The Bruce Willis movie The Last Boy Scout is based on Willis’ character being the Secret Service agent who saved Carter from a fictional assassination attempt, and there is an out of focus actor playing Carter in a flash back.

Follow along below for a list of pop culture moments Jimmy Carter cemented into...

Timothe Chalamet stars in A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold. The film explores the life of Bob Dylan, following Mangold's success with Walk the Line. A Complete Unknown may focus on Dylan's shift to electric instruments, bringing a fresh perspective to music biopics.

Timothe Chalamet brings his enormous talent to James Mangold's biopic, A Complete Unknown. Mangold has a unique ability to sell the story of American music legends. Walk the Line earned Reese Witherspoon an Oscar for her portrayal of country icon June Carter Cash and Joaquin Phoenix a Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of the legendary Johnny Cash. A Complete Unknown continues Mangold's exploration into the lives of music legends as he takes on the life of Bob Dylan.

A Complete Unknown marks Mangold's first time directing a musical biopic since Walk the Line. However, much of Mangold's work delves into an understanding of Americana legend.

The trailer just dropped for A Complete Unknown, Hollywood’s latest attempt to turn your parents’ record collection into box-office gold. The upcoming film stars Timothée Chalamet as the legendary Bob Dylan, chronicling the young troubadour’s early years as he bums around the ‘60s New York folk circuit and (spoiler alert?) eventually freaks everybody out by playing an electric guitar.

Pfft, call us when there’s a movie about the making of Dylan’s Christmas album.

A Complete Unknown marks a return to the music biopic genre for director James Mangold, who previously helmed the Oscar-winning Walk the Line, which starred Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash, Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash and Robert Patrick as the T-1000, after he killed Johnny Cash’s father and took his place.

While Walk the Line was a critical and financial success, it was also painfully formulaic. And its structural triteness was...

On the cover of American Recordings, Johnny Cash’s stunning 1994 comeback album, the Man in Black stands squarely between Sin and Redemption — literally, since that’s what he named the black-and-white dogs that flank him as he glares into your soul. At the time, he also felt between sin and redemption metaphorically and the album was a leap of faith. The new archival compilation, Songwriter, which contains demos Cash recorded in 1993 mere months before American Recordings, presents an alternate history of the period when absolution still felt unattainable, and many...

For a fifth year in a row, Spotify House proved to be the go-to spot for special guests and surprises during CMA Fest weekend in Nashville.

The streaming platform’s Hot Country playlist took over Blake Shelton’s Ole Red bar on Broadway for three days, and along with featuring a dozen scheduled performers each day, also hosted some A-list surprises. Jelly Roll made an appearance with Machine Gun Kelly and returned later for a duet with shirtless comedian Bert Kreischer, Keith Urban performed a mashup with rising star Dasha,...

Patti Murin is heading back to the stage!

The 43-year-old actress, who you might recognize from her appearances in Hallmark Channel movies like Love on Iceland and In Merry Measure, will play June Carter Cash in the new musical The Ballad of Johnny and June.

Some of Patti‘s previous musical roles include Princess Anna in Broadway’s Frozen and the title role in Lysistrata Jones.

Patti will star alongside Christopher Ryan Grant as Johnny Cash and Van Hughes and Van Hughes as John Carter Cash.

“Told through the eyes of their son John Carter Cash, this new musical covers it all: Johnny and June’s childhoods, their 1956 meeting at the Grand Ole Opry, the storied on-stage proposal in 1968, and the soaring highs and whiplash lows of fame, life on the road, addiction, arrests, controversies, marriage, family and devotion,” the official synopsis reads.

“I Walk the Line,” “Ring of Fire,...

An unreleased Johnny Cash album will finally see the light of day, thanks to his son John Carter Cash and a team of world-class country musicians. Titled Songwriter, the project was recorded in 1993, and will be released on June 28th via Mercury Nashville/UMe.

Songwriter features 11 songs written solely by Cash over the course of his then-40-year-long career. He made the album at Lsi Studios in Nashville during a period when he was between contracts, and it ultimately ended up shelved until his son, John Carter, and producer David “Fergie” Ferguson sought to finish it with a group of musicians who played with Cash, including Marty Stuart, Pete Abbott, the late Dave Roe, and others.

Today, ahead of the album’s release, Cash’s estate shared the single “Well Alright,” a classic story-telling song with an even-more-classic country arrangement, even down to the tinny lead guitar, train-shuffle beat, and folksy,...

Trisha Yearwood debuted her new song titled “Put It in a Song” during the 2024 CMT Music Awards in Austin on Sunday, marking the country vet’s first new single since 2020.

The Grammy winner took the stage under a lone spotlight as she delivered the cathartic lyrics: “If it’s too hard to admit/If it’s a memory that won’t quit/If it makes you want to cry all night long/Put it in the song.” The track’s rich melody and devastating chorus — “All the pain and all the hurt,...

Carlene Carter issued a statement Friday welcoming Beyoncé to the family upon release of her new album, Cowboy Carter.

Carter is the daughter of country royalty in mother June Carter Cash, and is a star in her own right.

“I’ve caught wind of some negativity over the release of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, her new country album,” Carter said. “As a Carter Girl myself and coming from a long line of Carter Girls, I’m moved to ask why anyone would treat a Carter this way? She is an incredibly talented and creative woman who obviously wanted to do this because she likes country music, In my book, she’s one of us Carter women and we have always pushed the boundaries by trying whatever music we felt in our hearts and taking spirit-driven risks.”

The Carter family had some of the earliest country recordings, dating to the 1920s and Mother Maybelle Carter.

Get ready to tune into the 2024 CMT Awards, where the music industry will gather to honor the best and brightest in country music. Among the stars set to shine is the legendary Trisha Yearwood. Known for her soulful voice and timeless hits, the singer has made a significant impact on the country music scene. This year, she will receive a special honor that underscores her enduring influence and contribution. Keep reading for all the details.

Trisha Yearwood To Receive Special Honor At 2024 CMT Awards

Trisha Yearwood came into the country music scene in 1991 with her chart-topping hit “She’s In Love With The Boy.” Over 30 years later, she’s still making music but has also expanded her reach to cookbooks and humanitarian efforts. Alongside her husband, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood joined the reconstruction efforts in New Orleans in 2007 after Hurricane Katrina.

The country singers teamed up with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife,...

Country artist Sam Hunt recently released the official music video for his song called Locked Up. Not only did he channel the original Man in Black, Johnny Cash, but, he also got a little help from his wife.

Sam Hunt Had Other Aspirations Before Country Music

Sam Hunt was born in Cedartown, Georgia. He may be a recognized name in country music these days, but, he had other career aspirations before making it big in music. Originally, Hunt wanted to pursue a career in sports. He played football all throughout his high school and college years.

Hunt played quarterback for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He had a promising football career on the horizon, and even caught the interest of the Kansas City Chiefs. However, he decided to pack a bag for Nashville and trade in his sports prospects for a music career. Judging by how things have gone,...

Trisha Yearwood will be the inaugural recipient of CMT’s June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award, as well as performing a new song, on the “CMT Music Awards” telecast, airing live April 7 on CBS.

The singer will get the honor for her philanthropic work, which extends across many charities but most visibly includes two decades of involvement with Habitat for Humanity, which she’s long supported alongside husband Garth Brooks. (They were jointly given the org’s Habitat Humanitarians honor in 2016.)

Yearwood will use her first appearance on the annual awards show in five years to premiere “Put It in a Song,” the first preview of a forthcoming album that will be a first in her career, in that it’ll be the first collection in which she co-wrote all the songs.

The new award, named for June Carter Cash, doesn’t mark the first time a member of that country...

A New Orleans native who was raised in Tennessee, Reese Witherspoon is the very definition of good things coming in petite 5-foot-1 packages. She made her film debut at age 14 in 1991’s “The Man in the Moon,” a bittersweet Southern coming-of-age tale of first love and loss. From then on, she was pegged as a young actress to watch. She would soon gravitate towards edgier fare such as the underwhelming 1994 comedy “S.F.W.” and 1996’s “Freeway,” a rancid take on a Little Red Riding Hood on the run. She then scored a signature role as the rabidly ruthless high-school over-achiever Tracy Flick in 1999’s political satire “Election.” That was followed by her first major box-office hit, 2001’s “Legally Blonde,” as a perky Harvard student with a penchant for pink, feathered pens and cute Chihuahuas.

Ever since, Witherspoon has proven to be a incredibly likable and laudable presence on the big screen and,...

Lykke Li has released a haunting cover of Johnny Cash’s classic song, “Ring of Fire.”

Li’s first new release since 2022’s Eyeye, the single arrives as part of the soundtrack for the new Netflix film, Damsel, due on March 8th. Speaking in a new interview with Variety, Li explained that she wanted to honor the song’s distinct vibe while leaning into its emotionality. In the end, a spur-of-the-moment performance spawned the sound she was looking for.

“I sat down at the piano and the first thing that came out of my mouth was what I recorded,” she said. “To be honest, the only version I’ve ever heard in my whole life is the Johnny Cash version, so I had no real history. I just went into it pretty blank… You can feel that energy on the recording, so it’s a very important process for me...

Lykke Li has released a haunting cover of Johnny Cash’s classic song, “Ring of Fire.”

Li’s first new release since 2022’s Eyeye, the single arrives as part of the soundtrack for the new Netflix film, Damsel, due on March 8th. Speaking in a new interview with Variety, Li explained that she wanted to honor the song’s distinct vibe while leaning into its emotionality. In the end, a spur-of-the-moment performance spawned the sound she was looking for.

“I sat down at the piano and the first thing that came out of my mouth was what I recorded,” she said. “To be honest, the only version I’ve ever heard in my whole life is the Johnny Cash version, so I had no real history. I just went into it pretty blank… You can feel that energy on the recording, so it’s a very important process for me...

A new documentary aims to add depth to the story of the singer-songwriter who was often just referred to as the wife of Johnny Cash

Crazy was most famously sung by Patsy Cline but written by Willie Nelson. I Will Always Love You was most famously sung by Whitney Houston but written by Dolly Parton. Ring of Fire, a love song reeking of sulphur and damnation, took off when Johnny Cash sang it on his 1963 album Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash.

But it was written by his wife, June Carter Cash, a singer, songwriter, musician, actor and author who spent much of her career in his shadow. “I feel aggrieved on her behalf,” says Kristen Vaurio, 46, director of a new documentary, June, which shines a light on one of music’s hidden figures.

Documentary on June Carter Cash who was born into music royalty and a tough, funny trailblazer star – and the co-writer of Ring of Fire

The title is “June” – no surname. Which is surely director Kristen Vaurio making a point, since her documentary about June Carter Cash makes a convincing case that the country singer has for too long been under-appreciated and overshadowed by her husband Johnny. The stereotype of June is that she was the wifey-for-lifey who saved Cash from his demons, but the woman who emerges here is tough and funny, blazing a trail for herself as an artist. As Reese Witherspoon, who portrayed her in the movie Walk the Line, points out – still indignant – it was June who wrote Ring of Fire (with Merle Kilgore), one of Cash’s most famous songs.

Carter was born into country music royalty, the Carter family, and was touring by her teens.

There might not be a more important, but overlooked figure in country music history than June Carter Cash. The new Paramount+ documentary “June” is looking to share the icon’s story. While the career of her legendary husband — and their relationship together — might be first and foremost in the minds of many music fans, June’s impact and influence deserves its own recognition. You can learn all about this five-time Grammy Award winner starting on Tuesday, Jan. 16. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Paramount Plus.

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“June” shines an important spotlight on the history of country music...

The next year promises a raft of fascinating eye-openers including looks at dicey legal issues and some A-list celebrities

As usual, much of the year’s documentary fare has yet to be announced. But between the Sundance film festival in January and the evergreen draw of celebrity vanity projects, the documentary slate for 2024 is already filling up – and that’s not even getting into numerous docu-series..

From overdue retrospectives on Luther Vandross and June Carter Cash, to an on-the-ground account of the first successful unionization effort at Amazon, to the distant prospect of finally seeing Amazon’s Rihanna documentary, here are 11 of the most anticipated documentaries of 2024:...

Key Art for June, streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Photo Credit: Don Hunstein/Sony Music Entertainment/Courtesy of Paramount+ Paramount+ has revealed the official trailer and key art for June, the new feature-length documentary spotlighting legendary country singer-songwriter June Carter Cash. Directed by Emmy(R) Award-winner Kristen Vaurio (Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief), the film will premiere on the service Tuesday, January 16 in the U.S. and Canada, and on Wednesday, January 17 in the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Produced by Sandbox Productions, Sony Music Vision and Maxine Productions (a part of Sony Pictures Television), June shines an important spotlight on the history of country music and the mark the Carter and Cash families made on the genre before diving into the complex life of the legendary June Carter Cash. The five-time Grammy(R) Award-winning singer, comedian, musician, actor and author has opened for Elvis,...

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Set in Korea during the 1960s, the show follows Kim San, an ambitious idealist and Albright scholarship recipient hoping to transform his country into an industrial nation and deliver an American-level of affluence to his people.

“Bad ass bitch” are the first words used to describe June Carter Cash in the official trailer for June, the documentary premiering via Paramount+ on Jan. 16. Kacey Musgraves assigns the label to her — and the remainder of the trailer ticks off all of the reasons why it’s a more than accurate descriptor.

In addition to Musgraves, the film features appearances and insight from Reese Witherspoon, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Larry Gatlin, Robert Duvall, Ronnie Dunn, and more. Having walked in the light of Carter Cash’s legacy and influence,...

The calendar will soon switch to January and Paramount+ will say goodbye to the holidays and ring in the new season: awards. The road to the Oscars is now in full force, and Paramount+ will bring glitz and glam to its Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers on Sunday, Jan. 7 with the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best of this past year’s film and television, including “Maestro,” “Barbie,” “The Color Purple,” “Succession,” “The Bear,” and more.

But if you’re starry-eyed for more than just statuettes, the streamer is adding dozens of originals and library titles alike, including the new British comedy series “Sexy Beast” and this year’s critically acclaimed “You Hurt My Feelings” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Find out what The Streamable has for our top picks this month and check out the full list of everything coming to the platform this January!

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Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress last year for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a dazzling fictional tale of a woman trying to save the multiverse. However, when we think of typical Best Actress winners, we do think of performers portraying real-life people. Sally Field in “Norma Rae” comes to mind, so, too, do Julia Roberts in “Erin Brockovich,” Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side,” and Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady.”

But is this an old-fashioned way of thinking? Or is it still a relevant metric with which to measure to potential Best Actress winners. Lily Gladstone portrays a real person in “Killers of the Flower Moon” but Emma Stone is the Oscar favorite for “Poor Things,” in which she plays a fictional character. So, let’s take a look a closer look at this category and what sort of roles Best Actress winners typically win for. Below is a...

Paramount+ has announced premiere dates for June, a documentary on country legend June Carter Cash, produced by Emmy winner Kristen Vaurio, known for her work on the HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief. The film is slated to premiere in the U.S. and Canada on January 16, with international releases, including the UK, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, on January 17. This announcement follows the world premiere of June at the Doc NYC Festival on November 12. June Carter Cash was, of course, married to Johnny Cash for 35 years until her death in 2003 (Johnny himself died four months later). She was a five-time Grammy Award winner, and her life as a singer, comedian, musician, actor, and author is highlighted in the documentary. The film explores her remarkable career, featuring moments such as when she opened for Elvis Presley, appeared onscreen with Robert Duvall and Jane Seymour,...

Doc NYC is known for its 15-feature film shortlist and for its annual Visionaries Tribute luncheon, which attracts the who’s who of the docu community from both coasts.

But, while the festival, which begins on Nov. 8, is a key campaign stop for filmmakers hoping to garner a spot on the Oscar documentary shortlist, it has also become a place where more documentarians are choosing to premiere their work.

This year 33 films out of the 253 featured on the main slate will have their world premieres at the fest.

Many of those films debuting at Doc NYC are profile docus including: “June,” a profile of June Carter Cash; “The Cowboy and the Queen,” about Queen Elizabeth II’s friendship with a California horse trainer; “Candace Parker: Unapologetic,” the story of the WNBA superstar; “Ashima,” about Ashima Shirashi, the Japanese-American rock climber who set world records in her teens; “Shari & Lamb Chop,...