Amy Grant, Toby Keith, Rhett Akins Named to Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Dolly Parton has revealed how she used the royalties from Whitney Houston‘s cover of ‘I Will Always Love You’ to invest in a historically Black neighbourhood in Nashville.Parton, who is thought to have earned millions of dollars in royalties from the 1973 song, saw her fortune grow after gaining a songwriting credit for Houston’s iconic 1992 cover – which featured on the soundtrack to The Bodyguard.Speaking on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Parton explained how she used the money to

The California congressman made the comments at a Republican fundraiser in Tennessee after he was handed an oversized gavel by his Republican colleagues from the state. Audio of his joke was recorded and posted to Twitter by Main Street Nashville reporter Vivian Jones.

Morgan Wallen is being welcomed back into the country music fold, or so it would seem.

Chris Willman Music WriterEmbattled country superstar Morgan Wallen returned to public life in a big way during a Luke Bryan concert Friday night, being greeted by a lengthy, roaring standing ovation at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena as he joined Bryan, Jason Aldean and Tyler Hubbard on stage to do celebratory shots and sing a couple of his greatest hits.It was the second and by far larger of two times Wallen has stepped onto a stage this year since retreating from the limelight in the wake of a

told Oprah Winfrey last year she had to pull over the car she was driving so she wouldn’t crash it.Houston’s version, which became one of the all-time biggest singles, also netted Parton, who’s a world-class songwriter in addition to being a singer, about $10 million in royalties in the 1990s and the checks keep coming.Parton had a great idea about how to spend that money: She used it to help a Black neighborhood in Nashville.“I bought my big office complex down in Nashville,” she told Andy

Charles Esten was completely shocked by his character's journey in season 2 of . ET's Katie Krause spoke to the 55-year-old actor about the Netflix series' sophomore season, including his character, Ward Cameron's, decision to fake his own death in front of his daughter, Sarah (Madelyn Cline), a move that left Esten «blown away.»«When I saw that, it's just epic and operatic, as I would hope for it to be, and want for it to be,» he told ET.

It’s a rite of passage for any successful musician to hear one of their songs on the radio for the first time.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAbby Quinn will star in an upcoming Blumhouse and Epix movie set in Nashville opposite Shiloh Fernandez and Joshua Leonard. They join the previously announced Alexxis Lemire and Katey Sagal in the film, which has the working title of “Tattered Hearts.” The movie centers on a promising up-and-coming country duo who seek out the secluded mansion of their idol (Sagal), a former country music star and “Music City” royalty turned recluse.

NHL debut, made the announcement on his Instagram account, saying he was “no longer scared to hide who I am”. “It has been quite the journey to get to this point in my life, but I could not be happier with my decision to come out,” Prokop said.

Luke Prokop has come out as gay.

Nashville Predators defenceman Luke Prokop has become the first active National Hockey League player to publicly come out as gay. The 19-year-old, yet to make his NHL debut, made the announcement on his Instagram account, saying he was “no longer scared to hide who I am”.

EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse has tapped Alexxis Lemire to lead its original movie at Epix, Tattered Hearts (w/t), alongside Katey Sagal.

Reservoir has signed a new worldwide publishing deal with Rufio Hooks. This is good news for Reservoir, because he’s one of the co-writers on BTS hit ‘Butter’.

Taco Bell is known for setting your mouth ablaze, but one employee accidentally set an entire location ablaze after a Fourth of July stunt went awry!

Katie Thurston might have said goodbye to Connor B., but Bachelor Nation doesn’t have to. The Bachelorette season 17 fan favorite joined the cast of season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise fresh off his heartbreaking split and we’re breaking it all down on Us Weekly’s “Here for the Right Reasons.”