CMT Pledges Even Split On Video Airtime For Female & Male Country Artists

By Denise Petski

Bringing up another Bates baby! Carlin Stewart (née Bates) and Evan Stewart welcomed their first child, a daughter, on Friday, January 31.

Supporting her costar! Billie Lourd absolutely loves that her American Horror Story costar Evan Peters has found love with Halsey, raving to Us Weekly about the couple at the Casting Society of America’s Artios Awards on Thursday, January 30.

“Kajillionaire,” the third feature by the artist Miranda July, is about a family of grifters who deliberately lives on the margins in Los Angeles. The father, Robert (Richard Jenkins), is full of conspiracy theories and other nonsense; the mother, Theresa (Debra Winger), is mostly silent as she goes along with him; and their adult daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), is the product of their abuse — half imprisoned snail, half open wound.

Three-time Grammy nominee Mali Music is back with a new single and label, Billboard has learned.

With her latest tweet about legendary NBA player Kobe Bryant, Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood ended up upsetting the fans, who are still trying to come to terms with the basketball player’s tragic death. The actress was slammed on social media after she posted a tweet about Bryant and called him “rapist” just hours after his death. The athlete died in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant on January 26 and the world has been mourning his death ever since.    

Evan Rachel Wood was criticized after she took aim at the late basketball player Kobe Bryant following his shock death on Sunday, calling the NBA  player a “rapist”.

Evan Rachel Wood has sparked backlash online after she took aim at basketball player Kobe Bryant in a Twitter message following his shock death on Sunday.

“Westworld” actress Evan Rachel Wood caught backlash on social media for a tweet that mentioned Kobe Bryant’s 2003 sexual assault case just hours after the former NBA star died in a helicopter crash with his 13-year-old daughter.

Pride flag flying outside the Montgomery County Executive Office Building – Photo: Evan Glass, via Facebook.

After its extended Holiday break, Saturday Night Live all set to go on air with an impressive celebrity host musical guest line-up and Justin Bieber is one of them. The Yummy singer will take the SNL stage as the musical guest on February 8 and will appear alongside drag queen RuPaul. And while the 25-year-old star might be excited about his upcoming gig, his friend Miley Cyrus is not. Reacting to the singer’s SNL announcement on Twitter, Miley stated that she is jealous of him.        

Halsey's willingness to remain open about her relationships has waned somewhat in the past year or so, but she blessed fans with a look into life with her current boyfriend, Evan Peters. The "Without Me" singer took some time out on Monday (January 20) to share an Instagram post showing the two getting close in a photo booth, kissing and grinning for the camera as they celebrated the American Horror Story alum's 33rd birthday.

Gender imbalance has been a frequent conversation topic in country music circles, and CMT continues to lead the charge for female artists. On Tuesday morning (Jan. 21), the television network revealed that it will institute 50/50 video airplay for female artists on both CMT and CMT Music channels.