Tennessee House Republicans Block Measure To Honour Gay Country Musician T.J. Osborne

Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, playing sports and running track with her sisters, sowed in Katori Hall the seeds of respect she holds today for women who strip—a respect that runs through her debut series P-Valley. Created from her play, Pussy Valley, the show focuses on the staff of a strip club in the Mississippi Delta, and set a record on the Starz app for the most viewed series premiere.

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overrode a veto by Gov.

The Associated Press.By signing the bill, Lee defies requests from LGBTQ groups, including the Log Cabin Republicans of Tennessee, who pleaded with the governor not to sign the “misguided” bill, which they said singles out businesses “for special public censure,” takes a specific side on a controversial, emotionally-charged issue, and may even be counterproductive to conservatives’ aims of keeping transgender people out of restrooms that match their genitalia or outward appearance — especially

NASHVILLE, TN. – Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee last Friday quietly signed House Bill 1233, an anti-Trans bill that requires the state’s public schools to make “reasonable accommodation” for a person who cannot or will not use a restroom or changing facility designated for their sex in a public school building or at a school-sponsored activity.

House Bill 1233, sponsored by Rep.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former tourmates Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris are the leading nominees for the 2021 CMT Music Awards, celebrating the best in country music videos.CMT on Thursday announced the nominees for their June 9 fan-voted awards show, where Morris and Lambert both have two nominations in the top category of video of the year, which has 14 contenders.They are also nominated for female video of the year and collaborative video of the year.

defeat of a resolution in the Tennessee legislature honoring country music singer TJ Osborne, of the group Brothers Osborne, after he recently came out as gay.“Gay media is fainting with shock like Nathan Lane in The Bird Cage to discover that the Tennessee House did not fall over themselves to immediately pass SJR0609, honoring TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne for coming out as gay. Zut alors! Someone bring the smelling salts,” the group wrote in a campy, cringe-inducing yet tongue-in-cheek press

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Chris Willman Music WriterA measure in Tennessee to honor Osborne Brothers singer TJ Osborne, who recently came out as gay, has been blocked by Republicans in the state’s House of Representatives, after it had unanimously passed the Senate.Rep. Jeremy Faison, chair of the House Republican Caucus, is the lawmaker responsible for blocking — and some say effectively killing — the measure.

Kelly Clarkson has finally sold her incredible mansion in Tennessee, four years after putting the home on the market.

slashed the price, property records show. Spanning seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, the estate was initially listed in 2017 for $8.75 million and gradually decreased the longer it stayed on the market. She last cut the price in January by $550,000 from $7.5 million. The sale closes a dark chapter in Clarkson’s life following her tumultuous breakup. The 2002 “American Idol” winner first purchased the Hendersonville home, located half an hour from Nashville, in 2012 for $2.86 million.

Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Magnificent Seven) will direct and produce a film adaptation of the Tennessee Williams’ play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof based on the 2008 Broadway production featuring an all-Black cast.

EXCLUSIVE: Knoxville, Tennessee is getting a major new production studio.

Jade Bird has released a live recording of her cover of Radiohead‘s ‘Black Star’ – watch it below.The singer-songwriter has played ‘The Bends‘ track at her gigs before but this is the first time an official version has been recorded and released.A performance of the track was filmed at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee where Bird recorded her latest EP, ‘RCA Studio A Sessions‘ (out now).The EP tracklist features a cover of The Bee Gees‘ ‘To Love Somebody’ and a piano version of her song