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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When Fox’s “Monarch” premiered to strong ratings following an NFL game on Sept. 11, there was a big sort-of-maybe cliffhanger: Can the Susan Sarandon character, touted as a series lead, really be as dead as she appeared to be at the end of the pilot? But there were other questions, too. Like: Will this be a series in which the characters are portrayed as having originated a lot of the big hits of country and pop, from “Family Tradition” to “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” to “Born This Way”? Will the middle American audience be completely down with a story that has an out lesbian character vying to become a country superstar? Do parallels with Naomi Judd’s story feel as eerie as we think they do? And did the pilot make all those millions of viewers want to come back when there’s no NFL lead-in?

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The lineup of five honorees for CMT’s Artists of the Year special has been set, with Walker Hayes, Carly Pearce and Cody Johnson being celebrated on the annual show for the first time, joining previous honorees Luke Combs and Kane Brown. Filmed, as always, at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the 90-minute “CMT Artists of the Year” will air on CMT Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT after being taped in the week. The non-competitive show is a more intimate complement to the larger-scale, fan-voted CMT Awards, with honorees being selected by the network from among the artists deemed to have made the most collective impact during the preceding year.

Martina McBride became a household name as a country singing sensation nearly three decades ago, and she recently received a host of new fans while starring on the new FOX drama "Monarch." "I’m so excited," McBride exclusively told Fox News Digital. "I mean, I read the script, and I was like, ‘This is juicy, it’s big, it’s exciting.’ I was really thrilled to be asked to be a part of it." McBride was shocked to even be included in the roster when it came to casting country all-stars to appear on the epic series, which stars Trace Adkins, Anna Friel, Beth Ditto and Academy Award-winner Susan Sarandon.

Gabby Windey has Rachel Recchia to thank for her gig. On the latest episode of SiriusXM's , Robert Mills, Senior Vice President, Alternative Series, Specials & Late-Night Programming, ABC Entertainment, revealed how the pilot pushed for her co-lead to compete on .«Gabby is actually on — and this is the God's honest truth — she's on because of Rachel,» Robert said. «When we were at CMA Fest in Nashville in June, we were having dinner and Rachel said, 'You have to put Gabby on.

Post Malone has officially kicked off his Twelve Carat Tour and you can check out the full set list here!

EXCLUSIVE: There’s going to be a reunion on Fox’s . Mayim Bialik will reunite with Kevin Sussman in episode 304 airing October 20.

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This time last year, Netflix‘s ‘Squid Game‘ took popular culture by storm and became a global phenomenon. Now, Lucasfilm and Disney+ want to see if some of that magic rubs off on an upcoming “Star Wars” series.

EXCLUSIVE: Nashville and Heroes star Hayden Panettiere has signed with APA.

Country artist Luke Bell has been found dead at the age of 32, nine days after he went missing in Arizona. The “Working Man’s Dream” musician’s friend Matt Kinman confirmed Bell’s death.

Saving Country Music.Born in Kentucky and raised in Wyoming, Bell was found dead in Tucson, Arizona, yesterday, near where he had been reported missing on Aug. 20, according to the Tucson Police Department.As of yet, the singer’s cause of death remains “unknown,” per authorities currently probing the tragedy. However, Kinman told music blog the Boot that his buddy had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, adding that a recent change in his medication might’ve have “played a role” in his disappearance.Born in Lexington, Kentucky on January 27, 1990, and raised in Cody, Wyoming, Bell dropped out of the University of Wyoming and moved to Austin, Texas to pursue a career in country music.

 actress and blues singer who wasfound dead in her Nashville home last month, died of heart disease.According to a coroner's report obtained by on Monday, Dukureh's official cause of death is listed as «hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease» and the manner of death is listed as «natural.» As ET previously reported, Dukureh -- who played Big Mama Thornton in the Baz Luhrmann production -- was found dead on the morning of July 21, in the bedroom of her apartment that she shared with her two young children. One of them found her unresponsive and ran to a neighbor’s apartment, where police said, at 9:27 a.m., the neighbor called 911.In addition to landing her first major film role in , Dukureh appeared in Doja Cat's «Vegas» music video, where she played the Big Mama Thornton role as well.At the time of her death, director Luhrmann released a statement in her honor.«A special light went out today and all of the movie family are heartbroken by the loss of Shonka Dukureh.

Rock star biopics are pretty typical stuff nowadays. They tend to put the star on some sort of pedestal and make it seem as if he or she was destined for greatness.

Former TOWIE star Danielle Armstrong has tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart Tom Edney, which was attended by famous TOWIE faces such as James 'Arg' Argent and Georgia Kousoulou. The couple, who are parents to two year old daughter Orla, said "I do" three years after they first started dating, and two years since they got engaged in 2020.The pair have known each other for over 20 years and in 2021, as they celebrated their second anniversary, Danielle, 34, hilariously admitted that she had "bullied" Tom into asking her to be his girlfriend whilst they enjoyed a trip to Marbella with pals.

A number of The Only Way Is Essex stars dressed to impress at co-star Danielle Armstrong's wedding. James Argent posted a number of glamorous snaps of him with some of his TOWIE co-stars at the wedding, including Ferne McCann, Georgia Kousoulou, Tommy Mallet, and Jess Wright. Captioning the post, he wrote: "My wonderful friend at @daniellearmstrong88 got Married to the lucky & lovely @tommyedney.