Scotty McCreery’s CMA Country Christmas performance recalled the King, and we don’t mean the King of Country.The “It Matters to Her” singer covered “Holly Jolly Christmas” during ABC’s broadcast on Thursday night (Dec. 8), and he put a little swagger into his performance. The rockabilly approach was one that Elvis Presley may have been proud of. Watch the video for yourself below.Carly Pearce hosted CMA Country Christmas, a yearly country music celebration that this year featured Maren Morris, Old Dominion, Dan + Shay and more.Astute country music fans may spot Jenee Fleenor taking a fiddle solo midway through McCreery’s vocals.…
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“Mom is gone,” Cher tweeted Saturday Georgia Holt, singer, actress and mother of Cher, has died at the age of 96. “Mom is gone,” Cher tweeted Saturday night; a rep for the singer confirmed Holt’s death to The Hollywood Reporter. While no cause of death was provided, Cher previously revealed that her mother had been dealing with health issues over the past few months. “Sorry I’ve been Mia. Mom’s Been Sick Off & On. She Just Got Out Of Hosp. She Had Pneumonia. She’s Getting Better,” Cher tweeted in September. As an actress in the Fifties, Holt landed bit parts…
Few modern action movies are as daring and unconventional as the Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise-led sci-fi action film Edge of Tomorrow. Perhaps for a good reason. Though the movie is brilliant, for more than any one reason it fumbled at the box office. Still, the film has grown a cult following over time, even leading to constant rumors of a Tomorrow 2 sequel. For one of the stars, Emily Blunt, the 2014 release was her first foray into the action genre, and she is now revealing the sage advice her co-star gave her when she was feeling overwhelmed on…
Godzilla was once a monster well suited for Cold War symbolism, but times changed. And as written in the book Japan’s Favorite Mon-star, author and film historian Steve Ryfle suggested “the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fading of the global nuclear threat” may have played a part in Toho’s drastic decision to kill off its most celebrated character.” Death wasn’t unheard of for Godzilla; after all, the atomic monster perished in its first two appearances. The only difference in 1995 was Godzilla was no longer a mere metaphor for ruin and despair. So much had changed since Tomoyuki…
Renowned writer Hilary Mantel, who passed away in September at the age of 70, was widely known and respected for her Wolf Hall trilogy, as well as the scores of other books and essays that she wrote during her career. Her treatment of the political machinations of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII inspired legions of readers to pick up the trilogy, which was completed in 2020 with The Mirror and the Light. Mantel’s gift was not just in accurately describing the historic events of the royal court, but also in highlighting the human relationships and conflicts that drove…
Move over Spotify, Chris Olsen is doing a different sort of end of the year review.The TikToker posted a video to the social media platform on Dec. 9, walking his fans through his 2022 Dating Wrapped report. In the clip, he hilariously broke down the 10 romantic encounters he had over the last year, category-by-category, using graphs, scales and charts. Chris—who broke up with boyfriend Ian Paget in January—began his report with a “Databilty vs. Hotness” scale, before moving on to a bar chart of ages, noting that he’s “into the older men.” “Everyone I have dated has been older than me,” he explained. “If you are younger…
Photography courtesy of Rare Beauty Also: You can finally shop Rihanna’s Fenty Eau de Parfum in store. By Lauren Knowles Date December 9, 2022 Facebook Twitter Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty’s Eau de Parfum has landed in Canada — for a limited time Photography courtesy of Fenty Beauty Rihanna navy, rejoice! The Fenty Beauty Eau de Parfum is (finally!) available online and in stores at Sephora Canada. Real Rihanna fans know that this fragrance initially launched in 2021, but has only been available online for moments at a time before selling out within hours of every restock. Now that you can smell…
Carly Pearce pulled double duty in 2022 as she both hosted and performed on ABC’s CMA Country Christmas. It was her second year at the helm of the holiday television event, and she delivered a rocking version of “Here Comes Santa Claus” as a part of the night’s festivities.The “What He Didn’t Do” singer opens the song walking through the front door into the set’s cozy living room. She maneuvers past the band who are set up around the room before stopping to share a few lines with her backup singers and then moving to center stage.After the first set…
“It’s Morocco Time” The rapper is proudly repping his Moroccan roots, after the country’s soccer team defeated Portugal to move into the World Cup semifinals French Montana took to Instagram Saturday to congratulate Morocco’s soccer team for making it into the World Cup semifinals, and the rapper didn’t hesitate to take a little shot at soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo in his post. Related: Where to Find World Cup Merch Online “Ronaldo u had your time g … it’s Morocco time,” the rapper wrote, alongside an image of the Moroccan men’s soccer team and a pride of lions chasing after the…
Let’s face it, the best romantic comedies in recent memory belong to the early ‘00s. Every once in a while, another great love story might hit cinemas, like 2017’s The Big Sick or 2020’s Palm Springs, but flicks like those are still few and far between. With that in mind, Kate Hudson, who memorably stole audiences’ hearts in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days alongside Matthew McConaughey, has some blunt thoughts about what separates an effective rom-com from a mediocre one. Someone take notes! 2003’s How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days is an absolute winner of a…
Nestled at 7,800 feet above sea level in Estes Park, Colorado, The Stanley Hotel sits in the snowy mountains with an air of regality. This is where BruceFest, the definitive Bruce Campbell film festival, returned for its second year from Dec 1st-3rd. This time around, it featured the exciting addition of fellow horror icon Ted Raimi as co-host of honor. Tickets were sold as three-day passes for access to events in various buildings on the hotel grounds for a blend of immersive ARG, screenings, trivia, tabletop games and prop exhibits. Attendees referred to the Eventzee app for schedule updates and…
Content warning: This story discusses sexual assault.Nick Carter has returned to the stage a day after being accused of raping a teen more than 20 years ago. The 42-year-old performed with his pop group Backstreet Boys at Z100’s 2022 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in New York City Dec. 9, one day after Shannon “Shay” Ruth, a 39-year-old woman with autism and cerebral palsy, filed a sexual battery lawsuit against the singer in Nevada. No criminal charges have been filed. Nick, who denies the allegations, was all smiles as he took the stage at the Jingle Ball concert, performing with his bandmates hits from…
Designs by Catherine Blackburn and Melanie Leblanc. Photography by Alana Paterson Plus, chic new après-ski attire. By Sarah Mariotti Date December 9, 2022 Facebook Twitter Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week is back Design by Osamuskwasis Roan. Photography by Alana Paterson After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the goal for Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week’s (VIFW) return was not only to showcase beautiful designs, but to recognize Indigenous communities as triumphant. “For the Indigenous community, the last two years [have] been marked by grief,” explains Joleen Mitton, founder and co-producer of VIFW. “We lost many cherished elders and the gruesome legacy of residential schools saturated…
In terms of country music’s power couples, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are among the most powerful. Married for more than a decade and friends for more than 30 years, the two country icons prove that love really does stand the test of time.Brooks and Yearwood’s love story is one that was a long time in the making: The two artists knew each other for almost two decades before finally tying the knot on Dec. 10, 2005.Brooks and Yearwood originally met in 1987, during a demo recording session, when they were both still struggling musicians and both married (Brooks to his college sweetheart Sandy Mahl and…