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The Voice Season 30 kicks off tonight, and ahead of the long-awaited premiere, the show shared a teaser from the Blind Auditions featuring BigCountry, a 37-year-old singer from Tacoma, Washington, who earned an impressive three-chair turn.
BigCountry took the stage during the Blind Auditions to perform the classic hit “I Put a Spell on You,” delivering the song with his own unique twist and soulful vocals.
His performance earned an instant chair turn from Adam Levine, while Queen Latifah quickly followed.
Riley Green could be seen intently listening and grooving along to the music before ultimately deciding to push his button as well.
As BigCountry’s friends and family watched on, overwhelmed with emotion as he earned his three-chair turn, Kelly Clarkson smiled and nodded along. However, she ultimately decided not to turn her chair.
At the conclusion of the performance, Levine gave a standing ovation as the fellow coaches and audience applauded.
Clarkson looked around the room and noted, “Now I feel like a complete moron!”
She later explained herself, adding, “I’m so excited to see what you’re going to do. The only reason I didn’t turn is I was just waiting for that next little level. I was like, “Is he going to show me some falsetto?” But man, Big Country, you are one hell of a singer, man. Welcome to the show.”
The remaining three coaches then took turns attempting to convince BigCountry to join their respective teams.
Levine pointed out that he was the first coach to turn his chair, while Green brought out his signature duck call, getting laughs from the coaches and fans.
The pair took shots at one another before Queen Latifah offered her own pitch.
“You got it. You got it,” she told him. “You just did that song from your heart for the people. And that’s what I felt. We’ve heard it done many ways, but never like that…I want to see you win this. So I’d be happy to be your coach and do whatever is necessary to make sure that you rock that stage for this whole show.”
After a round of applause, Green got serious and pulled out his cowboy hat as he made his case for why BigCountry should join his team.
“Listen, being country is not about singing the genre of country music. It’s about telling a story about how you grew up, where you’re from, what you believe in. And that I know you can do whether you like country music, hip hop, rap, soul, whatever it is. And what you just did was you sang something that had soul in it, but had roots like country music does. And that’s what I was drawn to,” he explained.
The coaches continued to banter back and forth, doing their best to persuade BigCountry to join their teams, but fans won’t find out which team he picks until The Voice premiere.
The Voice Season 30 premieres on September 21 with a packed three-night premiere week, beginning with the Blind Auditions.
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For Luke Bryan, inspiration for a song can come from anywhere, at any time. The country star recently joined Second Lady Usha Vance on her podcast, “Storytime with the Second Lady,” where he opened up about how some of his best ideas come from simply living life.
Especially when it comes to writing country music, Bryan says that the best way to find an idea is to “live your life, cherish every day, and appreciate the sun going down.” Sometimes those little moments and emotions are all it takes to spark an idea and eventually build out an entire song.
“Through the years, some of my best songs have happened from just a little thing that a stranger said on the street to me,” Bryan explained.
He went on to say that he actually experienced something like this recently when a friend texted him about his chocolate lab, Choc.
“Now I’m building a song around what he text messaged me. So songs can pop up in many different forms, and so you just got to be ready to capitalize on the idea,” he added.
When Vance asked if it’s likely that fans will get to hear a song about Choc soon, Bryan said, that they will “definitely probably hear about my mischievous chocolate lab…we’re in the works writing that song now.”
The Georgia native’s love for songwriting dates all the way back to his childhood. He recalls his first introduction to writing songs being for his church youth group.
“I would take country music songs that were really, really popular and you recognize the melodies and I would put them under a Christian theme or something that would work in church.”
Now more than two decades of making music for a living and becoming one of the biggest names in the business, Bryan has learned just how powerful a simple idea can become. That’s a lesson he hopes to pass along to kids as he encourages them to embrace their creativity and find their own ways to tell stories.
“One of the best analogies when you’re writing a song is you go in and you write and nothing’s there. And then when you’re done, something is created and born. So I think anytime you can dive into a writing creative process, whether it’s songs or books or little stories or even on a camping trip, making up fun little ghost stories around a campfire was something that we used to do and stuff like that’s fun to really allow kids to express creativity.”
Luke Bryan wrapped up his time on the podcast by reading the children’s book, Spidey and His Amazing Friends: The Lost Web Shooter! Even though it’s been a few years since Bryan has had to read to his own kids, he was excited about the opportunity to speak to his storytelling skills while trying to inspire the next generation.
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We have tragic news to report from the world of television today.
Jennifer Eckhart, a former Fox Business producer who became known for a highly publicized legal battle with former Fox News anchor Ed Henry, has died at the age of 36.
Eckhart was found dead at her home in Martin County, Florida, on Saturday, September 19, according to a report from TMZ.
Martin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Christine Christofek said Eckhart appeared to have died by suicide.
The circumstances surrounding her death have not been fully detailed publicly.
TMZ reports that a pocket knife was found by Eckhart’s body.
Eckhart spent several years working behind the scenes at Fox, eventually becoming an associate producer at Fox Business.
She later left the network and built a new career as the host of the podcast REINVENTED, which featured conversations with people in business, sports, and entertainment who had overcome significant obstacles.
The podcast’s most recent episode was released in March and featured former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg.
But Eckhart’s name became widely known in 2020 after she filed a lawsuit accusing Henry of sexual assault.
Eckhart alleged that Henry sexually assaulted her during their time working together and said she feared his position at the network could damage her career.
Henry denied Eckhart’s allegations and maintained that their relationship was consensual.
Fox News fired Henry in July 2020 following an investigation into a complaint involving alleged sexual misconduct.
Eckhart’s legal battle continued for years, with her claims against Henry eventually being settled. Her separate claims against Fox News were dismissed, with a federal appeals court later upholding that outcome.
Eckhart continued speaking publicly about her experience after leaving Fox. In a 2020 interview, she described feeling afraid to come forward while working at the network.
In the years that followed, however, she appeared to be focused on building something beyond the legal case that had brought her national attention.
Through REINVENTED, Eckhart interviewed prominent figures about setbacks, career challenges, and starting over. The show’s concept mirrored the path she had taken herself, moving from television production into podcasting and creating a platform of her own.
Now, news of her death has once again placed Eckhart’s name in the spotlight — this time for a deeply tragic reason.
Anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Jennifer Eckhart Cause of Death: Fox News Producer, 36, Found Dead With Knife Near Body was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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ALL EYES ON GRACIE: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sit down with President Donald Trump at Gracie Mansion this afternoon, their third in-person meeting in less than a year and the latest wrinkle in one of the strangest relationships in American politics.
Since Mamdani’s first, shockingly cordial meeting with Trump at the White House last November, political observers have scratched their heads about the democratic socialist mayor playing nice with the Republican president despite their deep disagreements on … just about everything. Ostensibly, Mamdani is putting his personal distaste for Trump aside and betting it’s best for New York City to keep things cordial so as to avoid drawing the president’s ire.
But as resistance to Trump remains animating for Democrats nationally ahead of November’s midterms, Mamdani’s strategy for engaging with him stands out.
Earlier today, Gov. Kathy Hochul made clear that she, for one, has no plans to meet with Trump while he’s in New York. “I speak to him on the phone whenever I need to,” she told reporters in Manhattan.
Hochul, who’s facing reelection in November and tends to directly criticize Trump more frequently than Mamdani, said it was her understanding that the mayor agreed to host the president at Gracie Mansion during a previous conversation at the White House.
“The mayor and [Trump] said that when he’s back in town again, he would go to Gracie Mansion,” the governor said. “I don’t have a Gracie Mansion to invite him to.”
Still, Hochul said there’s an opportunity for Mamdani to use the Gracie confab to push Trump on releasing federal funding for New York, including for law enforcement, that she said the president’s administration has been withholding.
“We have to continue fighting for what New York needs,” she said.
Mamdani’s office wouldn’t say who requested today’s meeting or share specifics about the expected focus in advance, only saying the mayor will talk to Trump about “issues affecting New York City.” A Mamdani spokesperson said the mayor will elaborate on what was discussed at a post-meeting press conference that Trump isn’t expected to attend.
After the appointment at Gracie, Trump is slated to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron before headlining a couple Republican fundraisers. By contrast, after his Trump tête-à-tête, Mamdani will have dinner with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who’s in the city to headline a United Nations Charter event this evening that will also feature pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a person familiar with the plans who was granted anonymity to discuss them told Playbook.
The Queens-born Trump is in town ahead of his Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Maintaining a relationship with Trump isn’t without risk for Mamdani.
As Trump remains deeply unpopular amid the war in Iran and other controversies, some Democrats are privately questioning why the mayor sees a need to keep interacting with the president. But so far, Mamdani hasn’t faced any significant pushback from his hard-left base over his engagements with Trump, with leaders of the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America largely viewing it as the mayor acting in the city’s best interests. — Chris Sommerfeldt and Madison Fernandez
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EYES ON AI: Hochul floated requiring safeguards like an artificial intelligence “kill switch” as part of state-level interventions to address the rapidly evolving technology.
During a Monday event in Manhattan rolling out next steps for enacting the RAISE Act, New York’s landmark AI safety law that is set to go into effect in January, the governor said she’ll “look closely at additional ways to build on” the legislation — including AI kill switches “if they’re deemed feasible and in the best interest of our state.”
The governor in recent days has vowed to take additional AI-related actions beyond the RAISE Act, but has not specified what that might look like. Her suggestion of a kill switch comes days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to explore such a requirement for AI companies’ most-advanced models.
Some in the tech industry have argued implementing one is not technically feasible. Federal legislation to enact a kill switch requirement is currently stalled in Congress.
When asked to expand on the prospect of requiring a kill switch, Hochul said that “all options are on the table,” but wasn’t making a commitment.
“We’re going to do the research and make the decisions that are thoughtful to protect New Yorkers,” she said. “We’ll go as far as we need to to protect people of this state and ultimately this country in the absence of other leadership.”
Read more from Madison Fernandez in POLITICO Pro.
MORE BLAKEMAN MONEY: Billionaire former casino developer Steve Wynn has donated $1 million to the main super PAC supporting Republican Bruce Blakeman’s gubernatorial bid, records filed with the state Board of Elections this morning show.
The committee, Strong and Safe New York, has now raised $5.3 million since July.
Wynn has been a top donor to national Republican causes for over a decade. His most recent large donations in New York came last year, when he gave $361,000 to the state GOP and $500,000 to a super PAC boosting Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral bid. — Bill Mahoney
FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
ENDORSEMENT CORNER: Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) endorsed GOP Rep. Mike Lawler in his reelection campaign in suburban New York, Golden wrote in an opinion article published Monday.
Lawler is facing a tough reelection campaign against Democrat Cait Conley in one of the biggest House battlegrounds this November. The lawmakers have previously collaborated to advance the Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act, and are both members of the centrist Problem Solvers Caucus.
Golden, who is not running for reelection, was one of two House Democrats to break with the party and twice vote in favor of the Republican legislative agenda earlier in September.
“Mike Lawler has been a true partner to me and a friend to fishing families he will never represent,” Golden wrote. “I strongly back him, and I hope voters send him back to work. Wherever you live, find the members who pass laws with the other party, and keep them.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the cross-aisle endorsement a “smoke and mirrors ploy” that “will do nothing to change the outcome of the race.”
“In desperation, [Lawler] is peddling an 11th hour endorsement from a retiring Congressmember who represents an out of town district more than 400 miles away,” Jeffries said in a statement. “Mike Lawler is an unadulterated phony who has never shown bipartisan courage when it matters.”
Read more from POLITICO’s Elleiana Green.
ON THE AIRWAVES: With fewer than 50 days to go before Election Day, House Democrats’ main super PAC is making its first TV ad buy in support of Conley on Monday.
The House Majority PAC said it is reserving $1.2 million on cable in the Hudson Valley contest. (An additional $1.2 million is going toward fighting Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr.’s re-election in New Jersey, which is also covered by the New York City media market.) HMP said earlier this year that it didn’t include the high-dollar NYC media market in its initial reservations because it was “prioritiz[ing] markets where rates increase significantly.”
Republicans have been largely outpacing Democrats in NY-17 on the ad spending front, thanks to significant buys from super PACs backed by the president and House leadership. From the beginning of September through Election Day, the GOP has placed $15 million on ads across broadcast, cable, CTV and digital platforms, according to ad tracker AdImpact.
The new HMP spend is the biggest from an outside Democratic group so far, but still leaves a large gap between the parties. Democrats have placed around $3 million on advertising in the period between September and Election Day, with the largest chunk coming from the Conley campaign. — Madison Fernandez
IN OTHER NEWS
IN OTHER NEWS:
— JUDGES CASH IN: Brooklyn Democratic Party leaders have raked in $190,000 in contributions from judges and judicial candidates since 2012, raising some ethical and legal concerns. (New York Post)
— AFFORDABILITY AHEAD: Anthony Shorris, the mayor’s new pick for the president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, laid out a vision for solving the city’s affordability crisis that goes beyond Mamdani’s vision for five city-owned grocery stores. (The New York Times)
— BUY NOW, PAY LATER: The Mamdani administration is pushing Albany for tougher ‘buy now, pay later’ regulation, as many New Yorkers use the plans to pay for basic essentials, sinking deeper into debt. (amNY)
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