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Mitchell Tenpenny and his wife/fellow country singer/songwriter Meghan Patrick have revealed they’re expecting their first child together and shared that it will be a baby girl.
The couple shared an announcement with the world across social media on the morning of Tuesday, March 31 using an emotional video documents milestones in this journey so far. The video begins with the couple sitting at home enjoying some breakfast together. As Patrick is praying over their meal, she thanks God for all they have been given in life, including each other, before subtly revealing the news to her other half.
She ends by saying, “Most of all, thank you for my amazing husband, who I know is also going to be an amazing dad.”
Once Tenpenny hears her final words, he instantly turns to her with wide eyes and asks, “Wait, what? Are you kidding me?” A smile slowly creeps onto his face before turning into tears as they embrace in a tight hug and celebrate the new milestone that they are about to reach as a couple.
The following clips capture the lovebirds letting their loved ones know that they will soon be a family of three, tearful moments in the doctor’s office and finally, finding out the gender. They learned they would be having a daughter using the cake method, which found them each digging into a cake with a cup and pulling out the center to find pink frosting.
“And it’s a girl! Oh my God!,” Patrick exclaimed.
“We did it,” Tenpenny added with joy.
At the very end of the video, a text rose onto the screen revealing that their baby girl is set to arrive in the fall of 2026.
Their caption read, “We’ve been blessed with the greatest gift of all this year! God is so good and always right on time… we can’t wait to be Mom and Dad.”
This news comes just a few months after the couple celebrated three years of marriage in October. The artists first crossed paths in a Nashville bar, where Patrick caught Tenpenny’s eye in her camo ensemble. Four years later, Tenpenny got down on one knee and proposed in the very same bar.
They tied the knot in a rustic Tennessee wedding on Sunday, October 23, 2022 and they will be adding another fall milestone this year.
The parents-to-be are both busy on the road through the summer, with Meghan Patrick on her first U.S. headline run, dubbed the Golden Child Tour, with dates through July. Meanwhile, Tenpenny is nearing the end of his Speed of Light Tour which includes remaining stops in Nevada, California and Colorado before wrapping up in Wabash, IN on August 27.
The trek is named after the singer/songwriter’s latest release, which he penned with some of his “best friends,” Teddy Swims, Jesse Hampton, and Dallas Wilson. Tenpenny is known for having a slew of epic heartbreak songs in his catalog, but this time, he traded the sadness and anger for love.
Speaking on the idea behind the heartfelt, mid-tempo tune, Tenpenny shared, “We started the session talking about euphoric songs, songs that feel like outer space, and that’s how we ended up on ‘Speed of Light.’ When we finished, Teddy recorded it with his vocals. But the more I listened to it, the more I felt like it was my song—despite how challenging it is to go in and record after Teddy! I didn’t have a super great love song in my catalog that reflects who I am today, so this feels like my song.”
A full list of upcoming dates for both country acts can be found on their official websites.
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American Idol brought back its “Songs of Faith” episode on Monday (March 30), an annual tradition first introduced during Season 23 in 2025 in recognition of the Easter season.
Returning for its second year, and serving as the first live show of the season, the episode featured the Top 14 contestants delivering heartfelt, inspirational performances centered around faith. The Top 14 was determined through a combination of viewer votes, including texts, online submissions, and social media responses tied to the Top 20’s “Ohana Week” performances. By the end of the night, the competition heated up once again, with just 12 finalists advancing to the next round based on America’s vote.
The night was filled with memorable performances, but a few moments truly stole the spotlight:
Chris Tungseth – “By Your Grace”
Chris Tungseth delivered a moving performance of “By Your Grace,” written and recorded by Cody Johnson for his 2021 album Human: The Double Album, showcasing his soulful tone and emotional delivery.
Braden Rumfelt and Lucas Leon Perform Songs By Brandon Lake
Braden Rumfelt and Lucas Leon both leaned into songs by Brandon Lake, performing “Hard Fought Hallelujah” and “Gratitude,” respectively, each turning in what many considered their strongest performances of the competition so far.
Hannah Harper – “At The Cross (Love Ran Red)”
Hannah Harper appeared especially connected to the night’s theme with her rendition of “At The Cross (Love Ran Red),” performing with visible emotion and becoming tearful by the end of her performance.
Jesse Findling – “Bless The Broken Road”
Another standout came from Jesse Findling, who delivered a heartfelt take on the Rascal Flatts classic “Bless The Broken Road,” earning strong reactions from the crowd and judges alike.
The contestant performances aired alongside special judge moments on stage. Carrie Underwood performed “How Great Thou Art” alongside 2025 Platinum Ticket winners Filo, Canaan James Hill, and Kolbi Jordan, while Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie joined the Top 20 for a powerful rendition of “Jesus Is Love,” adding to the night’s choir-like, faith-filled atmosphere.
Following the success of last year’s “Songs of Faith” episode, producers decided to bring it back again this year.
“It was a discussion that started at a dinner with the judges, some people from ABC, and myself,” Idol showrunner and executive producer Megan Michaels Wolflick told Rolling Stone.
“We watch myriad Christmas specials. We don’t ever see a faith-based spring Easter-style show. So we kind of embraced that. It was a special show, and people loved it; the ratings were pretty amazing,” she revealed.
American Idol will return to ABC on April 6 with the “’90s Judges Song Contest” episode, where contestants will perform iconic ‘90s hits secretly selected by Bryan, Richie, or Underwood. The episode will also feature a nostalgic twist, as stars from ABC’s “TGIF” ‘90s lineup join the hopefuls in the lounge while America votes for the Top 11.
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Kali Uchis Announces ‘For The Girls’ Tour
Kali Uchis has plans to hit the road this spring and summer, and this one’s going to be for the ladies. On the “For The Girls” Tour, Uchis will be joined by special guest Mariah The Scientist, with opener Laila! joining for select dates.
The “For The Girls” Tour kicks off May 26 at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, beginning a 10-show stretch that will also stop in markets like Houston and Atlanta before wrapping up June 19 in Austin. Laila! will be on board for all of those gigs. Another sequence of three shows without Laila! will follow in August in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and Las Vegas.
Tickets for all shows will first be available in a presale starting Tuesday, March 31 at 10 a.m. local time. Additional presales will follow, leading up to the general onsale beginning Thursday, April 2 at 10 a.m. local time via LiveNation.com. Several VIP options will also be available at vipnation.com.
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The latest full-length body of work from Uchis is her 2025 album Sincerely and its deluxe edition, Sincerely: P.S., which featured “Pretty Promises,” a collaboration with tour-mate Mariah The Scientist. The album was dedicated to Uchis’ mother, who passed away from lung cancer last year. Her voice is sampled on lead single “Sunshine & Rain…” Praising the album in NME, Nick Levine wrote, “Here, her music shimmers with confidence even when her lyrics hint at deep-rooted insecurities. The world is a particularly brutal place right now, but this album supplies a timely but timeless-sounding balm.”
Sincerely was the highest-charting album of Uchis’ career to date, matching her previous peak of No. 2 on the Billboard 200. It continued the Colombian-American’s run of success since incorporating more Spanish-language music into her one-of-a-kind catalog. In February, she teamed with Easykid on the new single “Y si peleamos.”
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Fishing vessels are seen in Homer’s harbor on Oct. 22, 2025. A resolution passed by state lawmakers urges federal officials to extend the ban on Russian seafood imports. Russian fish competes for market share with Alaska’s fish. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
A legislative resolution urging a continued and better-enforced ban on Russian seafood in the United States is headed to Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Part of a series of actions by Alaska lawmakers to try to shore up the state’s ailing seafood industry, House Joint Resolution 29 won final passage last week and was transferred to the governor on Monday.
The resolution calls for continuation of the ban on Russian seafood imports imposed in 2022, after that country’s invasion of Ukraine. The ban was expanded in 2023 to cover imports of Russian seafood to the U.S. through a third-party country, usually China, where fish are processed.
The import ban is set to expire later this year. That makes the resolution timely, supporters aid.
Among the supporters is Jeremy Woodrow, executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.
Woodrow, in testimony to the Senate Resources Committee on Feb. 27, said a stockpile of Russian fish that was in the U.S. before the ban went into full effect is just now being depleted.
“We need more time to really capture the U.S. marketplace. Our industry has not recovered yet,” Woodrow said. Even though last year’s fishing season was better, it was still one of the worst years in the last 20 years, he said.
“This is one measure that will help our fishermen. We’re starting to see the fruits of this ban coming into play, but we need more time to provide stability to our industry. We need more time to see it come to fruition,” he told the committee.
In addition to seeking an extension of the import ban, the resolution calls for stronger monitoring and enforcement to “ensure fair trade, protect the state’s seafood industry, and promote sustainable and ethical seafood production.”
Legislative resolutions do not have the power of law, but they can influence actions by Congress, the federal executive branch or other institutions.
The Russian seafood import ban resolution was not among the measures introduced by the Joint Legislative Task Force Evaluating Alaska’s Seafood Industry, formed in 2024. However, it addresses an aspect of international trade, one of the issues raised by the task force. The task force’s report recommended an update to a Russia-focused resolution passed by the legislature in 2022, Senate Joint Resolution 16.
The eight-member task force, comprising Senate and House members from fishery-dependent districts, issued its recommendation report in January 2025, at the start of last year’s session. Recommendations for action resulted in the introduction of a series of bills intended to help the industry, which has struggled with low fish prices, glutted international markets, high costs and other challenges.
Other bills focus on tax credits and revenues
One of the task force’s bills, aimed at encouraging seafood product development and diversification, is headed for a vote in the Senate this week.
That measure, Senate Bill 130, concerns the state’s fisheries product development tax credit system. Currently, seafood companies are allowed to deduct the cost of new equipment used to develop value-added products from salmon, herring, pollock, sablefish and Pacific cod. The bill would expand that to all fish species, including shellfish. That is in line with the recommendation in the task force report, which identifies arrowtooth flounder, fish meal and crab shells as examples of some underused or discarded products that could be processed into something marketable.
The bill, in the amended form before the Senate, also seeks to expand the range of technology for which investment would qualify for credits, and it would extend the sunset date for the credit to 2037. Currently, the tax credit is due to expire next year.
The revenue impact of the bill, if it wins final passage, is difficult to determine because there are several unknown variables, said the fiscal note prepared by the state Alaska Department of Revenue. Estimated annual revenues losses to the state would range from $1 million to nearly $4 million, according to the fiscal note.
Another task force bill, aimed at helping fishery-dependent local governments, had not moved out of the Senate Finance Committee as of Tuesday. That measure, Senate Bill 135, would allow municipalities to increase their share of fisheries business tax and fishery resource landing tax revenues. Currently, the state and local governments split those tax revenues equally. The bill would allow local governments to get up to 75% of the tax revenues.
The legislature passed two seafood task force bills last year, each of which had wide support. However, Dunleavy vetoed one of the bills.
The bill that escaped the governor’s veto, House Bill 116, allows for the formation and operation of member-owned commercial fishing insurance cooperatives. Such cooperativesexist in other states and were used by some Alaska fishers. The bill passed unanimously.
The vetoed bill, Senate Bill 156, would have transferred $3.69 million from a defunct state loan fund to the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank. The state-owned bank needed the boost to keep serving the seafood industry, bill supporters argued. But Dunleavy argued that the cost of the action was too great for the state budget to bear.
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We have new information about the events leading up to Tiger Woods’ latest DUI arrest.
As you’ve likely heard by now, the golf legend flipped his SUV while driving in Florida last week.
Woods passed a breathalyzer test, but was taken into custody after showing signs of impairment. Now, police say they found two prescription painkiller pills in his pocket.
As far as we know, Tiger has not been charged with possession, so it’s safe to assume he had a prescription for the pills, which TMZ has identified as hydrocodone tablets.
But the presence of the pills may have factored into the decision to take Woods into custody.
The 50-year-old has been battling injuries for years as he attempts to return to the PGA Tour.
Unfortunately, his comeback has been marred by scandals and controversies, several of them having to do with his erratic driving.
Both fans and fellow golfers have publicly urged Tiger to set aside the game he loves — at least for the time being — so that he can focus on getting sober and healthy.
Meanwhile, Tiger’s former wife, Elin Nordegren, is said to be deeply concerned about his latest brush with the law and the impact that it might have on the exes’ two teenage children.
“The kids are close with Tiger, so, of course, Elin cares too,” a source close to the situation tells People magazine, adding:
“She wants him to be well. Both kids are great and love spending time with their dad. Elin’s concerned that he had another car crash and got arrested.”
Woods’ current girlfriend, Vanessa Trump, is also said to be deeply concerned about his latest brush with the law.
Woods had recently competed in a Golf League tournament after completing another round of back surgeries.
One of his teammates in that contest, Kevin Kisner, recently spoke out about Tiger’s latest arrest:
“Very disturbing. He was really working hard on his game, trying to practice and get back in shape,” Kisner tells Fried Egg Golf (via Fox News).
“He signed up for the U.S. Senior Open yesterday. He was trying to do anything he could to come back and try and help our TGL team, get ready, hopefully try and play the Masters,” he continued, adding:
“Just a really unfortunate incident, I guess, Brad (Faxon), the only positive is that nobody was injured in the incident, and we can all move forward and hopefully help him get better.”
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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Kid Rock is speaking out after two U.S. Army helicopters were spotted near his Nashville-area home.
On Saturday, Kid Rock shared a video showing what appears to be two Apache helicopters hovering outside his property, which he refers to as the “Southern White House.” In the clip, the “All Summer Long” singer can be seen standing near his pool, clapping and pumping his fists in the air as the helicopters hover nearby.
He captioned the video, “This is a level of respect that shit for brains Governor of California will never know. God Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her.”
The U.S. Army later addressed the incident, according to NBC News, stating the helicopters were on a training route and their presence in the area was “entirely coincidental” to “No Kings” protests held in Nashville the same day.
Now, Kid Rock is weighing in after reports that the Army has launched an investigation into the flight path near his residence. Maj. Jonathon Bless, public affairs officer for the 101st Airborne Division, said, “Fort Campbell leadership is aware of a video circulating on social media depicting AH-64 Apache helicopters operating in the vicinity of a private residence associated with Mr. Robert Ritchie (also known as “Kid Rock”). The command has initiated an investigation to review the circumstances surrounding this activity,” according to WKRN.
“I think they’re gonna be alright,” Kid Rock told WKRN. “My buddy is Commander-In-Chief. I mean, what are they looking into? They stopped seconds … a minute?”
The 55-year-old also said he frequently sees helicopters in the area and often goes outside to greet them as they fly by.
“It was pretty cool they stopped right there,” he added of Saturday’s moment. “I wasn’t expecting any of that, but I thought it was pretty neat.”
Kid Rock added that the helicopters “come right over” his home when they fly to Nissan Stadium for football games and revealed that he always makes a point to go outside to see them.
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