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Following the Oct. 2 release of Miranda Lambert’s new album, Crisco, the country star surprised fans with a new collaboration featuring fellow Texas native Parker McCollum.
The pair teamed up for a fresh take on Rosanne Cash’s 1981 hit “Seven Year Ache,” offering a version that celebrates the timelessness of the classic song while also adding a touch of the country-disco flair that Lambert has been exploring in this chapter of her career. The just-dropped track is available exclusively when fans download Crisco on iTunes, now through 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 8.
“To me this song fits right in the sweet spot of the country-disco sound and I love any excuse to sing with Parker McCollum” Lambert admitted on social media.
Lambert and McCollum’s distinct styles unite effortlessly depict the story of someone who is struggling to come out of the pain of a failed relationship by spending nights out at bars and looking for distractions rather than confronting what they’re feeling.
They sing, “Just tell ’em you’re trying to cure a seven-year ache/ See what else your old heart can take/ Boys say, ‘When is he gonna give us some room’/ But the girls say, ‘God, I hope he comes back soon’.”
This collaboration marked yet another opportunity for Lambert to work alongside McCollum, someone she has already joined forces with on past occasions and projects. The two previously collaborated on “Santa Fe” from Lambert’s Postcards From Texas and have performed together several times, including the 2025 “Band Together Texas” benefit concert which raised over $8.5 million for flood relief efforts in their home state.
“I love making music with Parker because he’s the real deal,” said Lambert. “He’s such a natural artist and has that thing you can’t teach. He is authentically himself and you can feel that in his music.” The “Burn It Down” singer echoed Lambert’s statement, claiming she has always been a “big inspiration to him,” as he’s watched her journey from Texas to Nashville.
“Not only is she one of the most incredible songwriters we’ve got but is also hands-down one of my favorite Country voices ever. I’m honored any time I get the chance to work with and learn from her,” he adds.
Miranda Lambert will continue celebrating Crisco tomorrow, Oct. 6, when she returns home to deliver a sold-out album release show at Billy Bob’s Texas.
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A composite image of the candidates for Alaska governor, U.S. House and U.S. Senate. Image courtesy Anchorage Daily News.
As Alaska heads into the general election, the Alaska Beacon, Alaska Public Media, KTOO and the Anchorage Daily News have an updated voter guide. Just like we did for the primary election, we worked together to build a guide to help Alaskans make informed choices when they vote, and you can find it in the same place as our guide for the primary election.
Our 2026 Alaska Voter Guide is not intended to replace debates, forums and public statements. It’s an additional tool intended to inform voters about candidates’ positions and to hold them accountable once elected.
We hope it’s a useful resource as Alaskans make their picks for governor, U.S. House, U.S. Senate and the Legislature. Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 19, and Election Day is Nov. 3.
To build the guide, we asked you earlier this year what you wanted us to ask candidates, and formulated questions based on the responses we got.
It’s part of our commitment to the “citizens agenda” type of coverage, where our reporting is focused on what candidates believe and how they would affect things if elected, rather than on who’s ahead in the polls.
We began reaching out to candidates this summer for our primary guide, and we’ve updated the questions for the races for governor, U.S. House and U.S. Senate because the fields have narrowed so dramatically.
For the governor’s race, all four candidates responded. For the U.S. House and Senate races, we received responses from three of the four candidates.
While it isn’t everyone — and we’ll continue pursuing answers — we’re proud to say that this questionnaire is the most complete one that you can find anywhere in Alaska.
Priscilla Block is seeing her dreams come true, but with that success comes a life that gets busier and more hectic by the minute. These days, she finds herself making a more conscious effort to put her phone away and be fully present with the friends and family.
While being on stage, making music and connecting with fans is something that brings Block plenty of joy and fulfilment, she admits she feels the happiest in the slower moments.
“I feel like I’m at a point in my life where I’m truly living life to the fullest. Whenever I get the chance to slow down, I try to be fully present with my friends and family because that’s really what life is all about,” she shared in an interview with Nashville Lifestyles for its Nashville’s Most Beautiful People 2026 edition.
She knows how difficult it can be to truly disconnect when such a big part of her career involves maintaining a strong presence on social media. For Block, learning when to step away from the online world has become as equally important part of her daily life.
“Even though social media is a huge part of my job, I’ve been making a conscious effort to put my phone down and just be in the moment with the people I love. Those are the moments that matter most to me.”
These days, Block also finds that same sense of peace at home, where she can disconnect from the demands of her career. Although her outgoing personality may give fans the impression that she’s always ready to be out on the town and socializing surrounded by people, the truth is that she considers herself a “homebody” at heart.
“Honestly, when I’m off the road, I love slowing down. Give me cooking, cleaning, gardening, hunting, or just being at home, and I’m happy. I really crave a simple lifestyle away from the lights,” she adds.
Priscilla Block recently announced that she I stepping into a new chapter as an independent artist for the first time since 2020. To kick off this next era of her career, she dropped the perfect anthem for a girls night out, “Maybe Next Time, Honey!”
The playful, confident country track finds Block making it clear that she’s taken and has no intention of cheating during her night out at a bar. Her true intention was to hit the town with her girls to dance the night away, however she’s also not going to turn down a little harmless attention or a free drink before heading home.
This marks just the first taste of music fans will get to hear from the newly-independent artist. By taking this leap, Block hopes to reignite that spark and hopefulness that she had at 17 years old, before anyone knew her name.
“Y’all changed my life overnight because you believed in me and my music. I watched what we were able to do together in real time. I’ve watched y’all do it once, and I genuinely believe we can do it again. I leave this past chapter with nothing but love and gratitude for every person who raised their hand for me, fought for me, believed in me, and helped build this thing alongside me. I can walk away knowing I gave that chapter everything I had.”
“And now? I kinda feel like that girl again,” she added. “The girl who didn’t know exactly how she was going to do it. She just knew she was going to figure it out.”
Fans can catch Priscilla Block out on the road through November, with stops across the U.S.
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Tom Cruise has been called the last real movie star.
But even his considerable clout wasn’t sufficient to convince the general public to plunk down their cash for an experimental dark satire film that’s currently sitting at 51% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Yes, as many predicted, Cruise’s Digger was not exactly a juggernaut at the box office this weekend.
The Alejandro Iñarritu-directed comedy marked the first time in several years that Cruise turned away from his usual franchise fare in favor of a more artistic project.
And the mixed reviews and dismal box office will likely have Tom running back to the cockpit for another Top Gun sequel.
According to Deadline, Digger is on pace to lose $150 million for Warner Bros.
The movie earned just $8 million in 3,000 theaters against a reported $160 million budget.
Add in another $40 million for marketing, and Digger will lose $150 million only if it eventually earns $50 million globally — which is far from guaranteed.
The film was thoroughly trounced at the box office by Anne Hathaway’s Verity, which drew in a solid $32 million (and which hopefully won’t lead to a never-ending parade of lawsuits, like previous Colleen Hoover adaptations).
The bad news comes at a crucial time for Warner, which is currently in the throes of major merger drama and will officially be absorbed by Skydance (formerly Paramount) on Tuesday.
So we guess David Ellison and company dodged any direct involvement with a project that’s already being called the bomb of the year.
But the top brass probably would’ve preferred to ride a wave of positive press ahead of closing day.
Fortunately, everyone involved is fabulously wealthy and therefore immune from anything resembling real consequences.
As for Cruise, it’s anyone’s guess what lies ahead for the 62-year-old.
There have been reports that he’s planning to co-star with Taylor Swift in an “age gap rom-com,” but that rumor seems to be a product of the internet hive mind.
Following the Digger disaster, Tom will probably retreat to more familiar territory. In other words, expect the announcement of Mission Impossible 17 any day now.
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This spring, 90 Day Fiance fans first learned of Jenny Slatten’s ALS diagnosis.
In a recent update, Sumit Singh explained that his wife essentially can no longer speak as the disease progresses.
Now, Jenny is sharing a video of her speaking to show how different things have become in just a few years.
In an inspiring message, she encourages fans to never take the present for granted.
Jenny Slatten ‘could talk so much better back then’
On Sunday, October 4, 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way alum Jenny Slatten took to her Instagram to share a message.
She appreciates the support, financial and otherwise, from fans.
Even more, she is so grateful to her husband, Sumit Singh, for looking after her and communicating on her behalf as she battles ALS.
But she also wanted to show how much she has lost the ability to speak in the space of just a few years.
When she first debuted on TLC, some viewers made fun of her voice. Now, she wishes that she could go back to that.
“This is how I used to sounds and this was one of the very first Cameos I ever did,” Jenny began her caption.
Sure enough, the video shows her in a Cameo video — a made-to-order video service for people who are famous to record videos on request for paying fans — from a few years ago.
“I remember I could talk so much better back then,” Jenny acknowledged.
“But people used to make fun of the how I sounded,” she lamented. Many of us remember those comments. People in general, and especially certain vocal 90 Day Fiance fans, will find any reason to criticize a woman.
“Today, because of ALS, I can barely talk,” Jenny wrote. “And speaking has become very difficult for me.”
‘People don’t see what happens behind the closed doors’
“But I’ve learned that people will judge you at every step of life,” Jenny Slatten reflected in her caption.
“Just like people judged me then, I see people judging Sumit too,” she wrote.
“And it hurts me,” Jenny expressed, “because he is my husband, he loves me, and I know he will always love me.”
She praised: “He is also my only caregiver and helps me every day with my ALS and with things I can no longer do myself.”
Jenny reminded her fans and followers: “People don’t see what happens behind the closed doors.”
“So enjoy every day, appreciate what you have,” Jenny advised.
“And,” she emphasized, “don’t let other people’s opinions take away from your happiness.”
If Jenny were the sort to run from other people’s bad attitudes, she’d have let Sumit’s parents run her off years ago.
“Nothing stays the same forever,” Jenny concluded. “Today is the best — we don’t know what tomorrow will bring.”
Those are wise words. And if anyone wants to contribute to the GoFundMe for Jenny’s ALS care, we’re sure that she and Sumit would appreciate the help.
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Texas natives Koe Wetzel and Parker McCollum are coming together this holiday season for the Naughty or Nice Tour, a five-date co-headlining run across their home state this December.
The upcoming shows mark the return of the holiday tour for the first time in seven years. Both artists have had busy years, with Wetzel and McCollum each headlining their own arena tours throughout 2026, but now they are preparing to reunite on stage and deliver a setlist that blends hits from their respective catalogs with holiday classics like “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.”
The rowdy yet cheerful run is set to kick off December 2 at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, Texas, and continue through Houston, Corpus Christi and Round Rock before wrapping December 10 at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth. Jackson Wendell and Logan Jahnke have been tapped to serve as support throughout the trek.
For Wetzel, bringing the tour back felt like the perfect way to close out the year.
“It’s been a long time coming for us to run it back with this tour,” notes Wetzel. “It felt right to end the year in Texas and make it a party.”
McCollum also reflected on the history behind the tour, remembering when he and Wetzel first took it on the road in 2017, back when they were at the very start of their careers and still had their dreams on the horizon. Now, nearly a decade later, the two are bringing the idea back with a lot more experience under their belts.
McCollum adds, “Koe and I did this tour for the first time way back in 2017 when we were still just some kids with a dream. Proud to say we’ve both come a long way since then, and getting to bring this back after some years off is really special. Looking forward to us both being back in Texas again, and I’ll do my best to keep Koe from gettin’ too rowdy.”
Fans can access the artist presale beginning Wednesday, October 7 at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday, October 8 at 10 p.m. local time using the password NAUGHTY. Promoter and local presales begin Thursday, October 8 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, October 9 at 10 a.m. CT.
The Naughty or Nice Tour stops:
December 2 — Helotes, TX — Floore’s Country Store
December 3 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall
December 4 — Corpus Christi, TX — Concrete Street Amphitheater
December 5 — Round Rock, TX — Round Rock Amp
December 10 — Fort Worth, TX — Billy Bob’s Texas
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