Robert Irwin may be chasing a mirrorball trophy on Dancing With the Stars, but at home, he is already winning all 10s from one very loyal judge. Over the weekend, the 21-year-old wildlife conservationist shared a video that melted hearts everywhere. In the clip, Robert is seen teaching his four-year-old niece, Grace, daughter of Bindi […]

Reba McEntire doesn’t cry easily, but on Monday night on The Voice, one country hopeful brought the country icon to tears. It was the September 22 blind auditions when Georgia native Manny Costello walked out and sang Craig Morgan’s “Almost Home.” The moment his voice filled the room, Reba‘s eyes welled up. By the time […]

Jimmy Kimmel walked back onto his late-night stage after a suspension that nearly cost him his show, and instead of opening with fire, he opened with forgiveness by pointing to Erika Kirk. The September 23 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! marked his first night back after ABC yanked him off the air for comments he […]

Scotty McCreery is trading tour buses for baby bottles once again because the McCreery family just grew to four. On September 18, Scotty and his wife Gabi welcomed their second child, a baby boy named Oliver Cooke McCreery. The couple shared the news a few days later with fans on Instagram, posting a carousel of […]

Reba McEntire came ready to fight for a singer, but Snoop Dogg beat her to the punch and got a Skittles threat in return. The September 22 episode of The Voice had all the drama of a honky-tonk showdown when Mindy Miller stepped up and sang Lainey Wilson’s powerhouse anthem “Wildflowers and Wild Horses.” From […]

Some songs hit harder when a father and son sing them side by side. At Farm Aid’s 40th anniversary in Minneapolis, 92-year-old Willie Nelson stood center stage with his son Lukas and turned Pearl Jam’s “Just Breathe” into the kind of moment you don’t shake off easy. The stadium had already been lit up with […]

Kenny Chesney kept quiet for days because saying goodbye to Brett James didn’t feel real. The country world lost one of its greatest songwriters on September 18 when James, just 57, died in a small-engine plane crash in North Carolina. His wife, Melody Carole, and her daughter, Meryl Maxwell Wilson, were also on board. The […]

Luke Combs didn’t just announce baby news, he turned it into a country song moment. On September 23, Luke and Nicole Combs shared with fans that their third child is on the way, due this winter. The reveal came in the form of a short Instagram video that showed the couple handing sonogram photos to […]

The crowd came for country hits, but they left with a prayer wrapped in a song. On September 11 in Clearwater, Florida, Lee Brice stopped mid-set and told the audience he wanted to do something different. Instead of sticking to the usual tracklist, he picked a song that he rarely performs, “When the Kingdom Comes,” […]

The stadium went dead quiet when Erika Kirk said the words nobody expected. On September 21, inside State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Charlie Kirk’s widow stood in front of more than 70,000 mourners. Just eleven days earlier, her husband had been gunned down at Utah Valley University. The grief was fresh. The anger was […]