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The Academy of Country Music is sticking with its successful formula for a mid-pandemic awards show. Last year’s The Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was one of the first live TV events to be postponed because of the pandemic. The awards’ 55th iteration eventually took place in September, with a format…

British signer Petula Clark has expressed dismay and disappointment after her song “Downtown” could be heard playing from the suspected Nashville bomber’s explosives-filled vehicle moments before the tragic incident on Friday. “I was told that the music in the background of that strange announcement – was me – singing…

Fox News apologized on Monday night for reporting a story about COVID-19 numbers in Tennessee that has since been proven incorrect. The channel’s Steve Doocy apologized “for any confusion” about its reporting. The story in question came from Nashville’s Fox channel WZTV wherein the station supposedly reported on…

The Tennessean, the largest newspaper in that US state, is under fire for publishing an anti-Muslim ad in its Sunday print edition, claiming that "Islam" would detonate a nuclear bomb in the city of Nashville on July 18. The full-page ad was paid for a Christian organization that some called a doomsday cult in…

EXCLUSIVE: Nashville exec producer Steve Buchanan has teamed up with Synchronicity Films, producer of Jenna Coleman-fronted BBC drama The Cry, for a music-centered mystery thriller. Buchanan, the former boss of famous music venue Grand Ole Opry and man behind the Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere country music…

Chappel McCollister has been hired as senior vice president of Strategic Partnerships at Paradigm Talent Agency. McCollister will be based in the agency’s Nashville office and represent music clients with a focus on the Nashville roster across a range of areas, including brand & corporate partnerships, premium VIP…

Broadway producer Scott Delman has acquired live theatrical rights to Nashville, the country music-themed series that spanned six seasons on ABC, CMT and Hulu, and will team with Lionsgate to develop a musical adaptation with an all-new score. Delman, president of Blue Spruce Productions and a producer or co-producer…

Actress Barbara Harris, who capped Robert Altman’s masterpiece Nashville with a strangely haunting musical performance, won a Tony Award for 1967’s The Apple Tree and co-founded Chicago’s Second City comedy troupe, died today in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was 83. The cause of death was reported by the Chicago Sun Times…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the series finale of Nashville.  After a lot of will she/won’t she speculation, Nashville‘s original leading lady Connie Britton returned to the country music drama for its series finale, reprising her role as the late superstar Rayna James. In an emotional flashback…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the series finale of Nashville.  Nashville tonight wrapped its six-season run — four on ABC and two on CMT —  with an eventful finale that featured the return (in a flashback) of the beloved Rayna James (Connie Britton), a happy ending for virtually every character but…

CMT has released a first look at the upcoming final episode of country music drama Nashville. In the clip, Zach (Cameron Scroggins) presents an ultimatum to Brad (Jeffrey Nordling), Nashville's Next is about to name its star and Avery (Jonathan Jackson) and Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) are ready to face their future…

“Sometimes there’s a train leaving a station, and if you don’t get on it your life will be different forever.” Yes, the end is near for Nashville, CMT’s venerable countrified soap whose final eight-episode run kicks off at 9 PM Thursday. Check out the new trailer that aired tonight during the CMT Music…