Music

Shania Twain keeps winning! The “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” singer has been crowned the artist with the most popular karaoke song.

Billboard rolled out a new list chronicling the “the greatest karaoke songs of all time.” In first place is Shania with her 1998 crossover smash hit.  

Of course, the legendary singer couldn’t stay silent about the high honor and hilariously reacted to the news. “I think @billboard just crowned me the Queen of Karaoke?!” she said on Twitter, using a shocked face and crying emoji to convey her reaction.

Shania continued, “Seriously though, it’s really really cool to see the life that ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman!’ has taken on and I’m just obsessed with you all…”

The country star then revealed that she creeps on fans who post videos of them singing the song and shared a highlight reel of her favorites. “I’m not much of a karaoke singer (I’m actually quite bad at it ) but I do love watching other people do karaoke, so… show me what you’ve got!” she said, adding she wants more fans to tag her when they post such clips.

When fans begged Shania to clarify that she doesn’t sing karaoke, she relented that the statement wasn’t totally true. “Well sometimes I do karaoke… on special occasions,” she joked and shared a photo of her singing in a saloon.

Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Wynonna Judd is setting the record straight about some rumors that she and her sister, actor Ashley Judd, are in disagreement over their mom’s will.

Together, Wynonna and Naomi Judd made up legendary country duo The Judds. In April, Naomi died by suicide at the age of 76 after a lifelong battle with mental illness; her famous daughters’ grief has been relatively public from the start. One day after her death, The Judds were scheduled to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and both Wynonna and Ashley spoke emotionally about their mom from the stage.

Now, rumors are flying about how Naomi’s estate will be divided up — and how Wynonna and Ashley feel about it. But Wynonna tells People that there’s no truth to those claims.

“Fighting over what? I have such a great life. Ashley has such a great life. Why would we be fighting over the will?” the singer asks.

Wynonna adds that Naomi appointed her husband, Larry Strickland, as the executor of her will; when he dies, the estate will be split between her and Ashley.

“I am the last person in the family — and if Ashley was here, I hope she’d agree with me — who knows stuff like this,” Wynonna continues. “I’m not savvy enough to go, ‘I’m going to contest the will.’ It never occurred to me.”

Earlier this week, Ashley made an onstage cameo during a show on The Judds Final Tour, which Wynonna is helming solo with help from a rotating cast of country stars.

As the two sisters stood onstage together, Wynonna said, “I’m sick and tired of the press saying a bunch of c*** about us.”

“We love each other,” she continued, according to fan-captured video.

Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Katy Perry is thinking about her next music era, but admits nothing is set in stone — especially when it comes to what it’ll sound like.

Speaking with Rolling Stone, the hitmaker opened up about her inevitable follow-up to 2020’s Smile and what she’s been focusing on since releasing her sixth studio album.

“I put out Smile during the pandemic a couple of years ago, and I’ve done a couple of other things. I really enjoyed putting out ‘When I’m Gone’ with Alesso. But I was putting all of my energy into Vegas,” she explained. The singer added, “I miss my fans around the world, and I really want to go to them and see them and just travel the world again. Some of them can’t come and see me in Vegas, so I’m going to head out and see them.”

“I’m just excited for the future because there’s so much more to come,” she teased, adding that she plans to offer up new music when she launches her next world tour.

Elsewhere in the interview, Katy gave herself a pat on the back for vouching for Dua Lipa when she first tried breaking into the industry.

“I remember even championing Dua because I was like, ‘Oh, this girl is going to be the next big girl pop star. She’s the it girl, and she’s coming,'” she recalled, adding how she watched Dua take over the Hollywood Palladium before hitting it big.

Katy recalled she “left work early” while filming American Idol and told fellow judge Luke Bryan who she was seeing. When Bryan wanted to know who Dua was, Katy remembers replying, “Don’t worry, you’ll know her name.”

As for the new it girl, Katy says it’s the artist Cyn.

Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

By now fans know that Reba McEntire and her boyfriend, Rex Linn, play recurring characters on season 3 of ABC drama Big Sky, but they’re not the only ones repping the country format this season.

Darius Rucker and Lyle Lovett have been tapped to make cameos in an upcoming episode, according to a report from Deadline. Just like Reba’s character, they’re both playing outdoorsy characters in Helena, Montana, who just might be more than meets the eye.

Darius and Lyle play Tex and Possum, respectively, on the show. Partners on a job in the backwoods of Montana, they’ll be part of unraveling the mystery that dominates this season.

Dubbed Big Sky: “Deadly Trails,” season 3 of the hit drama follows law enforcement officers as they attempt to solve a series of disappearances. At the center of the mystery is Reba’s character, Sunny Barnes, who owns a backpacking and glamping company called Sunny Day Excursions.

While the jury’s still out on whether or not Reba plays a villain, one thing is for sure: there’s more lurking in these woods than even the most seasoned outdoors person might expect.

Big Sky airs Wednesday nights on ABC.

Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Kanye West — and whatever outspoken thing he’s done or said — if often a leading topic in entertainment. As of the last few weeks, it seems the rap star has been making even more headlines than usual. 

Struggling to keep up? We’ve broken down some of the current Ye headlines:

Adidas places Yeezy partnership under review

The shoe and clothing brand issued a statement Thursday that said they’re reviewing the partnership with the rapper after attempts to resolve issues behind closed doors. According to Complex, the statement reads in part, “After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review.” The news comes after Ye posted images, later shared by The Shade Room, of the brand’s “fake Yeezy” slides back in June. 

Ye roasts Kim K’s fashion choices 

During the latest episode of The Kardashians, Kim shared a few text messages sent from her ex-husband about her fashion choices. Kim said Kanye reached out about the “orange look” that made him “so mad.” He allegedly said via text, “I would have went to jail before I went out in that.”

Ye says his dad supports his “White Lives Matter” shirt

In a repost by The Neighborhood Talk, the music producer shared a recent text thread between him and his dad about his decision to wear the controversial shirt during a recent fashion show. Ye says he made his “Black Panther father proud.” Since sporting the shirt, Ye has responded to criticism from many celebrities and public figures.

Who should play Kanye in a biopic?

Amid all of the controversy, Ye took to social media to inquire about who’d be best to play him in a movie. His pick was Jamie Foxx, “one of the greatest geniuses,” he said. 

Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

The trailer for the upcoming documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom, which chronicles the New York City indie rock scene of the early 2000s, is out now.

The clip, streaming now on YouTube, teases archival performance footage and interviews with artists including The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Interpol and LCD Soundsystem.

Meet Me in the Bathroom will premiere in NYC and Los Angeles on November 4 followed by one-night-only screenings across the U.S. on November 8. It’ll then be available to watch on Showtime later in the month.

Based on the 2017 Lizzy Goodman book of the same name, Meet Me in the Bathroom will be directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, who also helmed the 2012 LCD doc Shut Up and Play the Hits.

Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Wolfgang Van Halen has opened up about his decision to play Van Halen songs at the two tribute concerts to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

The son of late Eddie Van Halen previously said he wasn’t interested in performing Van Halen tunes, but he made an exception in honor of Hawkins. However, as Wolf tells Guitar World, the decision wasn’t an easy one though he did get some help from Dave Grohl.

“I didn’t even know if I could do it,” Wolf shares. “I had a lot of conversations with Dave. What a kind sweetheart of a man he is. We talked a lot about [it].”

“Initially [Grohl] was like, ‘What do you think? Would you be comfortable doing this?'” Wolf recalls. “Initially, I didn’t wanna disappoint Dave Grohl. And I was like, ‘Sure.'”  

As Wolf continued to consider Grohl’s proposal, he realized he could do it if the Foo frontman was onstage with him.

“I was like, ‘I don’t know if I could do this, but if I do I need your support. I need you up there with me,'” Wolf recalls telling Grohl. “I was like, ‘Whatever the incarnation of what it becomes, I need you there with me,’ and he was like, ‘Absolutely.'”

For both concerts, which took place in London and Los Angeles, Wolf was joined by Grohl on bass, acclaimed session drummer Josh Freese and The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins. They played “On Fire” in London, “Panama” in Los Angeles and “Hot for Teacher” at both shows.

“It was really special, man,” Wolf says. “I’m super happy and proud with how everything came to be.”

Today, October 6, marks the two-year anniversary of Eddie’s death.

Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Lainey Wilson’s new single, “Heart Like a Truck,” is all about finding strength through tough times — a familiar subject matter to the singer.

While her career’s been reaching new heights, Lainey has been grappling with some difficult family issues: Her dad was hospitalized this summer, and she even canceled a couple of shows in order to be by his side.

“The person who taught me to have a ‘Heart Like a Truck’ is my daddy,” the singer says in an interview with CMT. “And my daddy has been in the hospital for a couple months now.”

Though she takes all the time she can to be with family, Lainey has also stayed true to doing the job that she loves — playing in front of fans — because her parents raised her to be resilient and tough.

“I’ve been having to play shows and put on a happy face and get up there and do my job, because that’s what my parents have taught me to do. And that’s what they would want me to do,” she continues. “They helped me get to this point and they were my believers before anybody was.”

Lainey goes on to say that she was raised to get back on the horse after falling off — sometimes literally. “Going through things as a little girl, whether you fall off your bike or you fall off a horse or whatever, my parents would say, ‘Get up, dust the dirt off, you got it,’” she says.

Lainey’s tough upbringing is paying off: She was recently named CMT’s Breakout Artist of the Year for 2022 and has earned a whopping six nominations headed into this year’s CMA Awards.

Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.