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Carly Pearce’s 29: Written in Stone album has brought the singer’s career to new heights — even helping to earn her induction into the Grand Ole Opry — and given her memories she’ll cherish forever. But now, it’s time to move on.

The grand finale of the 29 album cycle will take place next week when Carly takes the stage to headline two sold-out nights at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium.

“To be able to come off this crazy last, really, two years, and come home to Nashville and play two proper nights in the place that I love so much, that I dreamt of singing in my whole life, is going to be so special. And it’s actually kind of the way we’re gonna end the year,” Carly explains in an interview with her label.

“And I think it’s a really great way to kind of put 29 down — let her live, obviously, in my career forever, but also turn the page a bit in a really exciting way,” she adds.

29: Written in Stone first came out in September 2021. Its third and final single, “What He Didn’t Do,” is currently climbing the charts, and Carly recently released a music video to go along with the track.

Carly’s headlining Ryman dates are set for October 26 and 27.

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Yungblud has announced the digital premiere of his upcoming short film Mars, which was inspired by the British rocker’s 2020 song of the same name.

The 21-minute movie will screen via the streaming platform Moment on November 17. The premiere falls in the middle of Transgender Awareness Week, which takes place November 13-19.

The online event will also feature an introduction from Yungblud and Mars star Yasmin Finney as well as a panel hosted by LGBTQ+ organization GLAAD.

“I’m so honored to present you our beautiful film Mars,” Yungblud says. “I believe this is the start of something truly groundbreaking and truly special. This all came from the idea that we could facilitate bringing characters to life by assembling a team of cast and crew that fully represent the communities whose stories we wanted to tell.”

“We set out to bring talented creatives together, some experienced, some whose star was already rising and some who’d never been on a film set before,” he adds. “Giving people a platform to tell their stories with truth and integrity means so much to me and I feel that’s what we’ve achieved with this film.”

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Michael Bublé won’t just perform and guest judge on Dancing with the Stars on Monday night — he’s also the night’s guest of honor as all competitors will be dancing to his music.

Here’s a sneak peek into next week’s show. The night will open with the DWTS pro dancers putting on a dazzling performance as Michael performs his hit song “Sway.”

Derek Hough and his fiancé Hayley Erbert will also put on their dancing shoes to electrify the ballroom with a resounding number to “Higher.” This will become a full circle moment for all three as Hough helped choreograph the song’s music video, during which Michael danced with Erbert.

As for the 10 remaining couples competing for the Mirrorball, here’s a rundown of the Michael songs that each of them will be dancing to.

Comedian Wayne Brady will start the night with a quickstep to “I Get A Kick Out Of You,” while TikToker Charli D’Amelio will take over with a foxtrot to “Fever.” Her mom, Heidi D’Amelio, will dance third with a samba to “It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)”.

Country star Jessie James Decker will dance the salsa to “Come Dance With Me,,” while TV star Trevor Donovan will foxtrot to “Come Fly With Me.” CODA actor Daniel Durant will perform sixth by also dancing the foxtrot to “Feeling Good.”

Jersey Shore‘s Vinny Guadagnino will then cha cha to “Save The Last Dance For Me,” followed by drag star Shangela, who’ll be doing a tango to “Hollywood.” Jordin Sparks will then foxtrot to “You Make Me Feel So Young,” while Bachelorette star Gabby Windey will close the night with a rumba to “Home.”

DWTS streams Monday at 8 p.m. ET on Disney+.

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Simone Biles wants anyone thinking about dressing up as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer for Halloween to think twice. 

The gymnastics star took to Twitter to express her disapproval of the idea, urging people to put the costumes “back in the closet.”

“im just gon go head and say it, put the jeffrey dahmer costumes back in the closet,” she wrote, adding, “we ain’t having it!!!!!!”

Biles’ post follows last month’s release of Netflix’s true crime series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and the heightened public interest in one of the most notorious killers in U.S. history. 

Over the span of more than a decade, Dahmer brutally murdered 17 people, predominately Black men and boys, engaging in horrific cruelty with their bodies. Impersonating the killer, many social media users say, is a sign of disrespect to the families’ victims. 

Iterations of the costume were being sold on eBay until the website banned Dahmer-inspired items, according to Buzzfeed. 

“These items are prohibited for sale on our site and we are removing them,” a spokesperson for eBay told BuzzFeed News.

Not long after its premiere, rapper Boosie called on the Black community to boycott the series. 

“AS BLACK PEOPLE WE SHOULD BOYCOTT THE JEFFERY [sic] DAHMER MOVIE,” the rapper wrote. “WHAT HE DID TO OUR BLACK KIDS IS F******G SICK #NETFLIXTAKE THIS MOVIE DOWN ITS SICK.” 

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Reba McEntire will never forget the fateful March day in 1991 when a plane full of her band and crew members departed from San Diego after a show and never made it home.

That charter jet plane crashed, killing seven members of Reba’s backing band, her tour manager and both pilots onboard. Reba, herself, wasn’t on the plane: she was recovering from a case of bronchitis and elected to leave town the next morning instead.

In the wake of the tragedy, the singer was so devastated, she wasn’t sure what laid ahead for her career. “I didn’t know if I was going to be able to continue,” the singer tells People.

Reba leaned on her faith throughout the tragedy and came to realize that her lost road family members “went on to a better place,” she remembers, adding that she “never blamed God” for the devastating crash, but she does “have questions when I get up there.”

Ultimately, the experience taught her a powerful lesson about gratitude and being present, the singer goes on to say.

“From that I learned that you need to take it one day at a time and be very grateful for the things that you have,” Reba explains. “Tell folks in your life how much you love and appreciate them.”

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Ellie Goulding was challenged to play a word association game, where she was given a word and she had only a few seconds to think of a song that uses it.

Ellie sat down with Elle for the bit and admitted that while she knows a good amount of songs, she is terrible with remembering their lyrics. “It’s surprising how many words I don’t know to any song,” she laughed.

She also provided a glimpse into her own music-making process after singing Coldplay‘s “Yellow” when asked to think of a song that pays tribute to the color.

“The inspiration behind my music, I guess, is a combination of my childhood — where I grew up — [and] the pathetic romantic in me,” she explained. She elaborated that she is inspired by “past relationships with my friends.”

“I’d say the biggest inspiration is love and relationships and heartbreak ’cause I just find it totally fascinating,” Ellie continued. 

She also revealed, “I make music for myself, often, but the music that my record label likes is music for others, usually.”

While Ellie was challenged to find songs using the words “glamorous,” “alive,” “good” and more, she was thrown a few bones when asked to find songs using the words “burn” and “easy.”

She broke out into an impassioned performance of her 2013 single “Burn” as well as her newer hit “Easy Lover,” which she revealed she “wrote about five years ago” with Julia Michaels during a songwriting session.

When asked to associate a song using the word “lights,” she broke into a rendition of “All of the Lights” by Kanye West, Rihanna and Kid Cudi instead of her 2010 breakout hit.

Ellie scored 15 out of 15, tying in first with Olivia Rodrigo and Demi Lovato as word association champions.

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American Idol runner-up David Archuleta is learning to embrace his sexuality and his faith, which he admits can be challenging.

Speaking to Out magazine, the singer opened up about being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and how he struggled to follow its teachings when it comes to sexuality.

“Literally my purpose before was building up the kingdom of God and the greatest way do that was to marry a woman and have children with her. That was my ultimate goal for the first 30 years of my life,” David confessed. “Now, I have to decide what it is as a queer person. I’ve been engaged three times. I bought three wedding rings for girls, but it felt dishonest.”

The “Crush” singer came out as queer in June 2021 and admits he is still exploring his sexual identity.

“The church could tell I was not being honest with them. Now that I’m being honest, the thing that [the church] taught me is backfiring. I just say I’m queer. I still don’t know exactly where I am on the spectrum,” David offered.

As for whom he’s attracted to, he explained, “I’m definitely more leaning towards guys. That’s who I’ve been dating… are guys.”

David sings about his journey in the new song “Faith in Me,” which he says is an empowerment anthem. “Since I’ve come out, it’s been very difficult for me to write. Everything that I wrote about was spiritually driven. I’m at a place where I just want to have a moment of release, just breaking free, high energy [and] having fun,” he expressed. 

He rewrote the song to “reflect more of where I’m at now.” He said, “It’s that liberating feeling and I’m very happy with how it came out.”

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The stars are lining up to pay tribute the late, great Loretta Lynn in a just-announced CMT tribute called Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life & Music of Loretta Lynn.

Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, George Strait and Darius Rucker are just a few of the artists scheduled to appear onstage for the tribute, which will air live from the Grand Ole Opry.

Also on the bill are Faith Hill, The Highwomen with Brittney Spencer, Martina McBride, Sheryl Crow, Tanya Tucker, Wynonna Judd and others. More performers are yet to be announced.

The event will be hosted by Jenna Bush Hager, the co-host of NBC’s TODAY and close friend of the Lynn family, who are partnering with CMT and Sandbox Productions on the memorial event.

The public service will air live and commercial-free Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. ET on CMT. Two commercial-free encore performances have also been announced: one on Wednesday, November 2 at 8 p.m. ET and another on Sunday, November 6 at 11 a.m. ET.

Loretta died on Oct. 4 at her home in Hurricane Mills, TN. She was 90 years old.

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