Miranda Lambert & Ella Langley (David Becker/Getty Images)
Could “Choosin’ Texas” be the most unstoppable country song of all time?
The hit co-written by Ella Langley and Miranda Lambert topped both the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and Country Airplay way back on Valentine’s Day.
Since then, it’s gone on to spend 10 nonconsecutive weeks at #1.
“We loved the song when we wrote it,” Ella recalls. “It was the song that I think me and Miranda clicked on where it was like, ‘Alright, we’re gonna work together in a bigger way.’ But did we think it could do something like this? I don’t know if you can predict that.”
“No, absolutely not,” Miranda answers. “My favorite thing about it is it’s a country song and it was universal. And the music that we love got a big shot in the world, and that makes me happy.”
“It just really [opened] a platform for a great country song and true country songwriters to have like this moment that doesn’t happen that often,” she adds.
Miranda went on to co-produce Ella’s sophomore album, Dandelion. Here’s to staying power: “Choosin’ Texas” remains at #2 after 33 weeks on the Hot 100. Its follow-up, “Be Her,” is #4. “I Can’t Love You Anymore” is #9.
A trailer for Fightland, an upcoming family crime drama on Starz, has been released.
The show, which a press release describes as “a gripping story of redemption, betrayal and brutal ambition – in and out of the ring,” is set against the backdrop of London and centered on heavyweight championship boxer Duke Kilroy.
After his brother is brutally assaulted, Duke is consumed by the aftermath and ultimately serves an eight-year prison sentence. Upon his release, he sets out to exact revenge on the man responsible, according to the release.
“Amidst a volatile criminal landscape and competing influences threatening to pull him off course, Duke will need to channel everything that made him a champion fighter into his bloody pursuit to win the ultimate victory — revenge for his brother,” the series synopsis says.
Fightland stars Howard Charles, Nicholas Pinnock, Deborah Ayorinde, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Charles Babalola, Tahirah Sharif, Tyler Conti and Richard Pepple. It is the first wholly owned original series for Starz, and the first internationally produced show from 50 Cent and G-Unit Film & Television.
Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz are seen on March 9, 2026 in New York City. (XNY/Star Max/GC Images)
Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz have never discussed their alleged relationship publicly, but they must be pretty close because they’ve evidently gotten matching tattoos.
On Wednesday British Vogueposted a photo of a woman’s tattooed back, teasing that she’s the mag’s July 2026 cover star. From the tattoos, fans identified the woman as Zoë, but also noticed that one of her tattoos consists of the words “LET IT RIP.”
That led fans to crash out over the fact that Harry has seemingly gotten the same tattoo. A photo of him onstage during his Together, Together tour shows the words “LET IT RIP” on his right arm.
Fans believe the phrase “LET IT RIP” is from the TV series The Bear. In the show, the main character’s late brother leaves him a letter that reads, “I love you, dude. Let it rip.”
The current rumor is that Harry and Zoë are engaged. While that hasn’t been confirmed, Zoë was spotted wearing what looks like a large diamond engagement ring.
Evanescence tour poster. (Courtesy of Live Nation)
Evanescence will hit the road Thursday in West Palm Beach, Florida, on a tour in support of the band’s new album, Sanctuary. As Amy Lee tells ABC Audio, fans attending the trek can expect “the biggest show we’ve ever had.”
“It’s a lot of fun, it’s a lot of work,” Lee says. “We have a lot of new songs to learn. We’re playing pretty much the whole new album, along with lots of other songs. It’s gonna be probably our longest set.”
Whatever songs she’s singing, Lee’s main goal with the tour is to “make people happy.”
“I wanna bring some good to this time,” Lee says. “Give people a place of release, to fill up, to charge up, spiritually, emotionally, and feel empowered when they walk away.”
“We’re just trying to make something really good,” she adds. “I think we are. I’m very excited.”
Lee’s recruited a bunch of friends to help spread that joy, including Spiritbox and Poppy, who are opening the tour’s U.S. and European legs, respectively. Both Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante and Poppy sang with Lee on their collaborative 2025 hit, “End of You,” though the trio won’t all be on the same bill together for any of the Evanescence shows.
Still, Lee teases she’ll be sharing a special moment with her openers onstage.
“I wish I had Courtney and Poppy on the same show so we could do, like, an epic ‘End of You’ moment,” Lee laughs. “That hasn’t quite worked out, but we’ll definitely be doing something together.”
Sanctuary is out now. It includes the singles “Who Will You Follow” and “Afterlife.”
Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide Tour (Courtesy Live Nation)
Noah Kahan will kick off The Great Divide Tour with opening act Gigi Perez on Thursday in Orlando, Florida, and he says fans should expect an “insane” show.
“We’ve been rehearsing, it sounds awesome. I’m really excited,” Noah told ABC Audio in April, hours before the new album dropped. “It’s a whole new show, the production is insane … we added a new band member … it just sounds so good. I’m so excited.”
In terms of the setlist, Noah said he won’t forget all the songs that fans have loved from him in the past.
“We have a lot of new music in there, but we’re definitely making sure that we keep people happy with older songs,” he told ABC Audio. “And I know how big of a part of my career Stick Season was, so we’re honoring that for sure, but also playing a lot of the new songs. It flows together very well.”
And fans can also take comfort in the fact that, in putting together the setlist, Noah will likely have taken into account which songs on The Great Divide they’ve been most enthusiastic about.
As he told ABC Audio in April, “I’m also excited to hear what people really connect to in the album, to decide what we should play.”
The North American leg of Noah’s world tour is completely sold out, including four shows at Boston’s Fenway Park. He’s the first artist ever to sell out four nights at that iconic venue. The North American leg wraps Aug. 31 in Seattle; in September, he kicks off the overseas leg in Australia and New Zealand. He then heads to the U.K. and Europe, finishing in Paris in December.
Alex Lifeson with his Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1976 ES-355 Reissue. (Courtesy of Epiphone)
While most guitarists likely don’t have the talent of Rush’s Alex Lifeson, they now have a chance to at least sound a little bit like him.
The rocker has teamed with Epiphone for a new guitar, part of the Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom series.
The new Alex Lifeson 1976 ES-355 Reissue is modeled after Lifeson’s well-known 1976 ES-355 guitar. The description notes that the axe captures “Alex’s unmistakable tone, as well as the refined feel and innovative spirit that have fueled Rush’s groundbreaking music for decades.”
The guitar comes in Alpine white with gold accents and has a three-piece maple neck similar to the construction of Lifeson’s original instrument. It comes in a black case with a red interior and features a reproduction of Lifeson’s signature.
“The ES-355 has always been a really special guitar for me—it’s got this incredible balance of elegance and power,” says Lifeson. “What I love about this Epiphone ‘Whitey’ recreation is how faithfully it captures that original spirit while still feeling fresh and alive in your hands.”
“It’s a guitar that invites you to explore, to take chances, and to find your own voice,” he adds. “I’m genuinely thrilled that players everywhere will have the chance to experience it and make it part of their own musical journey.”
The Alex Lifeson 1976 ES-355 Reissue is available at authorized Epiphone dealers, Gibson Garage locations and online at ephiphone.com.
Lifeson is currently back onstage with Rush on their Fifty Something tour. They play their third night at the KIA Forum in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Ginger Minj and Jujubee star as Tess and DeeDee in ‘Stop! That! Train!’ (World of Wonder/Bleeker Street)
All aboard the Glamazonian Express.
Drag queens Ginger Minj and Jujubee star in the new comedy Stop! That! Train! The film, which arrives in theaters Friday, follows two train stewardesses who begin working for a glamorous high-speed train right as a catastrophic storm threatens to derail it.
Jujubee told ABC Audio it was always a dream of hers to be in a movie.
“I’m so grateful that our fabulous, talented, handsome director Adam Shankman chose me to play Deedee. I think it was my adult teeth that I was born with. Is that the reason?” Jujubee said. “We showed up and we worked our butt pads off. Everybody that was on that set was so happy to work … we wanted to create art for queer people, but everybody else as well.”
As for what it’s like to be atop the call sheet, Jujubee said, “It feels right.”
Ginger Minj, who stars as Tess, said that while films like To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert feature drag queens as characters, this movie takes it a step further.
“I love those movies. They did a lot for queer culture and for drag acceptance. But this is like, for drag by drag,” Ginger Minj said. “We’re actual drag queens who live in these heels every single day. So I think that informs the performance a little bit differently.”
The film is a comedy, but Shankman told Ginger Minj and Jujubee on their first day on set to play it as if it were a drama.
“I think that that grounds the entire film. All of the outrageousness that happens, it hits a lot harder because we do approach it from such a real place,” Ginger Minj says.
Jeff Ament attends the 2026 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 07, 2026 in New York City. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has premiered a new song called “Montana Grind,” recorded for the new documentary of the same name.
The film Montana Grind is about the skateboarding scene in Ament’s home state of Montana. Ament also recorded an original soundtrack for the doc.
You can watch the video for the song “Montana Grind,” which features footage of Ament singing the punk tune, on YouTube.
Montana Grind is available to rent now via Pearl Jam’s webstore.
Ament and Pearl Jam are set to headline Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival in September, which will be their first show with their new drummer. Matt Cameron, who’d been PJ’s drummer for 27 years, announced his departure from the band in 2025.
The 12th annual Craig Campbell Celebrity Cornhole Challenge during CMA Fest raised more than $35,000 for The Kenny Campbell Foundation. This year boasts both the most money raised for colorectal cancer so far and the biggest number of stars.
The new track from “Somebody Like That” hitmaker Tenille Arts, “Lonely Weekend,” comes out on Friday.
If you haven’t seen Lainey Wilson’s movie debut in Reminders of Him, it’s coming to Peacock on July 10.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while aboard Air Force One en route to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on June 5, 2026. President Trump is traveling to an event at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — Soon after President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office on Wednesday that the United States has been secretly ferrying “millions of barrels” of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, Trump announced on social media that “more than 100 MILLION Barrels of Oil” and “more than 200 Commercial Ships” have successfully traveled through the strait.
“Last month, I directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships through the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote on his social media platform.
“Today, I am pleased to announce that this effort has resulted in more than 100 MILLION Barrels of Oil making its way through the Straight, and into the Open Market. More than 200 Commercial Ships have safely traveled through the Strait.”
The president referred to it as a “secret mission” that he says was conducted last month amid the ongoing war with Iran, which has led the strait to be closed to regular commercial shipping.
ABC News could not immediately verify the accuracy of Trump’s claims and the numbers of oil barrels and ships that he claims have passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier Wednesday, in the Oval Office, Trump alluded to apparent U.S. operations to stimulate shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump claiming that the U.S. recently “took” 22 ships, amounting to millions of barrels of oil, through the strait.
“Do you know, we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil? Nobody knows it. You know who doesn’t know about it? Iran, until right now. We took out the other night 22 ships late at night with no lights, because they don’t have any radar, because we blasted the crap out of it,” Trump said.
In his post Wednesday afternoon, Trump referred to the alleged operation as a “wildly successful effort” that is due to the U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.
“This wildly successful effort is because the UNITED STATES of AMERICA CONTROLS the Strait of Hormuz — NOT Iran,” Trump wrote.
Since last month, there have been reports of the U.S. Navy helping ships navigate through the Strait of Hormuz — though U.S. officials have said that the efforts have not been a revival of Project Freedom, the short-lived U.S. military initiative to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump announced Project Freedom in early May — pausing the effort just two days later.
Rather, this most recent effort was a coordination effort where shippers could contact U.S. Central Command and in turn, receive information about where to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a U.S. official.
ABC News confirmed the Times’ report that, as of late last month, approximately 70 commercial ships had been guided through the strait. In addition to the U.S. coordinating safe passageways, the Times reported that many of the vessels traveling through the strait had turned off their transponders to “avoid detection.”
During the Oval Office event earlier Wednesday afternoon, Trump had also indicated that he was choosing to reveal this “secret” mission now because the Iranians had “figured it out.”
“But now I’m going to tell you, because they just figured it out. So now that they figured it out, I can tell you it was very hard for me. I wanted to say it so bad, but it was. I didn’t want to ruin it, but it was very hard,” Trump said.
