Tim McGraw and Faith Hill both wholeheartedly embraced the 19th century pioneering lifestyle as co-stars in the Yellowstone prequel 1883, but Tim just might have gotten a little too comfortable in character.
“There were a few times that my wife forced me to take a shower while we were shooting, because I wanted to stay in character as best I could,” he says in a recent installment of Variety’s Just for Variety podcast.
“She’s like, ‘I don’t care about Method. You stink!’” Tim continues.
Playing the role of James Dutton on the show also caused Tim to temporarily change up his appearance a little bit, which posed its own set of challenges. “When I grow my beard out, it’s completely white,” he reveals. “So the hardest part was keeping that thing dyed.”
That meant he was rocking a different look at his shows, which he played whenever he got breaks from set.
“So showing up and doing a [concert] and having this big old beard on, and I’d put on like 10 pounds during the filming of the show just to look more like the part,” he says. “To show up and put on these tight jeans and have this big, dark, dyed beard, and have the script in my head and trying to remember words, I just didn’t feel comfortable at all. It was a tough thing to do.”
But Tim was fully committed to embracing the world of 1883. He’s previously detailed other things he did to prep his character work, including going to “cowboy camp” with the rest of the cast.
The winner of American Idol season 20 is Noah Thompson!
The reveal came Sunday night during the three-hour finale, but not before some final challenges and star-studded performances.
The show opened with Flo Rida performing his hit “Good Feeling” with an assist from both current and past contestants. Then, it was time to get down to business with the first round challenging the Top 3 — HunterGirl, Noah Thompson, and Leah Marlene — to take on a song from the prolific catalog of Bruce Springsteen. Leah expertly executed “Born in the U.S.A.”, HungterGirl smashed “Dancing in the Dark,” and Noah hit a home run with the classic “I’m on Fire.”
Round two was the singles round, where the final three performed their own songs. Leah’s track was titled “Flowers,” Noah’s “One Day Tonight,” and HunterGirl’s was “Red Bird.”
After their performances, it was time to eliminate the person with the least votes, which ended up being Leah.
The celebrations continued as the moment to crown the season’s winner drew near, with acts from the Top 10 and talented legends like Earth, Wind, and Fire, Deana Carter, Ben Platt, Idol alum Gabby Barrett, Sara Bareilles, Thomas Rhett, Michael Bublé, judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie, and more.
For the last round of competition, the final two contestants delivered an encore of a song they’d previously performed on the show. Noah showed growth with Rihanna‘s “Stay” and HunterGirl did the same with Rascal Flatts “Riot.”
Afterward, Noah was crowned the winner, and took a victory lap by again performing his single, “One Day Tonight.”
The winner of American Idol season 20 is Noah Thompson!
The reveal came Sunday night during the three-hour finale, but not before some final challenges and star-studded performances.
The show opened up with Flo Rida performing his hit “Good Feeling” with an assist from both current and past contestants. Then, it was time to get down to business with the first round challenging the Top 3 — HunterGirl, Noah Thompson, and Leah Marlene — to take on a song from the prolific catalog of Bruce Springsteen. Leah expertly executed “Born in the U.S.A.”, HungterGirl smashed “Dancing in the Dark,” and Noah hit home with the classic “I’m on Fire.”
Round two was the singles round, where the final three performed their own songs. Leah’s track was titled “Flowers,” Noah’s “One Day Tonight,” and HunterGirl’s “Red Bird.”
After their performances, it was time to eliminate the person with the least votes, which ended up being Leah.
The celebrations continued as the countdown to crowning the season’s winner drew closer with acts from the Top 10 and talented legends like Earth, Wind, and Fire, Deana Carter, Ben Platt, Idol alum Gabby Barrett, Sara Bareilles, Thomas Rhett, Michael Bublé, judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie, and more.
For the last round of competition, the final two did an encore of a previous production they did on the show. Noah showed growth with Rihanna‘s “Stay” and HunterGirl did the same with Rascal Flatts “Riot.”
Afterwards, Noah was crowned the winner and he again performed his single “One Day Tonight.”
Scotty McCreery pays homage to the King of Country himself in his current single, “Damn Strait,” a track that strings together references to some of George Strait’s biggest hits to tell a new breakup story.
Scotty didn’t write the song — Trent Tomlinson and Jim Collins are the writers on the track — but the singer says he was immediately impressed by how “Damn Strait” didn’t just name-check classic country songs, but used them to create a new narrative.
“Even if you don’t know this George Strait song — which, shame on you if you don’t — but if you don’t, you still get the song, you know?” Scotty tells ABC Audio.
But Scotty’s very favorite George Strait ballad — “The Chair” — actually doesn’t make an appearance in the lyrics of “Damn Strait.”
He tried to find a way to reference that song, since it’s such an important and influential track for him. “My favorite George Strait song that I always go back to, if I’m in the shower or washing dishes, is ‘The Chair.’ I always go back to that,” he says. When it didn’t fit into the lyrics of his song, Scotty was hoping to include a musical reference to the track.
“In the demo, we put the steel guitar lick [of ‘The Chair’],” he says. “And then, in the actual recording, I think it was a little too close for comfort for the lawyers.”
“Damn Strait” is one of the tracks on Same Truck, Scotty’s album from September 2021.
It seems as if Burna Boy‘s music success happened overnight. He took home the Best International Act Award at the 2019 BET Awards, won his first Grammy in 2021 and in April of this year went on to become the first Nigerian artist to sell out New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Burna, born Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, has accomplished quite a lot and is paving the way for other artists who make Afrobeats music. In his recent Billboard cover story, the 30-year-old international superstar opened up about his “mission to bring his passion for his homeland to the world’s biggest stages.” To ABC Audio at the 2022 BillBoard Music Awards, Burna emphasized his desire to blaze trails for other Nigerian artists.
When asked his thoughts on paving the way for those who may come after him, Burna said it’s “most definitely the mission.”
He says that he “hopes for the best and prepares for the worst” while on his musical journey. Keeping in mind his massive impact, he reminds himself to “just keep going and never stop,” noting, “that’s just what I do.”
Answering questions on the carpet prior to his showstopping first BBMA performance, the “Ye” singer wasn’t shy at showing himself some love. When asked why he’s been so popular recently, he flaunted a bit and said, “I mean, look at me … You see the reason.”
The gloating lasted for just a few seconds before Burna returned to his humble personality. “Basically, it’s just spiritual,” he said. “Really, I carry the spirits with me and it just kind of, transcends … so yeah, it’s a blessing.”
The guitar that Kurt Cobain played in Nirvana‘s iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video, a 1969 left-handed Fender Mustang with a Lake Placid Blue finish, sold for $4.55 million during Julien’s Auctions’ latest “Music Icons” memorabilia sale, held over the weekend.
The instrument was purchased by Indianapolis Colts owner and renowned music-memorabilia collector Jim Irsay‘s The Jim Irsay Collection after a bidding war with other participants live at New York City’s Hard Rock Café, online at JuliensAuctions.com and via the phone.
In commemoration of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Cobain family is donating some proceeds from the guitar’s sale and other Kurt-related items that were auctioned to Kicking the Stigma, an initiative launched by the Irsay family to raise awareness about mental health disorders.
“I am thrilled to preserve and protect another piece of American culture that changed the way we looked at world,” says Irsay. “The fact that a portion of the proceeds will go toward our effort to kick the stigma surrounding mental health makes this acquisition even more special to me.”
Meanwhile, a 1965 Dodge Dart that Cobain owned and drove was auctioned for $375,000.
Other historic instruments that sold during the auction, which was held May 20, 21 and 22, included Rush member Alex Lifeson‘s custom-built 1976 Gibson ES-355TD guitar, known as “Whitey,” and a 1964 Fender Jazzmaster guitar once owned by Jimi Hendrix. Both guitars sold for $384,000.
A variety of guitars owned by Lifeson were sold at the auction, including five others that fetched at least $112,000, among them a 1970 Gibson Les Paul electric model that Alex played on most of the band’s albums during the mid-to-late 1970s that sold for $224,000.
All of The Offspring‘s biggest songs are coming to vinyl in one convenient package.
A wax edition of the band’s 2005 Greatest Hits compilation is set to get a wide release on July 29. The package will be available in three different variants: a simple black LP with a lyric insert, a picture disc featuring The Offspring’s flaming skull logo and a Walmart exclusive including a flaming skull turntable slipmat.
A limited number of Greatest Hits vinyl copies were released during this year’s Record Store Day. Before that, the collection had never been available on vinyl.
The 14-track Greatest Hits — well, 15 if you include the hidden cover of The Police‘s “Next to You” — features songs such as “Self Esteem,” “Gone Away” and “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” as well as the then-new single “Can’t Repeat.”
The Offspring released their latest album, Let the Bad Times Roll, in April 2021. The band just wrapped a U.S. tour in support of the record, but will return to the States for another run in July following a trip to Europe in June.
Guitars that belonged to Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix and Rush‘s Alex Lifeson all fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars at the latest installment of Julien’s Auctions’ “Music Icons” memorabilia auction, which took place on May 20, 21 and 22.
A 1956 Martin D-21 model acoustic guitar that Cash owned and played onstage during the late 1950s brought in $437,500. Meanwhile, a 1964 Fender Jazzmaster guitar once owned by Hendrix and Lifeson’s custom-built 1976 Gibson ES-355TD guitar, known as “Whitey,” both sold for $384,000.
A wide variety of guitars owned by Lifeson were sold at the auction, including five others that fetched at least $112,000, among them a 1970 Gibson Les Paul electric model that Alex played on most of the band’s albums and tours during the mid-to-late 1970s that sold for $224,000.
Another high-priced piece of memorabilia that sold at the “Music Icons” auction was the complete ensemble Madonna wore in her 1985 “Material Girl” video, which included a pink satin dress, a pair of pink satin gloves, a pink satin bow, a white fox-fur stole, and three rhinestone bracelets. The outfit fetched $287,500.
The item that went for the highest price at the auction was the guitar that late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain played in his band’s iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video, a 1969 left-handed Fender Mustang with a Lake Placid Blue finish. It sold for a whopping $4.5 million.
The three-day sale, which brought in nearly $15 million overall, took place at the Hard Rock Café in New York City, while bids also were accepted online at JuliensAuctions.com and via the phone.
Visit JuliensLive.com for a full list of items that were sold.
(NEW YORK) — New York City Police officers are searching for a gunman after a subway passenger was shot and killed in what investigators describe as an unprovoked attack.
The suspect was pacing back and forth in the last car of a Manhattan-bound Q train as it crossed over the Manhattan Bridge around 11:45 a.m. Sunday when he pulled out a gun and “without provocation” fired it at a 48-year-old passenger at close range, striking him in the chest, witnesses told investigators, NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey announced at a press conference.
When the train pulled into the Canal Street station — the first Manhattan stop on the Q line — the suspect fled, Corey said, describing him as dark-skinned with a beard and “heavy-set” and last seen wearing a dark-colored sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and white sneakers. He is still at large.
Emergency responders attended to the victim at the scene, Corey said. He was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he later died. His identity has not yet been released.
No others were injured in the shooting, Corey said.
Preliminary information suggests there was no prior contact between the victim and suspect, Corey said.
Witnesses who may have photos or video of that altercation are asked to share them with investigators.
Sunday marks the second New York City subway shooting in recent months.
On April 12, 10 people on board the N train were shot as it approached the 36th Street station in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. The alleged gunman, Frank James, is being held without bail on charges of carrying out a terror attack against a mass transit system and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
Corey said Sunday that the NYPD is committed to protecting the city’s mass transit system and will continue to place officers at stations and aboard trains on patrol.
“We put a lot of additional officers down into the subway system,” he said. “We continue to do that to patrol this very extensive transit system that we have.”
ABC News’ Will McDuffie and Matt Foster contributed to this report.
(NEW YORK) — The first batch of imported baby formula under “Operation Fly Formula” arrived in the United States on Sunday as the Biden administration tries to alleviate the nationwide baby formula shortage.
Military aircraft transported the shipment of three formula brands, the equivalent of up to half a million 8-ounce bottles, from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to Indiana. The shipment included Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior as well as Gerber Good Start Extensive HA, all of which are hypoallergenic formulas for children with cow’s milk protein allergies.
The Department of Agriculture said Saturday that “additional flights will be announced in the coming days.”
“Typically, the process to transport this product from Europe to U.S. would take two weeks. Thanks to Operation Fly Formula, we cut that down to approximately three days,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
This shipment is the first of multiple planes of imported formula expected to arrive in the U.S. in the coming weeks.
“Folks, I’m excited to tell you that the first flight from Operation Fly Formula is loaded up with more than 70,000 pounds of infant formula and about to land in Indiana. Our team is working around the clock to get safe formula to everyone who needs it,” President Joe Biden tweeted Sunday ahead of the plane’s arrival.
Biden also signed legislation aimed at improving access to baby formula for low-income families last week.
The Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022 ensures families can use benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — also known as WIC — to buy formula products outside what is normally designated for the program during times of crisis.
The program purchases about half of all infant formula supply in the U.S., with some 1.2 million infants receiving formula through WIC.
Typically, each state relies on a contract with a single manufacturer to supply products for WIC participants. But a recall from Abbott, one of the nation’s largest manufacturers, highlighted flaws within the federal nutrition program.
“When we became aware of all of this we came together very quickly to do what we could,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said in remarks from the floor after the legislation passed, though she said she wished it would’ve never gotten to this point for families.
“The reality is that half of the baby formula in this country goes to moms and babies that are on a very important program that is called the Women, Infants, and Children’s program,” Stabenow continued. “We know that we’ve got to do anything humanly possible to take away any barrier available for them to get this important food for children.”
Now, the United States Department of Agriculture will have authority to amend WIC program rules during a shortage, recall or other emergencies and allow families to buy whatever products are available in the store.
The law also requires formula manufacturers that provide products for WIC participants to have a contingency plan for responding to shortages or recalls in the future.
Biden signed the baby formula bill into law during his five-day trip to Asia, according to the White House. He also signed a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine as Russia’s invasion stretches into its fourth month.
The Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022 had overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress, passing the House in a 414-to-9 vote and the Senate via unanimous consent.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., celebrated the bipartisan moment in the chamber.
“It’s rare that we have unanimity in the Senate on important measures, and I wish we had more, but this is one of these important issues and I’m glad we’re acting with one voice,” said Schumer, calling the shortage “stuff of nightmares” for parents.
For the week ending May 15, nearly 45% of products in the U.S. were unavailable, according to the data tracking firm Datasembly, up slightly from the 43% out-of-stock rate reported the week ending May 8.
The House also tried to give $28 million in emergency assistance to the Food and Drug Administration to enhance safety inspections and prevent fraudulent products from getting into stores. But the bill failed to move forward in the Senate, as Republicans on Capitol Hill remain opposed to giving the agency more funds.
FDA chief Robert Califf was grilled by lawmakers this week on the agency’s response to the formula shortage. He said it will the situation is “gradually” getting better, but that it “will be a few weeks before we’re back to normal.”
ABC News’ Allison Pecorin contributed to this report.
