You’ll get a glimpse of the next generation of Lee Brice’s family in the video for his new song.
“This one hits a little harder with our son Takoda playing the main character in the video,” Lee posted on his socials, along with a preview.
In the clip, we see the teen, who was born in 2008, doing manual labor to earn cash to buy a truck.
“‘Truck Bed Mixtape’ is one of my favorite songs on this whole record,” his dad says. “We had great day creating it and then recording it couldn’t have been more fun.”
“Of all the songs over these years, shooting this video was extra special for me,” Lee continues. “I got to co-direct this one and had my oldest son Takoda step in as the main character. I swear, he was such a natural and acted better in front of those cameras than I ever have. So excited for y’all to see him in action and to hear this song. It still gets me every time!”
“Truck Bed Mixtape” arrives May 1, ahead of Lee’s Sunriser and Sunriser (All Nighter) albums on Oct. 2.
Gene Simmons on ‘Dancing with the Stars’/(Disney/Eric McCandless)
KISS recently announced the dates for the 2026 KISS Kruise: Landlocked in Vegas, and now Gene Simmons has revealed details of this year’s lineup.
This year’s convention will be held Nov. 13-15 at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. In addition to two unmasked KISS shows featuring Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, the weekend will feature an all-star tribute to KISS founding member Ace Frehley, who passed away in 2025. According to the announcement, the tribute will include “sit-ins from members of KISS & guests.”
The weekend will also include performances by Night Ranger, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, Slaughter and Faster Pussycat. There will also be a pre-party on Nov. 12 featuring the Ace Frehley Band, Enuff Z’Nuff and others.
In addition to performances, the weekend will include a whole host of activities, like Q&A artist panels, a KISS lookalike contest, KISS karaoke and artist meet-and-greets.
Folks can register now at KissKruiseVegas.com to get the first info on when reservations open.
Lena Dunham is seen leaving the Disney and ABC headquarters on April 13, 2026, in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images via Getty Images)
All adventurous women do … write a bestselling book.
Lena Dunham is celebrating her new memoir, Famesick, reaching the top spot on The New York Times bestseller list.
The Girls creator took to her social media on Thursday to share a video of herself learning that her memoir reached #1 on the prestigious list. In the video, Dunham gets a call from her team telling her the good news.
Afterward, Dunham puts her head in her hands and starts to cry. The person on the other end of the call tells her she sold almost 60,000 copies of Famesick in week one alone.
“You’re joking guys,” Dunham says. “No way!”
The post’s caption goes in depth on Dunham’s feelings about the accomplishment.
“Screaming, crying, throwing up. Which, to be fair, I do a lot of in this book- but this time it’s for a much more joyful reason: I am bowled over by the support you have shown Famesick,” Dunham wrote. “Almost two decades into my career, I know enough to know what a rare and special thing is to feel seen and heard, and this release has given me the opportunity to see and hear so many of you. I missed that.”
Dunham goes on to write that she doesn’t take any of this for granted.
“I am honored by every book in every pair of hands/ears and that Famesick made the #1 spot on the NYTimes, London Sunday Times, USA TODAY, and Indie Bookseller Bestseller lists,” she wrote, before finishing with, “Thank you. Truly.”
Famesick was published on April 14. According to a description from Penguin Random House, it is a “rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between” that finds Dunham wondering “whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.”
Madonna performs during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 17, 2026 in Indio, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)
It’s not clear if it was planned that way, but two of Sabrina Carpenter’s special guests at her April 18 Coachella performance just happened to be former colleagues who were able to catch up at the event.
Madonna performed onstage with Sabrina, while Geena Davis appeared in a prerecorded piece, delivering a monologue as an older version of Sabrina. But more than three decades previously, Madonna and Geena co-starred in the 1992 movie A League of Their Own, a fictionalized account of the real-life all-female professional baseball team that existed during World War II.
Now Geena has posted a photo of herself posing backstage with Madonna at Coachella. “Mae – so happy to see you again! Love, Dottie,” she captioned the photo. Madonna played “All the Way” Mae Mordabito in the movie, while Geena played Dorothy “Dottie” Hinson.
One fan wrote in the comments, quoting the film’s most famous line, “I know there’s no crying in baseball but I’m literally crying.”
A League of Their Own, directed by Penny Marshall and also starring Tom Hanks, Lori Petty and Rosie O’Donnell, was a critical and commercial success. It was preserved in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 2012.
During Sabrina’s April 10 Coachella appearance, the part of older Sabrina in the prerecorded monologue was played by Susan Sarandon, Geena’s co-star in 1991’s Thelma & Louise.
Old Crow Medicine Show’s ‘Union Made’ (Hartland Records via Firebird Music)
Luke Combs leans into his roots in a new song he co-wrote for Old Crow Medicine Show, the band who gave us “Wagon Wheel.”
“Molly Tuttle and I got together with Luke Combs to write this song,” bandleader Ketch Secor says. “Both Luke and I owe a lot to the scenic town of Boone, high in the hills of westernmost North Carolina where the song is set.”
“Another musician with deep roots in the area is Bluegrass legend Del McCoury,” he continues. “‘My Side of the Mountain’ celebrates the distinct culture and sound of the Appalachian people of [Western North Carolina], some of our country’s most self-reliant folk. This song is for them.”
Both Del McCoury and Ronnie McCoury are featured on the track, which is the lead single from Old Crow’s Union Made album, which comes out June 5.
The band’s 2004 version of “Wagon Wheel” is triple Platinum, while Darius Rucker’s 2013 cover is 11-times Platinum.
The seal of the US Department of Justice on a podium prior to a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog announced Thursday it is launching an audit into the DOJ’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act that mandated the release of the department’s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a statement from deputy inspector general William Blier.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
(WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans early Thursday morning approved a blueprint for their budget bill to fund immigration enforcement after an all-night voting marathon.
The vote marks the first step in a new plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down since mid-February — making it the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
The budget resolution, which kicks off the drafting process of a bill that Republicans said would provide billions of dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, was approved by a vote of 50-48.
Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul joined with the Democrats in voting against the resolution. All other Republicans voted in favor of it, except for Sen. Chuck Grassley, who missed the vote as he recovers from a procedure to remove gallstones.
The Senate approved the resolution at about 3:36 a.m. after a vote-a-rama that lasted approximately six hours.
During that time, the Senate considered 17 amendments. Democrats, as promised, forced a number of votes on affordability-related items. Their amendments aimed at lowering the cost of everyday expenses — ranging from health care to electricity to childcare to gas prices.
Though a number of Democratic amendments won the occasional Republican supporter, Republicans ultimately defeated every Democratic-led amendment.
“What kind of bubble are they living in? How apart are they from people’s real needs? And instead, take that money, which should have gone to lowering people’s costs, and giving it to an agency that everyone knows needs reform,” Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on the Senate floor after the GOP budget blueprint passed.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, vowed that Republicans are going to work to “get the job done” by June 1 — the deadline publicly set by President Donald Trump for Republicans to fund the immigration enforcement agencies.
“The vast majority of Republicans stuck together to do something Democrats are refusing to do: Fully fund the Border Patrol and ICE for three and a half years through the Trump presidency,” Graham said in a statement Thursday morning.
But the overnight vote-a-rama was just the first step in what could be a lengthy reconciliation process.
The GOP’s budget resolution now heads to the House where Speaker Mike Johnson hopes his rank and file will sign off on the Senate’s resolution next week. If approved, House members may begin directing committees to craft their bill that meets the instructions in the budget resolution. If House and Senate Republicans agree on legislation, both chambers will have to pass it again. That will include a second vote-a-rama in the Senate.
The GOP’s funding push for ICE and CBP comes amid the record-long DHS shutdown, now in its 68th day.
Many federal employees across DHS, including the Coast Guard, Secret Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have gone without pay as Congress struggles to advance a funding deal. Throughout the shutdown, ICE and CBP have continued to receive funds due to an influx of cash provided in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill passed by Congress last summer, and the administration has redirected other funding to support TSA workers.
Democrats have said they won’t support funding for ICE and CBP without reforms to their operating procedures, after two American citizens in Minneapolis were fatally shot by federal agents earlier this year.
Republican leaders, meanwhile, are expected to hold off on passing a full DHS funding bill until they can successfully fund the two immigration enforcement agencies.
“We’ve got to make sure that we don’t isolate and, as I say, make an orphan out of key agencies of the department. And there’s some concern on our side that if you do the bulk of the department first before that, then they could be left out. We can’t allow for that,” Speaker Johnson said earlier this week.
Live Nation Summer of Live admat (Courtesy of Live Nation)
Live Nation has announced its Summer of Live promotion, which offers tickets for the all-in price of $30 to over 4,000 shows for artists including Guns N’ Roses, Shinedown, Evanescence and mgk.
Other participating tours include Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte, Iron Maiden, 311 and Dirty Heads, Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson, Sammy Hagar, The Black Crowes, Kaleo, Breaking Benjamin, Staind, Empire of the Sun, Motionless in White, Five Finger Death Punch, Mötley Crüe, Mt. Joy, Godsmack, Young the Giant and HARDY.
The promotion runs from April 29 to May 5 at LiveNation.com/SummerofLive. After picking a show, there will be the option for tickets labeled “Summer of Live Promotion,” to add to your cart.
Presales for Live Nation All Access and T-Mobile members will begin Thursday, April 23, at 10 a.m. local time and Tuesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time, respectively.
Chemicals are removed from a home in Syosset, New York. (WABC)
(SYOSSET, N.Y.) — A New York father and son were arrested and charged after investigators discovered chemicals at their residence that had been combined to create explosive materials, according to police.
Investigators discovered the chemicals while they were looking into a “bias incident” in which a swastika was drawn in a male bathroom at Syosset High School on Wednesday, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Investigators alleged the 15-year-old boy drew the swastika, police said.
Francisco Sanles, 48, has been charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of criminal facilitation, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment.
The unnamed teen has been charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief, aggravated harassment and making graffiti, police said.
When the chemicals were found, officers evacuated the home and began evacuating the residents of neighboring homes.
“The Nassau County Fire Marshal, Arson Bomb Squad, Nassau County Police Emergency Service Unit (ESU) were all notified and responded to the scene. The Nassau County Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) Response Team also responded and carefully removed the hazardous material from the home,” police said in a statement Thursday.
Further investigation revealed Sanles paid for the various chemicals on several occasions. He was then arrested, according to police.
Students and staff at Syosset High School were notified of the bias graffiti and ongoing investigation in an email from the school district on Wednesday night, according to a copy obtained by WABC.
“I am writing to inform you that the District found swastikas and racial epithets above urinals at Syosset High School. The District immediately commenced an investigation and notified the Nassau County Police Department. Our investigation identified the person responsible and this is now a criminal matter with an active police investigation,” the school district wrote.
“We are cooperating fully with our partners in law enforcement and remain in constant contact with them as their investigation continues. This student will also face serious consequences pursuant to the District’s Code of Conduct,” the district said.
Sanles will be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Hempstead, police said. The unnamed teen will be arraigned in Nassau County Family Court, police said.
No attorney information for Sanles and his son is listed in court records.
Billie Eilish performs onstage at Kaseya Center on October 09, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Billie Eilish and Coldplay are among the most-streamed artists in the history of Spotify, which the streaming service announced Thursday to mark its 20th anniversary.
The “bad guy” artist is #8 on the list, while the “Viva La Vida” outfit lands at #17. Perhaps unsurprisingly, pop superstar Taylor Swift is the #1 most-streamed artist in Spotify history.
Eilish’s 2019 debut WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? is the 10th most-streamed album of all time on Spotify. The list of the most-streamed albums in Spotify’s history also includes Arctic Monkeys’ 2013 effort AM at #9.
The list of Spotify’s most-streamed songs of all time includes The Neighbourhood’s “Sweater Weather” at #3, Imagine Dragons’ “Believer” at #11, Arctic Monkeys’ “I Wanna Be Yours” at #12, Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” at #13, Eilish and Khalid’s “lovely” at #14, Coldplay’s “Yellow” at #15, Eilish’s “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” at #18 and Vance Joy’s “Riptide” at #19.
