Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Welcome to The List,
Yesterday, the “CMT Music Awards” introduced a new “socially-voted category.” Before I tell you what it is, you should know that you can only vote by swiping up on CMT’s Instagram Story through this Saturday. It’s called the Trending Comeback Song of the Year, and it “honors iconic stars and their hits that stood the test of time but also recently found new popularity.” They’re basically asking you to make an older song popular again.
Here are the seven nominated songs . . .
“Freight Train”, Alan Jackson
“Neon Moon”, Brooks & Dunn
“9 to 5”, Dolly Parton
“I’m a Survivor”, Reba McEntire
“Suds in the Bucket”, Sara Evans
“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”, Shania Twain
“Love Story”, Taylor Swift
The winner will be announced across CMT’s social platforms before Monday’s show.
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Garth Brooks is opening a “bar and entertainment concept” on Lower Broadway in Nashville. He bought a three-story, 40,000 square foot building that was the former home of the Nashville Sporting Club. There’s no name yet, and it’ll be a while before it opens. He says quote, “The goal is a classic honky-tonk that welcomes all and encourages love and kindness while playing the greatest music in the world in the home of Country Music.”
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Multiple 2022 CMT Music Awards nominee Maren Morris took to social media to share that her latest album “Humble Quest” broke the record for the most first-day and first-week streams on Amazon Music for a country album by a female artist. Thanking her fans on social media saying, “Ya’ll have lost your ever loving minds, thank you so, so much for this.”
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Barring a setback between now and Thursday, Tiger Woods says he’ll play in this week’s Masters tournament. The golf legend just made the announcement at a news conference at Augusta, saying “as of right now” he has plans to tee it up when the tourney begins on Thursday. It’s not so much about Tiger HITTING the ball, it’s the walk around the course, they don’t allow golf carts on the greens and it may look beautiful in video and pictures but Augusta is VERY hilly. Good luck to Tiger we hope he does well if not win the whole thing.
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The Forbes list of Billionaires is out today and pop star Rhianna, made the list this time around. She joins Jay-Z and Kanye West on the short list of the richest of the rich and the 34-year-old expected mom and entrepreneur is Barbados’ FIRST billionaire worth a cool $1.7 Billion.
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Yellowstone National Park is giving away annual passes in exchange for donations of $1,500. But the passes are for the year 2172 . . . 150 years from now. It’s meant to recognize the park’s 150th anniversary.
“It’s the 22nd century…the year…2172…countries are at war, starvation is rampant, gas prices are REDICULOUS…it’s brother against brother…but HEY! You got an annual pass to Yellowstone! YAY!!”
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Welcome to The List,
Big TV shake-up—The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is getting the boot in May 2026. CBS says it's “financial,” but Colbert says he’s not being replaced, the whole thing’s just... poof. Gone. Like your favorite shirt that mysteriously vanished after laundry day. Oh, and while we're at it—rumor has it Jimmy Fallon might dip before his contract ends in 2028. Late night is getting late, folks.
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So Coldplay’s doing their usual feel-good show in Massachusetts—when the camera catches a couple swaying together... until the dude DODGES out of frame like it’s a game of dodgeball and the woman looks away. Chris Martin jokes it off—“affair or just shy?” Uh…turns out it was an affair. Internet sleuths say he’s a tech CEO and she’s the Chief People Officer. And not his wife. Cost of concert: hotel $200, tickets $600, snacks $150, divorce attorney $50,000…
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Ella Langley says the moment she met Eric Church, she nearly passed out—and not from heatstroke. When he slid his sunglasses down and said "Hey"... her soul left the building. Can confirm: even tough country girls short-circuit when The Chief makes eye contact. No shame, Ella. We’d ALL faint a little.
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Tim McGraw says a family album may never happen—because apparently, he’s the worst singer in the house. Yeah, when Faith Hill and three powerhouse daughters live under your roof, you’re basically background noise. Tim says it’s like a NASCAR trying to keep up with a Formula One car. So... Faith’s Beyoncé, and Tim’s... the guy clapping offbeat in the back.
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