CMT to honor Black country music pioneer Linda Martell

Mary J. Blige is reflecting on her groundbreaking 1994 album My Life in the new documentary “Mary J. Blige’s My Life” for Amazon Prime Video.

Black Country, New Road covered the ABBA classic ‘Mamma Mia’ at a socially distanced gig last night (June 20) – watch footage below.The band were playing a show at the Future Yard in Birkenhead in support of their debut album ‘For the first time‘.The band’s ABBA cover, which stayed largely true to the original, featured additional sax and violin, and follows the seven-piece’s recent cover of MGMT’s ‘Time To Pretend’.Watch Black Country, New Road cover ‘Mamma Mia’ below.The band are currently on

Emilio Mayorga Spain’s Mago Production will produce the animated TV series “Polinopolis” in co-production with France’s Godo Films and Mexico’s Apapacho Films. Barcelona-based Goldbee will handle international sales.Also co-producing are public broadcasters TVE and TVC in  Spain, as well as Argentine state kids channel Pakapaka, and the Catalan Institute of Cultural Companies (ICEC).

Playground Games’ Mike Brown, creative director of Forza Horizon 5, joined the Xbox Games Showcase Extended to talk about Forza Horizon 5’s Mexico.“We knew right from the start that we wanted it to be the largest horizon yet. It’s not far down the path from that that you realise you don’t want to go big if it’s going to be more of the same.”Brown starts the discussion by talking about how Mexico is the whole world in one country.

ABC is staying in business with the Country Music Association. The network and the CMA have extended their broadcast deal through 2026. The new, five-year pact will keep the CMA Awards, as well as CMA broadcast specials CMA Fest and CMA Country Christmas on ABC.

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Delilah Belle Hamlin and Eyal Booker wrap their arms around each other and share a passionate kiss in these new photos from their family beach vacation!

‘Good in the Wood Wednesday! This week, we’re looking at Black country music star Linda Martell, who will receive CMT’s 2021 Equal Play Award at tonight’s CMT Music Awards. As one of the first successful Black female country singers, she’s influenced the careers of many artists of color in the country music scene.A post shared by CMT (@cmt)Linda Martell was born on June 4th, 1941, in South Carolina.

Hitting the town! Kane Brown and his wife, Katelyn Jae, were among the few country music couples who attended the 2021 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday, June 9.

H.E.R. is ready to continue on the country music train.The 23-year-old singer made her country music debut at the 2021 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday.

Linda Martell is a pioneer of Black representation in country music and as the first Black woman to ever perform solo at the Grand Ole Opry, the 86-year-old performer and songstress was honored at the 2021 CMT Music Awards.

CMT Music Awards. CMT faces backlash after releasing a tweet promoting the end to gun violenceA furious reaction broke out among country music fans last week after the Country Music Television Twitter account announced its support to end gun violence and encouraged everyone to wear orange in honour of the movement.

Yee-haw! Country stars traded in their cowboy boots for couture, making the 2021 CMT Music Awards a seriously glamorous event. 

NEW YORK -- The CMT Music Awards will honor acts in country music but will also share its stage with pop and R&B stars, including Gladys Knight, Pink, John Legend, Halsey, H.E.R. and Noah Cyrus.Knight and Mickey Guyton will perform together and Chris Stapleton and fellow guitar slayer H.E.R.

Howdy, cowboy! From Blake Shelton and Sam Hunt to Keith Urban and Kane Brown, the country music genre has a lot of sexy men who make Us swoon.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentMoroccan director Aziz Tazi’s thriller “Night Walk,” featuring a turn by Mickey Rourke, has scored a slew of international sales prior to its U.S.

It was recently discovered that Sandra Bullock‘s real estate portfolio is even larger than anyone realized!