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Effective October 1, 2022 Gray Television (Circle TV's parent company) is raising pay for its roughly 2,000 employees ranging from TRENT BARRY CLUTTS
to lesser-known full-time, part time workers and freelancers when those lowest
on the media organization's totem pole receive the company's new
minimum wage of $18/hour.
... to Doug and Julia for the invitation to attend MARCUS KING's sold-out performances at The Ryman on September 29 and 30, 2022.
... to LEIGH GREANEY for the invitation to attend THE PARANOYDS' September 21, 2022 showcase at SOFT JUNK where they'll "do a more DIY show in Nashville before the big show at the BLUE ROOM on October 21st."
You may know that ZAC BROWN BAND travels with a full gym, but Brown tells BRANDEN PETERS
that his rolling workout center performance is essential to the
singer' s wellbeing: Without it, Zac says he runs the repeated risk of
getting "hunched over" to the point where, in 2021, after he sustained
"L5 issues, a bulging disc" and the inability "to move my leg, I had to
have surgery to take some of the trash out."
With his tendency to gain weight, Brown insists he's more about fitness
than fat, though his goal is to "get my body fat percentage down... I
want to be running up and down mountains when I'm 70 years old. I
don't want to be alcoholic, red-faced, hunched over, can't move... I
want to be a ripped old dude."
Guests attending the August 18, 2002 event are assured of a good time that begins with a Media Preview of the
collection and Happy Hour ("cocktails and small bites will be served"),
during which media types will also be able to hobnob with Reid and
Gibson CEO JAMES "JC" CURLEIGH.
Stories and sound bytes to that point in hand, it will then be time to
take a second look at what otherwise may have been missed before
settling back to enjoy the rest of the evening featuring MARGO PRICE in performance.
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Don't blame the messenger (as you're reading it here first, that would be yours truly), but I suspect that LORETTA LYNN, CONNIE SMITH and fans who are unable to suspend disbelief (or who might have other objections) will not be entirely pleased to learn of JACK TRUMAN Productions' upcoming original one-act play titled (what else?) Connie and Loretta. (On second thought, Truman could have dubbed his production "Loretta and Connie," but I digress...)
What's not to like?
Some will say "Nothing," though the actors may grumble that they
won't be paid for their roles (though they will be credited) in this
"independent" production.
Still others will cite the storyline: Set in the 1960s, the Lynn and
Smith characters "evolve into a lesbian relationship." (Is there
no budget to pay the actors because of a budgeted expense that would
prevent the issuing of a cease-and-desist order?)
While this isn't a
docudrama, fictionalized accounts of recognizable, living people tend
to be problematic, though if the production receives CHUCK LONG's notice- endorsement or condemnation of the play's execution- we'll hear more about it on Out & About Today.
And- if, like many stage plays, this one ever makes it to the silver screen, I hope CINA SAMUELSON (who probably wishes it were possible to copyright a title) will be featured on the title song of the soundtrack.
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Oy vey!
CHARLEY CROCKETT tells L. KENT WOLGAMOTT thatCrockett
is of "mixed Black, Cajun, Creole and Jewish heritage," thus the
question of the singer, who was raised by a single mother (as one might
expect of someone carrying the aforementioned baggage): If you haven't
already, do you plan to join the Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance? (On a slightly related note, Charley adds of his musical influences "I know there's a Grand Canyon for some folks between BOB DYLAN and TOM T. HALL.
"I love Tom T. Hall [but] the reality is if you took Tom T. Hall out of
me, I'd still be good. But take Dylan out and I probably wouldn't
be doing it at all."
If TRACE ADKINS has his way, ANDY OGLES will be Tennessee's next (gerrymandered) fifth district congressman.
Adkins is showing his support in turning the traditionally blue
district in the red state red by joining Ogles for a VIP roundtable and
meet-and-great fundraiser to which all interested are invited.
Levels of access to the July 19, 2022 event in Lebanon, Tennessee are
tied to contributions ranging from $25 to $5,800. More
information is available here.
A share of publishing royalties from Combs' certified platinum hit, She Got the Best of Me is now available to the highest bidder. Details here.
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SARA EVANS' quest for justice is now somewhat resolved. Though, thanks to his criminal defense attorney,
SHYANNE RIDDLE, JAY BARKERgets by with a slap on the wrist, Barker's
one-year's probation won't officially end until Jay receives the "all
clear" at a probation hearing now set for May 11, 2023 at 11:45 a.m. inBirch Building Courtroom 4C.
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Re: TOBY KEITH's
stomach cancer diagnosis: Toby announced on June 12, 2022 that, after a
Fall, 2021 diagnosis, he's "spent the last six months receiving chemo,
radiation and surgery."
According to the American Cancer Society, Toby's early intervention and treatment gives him an excellent chance for survival beyond the average five-year prognosis.
