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Chris Stapleton Got ‘Dad Points’ by Putting His Daughter on the Phone With Adele

Adele made Billboard chart history by asking Chris Stapleton to sing "Easy On Me" with her. And he scored some "dad points" by asking the superstar to speak with his daughter.

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Carrie Underwood Revealed Her ‘Kids Are Her Alarm’

Carrie Underwood is a country superstar up for Entertainer of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards who enjoys "quiet time" with her husband and nightly dinners with their kids.

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Eric Church Could Have Died Due to a Blood Clot Caused by a Birth Defect

In 2017, country star, Eric Church, found out he had a birth defect and a resulting life-threatening blood clot that could have killed him at any moment.

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Ed McMahon Recalled 4 Times He Saw Johnny Carson Cry

Throughout 46 years of friendship, Ed McMahon recalled seeing 'Tonight Show' host, Johnny Carson, cry on four separate occasions. And he shared the stories to help combat myths Carson was cold and aloof.

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Maren Morris Wishes She’d Been Prepared for the ‘Shock’ of a C-Section

Maren Morris wishes "people talked more about their c-section stories" to help prepare others for the potential "shock" and isolation of new motherhood while recovering from major surgery.

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Luke Combs Has His Plate Full Preparing for His First Baby: ‘I Got a Lot of Stuff to Do’

Luke Combs is "nervous" about expecting his first baby with wife, Nicole, and "honored" he's nominated for Entertainer of the Year and Male Artist of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards.

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Pilot Inexperience Caused the Plane Crash That Killed Patsy Cline and 2 Other Country Stars

When the plane carrying Patsy Cline crashed due to pilot inexperience almost 60 years ago, Cline, her manager, and two other country stars were instantly killed.

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Patsy Cline’s Husband Said ‘Sweet Dreams’ Film Was Only ‘About 50 Percent True’

Charlie Dick, who was married to Patsy Cline when she died, was active in maintaining her legacy through the decades. And he publicly discredited the accuracy of 'Sweet Dreams,' the film based on her life.

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Ed McMahon’s Professional Advice for Getting an ‘Advanced Banana’ Degree

Ed McMahon was proud to be Johnny Carson's co-host for more than 30 years. In fact, he left some sage advice for others "interested in a career as a second banana."

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Fans Can Throw Parties in Reba McEntire’s Former $5 Million Mansion

Reba McEntire and Narvel Blackstock purchased their Tennessee mansion and started renovating it before their marriage. But following their divorce, its new owners turned it into a luxury event venue.

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Maren Morris Has a ‘Good Relationship’ With Marijuana, Says It’s ‘Helpful’ to Her

Country star, Maren Morris, says she has a "good relationship with marijuana" which she finds "helpful" in managing common conditions and complaints. But what important task does it not help her complete?

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Dana Carvey Thinks Johnny Carson Shunned Him After Joking About Him Being ‘Senile’

Johnny Carson enjoyed Dana Carvey's impressions of him for a time. But Carvey believes a specific 'Saturday Night Live' joke led to his unspoken exile from Carson's 'Tonight Show.'

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Loretta Lynn’s Last Moments With Patsy Cline Gave Her a Chill

When Loretta Lynn spent time at Patsy Cline's home for her wake, she recalled feeling a chill that gave her goose bumps. And she said her friend was still there to tell her to "turn on the damn heat."

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Ed McMahon Said Nerves Put a ‘Hell of a Strain’ on Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson seemed cool and collected to most who met him, but Ed McMahon said he was actually "always nervous" and considered passing on NBC's offer to host 'The Tonight Show.'

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Reba McEntire Felt Like ‘Something Was Shifting Inside of Her’ After Her First Divorce

When Reba McEntire left her first husband, Charlie Battles, she experienced "new freedom" and felt something "shifting inside." What other "emotions" changed around that time?

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Elizabeth Taylor Wore Negligees to Nightly Dinners With Rock Hudson

When Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson were filming 'Giant' in a small, Texas town, she visited him for nightly backyard dinners for which she donned negligee.

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When Dolly Parton Heard Patsy Cline Sing, ‘Nothing Else Registered’ but Her ‘God-Given Voice’

When Dolly Parton was a teenager, she was Patsy Cline perform on the Grand Ole Opry in the years before her death. Though she was scarred from a recent accident, Parton said "nothing else registered" once she started to sing.

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Ed McMahon Called Johnny Carson’s Signature Golf Swing ‘Delicious Irony’

Johnny Carson's 30 years of simulating a golf swing to close his "Tonight Show" monologues was "delicious irony," according to his co-host, Ed McMahon.

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Loretta Lynn Wooed Her Husband With a Pie Baked With Salt Instead of Sugar

Country icon, Loretta Lynn, met husband, Oliver Lynn, in a pretty old-fashioned way. She baked a pie and took it to a pie social where he bid on it. And even after finding he’d bid “a heck of a lot of money” for a sweet made with salt instead of sugar, he eventually ended up …

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Patsy Cline: Plane Crash First Responders Found ‘Broken Guitars, Cowboy Hats, and Rhinestones’

A first responder who arrived to the scene of the plane crash that killed Patsy Cline described finding tell-tale debris strewn about, including "broken guitars, cowboy hats, and rhinestones."