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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Reclusive Country Star, 54, Gushes About Faith Hill: 'Most Kind and Most Generous'
has been a darling of country music since the early 1990s. She appears to have a picture-perfect life with husband and fellow major country star Tim McGraw and their three daughters, Gracie, 28, Maggie, 26, and Audrey, 23. But what might be nice for fans to know is that Hill is just as kind as she appears. On a Mother's Day post about Hill from youngest daughter Audrey, fellow country star Chely Wright, 54, made her true feelings known about Hill — and had nothing but wonderful things to say. "@audreymcgraw, your mom has always been the nicest, sweetest, most kind and most generous person around. This video took me way back in time.❤️," wrote Wright on the undated video of Hill from approximately 1994. Wright was a contemporary of Hill's in the 1990s, charting the hits "Shut Up and Drive," "Just Another Heartache," "It Was," "Single White Female" and "Jezebel," among others. But she was a closeted lesbian and was terrified that if she came out, she would be ostracized in country music. So she had romantic relationships with such country stars as Vince Gill and Brad Paisley, both prior to their current marriages to Amy Grant and Kimberly Williams, respectively. In Wright's memoir, she writes about how in 2005, her friend and fellow country artist John Rich, told her that it wouldn't be OK to come out of the closet because "people don't approve of that deviant behavior" because "it's a sin." Wright eventually came out of the closet publicly in 2010 after she left Nashville for New York City. After she came out, she received a plethora of support from female country stars, including Hill, Mary Chapin Carpenter, LeAnn Rimes, , the band SheDaisy and the late Naomi Judd. Carpenter, Rimes and the sisters of SheDaisy supported her publicly; she told the Huffington Post that Hill, Yearwood and Judd all reached out privately after she came out. She said no male country stars made any moves of support. Either way, Wright left music altogether during the pandemic and is now happily working as the senior vice president of corporate social responsibility and new market growth at the global workplace experience and facilities management company ISS. 'I know firsthand what it feels like to be afraid that you don't fit in at work,' Wright told Us Weekly in a 2025 interview, adding, "I've always enjoyed figuring things out and finding a way to get a win, whether it be for my paper route customers [as a kid] or my country music fans, or the people I've been able to work with in design build and now facilities management. There's a win for everyone. And good business is making sure that your client is glad they spent their money with you. They do it again, and they'd tell their friends. That's it. That's what country music has in common with facilities management."
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
VIDEOS: Kirk Gibson-Freddie Freeman first pitch, Ice Cube World Series trophy rollout in Dodgers home opener
The Brief The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their 2024 World Series win at the start of the 2025 MLB season with local legends. Ice Cube performed at Dodger Stadium during pregame festivities, entertaining both Dodgers and opposing players. Joe Davis re-enacted his famous call from Game 1, followed by Kirk Gibson delivering the ceremonial first pitch to Freddie Freeman. LOS ANGELES - Ain't no party like an LAWorld Series party. The Los Angeles Dodgers led off their 2025 home opener by celebrating their World Series run from the previous campaign. In Hollywood fashion, they rolled out local legends to get the party started ahead of Thursday's game against the Detroit Tigers. Advertisement South Central's own Ice Cube pulled up to Dodger Stadium during the pregame festivities with the 2024 World Series trophy. Those who watched the pregame festivities for Game 2 of the World Series remember Ice Cube's iconic on-field performance. The impromptu concert left Dodger skipper Dave Roberts nodding his head and singing along to "It Was A Good Day" and even opposing outfielder Alex Verdugo was caught enjoying Ice Cube's music, who was explicitly rapping for the Boys in Blue, not the New York Yankees. Shortly after, Dodgers broadcaster Joe Davis re-enacted his now-famous line "Gibby, meet Freddie," in reference to his call during Game 1 of the World Series, which ended in a Freddie Freeman walk-off grand slam that resembled Kirk Gibson's famous home run in the 1988 Fall Classic. Both postseason heroes entered their respective World Series games nursing a serious leg injury. Advertisement After Davis delivered his line, Gibson walked onto the field to deliver the ceremonial first pitch to Freeman. RELATED: The Dodgers ended up winning Thursday's game against the Tigers 5-4.
CBS News
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Ice Cube honored at Hollywood TCL Chinese Theatre handprint ceremony
Los Angeles native Ice Cube will leave his mark at a hand and footprint ceremony at Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday. The 11 a.m. ceremony honors the rapper, songwriter and film star notably known for his lyrics on N.W.A.'s 1989 album, "Straight Outta Compton." Along with the ceremonial honors, the 55-year-old is set to announce his first domestic headlining tour in over a decade. The Truth To Power: 4 Decades of Attitude tour kicks off on Sept. 4, with a Sept. 28 Los Angeles Arena performance. The rapper recently showed some LA love performing "It Was a Good Day" ahead of the Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series Game 2. He again wore Dodger blue to celebrate the World Series champs, belting out "It Was a Good Day" to a stadium full of celebratory fans and players. Born O'Shea Jackson Sr., he formed his first rap group C.I.A. in 1986, and in 1987, he joined Dr. Dre and Eazy E to form the gangsta rap group N.W.A. Cube left N.W.A. in 1989 to launch a solo rap career and team with other artists. He started his film career with a role in director John Singleton's 1991 feature debut of "Boyz n the Hood," named after a 1987 rap song that Ice Cube wrote. One of the speakers at Tuesday's Hollywood ceremony includes Cube's son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., who portrayed his father in the 2015 N.W.A biopic, "Straight Outta Compton." Comedian and actor Mike Epps will also speak at the ceremony. Epps co-starred with Ice Cube in a series of comedic films, "Next Friday," "Friday After Next," "All About The Benjamins" and "Lottery Ticket." N.W.A was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. Ice Cube has released 11 studio albums. Each of the first five were certified platinum and the next two were certified gold. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017.
