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- Buzz Feed
Shaboozey Defends Megan Moroney After AMAs Backlash
You know country singer Shaboozey. On May 26, he presented the Favorite Country Duo or Group category at the AMAs in Las Vegas alongside fellow country artist Megan Moroney. Reading from the teleprompter, they shared who won awards at the very first American Music Awards. "Country music has been an important part of AMA history. The very first year of this show, the award for favorite male country artist went to the great Charley Pride," Shaboozey said. Megan added, "That same year, favorite female artist went to Lynn Anderson, and this award [favorite country duo or group] went to the Carter family, who basically invented country music." The Carter Family is an American folk music group that profoundly influenced country, rock, and the 1960s American folk revival with songs like "Wildwood Flower" and "Wasbash Cannonball." One person wrote, "The gag is she was being shady or whoever wrote that was. Because why mention this now out of all years? Just saying this crap because of Cowboy Carter's controversy and Beyoncé informing y'all about the influence blacks have had on country music." When Megan started receiving hateful comments for that statement about The Carters, Shaboozey posted a comment in her defense on her May 27 Instagram post. On Megan's post about attending the AMAs, the "A Bar Song (Tispy)" singer wrote, "Just want to clear something up: my reaction at the AMAs had nothing to do with Megan Moroney!" "She's an incredibly talented, hard-working artist who's doing amazing things for country music and I've got nothing but respect for her," he continued. "I've seen some hateful comments directed at her today, and that's not what this moment was about." "Let's not twist the message - she is amazing and someone who represents the country community in the highest light," Shaboozey finished. Shaboozey also posted to his X account to discuss the history of country music, apparently as a response to the discourse surrounding The Carter Family and the viral AMAs moment. "When you uncover the true history of country music, you find a story so powerful that it cannot be erased...," he wrote. In a second post, Shaboozey wrote, "The real history of country music is about people coming together despite their differences, and embracing and celebrating the things that make us alike." Listen, regardless of Shaboozey's facial expressions and online debate, there's enough information out there to clear up any confusion on the history and origins of country music. I recommend checking out Ken Burns's 16-hour docuseries Country Music. If that's not your speed, I suggest reading Andrew Chow's 2019 Time article, "Black Artist Helped Build Country Music — And Then It Left Them Behind." In Andrew's article, he referenced how the Black influence on country music began with the banjo, an instrument that is a descendant of West African lutes that were brought to America by slaves. When the instrument was popularized and appropriated through minstrel and blackface shows it "deeply informed the rise of hillbilly music, a term that would later be rebranded as 'country music.'" The Black influence on country music is undeniable, and it doesn't matter if you listen to June Carter or Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. Now, go add Shaboozey, Megan, Beyoncé, and The Carters to your country music playlist and have yourself a hootenanny!
Daily Mail
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Braless Scout Willis shows off her enviable figure in a midriff-baring top at a private party in LA
Scout Willis ensured all eyes were on her as she went braless at a private party in Los Angeles. The 33-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore flashed her cleavage in a plunging baby blue top, which also bared her midriff, while celebrating the opening of Jacquemus' new boutique. The fashion-forward beauty, who recently weighed in on former stepdad Ashton Kutcher, added eye-catching white and red striped trousers. She draped a beige jacket with fringe detail over her shoulders and rounded out the look with coordinating pointy-toe heels. And the singer-songwriter wore her long, straight, brunette locks loose as curtain bangs framed her face. To tie everything together, Willis carried a bright red, rectangular-shaped leather handbag. It comes shortly after she made the rare move of commenting on her mom's split from ex-husband Ashton, 47. After her younger sister Tallulah Willis spoke about the aftermath of the marriage, Scout also shared her two cents. Tallulah, 31, appeared in the comments section of Gwyneth Paltrow's recent post about step-parenting. 'I have a lot to say on this! Especially how to move through an ex-step parent,' she posted in mid April, adding two red heart emojis. A fan asked if she was talking about Kutcher, who was married to Moore from 2005 to 2013, and Tallulah confirmed, 'This maybe should have been a private message lol but yes I have personal experience with this,' noting the topic was 'an important conversation' to have. Shortly after, Scout weighed in while chatting with ET at The Carters premiere: 'I think since my parents divorced when I was young, it's always been handled with absolute grace and love and I think that really is the way forward for everything. It's just like, putting the children first and just handling everything with a lot of mutual respect.' In January, Scout was by her mother Demi's side — along with sisters Tallulah and Rumer — as they celebrated the 62-year-old's first Golden Globe win. The festivities commenced after the veteran actress scored the gold gong in the Best Female Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy category for her role in The Substance. At the time, Scout took to Instagram to share outtakes from a post-awards show bash with her more than 500,000 followers. The proud daughter wrote in the caption, 'A night so joyful we barely took any photos! WHAT A GLORIOUS MOMENT!' Moore was clad in a red dress with black accents for the afterparty fun, while Scout looked sleek in a clinging, asymmetric, black dress with one long sleeve and a cinched waistline. Demi had previously delivered a moving speech as she accepted the win for her critically-acclaimed performance in the body horror film. 'Wow, I really wasn't expecting that,' the mom-of-three said at the beginning of her monologue. 'I'm just in shock right now. I've been doing this a long time, like over 45 years, and this is the first time I've ever won anything as an actor,' she told the audience.
Axios
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
New movies and shows this week on Netflix, Paramount+ and Apple TV+
Here's what's new on Netflix, Paramount+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Disney+, Max and Peacock. What we're watching: A documentary about the Oklahoma City bombing, a look at the tragic family story surrounding pop singers Nick and Aaron Carter, and a new period comedy about a former inmate acclimating back into society. " Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror," available Friday on Netflix State of play: It's been 30 years since the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. Zoom in: This documentary features crime scene recreations and firsthand accounts and interviews with Timothy McVeigh, the man responsible for the bombing. " The Carters," available now on Paramount+ The intrigue: This emotional documentary about the upbringing of pop superstars Nick and Aaron Carter is narrated by the singers' sister, Angel. Behind the scenes: Director Soleil Moon Frye uses home videos, photographs, audio recordings, private text messages and conversations with family friends, including Melissa Joan Hart, Scout Willis and longtime manager Lori Knight. " Government Cheese," available now on Apple TV+ Driving the news: This surrealist comedy series starring and produced by David Oyelowo ("Selma") premiered at SXSW. " Leverage: Redemption," Season 3, on Prime Video This season, the team will be pitted against a variety of corrupt adversaries while dodging the wrath of a past enemy and working through new relationship dynamics. Available now " Ransom Canyon," on Netflix This new drama from "All American" creator April Blair follows a power struggle between three ranching families in Texas Hill Country and the budding romance between a rancher (played by Josh Duhamel) and a local dancehall owner (played by Minka Kelly). Available now " The Rehearsal," Season 2, on Max Director and star Nathan Fielder puts his resources this season toward simulating a commercial plane crash. Available Sunday " Law & Order: Organized Crime," Season 5, on Peacock This season, the Organized Crime Control Bureau will face threats like cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family looking for vengeance against Det. Stabler (played by Christopher Meloni). Available now " Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things — The First Shadow," on Netflix This documentary goes behind the scenes of the stage-play prequel to the events of "Stranger Things." Available now " Jane," Season 3, on Apple TV+ The show's namesake, renowned zoologist Jane Goodall, will make an appearance this season. Available Friday " Light and Magic," Season 2, on Disney+ This three-part series follows the visual effects division of Lucasfilm (the studio behind "Star Wars") during the beginning of the digital age. Available Friday
Fox News
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Aaron Carter became ‘even more violent' after family got restraining order: documentary
It's no secret Aaron Carter struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues in the years leading up to his tragic death in 2022. Now, a new documentary, titled "The Carters," exposes intimate, never-before-shared details behind the famous family's history of loss, trauma and heartbreak. In the two-part documentary premiering April 15 on Paramount+, Aaron's twin sister, Angel Carter Conrad – as well as close friends and family members – open up about the experiences that led to Aaron's demise, including a terrifying moment in which an "unhinged" Aaron drove to his brother Nick Carter's house with a gun in his car. "I could tell that he was already taking drugs again," Angel said in the documentary. "He was real manic, all over the place and all the same bad habits were happening again." Angel recalled a phone conversation she had with Aaron, in which he told her he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. During that conversation, said Angel, Aaron said he often had thoughts of "killing babies" and Nick's wife, Lauren Kitt Carter. "I was just processing and taking it all in," Angel said. "I was so stunned by the conversation and so taken back and was processing everything that was happening." Angel made the conscious decision to not tell her Backstreet Boys brother for fear that Nick would take action and, in turn, ruin Aaron's career. "I didn't want to hurt [Aaron]," Angel confessed. However, weeks later, Aaron started to acquire multiple guns, including shotguns, AK-47s and more, and showcase them on social media. "He was so clearly in a very, very dark place and making threats to Angel, to Nick, to me," Angel's husband, Corey Conrad, said in the documentary. "Obviously he's not in his right mind." Angel admitted she was "so scared" of what her brother would do, so she eventually told Nick. In September 2019, Angel and Nick filed a restraining order against their brother. "After careful consideration, my sister Angel and I regret that we were required to seek a restraining order against our brother Aaron today," Nick announced on X (formerly Twitter) at the time. "In light of Aaron's increasingly alarming behavior and his recent confession that he harbors thoughts and intentions of killing my pregnant wife and unborn child, we were left with no choice but to take every measure possible to protect ourselves and our family." "We love our brother and truly hope he gets the proper treatment he needs before any harm comes to himself or anyone else," the statement concluded. The family felt that "there was no other option." "He was not in control of himself at the time," Corey said. Despite their efforts, the restraining orders made Aaron become "even more violent," Corey revealed. Aaron became "even more violent." "He drove to [Las] Vegas with a gun in his car, live-streaming to where we knew that he was there driving to Nick's community," he recalled. Aaron's assistant at the time had the late star's location via Find My Phone and was giving the family live updates on where Aaron was. "Instead of going to Kentucky [where he was scheduled to perform], he's going toward [Las] Vegas," Aaron's longtime manager and Carter family friend, Lori Knight, said. "We get a ping that he's getting off the exit that Nick's home is on and then the next ping we get is at some restaurant across the street from the entrance to Nick's gated community." "We literally had this moment, where like, 'Oh my God, he's going to kill Nick or Lauren, He's going to kill somebody. Then, he's going to kill himself,'" Knight added. "They had helicopters, they had SWAT. We did not know what he was going to do, what he was going to try," Corey added. "It was such a scary time to listen to their voices, to Lauren and Nick," Knight recalled. "You could hear the terror that they felt in those moments. There was complete chaos going on in the home." "[Aaron] sat in the parking lot for 45 minutes and then left, and we tracked him to Kentucky," she said. Angel said the last time she saw her twin brother was in the courtroom when the guns were legally taken away. "He was really angry. He yelled to me, 'You're dead to me.' It was horrible. I didn't even recognize him. He was too far gone at that point," she said. "What we wanted was for Aaron to get help, get healthy," Corey added. "We were trying to save him in any way we could." "Aaron's mental illness manifested into very dark things," Lori said. "He did very monstrous things in the last few years of his life. He hurt a lot of people. The people he hurt the most were the people who really loved him and cared about him." Angel, who reconnected with her brother shortly before he died, said the family was in "crisis mode," the week of his death. "He said, 'You're the reason why I'm addicted to drugs. It's your fault,'" Angel recalled Aaron telling her at the time. "He said, 'You guys always made me the scapegoat.' I was frustrated that he blamed me and that he wasn't owning what he was doing." That was their last conversation. Aaron died on Nov. 5, 2022. He drowned in his bathtub, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The "effects of difluoroethane (aerosol propellant found in spray cans) and alprazolam (commonly known as Xanax)" were listed as contributing factors in his death. The manner of death was ruled an "accident," according to the coroner. "I'll never forget being in London and getting the text message," an emotional Nick said in the documentary. "It's still unbelievable to this day. I haven't had a chance to grieve." With the documentary, the family hopes to spread awareness about mental illness, especially among children. Angel and Nick have not only been grieving the loss of Aaron, but their two other siblings, as well as their father. Leslie Carter died of a drug overdose in 2012, Bobbie Jean died of a fentanyl overdose in 2023 and their father, Robert Gene Carter, died in 2017. "We have to do something. This cannot just be swept under the rug," Angel said in the documentary. "How do we stop this? We stop this by speaking out about it. I just think there's a life lesson within this. To take something so tragic and turn it into something positive, which is exactly what Aaron would want." "Aaron loved people," she added. "He loved being there for people and showing up for people. I want people to remember that part of him." Despite the tragedy, Angel – who is an activist for the nonprofit Kids Mental Health Foundation (formerly On Our Sleeves), an initiative of Nationwide Children's Hospital, to raise awareness of the importance of children's mental health – remains focused on what matters most: family. "I don't ever want to not feel the pain and the sadness that I feel for my siblings, because at this point, that's how I connect with them," she said. "I don't want to ever not cry for them because they're not forgotten. They're remembered. They deserve that." The two-part documentary, titled "The Carters," premieres April 15 on Paramount+.
Boston Globe
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
This week's TV: ‘Government Cheese,' ‘Ransom Canyon,' and more
Nick Carter and Angel Carter Conrad in "The Carters." CBS/Paramount+ 1. 'The Carters: Hurts to Love You' Tuesday on Paramount+: With a title taken from Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter's 2023 same-named pop song, the new bio miniseries is a tale of two famous brothers, Nick and Aaron, one living, one dead. In 2022, at age 34, one-time child star Aaron drowned, his system flooded with drugs, in a death the coroner deemed accidental. What happened? How did early fame alter their trajectories? Through home movies, music videos, interviews, and the lens of their sister Angel, the docuseries strives to understand the diverging paths of two talented siblings from the same home who found their time in the spotlight. Directed by 'Punky Brewster' star Soleil Moon Frye. Advertisement 2. " ' Wednesday on Britbox: The Agatha Christie classic, first published in 1944, gets a glossy BBC makeover. The arch three-part miniseries, set in the 1930s, stars Hollywood royalty Anjelica Huston as the bedridden widow Lady Camilla Tressilian. The aristocratic owner of an English seaside estate hosts a coterie of strange and suspicious characters. Upon the discovery of a corpse, Inspector Leach (' Advertisement 3. 'The Diamond Heist' Wednesday on Netflix: Producer 4. 'Ransom Canyon' Thursday on Netflix: The new contemporary ranch drama joins the field of neo-westerns like 'Longmire,' 'Yellowstone,' and ' 5. 'Secrets of the Penguins' Sunday on National Geographic at 8 p.m., then migrating to streaming on Disney+ and Hulu: It's amazing penguins still have secrets after the recent movie 'The Penguin Lessons' and the 2006 Oscar winner 'March of the Penguins.' Still, who doesn't love those flightless birds, even though it's a fallacy that they mate for life. Blake Lively narrates National Geographic's three-part docuseries just in time for Earth Day on April 22. Advertisement
