Disney/Frank MicelottaAshley McBryde s no stranger to getting unsolicited advice. Sometimes the advice resonates, but sometimes it doesn t.Reflecting on the counsel she s received, Ashley says she s gleaned an important life lesson that inspired "The Devil I Know.""We’re all constantly getting advice from every direction. We are told to do this and told to do that, whether it’s by social media or wherever it is you’re getting your opinions from," Ashley tells the press while sharing the backstory of her latest single."The truth is, things go a lot better when you just trust your gut," she notes.Ashley candidly chronicles this self-belief in the anthemic "The Devil I Know."As the chorus goes, "Momma says, get my ass to church/ Daddy says, get my ass to work/ Doctor says I gotta give up on these smokes/ Everybody s got something to say/ About how I gotta change my ways/ But I got something to say of my own/
Taylor Hill/WireImagesBelieve it or not, it’s been 25 years since Little Big Town started winning hearts and minds with their lyrics and harmonies. And to mark their quarter-century anniversary, the six-time CMA Vocal Group of the Year is bringing along one of their contemporaries to celebrate: five-time CMA Vocal Duo of the Year Sugarland will join them on the Take Me Home Tour this fall.And if you weren’t around for their initial tours a couple decades ago, their performance of pop star Phil Collins’ “Take Me Home” on the CMT Music Awards on Sunday is just a taste of the concert-ready camaraderie.“We’ve been lucky enough to tour many years ago together, we did several tours together,” Sugarland s Jennifer Nettles tells ABC Audio. “We’ve been on this show together, actually the CMTs, we’ve done a collaboration on this show even, before, many years ago. And we just love them, you know: we love them as people, we love them as artists.”“Collaborat
Warner Bros. PicturesGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the fifth film in the Monsterverse franchise, raked in an estimated $31 million at the domestic box office, bringing its tally up to $135 million. Worldwide, the film starring Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens and Brian Tyree Henry has glommed a total of $361 million worldwide.Dev Patel s directorial debut, Monkey Man, finished a distant second, earning an estimated $10.1 million in its opening weekend. The thriller grabbed an estimated $2.6 million overseas, for a worldwide tally of $12.7 million.Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire took third place, grossing an estimated $9 million in its third week of release. Frozen Empire, the sequel to 2021 s Afterlife, has collected $138 million globally.Debuting in fourth place was The First Omen, the prequel to the 1976 horror film The Omen, delivering an estimated $8 million at the North American box office. The film added an estimated $9.1 million internationally, bringing its worldwide haul to $