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Leader of center hosting Weiss also threatened to resign if journalist spoke on campus CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss will not be speaking next week at UCLA, reportedly due to security threats and pushback from professors and students. Nearly 11,000 people signed a petition demanding the university cancel the event, and a leader at the center hosting her talk threatened to resign… Source

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Today, it was officially announced that Riley Green is going to be an official cast member on Marshals, according to Variety. Just a couple weeks or so from the premiere date of the new Kayce Dutton-focused series, Marshals, will air on CBS and is a continuation of his story beyond Yellowstone. The new show starring Luke Grimes should provide fans with everything they want and more in terms of having him back on your screen for an action-packed show. The synopsis of the show’s first season, which will consist of 13-episodes seemingly finds Kayce Dutton got back to his violent ways because of a devastating loss that he suffered: “With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence.” Just in case you haven’t seen any of the trailers… all signs are pointing towards Kayce Dutton joining the U.S. Marshals because he loses his wife, Monica (played by Kelsey Asbille), which many Yellowstone fans are probably happy about. And in the Season One trailer, fans noticed that someone ho looked a lot like Riley Green was in a scene where you see Kayce, along with several others, hanging out around a campfire while a man with a very familiar mustache plays guitar. Riley will appear in multiple episodes, and he will play former Navy SEAL Garrett, who arrives at the ranch, unexpectedly, hoping to lean on his friends Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) and Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) to help “put the demons of his past to rest,” Variety reports. Riley says being on set with his friend Luke Grimes, who sort of had an inverse yet parallel journey to Riley as he is wading into the music world and has a new album coming out soon, made the whole experience that much better: “I’m so excited to be joining the cast of ‘Marshals.’ Being on set with my buddy Luke Grimes made the experience even more memorable. This is my first go around in the acting space and I couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to this world.” It sounds like Riley will have a pretty substantial role, at least in this first season, and I’m sure fans will be excited to see him on their TV screens as this highly-anticipated spinoff gets underway. Riley has expressed an interest in acting in quite a few interviews over the last several months, and there’s really no better role for a first acting job than this in my humble opinion. Grimes’ Marshals co-stars also include Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel), Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos) and Miles Kittle (Tatanka Means). Brecken Merrill plays his son, Tate, while Mo Brings Plenty and Gil Birmingham portray his friends from the Broken Rock reservation. Taylor Sheridan, David Glasser, John Linson, Art Linson, Spencer Hudnut, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Michael Freidman, Greg Yaitanes and Grimes executive produce the series, which is set to premiere on Sunday, March 1st, at 9 p.m. ET on CBS, and I have to imagine tons of country music fans will be even more excited to watch now that Riley’s part of it, and likely, I have to imagine you’ll hear some of his music in the show in some capacity too. You can catch a glimpse of Riley in the Season One trailer below, aound the  around the 1:39 mark: The post Confirmed: Riley Green To Make Acting Debut In ‘Marshals’ Alongside Luke Grimes first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Hitting pause…but it definitely sounds permanent. On the same day that Kane Brown announced he was opening a bar in Nashville, another artist-owned restaurant has announced that they’ve closed their doors and are exploring a “potential rebrand.” E3 Chophouse, the steakhouse owned by Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and former MLB player Adam LaRoche abruptly closed their doors following the Valentine’s Day weekend, announcing the move this morning in a post on social media: “We’re temporarily pausing operations as we evaluate what Nashville needs next. Our team is assessing market opportunities and exploring potential rebrand and re-concept strategies for the future of this location.” View this post on Instagram The original E3 Chophouse in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was opened by LaRoche and his brothers in 2013, and in 2019 the former MLB player joined with Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan to open their location in Nashville’s Hillsboro Village. At the time, LaRoche praised the country stars for their involvement in bringing the restaurant to Music City: “Jason & Luke jokingly talked for years about opening an E3 Chophouse in Nashville, and over time those talks became more serious. This is the town they call home, and they’re directly involved in the development and design of the restaurant. It’s come a long way from Luke wearing the E3 hat I made as a novelty many years ago, and we are humbled and excited to bring the restaurant to Music City.” The closure was apparently a surprise for employees at the restaurant, which just last week was promoting their Valentine’s Day menu. But according to a post from a now-former employee in a Nashville hospitality employee Facebook group, the staff had no warning that the restaurant was closing: While no reason was given for the closure, many on social media have speculated that it’s related to the recent property tax increases facing business owners in Nashville. The new property appraisals that were completed in 2024 have raised property taxes in some cases up to 400%, leading Rob Mortenson, the head of the Broadway Entertainment Association, to warning FOX17 last fall that the rising taxes could very well spell the end for some of staples of the Broadway scene: “These are folks that have been there for 40 years on Broadway, and, you know, they can’t pay the taxes. Their option is, I was told, we’re either going to go bankrupt or go to jail, one of the two, because we literally can’t pay the taxes.” Layla Vartanian, the owner of Layla’s Honky Tonk on Broadway, previously said that it’s the largest property tax increase she’s seen since she opened up her bar in 1997: “I’ve never seen an increase of any kind of property tax or any kind of tax in such a short period of time. We’re having an increase of 300-400% on these buildings down here, on our commercial buildings. Even on personal properties, residential properties, the increase is 300% and 400%.” And most recently, Acme Feed and Seed owner Tom Morales sounded the alarm that he may have to sell one of the few remaining locally-owned businesses on Broadway due to a tax increase that’s more than their profit: “It went from $129,000 a year to $600,000 a year. That’s more than our rent and net profit combined. … We can’t pay it. It’s punitive.” Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell drew criticism for his response to Morales voicing his concerns, basically saying that it’s not up to him and that businesses close all the time. Of course we don’t know if this is another case of the property tax increase causing a business to close, but I have a feeling E3 Chophouse won’t be the only Nashville restaurant that decides to close up shop in the near future.The post Jason Aldean & Luke Bryan’s Nashville Steakhouse Abruptly Closes first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

We are less than 24 hours away from MM3. At midnight on February 20, Megan Moroney will gift fans with her highly anticipated third studio album, Cloud 9. The tracklist, of course, features already-released songs like “6 Months Later” and “Beautiful Things,” as well as collabs with two of her favorite musicians: British pop star Ed Sheeran and country star Kacey Musgraves. Ahead of the album release, Moroney took a second to share a message with her fans about what they can expect, like a newfound confidence in this chapter of her music. She shared that most of this album was created in the midst of the Am I Okay? Tour and expressed extreme gratitude to her fans for their support and for being an endless source of inspiration. “Thank y’all for everything, I’m feeling so excited and sooooo grateful. It’s a long way down.” View this post on Instagram Touching on some of that newfound confidence, Moroney shared during a press interview with Katie Neal, host of Audacy’s Katie & Company, that she isn’t nervous for fans to hear any songs off the record, and she feels that she said the entire album “with [her] chest,” and it all came from a very authentic place: “No, no, because I said this whole album with my chest. I’m just like, it is what it is. I feel like…I  know I’ve got the best fans in the world, and they make me confident enough to where they’re gonna get behind my songs. They know that it’s coming from an honest, authentic place, and that just has given my more confidence as a songwriter to not give a crap what people are going to saw about it. I’m excited.” It sounds like saying this record, with her chest, means divulging juicy secrets about her love life, heartbreak, and more. The tea seems quite the opposite of this pink, feminine, girly imagery that we have gotten from Cloud 9. As with all of Moroney’s other LPs, this record has a specific color, which her fans fully embrace. But the imagery of Cloud 9 would have looked very different if Moroney had moved forward with the name she initially thought she’d give this album. During a conversation with SiriusXM’s The Highway, the “6 Months Later” singer revealed another song on the tracklist was a contender for the album’s title. “Initially, I thought the album was going to be called ‘Medicine.’ It was one of the first songs I wrote where I was like, ‘Oh, I can build a world around that. It’s going to be so much fun.'” While I am sure that a lot of symbolism could be drawn from a record named Medicine, Cloud 9 feels like a perfect progression in Moroney’s career, highlighting her dreams coming true, falling in love, and more. Moroney shared that her zest for life ended up being the title for the record: “I just got to a point in my life, it was like a very foreign feeling to feel so happy. Just like an excitement to live, which you know I feel like is rare for a lot of us to just wake up and be like, ‘Wow, today is wonderful.'” Moroney went on to share that she felt like she was above Cloud 9 in her personal life when she named the record, and was truly the happiest she’d ever been. “I was just in my career, in my personal life, like I was just, I could see where Cloud 9 was, and I knew that I was way above it.” I am very excited to hear the next era of Megan Moroney in full—from being a lover girl to the drama and heartache of it all, I am certain this record will clear up some speculations, leave fans with joy, and more. We are in the home stretch until MM3 is here… Fire up “Cloud 9” while you’re here: Cloud 9 Tracklist 1. “Cloud 9” (Megan Moroney, Luke Laird, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Ernest Keith Smith)* 2. “Medicine” (Megan Moroney, Connie Harrington, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Jessi Alexander)* 3. “6 Months Later” (Megan Moroney, Ben Williams, Rob Hatch, and David “Messy” Mescon)* 4. “Stupid” (Megan Moroney, Amy Allen, and David “Messy” Mescon)* 5. “Beautiful Things” (Megan Moroney, Connie Harrington, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Jessi Alexander)* 6. “Convincing” (Megan Moroney, Connie Harrington, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Jessi Alexander)* 7. “Liars & Tigers & Bears” (Megan Moroney, Luke Laird, and Jessie Jo Dillon)* 8. “I Only Miss You (ft. Ed Sheeran)” (Megan Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, Micah Carpenter, and Ed Sheeran)* 9. “Wedding Dress” (Megan Moroney, Ben Williams, and Colin Healy)+ 10. “Change of Heart” (Megan Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Micah Carpenter)* 11. “Bells & Whistles (ft. Kacey Musgraves)” (Megan Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Micah Carpenter)* 12. “Table for Two” (Megan Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Micah Carpenter)^ 13. “Wish I Didn’t” (Megan Moroney, Emily Weisband, Hillary Lindsey, and Luke Laird)* 14. “Who Hurt You?” (Megan Moroney, Luke Laird, and Jessie Jo Dillon)* 15. “Waiting on the Rain” (Megan Moroney, Luke Laird, and Jessie Jo Dillon)* * Produced by Kristian Bush + Produced by Luke Laird and Megan Moroney, additional production by Kristian Bush ^ Produced by Luke Laird and Megan MoroneyThe post Megan Moroney Almost Named Her Forthcoming Album After This Song Title Instead Of ‘Cloud 9’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.