Zac Brown & Dave Matthews warming up before their... performance in Nashville! #zacbrown #dmb #davematthewsband #davematthews #dmbgorgecrew #dmbgc #gorgecrewshow more

This kid is going places #raisedondave Dave Matthews Band... - Gravedigger - Bangor 2023 🎥 our_honest_bodies(ig) #dmb #davematthewsband #davematthews #dmbgorgecrew #dmbgc #gorgecrewshow more

Sing & Dance La La La Hey! 🎥 twosteph41(ig)... #dmb #davematthewsband #davematthews #dmbgorgecrew #dmbgc #gorgecrewshow more

“I hope it rains like hell tonight” Dave Matthews... on his way out after having to cancel tonight’s show due to weather conditions 🎥 Steve Klass #dmb #davematthewsband #davematthews #dmbgorgecrew #dmbgcshow more

Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair warming up before their... WWE Women’s Tag Team title defense tonight! #WWERAWshow more

Mahomes and Kelce warming up at Arrowhead before their... final preseason game. Who else is ready to see this in the regular season? 🙋show more

Brian Windhorst: "I’m currently in Abu Dhabi…Mike Brown is... really focusing on the offense…showing extra film before practice, going over the system…It’s very different & higher speed. We’ll see if it actually takes, their fans are going to be surprised"show more

Lacy revealed in his latest Snapchat stories that he... woke up still high after he & Silky made edible cinnamon rolls for their Salt & Pepper segment the night before 👀😭 “I'm never taking edibles ever again. Silky, you are the devil, brother.”show more

Nashville’s celebration of America’s 250th birthday broke records with... the largest Fireworks and Drone Show in the city’s history. 1,000 drones lit up the sky at a height of 600 feet, accompanied by a live performance of the Nashville Symphony. Music City’s fireworks display featured 12-inch shells for the first time—the largest ever launched in the city. They’re 3x larger in volume and weight than the 8-inch shells used in previous years, and weigh ~20 pounds each. The shells reach ~1,200 feet in the air before bursting into a display spanning ~1,000 feet across. 8 pyrotechnicians were staged in a steel bunker located in the middle of the show firing the shells in order to synchronize them to the Nashville Symphony performance. 40,000 pounds of explosives and 200 miles of wire were used in the show, per The Tennessee Tribune, with the show’s 2-minute finale ranking among the most powerful in the country.show more

Zac Lomax is on the verge of returning to... the NRL. He is flying to Port Moresby to finalise a multi-year deal with the PNG Chiefs. The deal expected to be worth $700,000-$800,000 per season over up to three years. Lomax travelled to PNG with his family on Saturday to complete the move. He’ll play the 2027 Super Rugby season with the Western Force before linking up with the Chiefs in 2028. Melbourne Storm also showed interest but Lomax knocked back their approach. Anthony Seibold was on the same flight and is expected to join the Chiefs as Willie Peters’ senior assistant. Source: Michael Carayannis, Code Sports.show more

This was captured by a doorbell camera last Thursday... evening in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The family is the Warners. The mother is Christine. Her husband is David. Their kids are Lily, age thirteen, and Marcus, age ten. The dog is a shaggy brown and white mixed-breed named Benny. Seven years old now. Two years ago, the Warners were moving from Chattanooga to Nashville. It was a long moving day with multiple trips. During the second truck run, Benny was left with a neighbor temporarily. When the neighbor opened the door to check on him, Benny slipped past and ran. They searched the neighborhood for hours. Filed lost pet reports. Drove back from Nashville three times to search. Posted on every platform they could find. Hired a pet recovery service for two months. Eventually, life kept moving. The kids still talked about Benny. The subject would come up at dinner sometimes. Christine told us she never fully unpacked Benny's things in Nashville. They just stayed in a box in the garage. Then in September, the Warners moved back to Chattanooga for David's job. Back to the same house. The same address. Last Thursday at 6:42 PM, the doorbell camera activated. Benny walked up the porch steps alone. Thinner than before. Fur longer and rougher. But unmistakably Benny. He walked to the front door and sat down. Waited. Christine was in the kitchen. Her phone showed the doorbell notification. She looked at the camera image on her screen and stood completely still for several seconds. Then she ran to the front door. The doorbell camera captured everything. Christine on her knees. Benny walking directly into her arms. Both of them on the porch floor. Christine saying his name over and over. David and both kids came to the door moments later. The camera caught all four of them on the porch in the dark. A veterinarian confirmed Benny's identity through a microchip registered in the Warners' name. The vet said Benny was underweight but in remarkable condition for two years on his own. David told us: "We moved back to the same house in September. Benny showed up in October. I don't know how to explain that. I don't know if I even need to."show more

When ATEEZ first stepped onto the stage in October... 2018, they were eight boys with a dream that seemed far too big for their small beginnings. No one could have guessed that these wide-eyed rookies from a relatively unknown company, KQ Entertainment, would grow into one of K-pop’s most inspiring success stories. From the very beginning, ATEEZ weren’t chasing fame; they were chasing meaning, and the chance to make their voices heard. Before they were performing on global stages, they were just trainees practicing until sunrise, sharing late-night meals, and holding onto faith that someday, someone would notice them. They weren’t born into luxury or fame; they built everything with their own hands. Their journey was far from perfect. It was filled with exhaustion, moments of doubt, and nights when giving up must have felt easier than pushing forward. Yet, they kept going. They turned pain into passion and uncertainty into performance. Every stage became their proof that dreams can be real if you fight for them hard enough. Their message has always been deeply human: to keep chasing your dream, even when it feels impossible. They call themselves “the youth who move forward,” but they have become something even greater. They are living proof that ordinary people with extraordinary determination can change their fate. 7 years after that debut, ATEEZ stand on some of the biggest stages in the world, performing for thousands who sing their songs back to them. Despite all the fame, they remain grounded, still those same boys who once practiced in small rooms and endless hope. Happy 7 years ATEEZ 💗 7 YEARS WITH ATEEZ #에이티즈_7주년_항해는_계속된다 #7_years_with_ATEEZ #A_TO_Z ATEEZ(에이티즈)show more

My social media friends and family, I want to... share a pop culture story with you that is deeply personal to me about my daughter, Jewel, and the rise of the sensational K-Pop grout BTS. As BTS prepares for their comeback performance tomorrow from their military service, some stories deserve to be told the right way. (If it’s available to you, I encourage you to watch the live stream performance Saturday morning at 1 AM EST.) Years ago, my daughter, Jewel, met a group of young men from South Korea who were in Los Angeles working, learning, and pursuing something they believed in. The world didn’t know them yet. They weren’t global icons. They were just young artists trying to find their way. That group was BTS. Jewel’s meeting them happened in a way that still feels serendipitous—and very much like her. While out to dinner in Los Angeles, exuding that natural warmth and vivaciousness she carried everywhere, she was approached by a band member and asked if she would be part of their reality TV show. She said yes, the way she always did to new experiences and new people. That moment led to her participation in their reality series "American Hustle Life," and from there, she was also invited to be part of their “Boy in Luv” LA music video. What began as a simple, genuine interaction—just Jewel being Jewel—quietly became something much bigger. When Jewel first arrived on set she saw something in them immediately. Not just talent—she saw who they were. Their kindness. Their humility. Their work ethic. Their respect for others. She told them they were going to go far. And she came home and told me the same thing… “Dad, they’re going to be stars.” She didn’t say it casually. She meant it. And she was right. Today, the world knows BTS for what they have accomplished—historic musical firsts in the United States, breaking barriers, filling stadiums, speaking at the United Nations, addressing anti-Asian hate crimes at the White House, and bringing people together across cultures and languages. But what makes me proud isn’t just their success. It’s that Jewel recognized their character before the world recognized their fame. After Jewel passed, something profound happened that I will never forget. The group reached out to me and then their fanbase—ARMY—showed up. Not in a small way. Not for a moment. But in a global, unified, compassionate movement. They helped tell Jewel’s story. They helped raise awareness about the defective Takata airbag that took her life. Together, we reached people across every continent. millions of engagements. Conversations that mattered. Lives saved. They didn’t have to do that. But they did. And that told me everything about who they are. Thank you. To the members of BTS—congratulations on completing your military service. That commitment to your country and your fellow citizens speaks volumes about your character. It reflects the same values Jewel saw in you from the very beginning. I am proud of everything you have accomplished. I am proud that your paths crossed with my daughter. And I am grateful that she had the chance to know you—not as the world sees you now, but as the young men you were, and still are at your core. Her belief in you came true. And I know that she is smiling down on you from heaven. —Alexandershow more

It happened last Tuesday morning at Paws & Found... Animal Rescue in Columbia, South Carolina — an ordinary shift that turned into anything but. Melissa, 28, has volunteered at the shelter every Tuesday and Thursday for two years. Scanning intake dogs for microchips is routine. Most scans come back empty — no match, no name, nothing. She'd stopped expecting otherwise. The dog on the table that morning was a scruffy, medium-sized brown mixed-breed male, found wandering near a highway off-ramp on Route 26 the night before. No collar, no tags, calm but thin — clearly on his own for a while. Melissa ran the scanner across the back of his neck like always. It beeped. She looked at the screen — and froze. A name. An address. A registration date from four years back. A phone number with a 615 area code — Nashville, where she has family. The dog's name: Ranger. Reported lost in October 2021 — two years and four months earlier. Owner listed as Thomas Whitfield. Melissa said she just stared at the screen, then covered her mouth and started crying before she'd even fully processed it. Shelter director Carol Nguyen saw her from across the room. "Melissa? What's wrong?" Melissa just turned the scanner toward her. They called the number together. It rang four times before a tired-sounding man picked up. "Is this Thomas Whitfield?" "...Yes." "Mr. Whitfield, we're calling from Paws & Found Animal Rescue in Columbia. We think we may have your dog, Ranger." Silence. Then: "What?" Carol explained — the off-ramp, the microchip match, all of it. Thomas went quiet, then his voice cracked: "I've been looking for him for two years. I thought he was gone." He drove seven hours from Nashville the next morning. Melissa was there when he walked in. She said Ranger recognized Thomas before Thomas even made it through the door — and the second Thomas knelt down, Ranger was already running to him. "I scan chips every week," Melissa told us. "Most weeks, nothing. You keep doing it anyway, because you have to. And then one Tuesday, the scanner beeps, and everything changes." Two years lost. One beep. One phone call. One seven-hour drive. Sometimes hope for a dog and its family is stored in a chip the size of a grain of rice — just waiting for someone to check.show more

WORLD CLASS PERFORMER V Do you know why, during... that brilliant BTS performance, it was Kim Taehyung — among all the members — who took on specific responsibilities before the group's largest audience since their debut? V’s performance AT FIFA HALFTIME SHOW revealed an aspect of live performance that often goes unnoticed by the public: the cognitive complexity involved in executing last-minute changes without compromising artistic quality. #Taehyung demonstrates a rare ease when he needs to deviate from the script. He responds to the environment, the cameras, the audience, and last-minute adjustments with a spontaneity that never feels merely improvised, but rather organic. In these unpredictable moments, Taehyung seems to be in his element, revealing an artistic confidence that few performers can maintain under such pressure. For a vocalist, altering the distribution of a song's lines is one of the riskiest tasks imaginable. After years of performing a song the same way, musical and muscle memory become deeply ingrained. Breaking this pattern requires an exceptional level of concentration, as the brain must inhibit established responses and replace them with a new sequence — all while the performance is unfolding in real time. For the presentation of “Dynamite”, #V took on vocal parts that were not originally assigned to him and even altered the lyrics themselves. These changes were prepared in an incredibly short timeframe — just hours after he had performed the standard version of the song during the tour in Paris. In other words, his brain had to switch between two different versions of the same song on practically the same day, without letting one interfere with the other. The challenge was not merely vocal. He had to synchronize these new cues with highly precise choreography, stage blocking, camera positioning, interaction with the other members, movement across a vast stadium, and the pressure of singing entirely live before the planet's largest sports audience. All of this took place while his body was still bearing the physical and mental toll of an intense touring schedule. It is precisely this kind of situation that distinguishes a great singer from a world-class artist. Vocal technique must work in tandem with memory, motor coordination, spatial awareness, breath control, rhythm, interpretation, and the ability to adapt under pressure. A slight slip-up in the cue, singing a word from the old version, or a delay of a fraction of a second could have compromised the entire flow of the performance. None of that happened. #BTSV executed every change with absolute naturalness, as if that version had always existed. His vocals remained steady and powerful, his stage presence stayed magnetic, and his delivery exuded confidence from start to finish. At no point was the complexity of the task apparent to the audience. Paradoxically, this invisibility is one of the greatest indicators of technical excellence: when the extraordinary appears simple. And there is a detail that makes this feat even more significant. The section with the modified lyrics ended up becoming the most viral moment of the entire performance. It was the part replayed by media outlets, shared on social media, turned into thousands of videos, and remembered by audiences around the world. Yet, the significance of that moment went beyond technical execution. Taehyung achieved something rare: a cultural shift. His magnetism transcended languages, geographies, cultures, and different audience bubbles. The performance generated digital waves, emotional reactions, debates on performance art, a massive aesthetic impact, and completely organic viral reach. It was a historic performance because it simultaneously combined a supreme level of technical skill, immense artistic responsibility, and a cultural impact that continued to expand long after the show ended. Few artists manage to turn a performance into a global event. #KimTaehyung did.show more