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• “People” magazine has just revealed their third annual “Companies That Care” list
• The list recognizes companies that have demonstrated respect, compassion, and concern for their communities, their employees, and the environment
• San Francisco’s Salesforce tops the list because they promote philanthropy within the company, and have a program to support Vets
• Source: People

• Preply, the online language instruction platform, analyzed Google search data to find the most commonly mispronounced fashion and beauty brands.
• The fashion brand most are saying wrong is Hermès, which is actually pronounced “EHR-mez.”
• The beauty brand people struggle most to say correctly is L’Occitane, which is “Lox-EE-tahn.”
• Source: Best Life

 

As we told you, Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope both slammed Jason Aldean’s wife Brittany for a transphobic post, in which she wrote. “I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase" and more. After some back and forth on both sides, now Jason has chimed in, as has Maren’s husband Ryan Hurd.

Ten years ago this week Thomas Rhett dropped his self-titled debut EP, and looking back it’s hard for him to grasp just how far he’s come in the past decade. Thomas admits he doesn’t know why he’s been as successful as he has, although he chalks it up to “hard work for sure, and I think having people that believed in a vision.” 

Kenny Chesney wraps his “Here And Now” tour at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts tonight and tomorrow, but first he's given fans a new song. The singer just dropped the new track “Beer With Friends," featuring his tour mates Old Dominion.

As we told you, Sam Hunt is being credited with helping the plight of endangered sea turtles after he wore a vintage “Save the Ridley” T-shirt in his “Water Under The Bridge” video. The popularity of the clip sparked increase in inquiries to the sea turtle rescue and rehab facility Sea Turtle Inc. in South Texas, but that wasn’t his outright goal when he chose to wear the shirt.

Kane Brown brought out a very special guest at his Oklahoma show this weekend. The singer was joined by his good friend Randy Travis, who sat on stage in a wheelchair. Kane then serenaded the country legend with his classic tune “Three Wooden Crosses,” much to the delight of a beaming Randy.

Carrie Underwood is ready to hit the road on her “The Denim & Rhinestones Tour” in October and will be joined by Jimmie Allen as special guest, and she’s certainly looking forward to having him out with her.

Luke Bryan has always been a big supporter of farmers, and now he’s working with them on a new snack. The singer has teamed with Fendt North America for a limited-edition line of popcorn made from corn grown on his farm with the help of his farmer friends from Merritt Pop Co.

Hardy is ready to hit the road on a new headlining tour. He just announced dates for his “Wall to Wall Tour,” with special guest Jackson Dean on all dates, with the rock band Puddle of Mudd joining him in Columbia, South Carolina. 

Morgan Wallen is still riding high with his album “Dangerous: The Double Album” but it’s been out for well over a year and fans are likely anxious for new music. Well, turns out he’s working on it.

Kenny Chesney wraps his “Here And Now” tour at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts tonight and tomorrow, but first he's given fans a new song. The singer just dropped the new track “Beer With Friends," featuring his tour mates Old Dominion.

As we told you, Kelsea Ballerini honored Shania Twain at this week’s ACM Honors, not only performing her track “Man! I Feel Like A Woman,” but walking the red carpet in Shania's 1999 white GRAMMY dress, which she had on loan from the GRAMMY Museum.

The 15th annual ACM Honors, hosted by Carly Pearce, went down this week at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium with Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, Shania Twain and more among this year’s honorees, and several big-name stars on hand to pay tribute to them.

The University of Texas (UTA) in Austin is set to launch a new course all about Taylor Swift this autumn. The class is called “The Taylor Swift Songbook” and it’ll explore her songwriting. Her songs will be read alongside Shakespeare, Chaucer, Sylvia Plath, and Keats. Course texts include her albums “Folklore,” “Evermore,” “Lover,” and her reissue of “Red.”

Miranda Lambert has made some concert plans for next year. The singer has been announced as the second headliner for the 2023 edition of Florida’s Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam.

Two of this past season’s most popular “American Idol” contestants are hitting the road together. Current champ Noah Thompson and runner-up HunterGirl are teaming up for an eight-city fall tour that will kick off October 27^th in Columbus, Ohio.

Blanco Brown is hitting the road this fall. The singer just announced dates for his “Monster Energy Outbreak Tour,” kicking off October 6^th in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Rhett is bringing his “Bring The Bar To You” Tour up North. The singer just announced a set of Canadian dates for next year.

• Group chats can make it easy to communicate with your family or besties, but there are some unwritten rules to group chat etiquette.
• First up, don’t ask everyone to summarize chats you missed or to catch you up.
• And don’t have one-on-one conversations, that’s what direct messages are for.
• Source: Huff Post