Tom's Country View

"If I counted correctly, there are four romantic dates nights in and out, which find Green and his onscreen lover ripping the other's clothes off. The entire time I felt like I needed to close my eyes, but I also couldn't look away." (Adison Haager / tasteofcountry.com, Feb 12, 2025)

"When I was working on Top Gun, [Tom] Cruise brought up a really interesting thing, where he’s like, “If you want to make movies of a certain size and scope and scale, you have to figure out what can connect with everyone around the world in every territory.” And humans versus weather is a very universal idea—how powerless we really are in the face of these cataclysmic forces." (Glen Powell / vogue.com, 23. Dezember 2023)

"BREAKING NEWS: New York journalist discovers new genre of music called "country" due to the release of Beyonce's new record "Cowboy Carter"." (Colby Acuff / X [former Twitter], March 30, 2024)

"He’s a star for sure, but the “pop” part of it is still a little beyond him — he’s never had a real crossover radio hit or a major TV appearance, and might not be interested in playing the game that would lead to those kind of looks anyway. For now at least, he’s likely content being America’s biggest cult star." (Billboard Magazine, Dezember 8, 2023)

"James Dean's accident with a speeding Porsche 550 Spyder happened on Highway 331 in California at 5:45pm. The burgeoning star had received a speeding ticket just two hours and fifteen minutes prior, at 3:30pm, which is the same time mentioned in 'Where the Wild Things Are'."   (Lydia Farthing / holler.country, October 23, 2023)

"This year has been quite the year for Country music on the charts and overall consumption. As of July 6 Luminate (per Billboard) reported that consumption of the Country music genre was up 20.3% year-over-year in the first 23 weeks of 2023 in the United States. In comparison, country music experienced a growth of 2.5% during the corresponding period in 2022."   (Lauren Jo Black / countrynow.com, Juli 31, 2023)

"The Nelson Mandela 70th Tribute Concert was held on June 11, 1988 at the Wembley Stadium, London. To celebrate Nelson Mandela, the biggest stars performed songs of freedom, hope and love in front of 72,000 people at the Wembley Stadium and more than 600 million television viewers from 60 countries who watched the broadcast. Then Tracy Chapman burst out there performing Fast Car." (about-tracy-chapman.net / Marc Cooper, Q Magazine, September 1988)

"Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful and rapidly intensifying storms to hit the United States, delivered days of misery and destruction — from the time it made landfall in Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to the torrential rains that pummeled the Northeast." (Sevil Omer / worldvision.org, September 22, 2021)