We know that Lainey Wilson made her acting debut on season 5 of “Yellowstone,” but she’s not stopping there! “I’m honestly getting pitched things right and left, which is cool,” she revealed. “Opportunities where I am a musician, opportunities where I’m not, opportunities just to write for shows.” The country singer admitted that she’s currently “entertaining a lot of things” as her options are “kinda endless at this point.” Nothing’s set in stone just yet, but we do already know that she’s making her feature film debut in the upcoming adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s “Reminders of Him.”

Lainey Wilson is being honored with corn mazes at 36 family farms across 25 states and Canada this fall. The tribute comes as she currently holds the CMA Entertainer of the Year award. The corn maze campaign invites guests to “get lost with Lainey” and continues a tradition that previously honored Reba McEntire in 2023 and Luke Bryan in 2024. Wilson, who grew up on a fifth-generation farm in Louisiana, said she was excited about the honor, saying she was “blessed to be raised playing in the dirt, riding in the tractor, and helping my daddy grow corn.” The mazes feature interactive games testing visitors’ knowledge about Wilson, life-sized photo opportunities, her music playing throughout, and recorded audio messages. Visitors can enter to win a grand prize trip to see Wilson perform at the National Finals Rodeo in December, plus individual farm winners will receive autographed copies of her “Whirlwind Deluxe” album.

• Today in 1954, Elvis Presley made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry. It was the only time he ever performed there.
• Today in 1961, the single, “I Fall To Pieces,” by Patsy Cline peaked at #12 on the pop singles chart.
• Today in 1973, Charlie Rich’s single, “Behind Closed Doors,” was certified gold.
• Today in 1981, the album, “Saddle Tramp,” by Charlie Daniels Band was certified gold.
• Today in 1981, George Strait’s album, “Strait Country,” was released.
• Today in 1984, John Anderson’s “Greatest Hits” album arrived in stores.
• Today in 1990, the “Rumor Has It” album by Reba McEntire was released.
• Today in 1991, Dottie West died at the age of 58 as a result of injuries she sustained five days earlier in a car accident. As the first female country GRAMMY winner, Dottie was considered by many as a trailblazer for female country performers.
• Today in 1998, Jo Dee Messina was certified for the first time, scoring a gold album for “I’m Alright” and a gold single for the double-sided hit “I’m Alright” and “Bye Bye.”
• Today in 2001, Jeff Carson’s album, “Real Life,” and Hal Ketchum’s “Lucky Man” project arrived in stores.
• Today in 2001, Trace Adkins and his wife, Rhonda, welcomed their second child, Brianna Rhea. The newest addition to the family joined the couple’s other daughter, Mackenzie and Trace’s two teenage daughters (from his previous marriage). Here’s a piece of fun trivia for you: while Brianna Rhea weighed in at 6-lbs, 6-oz at birth – ironically, her daddy is 6′, 6″ tall.
• Today in 2002, the Dixie Chicks’ album, “Home,” debuted at #1 on the multi-genre Billboard 200 chart and the “Billboard” Country Albums charts with the highest first full week’s sales of any female group in the SoundScan era. In fact, fans snapped up 779,828 copies of “Home” in its first week of release. The accomplishment also set the record for the highest first week sales for any female country artist and any country group. In case you were wondering, the previous record holder was the Chicks themselves. They previously held the title in both categories.
• Today in 2008, Trace Adkins performed the national anthem at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, where John McCain accepted the presidential nomination during the Republican National Convention.
• Today in 2012, Gary Allan’s single, “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain),” was released.
• Today in 2014, Garth Brooks officially ended his retirement from the road as he and Trisha Yearwood launched an 11-show run at the Allstate Arena in Chicago.

Country star Jelly Roll and his wife Bunnie XO celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary while on a trip to Cologne, Germany. The couple shared photos of themselves holding hands and laughing in a cathedral, writing “Life is ours, we live it our way” and “9 years of us” on their joint Instagram post. Jelly Roll reshared the post on his story with Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” playing, adding that he loves her “more and more every single day.” The couple are still hoping to expand their happy family; they’re currently working to expand their family through IVF, with Bunnie being open about the physical and mental challenges of the process on social media.

Blake Shelton has revealed that he almost recorded “I Wanna Talk About Me” before it became Toby Keith‘s number one hit. During an appearance on the Bobby Bones Show, Shelton said songwriter Bobby Braddock wrote the song specifically for him because Blake used to make up silly raps in the studio. His label, Giant Records, recorded the song for his first album, but after focus group testing came back terrible, they decided not to release it as a single or even put it on the album. The focus group results were so bad that the label said it was “horrifying” and shouldn’t be on his record at all. Toby Keith later recorded the song and it became a two-month number one hit in 2001. Shelton joked that the focus groups “really nailed it,” showing how wrong they can be.

Post Malone may have a new girlfriend. The singer was spotted in Milan yesterday, strolling comfortably through the city with Russian influencer Diana Korkunova. No PDA, but the “Daily Mail” reports the two seemed very into each other. The sighting comes as Posty and ex-GF Jamie Park just finished duking it out in the courts over custody of their three-year-old daughter. No word on how the two met; Korkunova has over 1.3-million followers on her Instagram…perhaps Malone is one of them.