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For “American Idol” contestant Emmy Russell, country music runs in her veins. Russell, who made the Top 20 of the singing competition show, is the granddaughter of country music legend Loretta Lynn, and as she’s proving, she’s inherited some of Lynn’s remarkable talent. The 25-year-old singer said in a video on an episode, “I’m a…

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Almost five years after his 3-year-old son River died in a tragic drowning accident, Granger Smith is sure of one thing: suffering has a way of drawing people closer to God. The 44-year-old “Backroad Song” singer told The Christian Post, “For reasons that we don’t fully know, God’s plan will always involve suffering in this…

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In a new interview with Porter, Dakota Fanning opened up about her love for acting and how she looks forward to being a mother one day. “Being an actor is a huge part of my identity. I don’t really know who I am without it,” Fanning, 30, told Porter. “But I also have a desire…

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University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley didn’t waste time praising God after the Gamecocks won the national championship, days after a secular legal group called for the university to take action over comments on her faith. During a post-game interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe after South Carolina defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes, led…

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