Big congratulations go out to Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren, as they welcomed baby #5 into the world. They are first-time parents to a boy, Brave Elijah Akins. They announced the news going into the weekend on social media, saying, “Oh. my. goodness. Our hearts are just in a big ole puddle with this precious baby BOY.” The precious little boy was not so little, as mom and dad revealed: he arrived almost two weeks early and weighed almost 10 pounds.

Ella Langley is ruling the world of country music at the moment, but she has he sights set on other goals. One of them is that she wants to act in a horror movie one day. Ella says she’d probably start with a thriller, but one of her big goals is to make a horror movie. Not like the jump scare ones of today, but something more classic with a twist.

Could a Shinedown/Ella Langley collaboration be coming? Shinedown’s song “Searchlight” is gaining momentum on country radio and country charts, and Brent Smith, lead singer of the band, is a huge fan of Hardy and Ella Langley. He said he didn’t know much about her, but her voice and her song “Choosin’ Texas” made him stand up and take notice.