Chris Stapleton and Morgane Stapleton have a love story that keeps country music fans swooning.

The pair tied the knot in October 2007, four years after meeting as songwriters in Nashville. While celebrating their 14th anniversary in October 2021, Morgane noted how much her life had changed since Chris became part of it.

“I don’t remember much about life before you. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for hearing me. Thank you for teaching me. Thank you for respecting me,” she gushed via Instagram alongside a romantic black-and-white photo. “Thank you for giving me everything I cherish in this life. I love you more than I’ll ever be able to put into words, but I’ll spend the rest of my time here on earth trying.”

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The couple, who share five children, make the perfect parenting and musical team.

“My wife has great taste in everything but men,” Chris joked during a 2015 interview with The Washington Post. “The vast majority of the songs on my debut album, Traveller, came from lists she made.”

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The stars went country — and daring — in nearly naked ensembles at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Bachelor in Paradise alum Hannah Godwin slipped on a plunging, sheer gown that was embellished with intricate crystal beads and a feather-covered skirt.

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“Checking in for a fun weekend,” Godwin wrote via her Instagram Stories ahead of the Sunday, May 17, awards show in Las Vegas.

“Shot in the Dark” singer Ashley Cooke, for her part, opted for a periwinkle frock with a completely transparent skirt. She completed her look with fresh-faced glam and wore her blonde locks down and straight.

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Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin‘s chemistry was undeniable at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards.

While the couple did not walk the red carpet ahead of the Sunday, May 17, ceremony at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, they were seen looking loved-up at the same table as breakout star Ella Langley during the Prime Video broadcast.

McLoughlin, 34, leapt to his feet and began clapping when Langley’s hit song “Choosin’ Texas,” which Lambert, 43, cowrote and produced, received the award for Single of the Year, marking Lambert’s 20th career ACM win. The couple also posed for photos with fellow nominee Lainey Wilson and her new husband, Devlin “Duck” Hodges, inside the arena.

Lambert received eight ACM Awards nominations this year, including Female Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Music Event of the Year and Visual Media of the Year for “A Song to Sing” with Chris Stapleton and Music Event of the Year for “Trailblazer” with Reba McEntire and Lainey Wilson. Lambert also performed her new single, “Crisco,” in an all-denim outfit with a white cowboy hat during the show.

Lambert and McLoughlin have kept a relatively low profile since tying the knot in January 2019. In her September 2024 Us Weekly cover story, she offered rare insight into the pair’s relationship away from the prying eyes of the public.

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“I guess the thing I’ve learned the most is just that communication is everything,” she told Us at the time. “Love doesn’t always cut it. You’ve got to talk about s***. And you have to compromise sometimes and be willing to listen to each other when you have something important to say. Love is hard some days, but the reward is so worth it.”

Lambert also credited McLoughlin with challenging her in positive ways.

“He calls me out, and I love that. I need that,” she explained of her husband. “I don’t think it’s healthy that people, especially artists or celebrities, surround themself with yes people. If you surround yourself with a group of people who are honest with you, you’ll go a lot farther, and it’s a lot healthier in the long run.”

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As for how the duo spend their downtime, Lambert insisted they’re just like any other couple.

“We’re pretty chill,” she noted. “When we’re off work, I’m in my patio hang vibe. We’ll make drinks and listen to music. Sometimes we’ll have the best parties just by ourselves. He loves what he calls ‘happy hour music’ — Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo Dolls. So we have different tastes, but we’ll sit there for hours and listen. Sometimes I say to him, ‘We kind of live on a date,’ which is pretty awesome.”

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Then five years into her marriage to McLoughlin, Lambert looked back on their whirlwind romance.

“I kind of went for it; no risk, no reward,” she told Us of marrying McLoughlin after three months together. “I just felt like the worst that could happen, I’ve lived through. If it ends, it ends.”

She continued, “If you don’t put your heart out there, are you ever going to get the big love that everybody wants, that all the songs are about, that all the movies are about? I’m guarded in a lot of ways, but when it comes to my heart, I’m like, what do you really have to lose? Pain is pain, but it passes.”

Shania Twain took the reins to ensure a night of big fun for the winners and nominees at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards.

The singer, 60, was the host of the Sunday, May 17, awards show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This year marked Twain’s first time overseeing the ceremony.

“I’m thrilled to be hosting the 61st ACM Awards in Las Vegas, a place that feels like home,” she said in an April press release. “It’s such an honor to be part of this incredible night celebrating country music’s biggest stars, especially with so many talented women leading nominations this year. I can’t wait to welcome all of the fans and artists out for this unforgettable night.”

As Twain noted, Megan Moroney led the pack of nominees with nine nods, followed by Miranda Lambert with eight and Ella Langley and Lainey Wilson with seven each.

In addition to handing out awards, the Prime Video broadcast featured performances by Lambert, 42, Langley, 27, Wilson, 33, Blake Shelton, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Lee Ann Womack, Riley Green, Thomas Rhett and more top country artists.

Scroll down for the complete list of 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards nominees — and look for the bold names to see who won each category:

Entertainer of the Year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Megan Moroney
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson

Female Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ella Langley
Megan Moroney
Lainey Wilson

Male Artist of the Year
Luke Combs
Riley Green
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Zach Top

Group of the Year
49 Winchester
Flatland Cavalry
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
The Red Clay Strays

Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Muscadine Bloodline
Thelma & James

New Female Artist of the Year
Avery Anna
Mackenzie Carpenter
Dasha
Caroline Jones
Emily Ann Roberts

New Male Artist of the Year
Gavin Adcock
Vincent Mason
Shaboozey
Hudson Westbrook
Tucker Wetmore

Album of the Year
Ain’t in It for My Health, Zach Top
Cherry Valley, Carter Faith
Don’t Mind If I Do (Deluxe), Riley Green
I’m the Problem, Morgan Wallen
Parker McCollum, Parker McCollum

Song of the Year
“A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
“Am I Okay?,” Megan Moroney
“Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley
“I Never Lie,” Zach Top
“Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson

Single of the Year
“6 Months Later,” Megan Moroney
“Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley
“I Never Lie,” Zach Top
“Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson
“The Fall,” Cody Johnson

Music Event of the Year
“A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
“Amen,” Shaboozey and Jelly Roll
“Don’t Mind If I Do,” Riley Green feat. Ella Langley
“Trailblazer,” Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson
“You Had to Be There,” Megan Moroney and Kenny Chesney

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Visual Media of the Year
“6 Months Later,” Megan Moroney
“A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
“Cuckoo,” Stephen Wilson Jr.
“Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson
“The Fall,” Cody Johnson

Artist-Songwriter of the Year
Luke Combs
Riley Green
Ella Langley
Megan Moroney
Morgan Wallen

Songwriter of the Year
Jessie Jo Dillon
Ashley Gorley
Charlie Handsome
Chase McGill
Blake Pendergrass

Lainey Wilson ditched her signature bell-bottoms for the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Wilson, 33, stunned in a strapless red-orange gown for the Sunday, May 17, awards show in Las Vegas, which she paired with delicate gold drop earrings.

For glam, Wilson had forgone her usual cowboy hat to wear her long blond tresses in loose waves.

The country star, who is up for seven ACM trophies including Entertainer of the Year, wore — if you can believe it — her first dress to her wedding to Devlin “Duck” Hodges earlier this month.

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“Feeling royal and confident in my dream dress and veil, made by the incredible Oscar de la Renta team,” Wilson told Vogue. “First time wearing a dress and I caught the perfect breeze to show it off! Shout out to my amazing stylist Ali Mandelkorn for bringing this vision to life with Oscar de la Renta.”

Wilson and Hodges, who accompanied his bride on Sunday night, dated for four years before the former NFL player, 30, popped the question. They tied the knot on May 10 at Tennessee’s Ruskin Cave.

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“Duck and I were driving backroads in Tennessee and saw a billboard for The Ruskin Cave,” Wilson recalled of the venue, before Hodges asked if they wanted to exchange vows inside. “I said, ‘Done deal.’ We dropped by, saw the venue, and fell in love with the natural beauty of the cave and the simplicity of the property.”

According to Wilson, their ceremony ended up being a dream come true.

“You could hear the water trickling down and birds singing, and we had a nice spring breeze,” she gushed. “I arrived in a white horse-drawn carriage and walked down the aisle with my Deddy to join Duck at the altar. … I have never seen Duck smile as big as he did then. It made me feel giddy about turning the page into this next chapter of marriage. We were both anxious to say ‘I do!’”

Shania Twain made her mark as the host of the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards by paying homage to the women who came before her.

The singer, 60, helmed the 61st ACM Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17.

“Thank you Las Vegas. Thank you Lainey [Wilson] and congratulations on your wedding last Sunday. Like Lainey, I cannot sit still either because I tell you I am so full of energy and excitement that I am hosing the concert of the year for the first time ever.”

She added, “Tonight the ACM awards are choosing Vegas, and I sure do love this town and nothing makes me happier than being with these amazing stars sitting right here in the front.”

Twain then paid homage to a slew of country music greats, including women who hosted the annual event before her: Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire.

Twain made her ACM Awards hosting debut this year, taking over the role from McEntire.

“I’m thrilled to be hosting the 61st ACM Awards in Las Vegas, a place that feels like home,” Twain said in an April press release. “It’s such an honor to be part of this incredible night celebrating country music’s biggest stars, especially with so many talented women leading nominations this year. I can’t wait to welcome all of the fans and artists out for this unforgettable night.”

ACM CEO Damon Whiteside added at the time, “We are honored to welcome global music superstar Shania Twain as our host this year. We couldn’t imagine a more perfect icon to follow our previous iconic hosts Dolly, Garth [Brooks] and Reba, blending one of the most important nights in country music with the excitement of Las Vegas. Shania has an impressive history on the ACM Awards stage including her win of the coveted ACM Entertainer of the Year trophy and receiving the ACM Poet’s Award honoring her prolific songwriting career.”

Throughout her career, Twain has won five ACM Awards and received 14 nominations. Her past accolades include Top New Female Vocalist and Album of the Year for The Woman in Me in 1996, the Double Diamond Award for The Woman in Me and Come on Over in 1999, Entertainer of the Year in 2000 and the Poet’s Award in 2022.

Days before her ACMs hosting gig, Twain opened up about what she was looking forward to at the awards show.

“It’s a chance for me to just get back with everybody,” she told Billboard in an interview published on Tuesday, May 12. “It’s one of the rare moments when I get the chance to see everybody and catch up with a lot of the newer artists. A lot of them I have not met yet, and I’m excited to just be among the whole experience of the ACMs.”

After hosting the People’s Choice Country Awards in 2024, Twain brought her previous experience to her ACM Awards role.

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“I like to put my own personality into things because I’m a terrible reader. If I rely entirely on the teleprompter, I’m definitely going to stumble and get lost,” she explained. “I just really like having fun and going with the flow, getting into the excitement that I’ll be sharing with the artists who are performing and up for awards.”

Twain also revealed how McEntire, 71 — who has hosted the ACM Awards 18 times over the years — inspired her approach to overseeing the ceremony.

“When it comes to Reba, she’s flawless,” she said. “I’m definitely more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of person, very spontaneous, which makes it a different style and character to hosting something. But Reba is everything. She’s funny, she’s a great actress, which makes her really good at getting the flow of speaking and cadence. She’s just a pro.”

Country music’s biggest stars delivered a fashion moment worth singing about even before the trophies were handed out at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards.

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Celebs dressed to the nines for the star-studded event held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, May 17, serving up a mix of sparkle, fringe and cowboy boots. From sequins to stetsons and glamorous gowns, the 2026 ACM red carpet was certainly a rhinestone rodeo full of stylish looks.

Fans have been looking forward to the ceremony, which Shania Twain is hosting for the first time. Ella Langley, Kacey Musgraves and Lainey Wilson will be performing while Keith Urban is among the stars who will be presenting awards.

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Amy Schumer will always keep it real — no matter what.

“I feel happier than I’ve ever been before,” Schumer, 44, said during a “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast event with Dear Media. “I actually had, kind of, a botched colonoscopy, so I’m not feeling very sexual.”

A colonoscopy is an outpatient procedure in which a doctor examines the large intestine through a microscopic camera to screen for colorectal cancer. While the comedian did not further elaborate on the alleged colonoscopy mishap, she has previously been candid about her health challenges.

“I feel reborn,” Schumer wrote in a 2024 issue of the “News Not Noise” newsletter, confirming that she had been diagnosed with exogenous Cushing syndrome. “There are a few types of Cushing. Some that can be fatal, require brain surgery or removal of adrenal glands.”

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Schumer was diagnosed after receiving an onslaught of online comments about her supposedly puffy face.

“I was getting these steroid injections, and so it gave me this thing called Cushing syndrome; which I wouldn’t have known if the internet hadn’t come for me so hard,” she said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in 2025. “I learned that I had something called ‘moon face,’ and I’m starring in a movie [Netflix’s Kinda Pregnant] and there’s a camera in my face, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God.’ I was feeling really down on myself before I started filming this movie.”

As Schumer started to feel better thanks to her friends’ support, the swelling began to dissolve on its own. The actress has also been on a weight loss journey, entrusting GLP-1 medications to slim down.

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“Three years ago, I tried Wegovy. I was puking, I couldn’t handle it. I don’t know if they’ve changed the formula, whatever,” she said in a March 2025 social media video. “I went on this Telehealth meeting with Midi Health, and it was cheap. I wanted to try it myself ‘cause I wanted to recommend it to my friends who are nurses and teachers. They put me on estrogen and progesterone because I realized I was in perimenopause and my symptoms from being perimenopause have disappeared.”

She continued, “My hair is fuller, my skin is better, I have more energy, I want to get down more, if you know what I mean. I’m talking about sex. So that’s been great and Mounjaro’s been great.”

Schumer is currently separated from estranged husband Chris Fischer, with whom she shares son Gene.

Former Real Housewives of New York City Bethenny Frankel landed herself in a cross-franchise feud with Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Dina Manzo — over a pair of shoes.

The drama kicked off on May 15, 2026, when Frankel shared a photo of a strapless sundress to her Instagram Stories.

“This dress is insane and the price is ridiculous,” she wrote at the time. After a follower complimented her black peep-toe pumps, Frankel directed fans to a $375 Bloomingdales pair “for the same look.”

Manzo’s daughter, Lexi Ioannou, soon claimed that Frankel was actually wearing shoes from Nou, her fashion brand. Ioannou chastised the Skinnygirl founder for allegedly failing to give credit where credit was due.

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Dina Manzo and Lexi Ioannou Call Out Bethenny Frankel

Ioannou aired her grievances in an Instagram video, calling Frankel “a weirdo” for refusing to tag her brand in an upload featuring a pair of her shoes.

“I sent her a pair of shoes from Nou almost a year ago because I look up to her. [She is a] female entrepreneur [and from the] Bravo universe like me,” Ioannou said, taking issue with Frankel’s affiliate link post. “OK, that happens, but then she posted a video today that’s going viral and a bunch of people are asking where the shoes are [from]. Instead of linking them, she linked a dupe with an affiliate link.”

She continued, “I guess she’s got to get that bag in some sort of way? So, she got the shoes for free from a woman-founded brand, mine, and then she made money sending her followers somewhere else.”

Manzo backed her daughter on Instagram Stories, channeling one of Frankel’s iconic RHONY arguments with Ramona Singer. “‘Wow Bethenny Wow!!’ So odd of you to post a dupe of your GIFTED @shopnou shoes instead of giving a young woman entrepreneur credit,” she wrote. “You wear them often so we know you like them??”

She also commented on her daughter’s OG post, “Proud of you for standing up for yourself and the brand you’ve worked so hard to build ❤️“

Bethenny Frankel Issues Sharp Response

Frankel course-corrected that same day with an “Outfit of the Day” video, in which she did name-check the brand. “FYI I always give credit where credit is due,” she wrote on her Stories.

In the clip, she said, “The shoes are Nou. N-O-U, I think.”

But by May 16, 2026, Frankel had a much longer message, firing back on TikTok and framing the entire situation as a “business lesson” for Ioannou.

“The shoes were sold out so we linked to something similar because the audience gets frustrated when there’s something they can’t buy. Why would I wear something and talk about it, if they can’t buy it?” Frankel said. “This female owner decided to post a scathing video of me. Her body, her choice. I have stated multiple times that if you send me something, I have no obligation to link, like, use, wear, buy, tag. I can do whatever I want. My account. My body. My choice. Once you send those shoes into my house, my shoes. You’re welcome!”

Dina Manzo Doubles Down

Hours after Frankel posted another Instagram video of herself walking in an all-leather outfit — and briefly losing her footing — Manzo couldn’t resist a parting shot.

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“Better change back to your comfortable @shopnou_ heels. Looks like you almost ate pavement there for a minute,” Manzo commented.

She later clarified on her Instagram Stories, “Just giving her some advice for the ‘long game’ but guess she didn’t like it? I mean, she did trip.”

This story was compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. 

Country music’s hottest couples enjoyed date night at the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Akins, were among the many A-list duos who got cozy on the red carpet ahead of the Sunday, May 17, ceremony at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, making a rare red carpet outing after welcoming their fifth baby at the start of the year.

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Shania Twain is lined up to host the 61st ACM Awards for the very first time, streaming live on Prime Video at 8 p.m. ET. The evening will feature performances by Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, Lainey Wilson, Blake Shelton, Kacey Musgraves, Riley Green, Thomas Rhett and more.

Megan Moroney is the most-nominated artist of the night, with nine total nods. Lambert, 42, trails behind her with eight nominations, while Langley, 27, and Wilson, 33, each have seven. This is the second year in a row that women have secured the most nominations.

Scroll through the photos below to see which country music couples attended the 2026 ACM Awards: