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Walker Hayes is getting into television, and his first project will be fairly familiar to him. The country star has sold his life rights to Untitled Entertainment to be turned into a television series based on his life. While the series will draw heavily from Hayes' life, it won't be a chapter-and-verse biography; instead it will center around someone very much like Hayes, and feature much of how Walker went from high school, to raising a family and pursuing his country music dreams. Walker’s journey was one involving addiction, poverty, loss and a crisis of faith all while being a husband to his high school sweetheart and a father to a growing brood of children - all of which will be part of the Walker Hayes-type character at the center of the series. Of the project, Hayes says "My wife Laney and I have had such a wild life and love story. We reflect all the time together, wondering how in the world we got here. The amount of brokenness versus beautiful lends itself to endless amounts of stories to explore. I can’t think of an emotion we haven’t felt together. We never could have imagined a company like Untitled would want to create a scripted drama about our life. Their willingness to welcome and include us in the process has been beyond encouraging. We are excited and grateful for this creative opportunity to share us with the world!" No further details are available, including cast, where the series will air or when.
It's a big song, usually performed on a big stage. The National Anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner," is considered to be one of the more difficult songs to perform - and add to that the spotlight is unusually bright most any time someone sings it, and it gets to be a pretty white-knuckle moment, even for the best performers. Warren Zeiders didn't let the moment or the song intimidate him; he was invited to sing before the Big 12 College Football Championship game Saturday between Texas and Oklahoma State. What happened next was predictable, as the Internet weighed in on his performance. And a lot of it wasn't good. While he did have his defenders, the haters were loud and many; some quotes: "Don't know anything about Warren Zeiders, but I now know he doesn't need to be doing any national anthems again. Ear-bleeding bad!!"; "This dude singing the National Anthem at the #texas game is EXACTLY why I hate country music," and "Warren Zeiders that anthem was hilariously terrible." It's worth noting that there were plenty of people hating on Chris Stapleton's Super Bowl version earlier this year, yet his soulful version is already considered by many to be one of the greatest versions ever, so...there's hope, Warren. Check out Warren's version below and make up your own mind.