TOP BOX OFFICE / WEEK-ENDING / AUG. 23, 2026 / ESTIMATED
1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day - $39,000,000
2. Insidious: Out of the Further - $25,300,000
3. The Odyssey - $19,500,000
4. PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie - $9,100,000
5. The End of Oak Street - $9,000,000
6. Mutiny - $7,500,000
7. Tony - $5,011,611
8. The Fast and the Furious - $3,100,000
9. Spa Weekend - $3,034,000
10. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - $1,936,918
48 HOURS on CBS. Last night's episode was called, "The Hit-and-Run Homicide of Davis McClendon" (8-22-2026).
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20/20 (ABC)... "After a young couple is murdered, their true identities lead to a shocking twist about their missing baby."
(OAD 11/4/23).
DATELINE on NBC. Last night's episode was called, "Simply Diabolical" (8-21-2026). Did you watch the encore presentation?
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CHOOSING TEXAS sung and co-written by ELLA LANGLEY (2026). I usually don't do this because I report on movies, trailers and mystery podcasts. But.... I'll make an exception because I am a classic country music fan (1980s & 1990s).
Everyone has gone crazy over the newest song by Ella Langley. It's called, "Choosing Texas" and it is a throw-back to traditional country music. It hit number #1 on the hot country chart for 25 weeks. It has crossed over to the hot pop chart and hit number #1 for 18 non-consecutive weeks (8-22-2026). It is the song of the Summer.
"Texas" tells the story about Ella who is from the state of Tennessee. She travels with her boyfriend back to his home town of Abilene, Texas. They walk into a bar and his former childhood sweetheart is there. Ella realizes that she may lose her man and what waits for him in Abilene. She sings about him choosing Texas even after what she had taught him about Tennessee.
This certainly is a return to what country music used to be. The lyrics, the voice and the musical sound. Older music fans are saying, "Country music is back from the dead." Everyone is reacting to this song across the internet. It has reached number #1 in multiple countries too. Celebrities, country singers and regular folks are singing their "covers" of the song. A rap artist created his own lyrics over the song. Music singers are even writing an answer to the song by "Leaving Texas" (Hahaha!).
What I like are the lyrics that mention older country artist songs, "Smokey Mountain Rain" (Ronnie Milsap), "Amarillo By Morning", (George Strait) and "East Bound and Down" (Jerry Reed). Their influence on Ella is extraordinary and it is just old-fashioned country.!!
"Choosing Texas" official music video.
48 Hours (CBS).... "Are they guilty of terrible crimes or are they victims themselves? 48 Hours - examines two separate reports: Gloria Killian, who was arrested for a robbery-homicide she claimed she did not commit, and Clarence Elkins, who was incarcerated for the murder of his mother-in-law but maintained his innocence.
"48 Hours" correspondents Peter Van Sant and Susan Spencer report.
This classic episode last aired on 9/13/2003.
True Crime Vault (NBC)....
48 HOURS on CBS. The encore episode presentation is called, "The Hit-and-Run Homicide of Davis McClendon." It will air this Saturday at 10/9 p.m.
"A romance is cut short when a man is found dead near his mangled car. His newfound love is convinced it was no accident."
"48 Hours" correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.
