The Voice is in the midst of filming their 28th season, but behind the scenes the cast and crew are mourning the death of producer and talent manager Brandon Blackstock. “It’s been tough,” Carson Daly — who hosts the reality competition series — told Us Weekly exclusively at the opening night of Broadway’s Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride in New York City on Monday,

Reba McEntire has broken her silence. The country music legend paid tribute to her late former stepson, Brandon Blackstock, on Monday, Aug. 11, for the first time following his shocking death last week at 48.