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Blake Shelton to Make Dreams Come True for 6-Year-Old Girl With Brain Cancer
Blake Shelton has a tendency to act like life is all fun and games, but the sometimes-sensitive country star knows when to be serious, too. Recently, he turned off his typically controversial Twitter persona to help raise support for Harlie Bryant, a six-year-old little girl who is suffering from brain cancer.
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Keith Urban’s Next Album Will Be Unlike Anything He’s Done Before
For the past few months, Keith Urban has been making it clear to the press that his first priority is making new music. Although the country star had a blast filming ‘The Voice’ in Australia, his sights are set on his next project — a new album. In a recent interview with the Tennessean, the ‘You Gonna Fly’ hitmaker declares that he’s dismantling the way he’s made records in the past in order to put out a brand new sound in 2013.
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Blake Shelton to Release ‘Cheers, It’s Christmas’ Album
Get those halls ready for a decking, because Blake Shelton‘s Christmas album has a release date! Appropriately titled ‘Cheers, It’s Christmas’ — presumably for the singer’s love of drinking — the holiday-themed release will be ready for your stocking pleasures on October 2.
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Miranda Lambert Helps Pistol Annies’ Angaleena Presley ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ in Upcoming Episode
We imagine that aside from singing in a critically successful country music trio, one of the best parts of being in Pistol Annies is that each member of the group has two ‘sisters’ they can count on for anything. At least, that seems to be true for Angeleena Presley, who turned to bandmates Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe for help in picking a white dress for her recent wedding. The trio went dress shopping along with a camera crew from ‘Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta,’ and the whole process will be featured on an upcoming episode.
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Reba McEntire Thinks She’s Too Soft for an ‘American Idol’ Judge Spot
What do Brad Paisley, Toby Keith and Reba McEntire have in common? Aside from being some of country’s biggest names, the threesome have each recently been questioned about taking up a spot on the ‘American Idol’ judge’s panel. McEntire is the latest name to pop up in headlines, but she says — rather emphatically — that we won’t see her on ‘American Idol’ this fall.
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Kelly Clarkson Covers Dixie Chicks’ ‘Wide Open Spaces’
Kelly Clarkson might have gotten her start in pop music, but she’s inching closer and closer to taking over country, too. Last weekend, Clarkson showed that she’s worth her weight in gold as a crossover artist when she put on a rendition of Dixie Chicks‘ ‘Wide Open Spaces’ during a performance in Murphy, CA.
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Lauren Alaina Shares Sassy New Photo Shoot Image
In just a year’s time, Lauren Alaina has transformed from an adorable ‘American Idol’ runner-up to a bombshell blonde country starlet right before our eyes. The ‘Georgia Peaches’ singer was a busy bee in photographer Russ Harrington’s studio this week, and thanks to Twitter, we were able to get a sneak peek at the singer’s sassy, more mature look.
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Toby Keith Allegedly Turns Down ‘American Idol’ Judge Role
The ‘American Idol’ rumor mill is turning again, and this time, Toby Keith is the person of interest. Word has it that in an upcoming cover story for Inland Empire Weekly, the ‘Beers Ago’ singer dishes that he was asked to sit in the judges’ panel for the upcoming ‘Idol’ season, but he turned them down.
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Miranda Lambert Brings ‘Over You’ to ‘Good Morning America’
Miranda Lambert was all over the daytime talk show circuit yesterday (July 25). Before co-hosting to ‘The View,’ where she dished about the simple life she lives with hubby Blake Shelton and performed with her girls Pistol Annies, Lambert kicked off the day over at ‘Good Morning America.’
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Taylor Swift’s Parents Reportedly Separated
In an interview with the New Yorker last year, Taylor Swift admitted that some of the songs on her upcoming album are sad. Unfortunately, rumors this week indicate that Swift may not have been singing from her own painful relationship experience, but rather from the knowledge that her parents’ marriage was on the rocks. According to a recent report, Swift’s parents have separated.
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Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw Honor Aurora Victims During Denver Concert
America has been a nation of heavy hearts since a gunman opened fire on a movie theater during a midnight showing of ‘The Dark Night Rises.’ In light of the unspeakable tragedy, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw had an emotional stopover in Denver when they played the Sports Authority Field on Saturday night (July 21).
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Jason Aldean Scores Career-High Debut With ‘Take a Little Ride’ Single
Jason Aldean‘s fifth studio album hasn’t hit shelves yet, but it’s already off to a racing start. The upcoming record’s lead single, ‘Take a Little Ride’ debuted at No. 19 on the country chart, making it Aldean’s highest debuting single to date. And the rocking country star’s accomplishments don’t end there: Billboard predicts that the single’s brisk sales will make history as the biggest debut ever for a digital song by a male country artist.