NOVEMBER 2009 (24th - 30th)

Taylor Swift Beats Michael Jackson For AMA Artist Of The Year

Even Miss Swift was suprised when Michael Jackson didn't win Artist of the Year at the American Country Music Awards. She won instead! Taylor was on tour in London and stayed up til nearly 4am local time to accept the award by satellite. She sayse even being mentioned in the same category as Michael Jackson is "an unimaginable honor". Taylor won four other awards including favourite country female artist and favourite pop/rock artist.

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Rascal Flatts, Gloriana and Keith Urban Win AMA's

Rascal Flatts are thanking the fans for keeping them working. Rascal Flatts won the American Music Award for favorite country group for the fourth year in a row. In their acceptance speech, Gary LeVox said "You guys have been amazing employers this year. Thank you -- keep employing us." He also thanked the accountants who "take out taxes on every single thing we do."

Keith Urban won favorite male country artist and thanked his wife, Nicole Kidman, and their daughter.

Gloriana won for T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist. Singer-guitarist Tom Gossin says, "Can we get a show of hands of everybody that just said, 'Who the heck is Gloriana?"'

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Miley Cyrus Responds To Tragic Tour Bus Crash

Miley Cyrus' family says they're "deeply saddened by the loss of Bill 'Uncle Bill' Douglas." Douglas died Friday while driving one of the buses in Miley Cyrus' tour caravan.

Miley was not on that bus. It carried her some of her production crew. The message from the Cyrus family about the driver's death is posted to Miley's MySpace page. It says "members of our tour are like members of our family.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family in the midst of this tragedy." The bus ran off the left side of Interstate 85, south of Richmond, Virginia. It hit an embankment and overturned. Authorities say speed and weather are not to blame for the crash.

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John Rich's Charges Dismissed

A Nashville judge has dismissed assault and harassment charges against John Rich. Rich and other witnesses testified Friday that he did not punch aspiring singer Jared Ashley at a private nightclub in March 2008. Ashley is a former contestant on "Nashville Star." He has said Rich later threatened him in a voice mail message he'd left.

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The Blind Side of Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw isn't afraid to admit who runs the show in his house. It's Faith Hill. Not a problem for McGraw. He says he's "very thankful for that. That's not a knock." McGraw says if he "ran the show it would fall apart." Tim McGraw stars in "The Blind Side," playing husband to a strong wife played by Sandra Bullock. It's the true story of the family who took in and eventually adopted Michael Oher , who now plays for the Baltimore Ravens. "The Blind Side" is in theaters today.

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Dierks Bentley's Miles And Music For Kids

Dierks Bentley is hosting a celebrity motorcycle ride and concert in his hometown of Phoenix tomorrow. "Miles and Music for Kids" will benefit Phoenix Children's Hospital. The ride will cruise through the outskirts of Phoenix and into the downtown area. Bentley and others, including Jessi Colter, will perform when the ride is done.

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NOVEMBER 2009 (17th - 23rd)

Taylor Swifts Charming Holiday Greeting

The unstoppable country superstar is a part of a first for U.S InStyle Magazine. She's on the cover of the December issue which hits stands Monday, however if you hold the issue up to a webcam a red bow flies off the page and unravels while a snow falls in 3-D. And Taylor has a holiday greeting and an inside look at her photo shoot for the mag.

Taylor says it's not difficult to stay true to yourself. She tells InStyle magazine she doesn't "ever feel misunderstood" and she says she doesn't feel as if she has "to make some giant statement and start wearing a completely different new wardrobe for her next project or start speaking in a different way or writing new songs in a different way". The country cutie says "when you start overthinking that stuff with your career you stop being who you are and start being who you think you should be."

"Very dangerous territory."

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Kix Brooks Ain't Bittersweet

As Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn go through their final awards season and concerts as a musical duo Brooks says it isn't bittersweet at all, in fact he says "it's hard for anything to be bitter when you've had 20 years," like they've had. Brooks sats it's been so much more beyond anything the two of them could have ever dreamed of when Brooks and Dunn was created. Brooks says "thats what people forget," that they "werent highschool buddies and this was some dream they had together." It was an artistic arrangement by a guy from a record label but Brooks says "next thing you know it's 20 years later and you're going 'I think we've done it all'".

Brooks says "It's just been a great ride" for him and Dunn. Now they're "going to see what else we can stir up for the rest of our lives".

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Country Music Auction - Instruments, Stage Outfits, Music Sheets and more...

For about half a million U.S dollars you might be able to own one of Buddy Holly's guitars. His Gibson J-45 has leatherwork with his name on the front, being auctioned offin a two and a half week long auction along with other music related treasures.

A Waylon Jennings Fender guitar is expected to get anything from $80,000 to $120,000 while Hank Williams and Johnny Cash's old guitars are also up for the bid.

Stage outfits are being auctioned off, some created by famous country music designer Nudie Cohen and worn by Roy Rogers, Hank Snow and Hank Thompson. These items and more are from Hank's estate, being auctioned off at Christies New York on 3rd December.

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CMA Awards

The CMA Awards had blockbuster ratings. ABC says just under 17 million people were watching as Taylor Swift started the evening with her athletic performance of "Forever and Always" and ended it by winning Entertainer of the Year. This was the highest rating for the CMA Awards in four years

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Carrie Underwood's Opry Replay

You don't need to be at the Grand Ole Opry tonight - just tune into Myspace's Opry page while the concert is streaed live! Carrie Underwood is going to perform with Martina McBride, Jake Owen and Rodney Atkins also on the bill.

Go to www.myspace.com/grandoleopry

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Alan Jackson Tours Around His Kids Schedule

Look at Alan Jackson's touring schedule and you might be able to figure out his three daughters' schedules, too. Jackson tells People Country magazine, when his agent "is getting ready to book the year, he puts the calendar for the girls school on first." Jackson says they work his schedule around that. Sounds similar to the way Garth Brooks' new concert schedule is determined at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.

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NOVEMBER 2009 (9th - 16th)

Taylor Swift Rocks Saturday Night Live

Taylor Swift managed to skewer Joe Jonas and take care of any expectations about Kanye West during her monalogue song on Saturday Night Live and she added fuel to the burning question about her and Taylor Lautner dating... While singing her monalogue she said she wouldn't mention the guy who broke up with her over the phone - as an aside she said "hey Joe I'm doing really well" and she's "hosting SNL". Taylor also blew a kiss to Taylor Lautner, the "werewolf from Twilight". For Kanye West Taylor sand there's nothing more to say and everything's ok because she had "security lining the stage". That's when two SNL comedians in black suits came to protect the starlet. Taylor also played a 'Bella' character in a 'Twilight' take off called "Firelight". The star also played Kate Gosselin and was in several other sketches...

Check it out...

 

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Toby Keith Starts His European Tour Today

Toby Keith is embarking on his first ever European Concert Tour, kicking off tonight in Glasgow, Scotland. The country superstar will also be performing in London, Belfast, and all over Scandanavia. While the tour ends November 22nd, Toby will be back in Norway on December 11th for the Nobel Peace Prize concert.

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Kenny Chesney in 3-D

Next year we can see Kenny in 3-D! Several nights of the stars Sun City Carnival Tour were shot for a 3-D movie titled "Kenny Chesney : Summer In 3D" and will have a limited run in theatres from April 2010!

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More CMA Performers...

With all the stars lining up to perform at next weeks CMA Awards you have to wonder if there will be any time to get to the presentations themselves! A new group of performers have been announced. Martina McBride is set to perform a song, Kid Rock joins Jamey Johnson in a duet and is also a presenter, The Judds, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Ann Womack are all added as presenters. Performers already announced include Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews, Billy Currington, Vince Gill with Daughtry, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert and Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band. The awards are held Wednesday in Nashville!

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Jamey Johnson at Matthew McConaugheys Birthday

Jamey Johnson helped international movie star Matthew McConaughey celebrate his 40th birthday. Matthew wrote on his Myspace page that he and his family celebrated with closest friends and a "suprise performance from one of my favourite artists Jamey Johnson." Matthews girlfriend organised the party.

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NOVEMBER 2009 (1st - 8th)

CMT Poll Gives Entertainer of the Year to Ms. Swift

Taylor Swift could be named Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Association awards next week - if the people that voted on the CMT poll have anything to do with it! Taylor would also take home Female Vocalist Album of the year for Fearless. CMT commissioned the poll using a random sample of 1000 country music fans aged 18 and older. The question "Who do you think will win" not "Who do you want to win". Other 'winners' may be Carrie Underwood 'I Told You So' for Song of the Year, George Strait for Male Vocalist of the Year , Rascal Flatts for Vocal Group of the Year and the soon to be split Brooks & Dunn for Vocal Duo of the year.

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Keith Urban's Acoustic Soul

The Aussie country superstar is again saving electricity - planning another acoustic set after the one he performed in Nashville last friday in the parking lot of a phone store! The next is November 14th at Joes Bar in Chicago. While the set at the phone store last week was free the word 'free' isn't being used for his next gig...

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Play On Carrie, Play On...

'Play On' by Carrie Underwood is definetly a country album, but the singing songstress says "everybody kind of flipped out" when she decided to use a producer who's done rap for the albums first single 'Cowboy Cassanova'. She says she's "just another name he's adding to his resume of different kinds of music" and Kara DioGuardu who's known for pop put her mark on two tracks 'Undo It' and 'Mama's Song'.

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Ms. Swift Excited About SNL

Taylor Swift has had several weeks to think about hosting and performing on 'Saturday Night Live' now it's staring her in the face. Yesterday she tweeted she was starting the SNL process and she felt like she "might have a heart attack or pass out in the pitch meeting" because she's "that excited". Aww... bless!

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Billy Ray Inspired By Father For Latest Film

Billy Ray Cyrus' newest film role has him once again playing dad - this time in the new Hallmark movie "Christmas in Canaan". Reportedly Billy originally turned down the part but took a second look at the script and felt drawn to play the character who reminded him of his own dad. "I felt like this character I'm playing Daniel was my dad. Really and truly. It's like I'm able to honour him on this role and that's a bigger thrill than I can say. I also get to sing the theme song for it. And it was just an amazing shoot, giving me a really challenging role to sink my teeth into and more depth than I was used to as an actor."

Catch Billy in thefilm when it debuts on The Hallmark Movie Channel December 12th.

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Nicole Talks Fetishes... and Keith

Nicole Kidman's recent interview for GQ magazine saw her open up about her marriage to Keith Urban and we think she may have given a little much away... The star says "I've explored obsession. I've explored loss and love in terms of being in a grief-stricken place, I’ve explored strange sexual fetish stuff, I’ve explored the mundane aspect of marriage, and monogamy,’ she said.

And to sort of make us wonder a bit more about what the heck she's talking about, Nicole says about her current marriage to Keith Urban, "You work on it. It’s a very extraordinary, adventurous place to be: incredibly raw, incredibly dangerous and you’re very much out at sea. You're exposed. You could drown."

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Tim McGraw Is A Really Good Friend

Tim McGraw graced the cover of Novembers Mens Journal magazine and did an interview. Tim wasn't the only person to be featured in the mag, his best friend Hooter also chatted to the publication and tells a great story about Tim and the birthday gift he once gave his friend.

Seems Hooter got the suprise of his life when Tim called him up one day and said he'd gotten a new car he wanted to show off. Hooter says "Tim calls me one day and says, 'I got a new car.' And I'm like, 'Another?' But when he pulled up I said, 'That's not your car.'"

The car turned out to be Hooter's 1967 Plymouth Satellite that Tim rescued from another college pal's barn, had completely redone, and presented to Hooter for his birthday.

Tim adds in the article, "I took it and got it completely restored. I gave it to Hooter, and he couldn't talk to me for two weeks because he thought he would start crying."

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