Christmas is something Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton look forward to -- and not just because everyone and their mother happily anticipates the holidays in light of cookies and eggnog, or that you get to tear open expertly wrapped gifts. The couple is so busy with their respective burgeoning careers that they view the holiday season as time to slow down and reconnect with one another. As it turns out, Shelton is also a big decorator. Who knew?
Before Keith Urban took the stage to perform a unique version of 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' on ABC's Dec. 20 broadcast of 'CMA Country Christmas,' he spoke a little bit about what Christmas is like in the female-dominated Urban-Kidman household.
Those celeb hounds at TMZ managed to catch sudden celebrity Blake Shelton while the country superstar was leaving the Hollywood hotspot Pink Taco recently. If there is one thing we know about Shelton, it's that he is always good for a quip, and TMZ got several of 'em on tape.
Shania Twain covers the new issue of Vegas, which is fitting since the country-pop diva just started her two-year residency at Caesars Palace in Sin City. In this case, the old adage that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas does not apply, as the 'Man! I Feel Like a Woman' singer shares that she is ready to work on a new album, what makes her show more glamorous and how it really feels to be on the comeback trail.
While Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles tends to her newborn son -- first child Magnus Hamilton Miller -- her duet partner Kristian Bush continues to explore other sides of his sonic personality and remains increasingly busy.
Taylor Swift's 'Red' hot year continues to blaze, sizzle and scorch. The singer, who will celebrate her 23rd birthday this coming Thursday (Dec. 13), has another reason to throw a party -- her smash hit single, 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' has been parked in the No. 1 slot on Billboard's Top Country Songs chart for nine weeks, setting a new record for most weeks in the top slot by a female artist.
Scotty McCreery brought a huge dose of country-style holiday cheer to breakfast TV on Tuesday morning (Dec. 11), performing his rendition of the classic 'Let It Snow' on 'Good Morning America.'
Congratulationss are in order for country heavyweights Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. These seven artists have been selected as the 2012 CMT Artists of the Year. Each one had a banner year, so they certainly deserve this impressive and important accolade for a variety of reasons.
The 'E! Special: LeAnn Rimes' interview will air tomorrow (Dec. 9) at 8PM ET on the network. A preview clip has been released, showing the country singer, who has engaged in a very public battle of words and retorts with husband Eddie Cibrian's ex-wife Brandi Glanville that has gotten exceedingly ugly in recent days, break down in tears over the cheating scandal that has plagued her life and made her tabloid fodder for the past few years. She also admits that she and Cibrian were in broken marriages.
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton took some time away from their busy careers to have a zoo date. The animal-loving couple hit the San Diego Zoo on Dec. 7, where they played with llamas and turtles, and fed giraffes.
Country couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are talented, successful, rich and beloved by the country community and the fans. And if we're talking about Trisha only, we can use the term a "good cook," too. They seem to do and have it all. But the twosome never forgets the less fortunate, as they traveled to Haiti to aid Habitat for Humanity missions.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who are the highest paid country musicians of them all? That honor goes to country favorites Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney. The superstars, along with Toby Keith, earned spots on the Forbes World's Highest-Paid Musicians of 2012 list. And you know that ain't a bad place to be.
