Fashion Week’s first trend: Heart-health awareness (AP)

February 8th, 2012 - 

AP – Red is Christie Brinkley’s color.

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‘Halftime in America’ ad creates political debate (AP)

February 7th, 2012 - 

AP – People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler’s “Halftime in America” ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays the country’s most economically distressed city or amounts to a campaign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts.

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McGraw’s ‘Emotional Traffic’ finally hits streets (AP)

January 27th, 2012 - 

AP – Tim McGraw’s long-delayed album “Emotional Traffic” has the attention of Music Row this week as it finally hits the streets.

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Kenny Chesney leads Academy of Country Music nominees (Reuters)

January 26th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Kenny Chesney grabbed the lead with nine award nominations on Thursday from the Academy of Country Music, which hands out its prizes on April 1 in Las Vegas.

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Keith Urban’s voice in good shape after surgery (Reuters)

January 26th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Country singer Keith Urban says that during the three weeks he was ordered not to speak late last year after vocal surgery, he learned a few valuable lessons about communication including this: sometimes people talk too much.

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Country music great Haggard recovering from pneumonia (Reuters)

January 25th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Country singer Merle Haggard, who was admitted to a Georgia hospital last week after illness forced him to cancel a show, was recovering from a host of health issues discovered while he was being treated for pneumonia, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

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Tyler, Underwood team for Super Bowl ‘Crossroads’ (AP)

January 20th, 2012 - 

AP – Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood are teaming up for a special “CMT Crossroads” the night before the Super Bowl.

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Imagine this: ‘American Idol’ without Seacrest? (AP)

January 9th, 2012 - 

AP – Both Fox and Ryan Seacrest say they want Seacrest to stay as host of “American Idol” after this year.

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Kelly Clarkson among 8 new "The Voice" guest-mentors (Reuters)

January 6th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Country star Miranda Lambert, Lionel Richie, Kelly Clarkson and five other big-name musical artists have signed on as guest mentors for the second season of NBC’s “The Voice,” the network said Friday.

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Country singer Wynonna Judd goes for marriage No. 3 (Reuters)

December 29th, 2011 - 

Reuters – Country music star Wynonna Judd received an early Christmas gift when her boyfriend, Cactus Moser, proposed on Christmas Eve, the singer’s spokesman said on Thursday.

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