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J.D.'s Dirt- 5/21

Friday May 21, 2010 Posted 2 years ago by J.D.

COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS

BROOKS & DUNN HUMBLED BY SPECIAL. ACM Presents Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo airs Sunday at 8 PM Eastern on CBS. The show was taped the night after the ACM Awards and Kix Brooks says having so many artists come together for them is simply humbling.  “I can honestly say, for several reasons, it is the most special – to me – the most humbling things we’ve ever done. It means enough to them to have them sing our songs, or music that we’ve made. That’s, that’s incredible. When I look at those names, cause sometimes that’s one of those things where you get asked to do things and you go, ‘Well that’s kind of weird.’ But for them to think that’s cool, that’s kind of beyond me. It really is.” Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban will all perform during the special.

 

Carrie Underwood Will Return to American Idol for Season Finale. Carrie Underwood will return to American Idol for the season finale on Wednesday . She will perform "Undo It" during the episode. Underwood, who won the American Idol competition in 2005, sang on the Fox series earlier this year during the "Idol Gives Back" special. Her upcoming dates on her Play On tour include tonight in Reno, Nevada, and Saturday in Las Vegas.

  • Related – Carrie has never said who she thinks should win American Idol. She remembers reading who certain celebrities wanted to win during her season and says it was hurtful. Plus, she feels the contestants are under enough pressure.

 

KENNY CHESNEY MAKES BANK AGAIN THIS YEAR. Forbes magazine has released its top ten earners in country music artists list and Kenny Chesney comes in first for the second year in a row. Forbes notes his 57-date tour that brought in an average gross of one-point-six million dollars a night which totals his earnings at 69 - million dollars gross income last year. Toby Keith came in second with 48 million dollars which include his restaurant chain, touring profit, and song royalties. But it was Taylor Swift who showed the biggest income jump in just one year. She went from 18 million in 2009 to 45 million this year. She ties Rascal Flatts for the third spot. Tim McGraw takes the 5th top earner spot and Keith Urban, George Strait, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson and Carrie Underwood finish out the top ten list.

 

TAYLOR SWIFt’s IMAGINARIUM. Taylor Swift’s talk of having a mote, a life sized bird cage and even stingrays in her new penthouse has her band calling her new place The Imaginarium. Taylor has no idea when her new place will be finished so until then, she is still living with her parents.

 

CARRIE UNDERWOOD PARTNERS WITH ACM FOR FLOOD RELIEF. Carrie Underwood and ACM Lifting Lives have committed seed funding to create ACM Lifting Lives Temporary Home Fund to support relief efforts for families suffering from the floods in Nashville. ACM Lifting Lives received funds from the taping of ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn The Last Rodeo. Carrie received grant money after winning Entertainer of the Year at the ACM Awards, so her grants plus money raised from the ACM Brooks & Dunn Special is what will be used for this foundation. “Last year, I partnered with ACM Lifting Lives to help people in my hometown of Checotah, Oklahoma. Now I’m happy that we can help people in my current home of Nashville,” said Carrie Underwood. During the Brooks & Dunn special Sunday at 8 on CBS, fans can text ACM to 501501 to make a one-time 10 dollars donation to the new ACM Lifting Lives Temporary Home Fund.

 

SUGARLAND REMBERS FILMING CMT MUSIC AWARD NOMINATED “KEEP YOU” VIDEO! Sugarland has two nominations in the Duo Video of the Year category for the CMT Music Awards. One is for their song “Nightswimming/Joey,” and the other is for “Keep You.” Jennifer Nettles says they wanted a very simple story line within a pretty location for “Keep You,” and ended up filming it while on vacation.  “We did that video the same time we did the ‘All I Want To Do,’ video. We did them both during the same week and we did them both in Hawaii in a beautiful theatre. Yeah, beautiful.” The CMT Music Awards will be hosted by Kid Rock and air June 9th live from Nashville. Vote online now at CMT.com.

 

DOLLY PARTON ON OPRAH TODAY! Dolly Parton is on Oprah today. She’ll sing “Nine to Five, “ give Oprah an inside look at her tour bus where she reveals her wig closet, and she’s even brought a friend with her to the show – Kenny Rogers! Kenny, Dolly and Oprah all sing “The Gambler,” during the show.

 

ZAC BROWN’S SUMMER FOOD RECOMMENDATION. Zac Brown released his first cookbook recently called Southern Ground. It’s a collection of his own recipes along with a few from his friends. He says this cookbook is great for summertime dishes.“There’s one in there called Chicken and Corn and it’s homemade fried chicken and homemade creamed corn. And you bury the chicken in the corn and bake it for a while and it’s ridiculous, I mean, really!” Zac Brown Band is nominated for two CMT Music Award. Vote now at CMT.com.

 

BILLY RAY CYRUS HEADED BACK TO T-V? Billy Ray Cyrus is apparently heading back to T-V, but this time it’s with his son Trace who is formerly of the band Metro Station. Trace has been posting tweets recently that say, “This reality show with my dad and I is going to blow peoples minds." Trace recently formed a new band, Ashland High, and is reportedly dating Disney star Brenda Song.

 


THIS AND THAT

  • Mindy McCready has filed court papers to reclaim custody of her 4-year-old son, Zander, from her mother Terri, who was appointed the child's guardian in 2007 when Mindy was arrested for violating probation.

 

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS 


 

BRET MICHAELS HOSPITALIZED AGAIN, HAS HOLE IN HEART. Bret Michaels is back in the hospital with a hole in his heart.  The Poison singer, who is recovering from a brain hemorrhage, was readmitted to the hospital after suffering numbness on the left side of his body.  Turns out that numbness is what is known as a “warning stroke.”  After conducting various tests, Bret’s doctors learned he had a hole in his heart.  While the discovery is devastating to Michaels’ family, the good news is the condition is operable and treatable.  According to a press release on Bret’s Facebook page, the physicians think the hole is what caused the warning stroke, but they don’t believe it is connected to Bret’s brain hemorrhage.  The rocker’s docs plan to treat Bret with outpatient care, which means he just needs daily injections of a blood thinner.  No word yet on if Michaels will be able to attend Sunday’s Celebrity Apprentice finale but his rep says the singer is up, walking, talking and continuing rehab but “tired of being in the hospital” and “ready to rock again.”  Read more at Facebook.com/BretMichaels. 

 

ENTERTAINMENT QUICKIES 

  • LOST CAST TO WATCH FINALE TOGETHER! On Sunday night, Lost fans everywhere are going to be heading to parties to watch the series finale with friends.  Nestor Carbonell, who plays the never-aging “Richard Alpert” on the hit series, told us what he and the rest of the cast have planned.  The series finale of Lost airs Sunday night at 9 PM Eastern on ABC.
  • SALAHI’S STOPPED NEAR STATE DINNER!  This week, President Obama had a state dinner at the White House and Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple that crashed the last state dinner, were stopped by the Secret Service near the event.  The pair told MSNBC that they were just heading to dinner nearby and it was an “unbelievable coincidence” that their restaurant was near the White House.  The Salahi’s limo was stopped for running a red light and the driver was cited.  The couple happened to have a camera crew with them from the entertainment news show Inside Edition. 
  • GEORGE LOPEZ CHEATED ON HIS WIFE? A Tampa Bay prostitute named Tiffany told the National Enquirer that she was romantically involved with George Lopez. The comedian has a wife named Ann, but according to his alleged mistress, that didn’t matter. Tiff spilled that she “had sex with George Lopez for money.” She went on to reveal that a friend of hers did too and that he wanted a threesome. The TV host has not yet commented on the allegations.
  • MEGAN FOX CHOSE TO LEAVE TRANSFORMERS 3! After news broke that Megan Fox would not be in the upcoming Transformers 3 movie, the actress explained that it was her choice to leave the franchise. In a statement, a rep for Fox said, “She wishes the franchise the best.” No word yet on who will replace the Jennifer’s Body star in the new flick.
  • SNOOKI GETS HER OWN SHOE! According to CocoPerez.com, Snooki has teamed up with Steve Madden to get her own shoe. The Jersey Shore reality star now has a platform glittery shoe that comes in three different colors! Head over to CoCoPerez.com for your first look.  
  • AMERICAN IDOL SEASON FINALE! Crystal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze are the last contestants standing on this season of American Idol. They’re headed into the final two shows, where they’ll duke it out one more time to see who is crowned the Season Nine winner. 
    • TUNE-IN! Tune in to see Crystal and Lee’s final round of competition on Tuesday at 8 PM Eastern on FOX and then tune in at 8 PM Eastern on Wednesday for the two hour finale of American Idol to see who is crowned the winner.
  • KATHERINE HEIGL’S DAUGHTER IS FINE! Katherine Heigl’s adopted baby is doing well after open-heart surgery.  The actress told Harper’s Bazaar magazine that her and husband Josh Kelley’s daughter, Nancy Leigh, is “100-percent fine now” after having the surgery just before the couple took her home to Los Angeles last year.  Heigl said that she does have a scar, but it just means “she won’t be wearing bikinis” which is fine with them.
  • PEE-WEE COMING TO BROADWAY!  Pee-wee Herman, a-k-a Paul Reubens, recently put on a successful run of his Pee-wee Herman Show in L-A and now, the production is coming to Broadway.  The show features familiar characters like “Chairry,” “Pterry the Pterodactyl,” “Jambi the Genie” and “Miss Yvonne,” plus some new folks as well.  The six-week New York run begins on October 26th and you can learn more at Facebook.com/PeeWeeHerman. 
  • BERTINELLI TO WED!  Actress Valerie Bertinelli is getting married again.  Eddie Van Halen’s ex will tie the knot with her boyfriend of six years, Tom Vitale.  According to Entertainment Tonight, Valerie is letting Tom plan the nuptials and you can learn more at ETOnline.com. 
  • OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST HAS SON! Olympic Gold Medalist volleyball star Kerri Walsh has given birth to her second son.  According to People.com, Walsh and husband Casey Jennings welcomed baby Sundance into the world on Wednesday night.  He joins big brother Joseph Michael, who turns one on Saturday.