Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire and Taylor Swift have all released video's in preparation for the upcoming ACM awards. Blake and Reba will once again be co-hosts of the show. And Taylor Swift is hoping that the fans will vote for her as the ACM's "Entertainer Of The Year"
Today, the Academy of Country Music announced an additional star-studded lineup of performers for the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which will take place the evening of Sunday, April 1. Included in the newly-unrolled cast of country greats are Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum, Chris Young, the Band Perry and Rascal Flatts. Arguably one of the biggest nights in country music, second only to the CMAs, the awards show will be broadcast live from Las Vegas’ MGM Grand.
Seven of country music’s hottest acts will perform at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 1 in Las Vegas. In addition to Miranda Lambert and Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith will take the stage.
More than 20 years ago, in March of 1991, Reba McEntire experienced a tragedy that will stay with her for the rest of her life. On Sunday night (March 4), the country star opened up on the OWN show ‘Oprah’s Master Class’ about the tragic plane crash that took the lives of seven of her band members, as well as her tour manager and two pilots.
Reba McEntire was the subject of Friday night’s (March 2) NBC documentary series ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ As the star of the show, McEntire was given the opportunity to trace her ancestral roots back several centuries in America and England and chart her familial course. The fire-haired singer did discover things that pained her greatly, such as the fact that one of her great grandfathers was a slave owner while another was an indentured servant himself.
February 13, 2012 Many of the biggest stars in country music took to Twitter following the news of Whitney Houston's passing. Here is what some of them had to say......
Just six months after celebrating the chart-topping success of ‘Dirt Road Anthem,’ Jason Aldean was back to being the center of attention at yet another No. 1 party — this time for his recent smash, ‘Tattoos on This Town.’ The song topped the charts in November, marking Aldean’s eighth career chart-topper and fourth consecutive No. 1 hit.
February 2, 2012 After rumors that she was dead, Reba’s sitcom career has come back to life with help of ABC. According to Deadline Hollywood, the sitcom ‘Malibu Country’ will star Reba as woman who divorces her good ole boy rock star husband after cheats on her and spends most of their money leaving her with only one asset, a little house in Malibu. The sitcom will focus on this woman and her three kids who have been corrupted by a materialistic lifestyle.
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Reba McEntire is taking reports of her alleged tragic death very well. After tweeting yesterday that she was indeed still breathing and doing all the things expected of a healthy, 56-year-old woman, she posted this picture to the Reba McEntire on WhoSay website.
February 1, 2012 Not sure how these things get started. Reba was the latest celebrity to have a hoax of her death spread on the internet.
Reba McEntire is the latest celebrity to fall victim to a death hoax that’s spreading like wildfire on the web. The alleged news of her death has circulated so quickly that ‘Reba McEntire’ became the No. 1 trending search topic on Google late Monday evening (Jan. 30). Her latest Facebook wall update has been flooded with desperate comments from fans hoping and praying that a report that the singer had fallen to her death while climbing a mountain on an Austrian movie set is untrue.
For years Kelly Clarkson‘s dalliance in country music has been little more than a playful tease. She shows up from time to time, suggesting that she’d consider crossing over at some point but then disappears. The emergence of a countrified version of her recent hit ‘Mr. Know it All’ could indicate she’s finally ready to make the next move.
