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  • Kelly Clarkson: “American Idol” Performance Goes Viral

    Kelly Clarkson was the first person to win American Idol 14 years ago. On Thursday night, she performed at the American Idol finalists’ party at the London West Hollywood hotel. It seemed fitting for the first American Idol to perform for the last finalists’ party ever. This season marks the last for American Idol. Kelly Clarkson’s performance on Thursday night, in celebration of the end, went viral.

    Singing her hit song, “Piece by Piece,” Kelly Clarkson, who with husband Brandon Blackstock is expecting her second child, got choked up.

    Since winning American Idol, Kelly Clarkson has gone on to release seven studio albums. She has won 12 Grammy Awards.

    Keith Urban took to Twitter to express his thoughts following Kelly Clarkson’s performance.

    Even Ryan Seacrest chimed in.

    Can you believe it’s been 14 years since Kelly Clarkson won American Idol? Don’t you love that she returned to her roots to perform one last time?

  • Kelly Clarkson Moves Everyone to Tears With ‘Piece By Piece’ Performance on ‘Idol’

    Kelly Clarkson because very emotional during her performance of Piece by Piece on Thursday’s episode of American Idol and she wasn’t the only one to break down in tears over the performance.

    The former Idol winner, who is also pregnant, wiped away tears was became so choked up that she missed a few lyrics as she performed as guest judge on the first live show of the farewell season of American Idol.

    As reported by Us Weekly, Clarkson wasn’t the only Idol judge to lose it. Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez also became emotional as they watched Kelly struggle through the song.

    It’s no wonder the singer became as emotional as she did considering she owes her career to the show. Clarkson was the first-ever contestant to be crowned an Idol winner 14 seasons ago.

    Clarkson, despite being only weeks away until she gives birth to her second child, was bound and determined to be a part of the series’ final season.

    Following her performance, Clarkson told Ryan Seacrest she was sorry for letting her emotions get the best of her.

    “I’m pregnant and I’m nostalgic and I can’t believe it’s the last season, and I’m really sorry but I just bawled,” she said, as the audience applauded her efforts.

    Clarkson hinted before the performance that she might have trouble getting through the song, which she said is about being abandoned by her father as a child.

    “I actually wrote it pregnant with my little girl and now I’m pregnant with my little boy,” she said. “So if I don’t make it through and I start crying, just laugh. It’ll make me feel better.”

  • Nicole Kidman: Daughter Isabella Makes First Public Appearance Since Secret Wedding

    Nicole Kidman: Daughter Isabella Makes First Public Appearance Since Secret Wedding

    Nicole Kidman is likely still hurting over not being invited to daughter Isabella’s wedding. Isabella Cruise, the daughter of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, married Max Parker in September. Rumors say Tom Cruise planned and paid for the wedding, with Kidman omitted from the guest list.

    For the first time since her wedding, Isabella Cruise appeared in public. She attended the “Tyler Shields: Decadence” exhibition at the Maddox Gallery in London on Wednesday. Sporting a new platinum blonde hairstyle, she dressed in all black for the event.

    Posing for pictures, Isabella Cruise seemed determined to hide her wedding ring, keeping her hands conspicuously hidden in her pockets–supposedly so she wouldn’t draw attention away from the exhibit and toward herself.

    Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman adopted Isabella in 1992. Brother Connor Cruise is adopted as well. Neither of the siblings has much–if anything–to do with Nicole Kidman since her divorce from Tom Cruise. They have likely been prohibited by the Church of Scientology–of which their dad is a prominent member–from having a relationship with their mom since she left the church when the two split up.

    Despite her hidden heartache over not seeing her eldest daughter get married, Sources say Nicole Kidman is “thrilled her eldest daughter has found love.”

    Fortunately for Nicole Kidman, she found love again following her divorce from Tom Cruise. She and husband Keith Urban are very much in love, and the parents of two little girls.

  • Brenda K. Starr: Singer-Songwriter’s Daughter Gianna Auditions for “American Idol”

    Brenda K. Starr, the singer and songwriter best known for her 1988 hit, “I Still Believe,” has a daughter hoping to follow in her footsteps. Her daughter, 15-year-old Gianna Isabella, auditioned for American Idol on Wednesday. Despite some technical difficulties, she wowed judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick, Jr.

    According to a report from Billboard magazine, anyone who tuned in to Wednesday night’s episode of American Idol was aware of the glitches. Just as Brenda K. Starr’s daughter was about to audition, the sound cut out.

    That meant viewers missed Gianna Isabella explaining to the judges exactly who her famous mom is, and how Brenda K. Starr used to rehearse at the same dance studio that trained Jennifer Lopez. The audience also missed a very sweet conversation between Gianna Isabella and Brenda K. Starr before she entered the audition room.

    Billboard shared a clip of everything viewers missed prior to Gianna Isabella’s audition, as well as her audition, and even Brenda K. Starr as she is brought into the audition room.

    Are you surprised to see Brenda K. Starr’s daughter get a three-way thumbs up from the American Idol judges–as well as a very special vote from her mom?

  • Nicole Kidman Harbors No Regrets Over Marriage to Tom Cruise

    Nicole Kidman Harbors No Regrets Over Marriage to Tom Cruise

    Nicole Kidman recently dished to The Evening Standard of the importance of living a regret-free life. When asked about how her marriage to husband Keith Urban differs from that of ex-husband Tom Cruise, she even admitted to harboring no regrets of that first marriage.

    “Any time you have a chance at something again is good, but each combination of people is different,” Kidman said. “I was a baby when I married Tom, but I don’t regret any of it. But out of respect for Keith I tend not to discuss any of that now.”

    Nicole Kidman was just 23 when she married Tom Cruise. The two met on the set of 1990’s Days of Thunder. Kidman and Cruise adopted two children–Isabella is 22 and Connor is 20–and divorced in 2001.

    Since Tom Cruise is a member of the Church of Scientology, and Nicole Kidman wasn’t, she lost contact with her children for quite some time. During Leah Remini’s recent defection from Scientology, Kidman served as her “guardian angel.”

    It was five years later that the Photograph 51 star wed Keith Urban. They have two daughters. Sunday Rose is seven and Faith Margaret is four.

    It wasn’t long ago that Nicole Kidman admitted the years following her divorce from Tom Cruise were among her loneliest.

    “To be completely honest, I was running away from my life at that time,” she said. “As an actor, the wonderful thing is you can become something else for a time. Out of that came work that was applauded so that was an interesting thing for me.”

    Very happy in her marriage to Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman thanked him when she received the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress for her role in Photograph 51.

    “I will love you until the end of my life,” she told him.

    Even though Nicole Kidman says she has no regrets regarding her marriage to Tom Cruise, most of her fans would likely say she seems much happier since marrying Keith Urban.

    It’s actually wonderful to see the new life the two of them have made together–along with their daughters.

  • Miranda Lambert “American Idol” Bound, Is This a Dig at “The Voice’s” Blake Shelton?

    Miranda Lambert is reportedly American Idol bound. Is this how Blake Shelton’s ex-wife is getting in her digs at Blake’s new romance?

    It wasn’t so long ago that Miranda Lambert served as a mentor on The Voice, where Blake Shelton and new girlfriend Gwen Stefani serve as coaches. Does this sound a bit deliberate on Miranda’s behalf?

    “Miranda is looking to do something with American Idol this season both by performing on the show and being a guest mentor during the inevitable Country Week. This would obviously be a dig at Blake and a big get for Idol,” a source tells HollywoodLife.com.

    The source also claims American Idol’s Keith Urban helped arrange to bing Miranda Lambert on board.

    Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert divorced over the summer. Blake has since started dating his fellow Voice coach, Gwen Stefani.

    Miranda has stayed strong in light of Blake and Gwen going public with their romance. She is working toward her upcoming tour.

    “She’s excited, she’s looking forward to it. She’s keeping her mind on that and not on what her ex-husband is doing, but it’s not an easy time. Blake was ten years of her life, it’s a big deal,” the source explains.

    Do you think Miranda Lambert’s crossover from The Voice to American Idol is aimed at dissing Blake Shelton? Or was it simply a more comfortable outlet in which to lend her talents to up and coming singers, in light of her divorce from Blake?

  • Nicole Kidman Served as Leah Remini’s “Guardian Angel” Following Scientology Defection

    Nicole Kidman served a huge role in Leah Remini’s defection for the Church of Scientology, and strangely enough, the two have never met.

    In her new book, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, Leah Remini refers to Nicole Kidman as her “guardian angel.”

    “During this confusing early period, I sometimes felt adrift,” Leah Remini writes in her book. “But I had one figure I kept front and center in my mind to keep from going crazy: Nicole Kidman. That’s right, Tom Cruise’s ex was my guardian angel. Although I never met her or attempted to meet her, I thought about her a lot.”

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    “While I stared at the dark ceiling at night, unable to sleep, I would say to myself, ‘Remember Nicole Kidman,’” Remini wrote in her book. “‘She was declared an SP and left the church, and she’s doing okay. Her career is still going, and she has a husband and family…Just remember Nicole Kidman. She left and she’s okay…’”

    Nicole Kidman was, of course, married to Scientology’s most famous celebrity, Tom Cruise. Since her defection from the “church,” she has had little to no communication with the two children she adopted with Cruise.

    Nicole Kidman went on to find love again and to start a new family, too. She married country singer Keith Urban and the couple has two daughters together.

    In Leah Remini’s book, she writes that Nicole Kidman was called an SP–or Suppressed Person–by daughter Isabella Cruise shortly after leaving the Church of Scientology. Leah Remini was adamant her own daughter would experience no such thing.

    Leah Remini also reminded Nicole Kidman’s children that Kidman was still their mom, despite their feelings about Scientology.

    Surely Nicole Kidman knows by now that she served as Leah Remini’s guardian angel.

    Do you suppose the two will one day meet in person to discuss their painful pasts?

  • Nicole Kidman Reveals The Loneliest Point In Her Life, Should’ve Been Her Biggest Moment

    Being the first Australian to win an Oscar for Best Actress could’ve been the biggest moment of Nicole Kidman’s life, but the actress recently revealed that it was the loneliest moment of her life instead.

    Shortly before receiving the award in 2003, Kidman and former husband Tom Cruise had ended their 10-year marriage.

    “I was sitting in the Beverly Hills Hotel with a gold statue and I was the loneliest I’d ever been,” Kidman said during the Women In the World Summit at the Cadogan Hall in London on Friday.

    “To be completely honest, I was running away from my life at that time. I wasn’t able to handle the reality of my life.” Kidman also said. Kidman said that she turned to acting after the divorce to escape the truth.

    “As an actor, you have this wonderful thing where you can go and get lost in somebody else’s life.”

    Kidman eventually realized that she couldn’t hide behind the roles forever and finally accepted that it was not a permanent solution to her problem.

    She said she decided that she had to slow down, focus on her happiness, and recover her old self.

    “I did a lot of reading and a lot of talking, I managed through about five or six years, and then I stumbled into Keith,” Kidman said gushing about her nine-year marriage with country singer Keith Urban.

    “We got married very quickly and we got to know each other when we were married,” Kidman recalled “I wanted a partner and someone to share my life with. I wanted more children.”

    Kidman and Cruise have kids together, Isabella and Connor, while Kidman has daughters Sunday and Faith with Urban.

    After what Kidman went through, she said that being a mother changed her.

    “Once you have that child you think: Ah, I’m willing to die for this person and that changes everything,” Kidman said.

  • Isabella Cruise Marries in Small Scientology Ceremony Sans Mom Nicole Kidman

    Isabella Cruise, daughter of Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, married Max Parker–her boyfriend of less than a year–in a small private ceremony in London last month. Nicole Kidman neither knew about the wedding nor received an invitation.

    It seems that’s how Isabella Cruise wanted it. Tom Cruise reportedly foot the bill for the wedding and the party that followed.

    “The wedding was a Scientology ceremony,” a source close to the family said. “Nicole wasn’t there–she didn’t even know about it at all.”

    Max Parker is a British I.T. consultant. He dressed casually for his nuptials–wearing a white shirt and maroon tie. Isabella Cruise went with a simple look as well, donning a white, long sleeved lace mini-dress with black tights. Her attendants wore pale pink, tight-fitting jumpsuits.

    Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise adopted Isabella, 22, and son Connor, 20, in the 1990s, and the kids were brought up as Scientologists. The couple divorced in 2001 and Kidman left the church.

    Kidman has previously said of the kids, “They live with Tom, which was their choice,” and, “I’ve chosen not to speak publicly about Scientology. I have two children who are Scientologists–Connor and Isabella–and I utterly respect their beliefs.”

    Woman’s Day is the first magazine to publish pictures of Isabella Cruise’s wedding. The mag reports that Kidman is thrilled for her daughter. Kidman is married to Keith Urban, and the two have two young daughters.

    Tom Cruise raised both Connor and Isabella Cruise in the Church of Scientology following his split from Nicole Kidman. Despite her comments to the contrary, most reports say the relationship between Isabella Cruise and Nicole Kidman has long been strained.

    Despite her relationship with her mom, however, Isabella Cruise is now a married woman. It’s uncertain whether she and her new husband will reside in the U.S. or the U.K.

    What’s your take on the conflicting reports on Nicole Kidman’s feelings about Isabella Cruise’s wedding?

  • Nicole Kidman Doesn’t Diss Tom Cruise or Scientology, Unlike Heather Mills

    Nicole Kidman is a class act. The actress has been married to country music superstar Keith Urban since 2006. While they do occasionally make tabloid headlines, Kidman says her marriage and life now are pretty down to Earth.

    In a recent Vogue interview, it really jumps out how Kidman is able to praise her marriage to Urban without feeling the need to denigrate her time with Tom Cruise.

    “I wish I could have met him much earlier,” Kidman says of Urban, “and had way more children with him. But I didn’t. I mean, if I could have had two more children with him, that would have been just glorious.”

    The way she talks about Keith Urban is the stuff of fairy tale love stories. Like her recounting of watching him play in a friendly jam session recently.

    “I looked up at him at one point and I saw his tattoos and his foot going, and he had the guitar, and I was like, ‘God, I love that man. I’m so glad I’m in this world.’”

    One of the things Nicole Kidman will not talk about in interviews is Scientology. She would not even give a comment to the recent HBO documentary Going Clear, which has said Scientology tried to break up her marriage to Tom Cruise. Kidman has said that she ill not comment on that out of respect for her children with Tom Cruise.

    It’s not that Kidman won’t speak of those years with Cruise at all. She says, for example, that today’s young celebrities have a much harder time with tabloids and press than they did.

    “We’re the generation that got to duck all of that,” Kidman says. “When I was with Tom, I don’t remember paparazzi sitting outside our house . . . not like now. This is different.”

    Still, nothing bitter is aired about him, even though it would probably sell copy and get her interviews.

    What a contrast that is with Heather Mills’ recent statements. The ex-wife of Paul McCartney has spoken ill of him more than once recently.

    “I don’t want to go into my second marriage too much,” Heather Mills told the Guardian, “because if you haven’t got something nice to say about someone you shouldn’t say anything at all, and it had a lot to do with the person I married.”

    Rather than withhold comments out of respect for their daughter, she uses her as a topic to talk McCartney down.

    “I taught her the saxophone,” Mills says, “because her father can’t read music so I do all the music teaching.”

    On another occasion, Mills said of McCartney:

    “If I go down the street, all I get is kids coming up to me — half of them don’t even know who he is — that’s why he’s gotta do songs with Rihanna and Kanye West, so people remember …”

  • Nicole Kidman Gives Tour Of Her Australian Farm, Answers Personal Questions

    Nicole Kidman looked flawless on the latest cover of Vogue in a sequined top and her blonde hair swept to the side.

    But, the most entertaining facet of Nicole Kidman’s photo spread with Vogue was her participation in their famous 73-question interview.

    Vogue joined Nicole Kidman on the Australian farm that she shares with her husband, country singer Keith Urban, and their two daughters, Sunday Rose, 7, and Faith, 4.

    The farmhouse that Nicole Kidman calls home was simpler than many famous movie stars’ abodes.

    That goes for what Nicole Kidman holds high in value, as well.

    When Nicole Kidman was asked about her favorite part of living on a farm, she said it was the “simplicity”, the “air”, and the “peace” that go along with it.

    When Nicole Kidman walked through the stunning kitchen and dining area of her home, she tripped on a toy, which prompted her interviewer to ask about the best and worst part of being a mom.

    Nicole Kidman said the best thing about motherhood is “everything — the love, the joy, the purpose,” and the worst thing to her would be “knowing I won’t be here forever so I won’t always be able to take care of them.”

    About her husband, Nicole Kidman admitted that she didn’t like country music much before she met him.

    She said, “I didn’t know him so I couldn’t really be a fan, but now, I’m his biggest fan.”

    Didn’t Nicole Kidman look amazing and happy in her interview?

  • Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban Celebrate Ninth Wedding Anniversary

    Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have been married for nine years. On Thursday Nicole celebrated their wedding anniversary by sharing a photo of their family, including their daughters–Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret–on social media.

    In the photo, the loving couple looks at their beautiful girls, no doubt appreciating the blessings bestowed upon them in the past several years.

    “9 years of love xx,” Nicole Kidman captioned the image.

    Keith Urban took Nicole Kidman as his wife back in June of 2006 in Sydney, Australia.

    Keith Urban shared a video with his wife following a performance in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

    “We just came off stage in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and it was so fun,” he told the audience. “It’s our anniversary tonight and everyone had signs wishing us a happy anniversary — you have no idea how touching that is.”

    Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban live in Nashville, Tennessee these days. Urban credits her with the happy family life they enjoy.

    “I always give props to Nic,” he said in a previous interview with People magazine. “Because we travel so much as a family, she does an amazing job keeping everybody together. She’s got the kids’ schedule dialed in, she’s dropping them off even in the middle of her work. I couldn’t do any of this without her.”

    Happy anniversary to both Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. May they enjoy many more years together as husband and wife–and parents to their two adorable daughters. Nicole Kidman is also the mother of a son and a daughter from her marriage to Tom Cruise.

  • Nicole Kidman And Naomi Watts Make Out Onstage At Film Gala

    During the 2015 Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, Nicole Kidman and her longtime ‘girl’ friend Naomi Watts shocked the public as they locked lips together.

    Strangely, the two Hollywood exports were both wearing shower caps when Kidman grabbed Watt’s head and passionately kissed her. Their intense kiss left the guests utterly surprised.

    Cheers and loud roars with giggles were heared as the two women shared their love for each other publicly. Watts barely reached her towering partner while clutching onto her neck.

    Photos over the internet showing Watts holding onto the back of Kidman’s neck while they were smooching each other have gone viral.

    Though, Kidman is just a few days away from celebrating her ninth anniversary with Keith Urban, she still confidently shared a steamy kiss with Watts.

    For a moment, Kidman seemed to have stopped being Urban’s wife, reserving herself for Watts as she came into sensual contact with her long-time lady friend.

    Kidman and Watts both looked so glamorous while making their appearances on the red carpet at the event gala.

    Apart from Watts, Kidman was also joined at the awards night by Angie Harmon and Regina King. Nicole received the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film. The award was presented to women who expand their work beyond the movie industry.

    On the other hand, there were major issues regarding Kidman’s look during the night. Kidman suffered from a makeup fail by the time she came in to collect her award.

    The Aussie actress was photographed with a ridiculous amount of face powder all over her nose and cheeks at the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards.

    But while the makeup issue may have raised a few eyebrows, Nicole’s outfit turned heads. Nicole Kidman wore a designer dress made from black sequins which showed off her slim figure.

  • Erin Andrews: Fox Sports Reporter and ‘DWTS’ Co-Host to Co-Host CMT Awards With ‘Pitch Perfect 2’s’ Brittany Snow

    Erin Andrews is finished with one recent co-hosting job, so it’s only fitting she’d take on another. Just a couple of weeks following the Dancing With the Stars season finale, where she watched Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy win mirror ball trophies, Andrews has landed in Nashville, where she’ll join Pitch Perfect 2 star Brittany Snow in co-hosting the 2015 CMT Music Awards. The show is set to air on June 10th.

    “Being a huge fan of country music, the CMT Music Awards are one of my favorite events of the season,” Erin Andrews said in a recent statement to Us Weekly. “I cannot wait to be around all the talented artists and bands and look forward to being a part of such a great event.”

    It seems Brittany Snow is an avid country music fan, too–as well as a fan of Erin Andrews.

    “As a longtime fan of CMT and the CMT Music Awards, I’m thrilled to join Erin in hosting what’s sure to be one of the most memorable musical nights of the year,” she said.

    Some of the biggest names in country music will take the stage along with Erin Andrews and Brittany Snow at the 2015 CMT Awards on Wednesday night, including Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, and more. On Monday it was announced that Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker have joined this impressive lineup of performers and presenters.

    Carrie Underwood leads the pack with five CMT Award nominations.

    The 2015 CMT Music Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 10, at 8 p.m. ET.

    Will you be tuning in to catch Erin Andrews and Brittany Snow as they host the 2015 CMT Music Awards tomorrow evening?

  • Reba McEntire to Return to CMT Awards Stage for First Time in Ten Years

    Reba McEntire is returning to the CMT Awards stage on Wednesday night for the first time in ten years. She and Darius Rucker were just announced as additions to the night’s performance lineup.

    A whole slew of country music greats will both perform and present during the evening, but not many have the longevity and popularity in the country music world as that of Reba McEntire.

    The 2015 CMT Awards will take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Erin Andrews of Fox Sports and Dancing With the Stars fame, along with Pitch Perfect 2’s Brittany Snow will serve as co-hosts for the event.

    In addition to Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker–he will perform outside the arena–other acts at Wednesday night’s CMT Awards include Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, and Sam Hunt. Lady Antebellum take the stage, too, alongside DJ-producer Zedd for a very special country-EDM mashup.

    CMT Awards presenters include Arnold Schwarzenegger (not a name many associate with country music–but ok), Billy Ray Cyrus, Cole Swindell, David Spade, and Hunter Hayes.

    Carrie Underwood is leader of the CMT Awards pack, with five nominations.

    It’s uncertain what Reba McEntire will sing, but it’s also quite likely that fans don’t care. Just seeing her perform on the CMT Awards stage is more than enough–for those in the audience as well as viewers at home.

    Will you tune in to the CMT Awards on Wednesday evening at 9:00 p.m. ET to see Reba McEntire and a big lineup of other country music performers, nominees, and award recipients?

  • Erin Andrews, Brittany Snow to Co-Host 2015 CMT Music Awards on June 10th

    Erin Andrews is finished with one co-hosting job, so it’s only fitting she’d take on another. Fresh from a Dancing With the Stars season finale, where she watched Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy win mirror ball trophies, Andrews now heads south to Nashville, where she’ll join Pitch Perfect 2 star Brittany Snow in co-hosting the 2015 CMT Music Awards.

    “Being a huge fan of country music, the CMT Music Awards are one of my favorite events of the season,” Erin Andrews said in a statement to Us Weekly. “I cannot wait to be around all the talented artists and bands and look forward to being a part of such a great event.”

    Brittany Snow issued her own statement about co-hosting with Erin Andrews.

    “As a longtime fan of CMT and the CMT Music Awards, I’m thrilled to join Erin in hosting what’s sure to be one of the most memorable musical nights of the year,” she said.

    Some of the biggest names in country music will take the stage along with Erin Andrews and Brittany Snow, including Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, and more.

    Carrie Underwood leads the pack with five CMT Award nominations.

    The 2015 CMT Music Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 10, at 8 p.m. ET.

    Will you be tuning in to catch Erin Andrews and Brittany Snow as they host the 2015 CMT Music Awards next month?

  • Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride Slam Sexist Country Music Radio Station Executive

    Miranda Lambert and Martina McBride are just two women in country music both astonished and offended by a remark made by a country music radio station executive this past week.

    Keith Hill oversees 300 country music radio stations. He pretty much said during a recent interview for Country Aircheck that country radio needed to “take females out” in order to boost their station’s ratings.

    “Trust me, I play great female records and we’ve got some right now; they’re just not the lettuce in our salad,” Hill added. “The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. The tomatoes of our salad are the females.”

    A comment like Keith Hill’s doesn’t take long to spread via social media. Country music fans and artists picked up on it and slammed the exec for his sexist comment and his stupidity.

    Miranda Lambert is disgusted.

    Martina McBride shares Miranda Lambert’s dismay, and posted her thoughts on Facebook.

    Wow…..just wow. Just read this from a major country radio publication. How do you feel about this statement? I…

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    And to further prove that Keith Hill is completely off his rocker with his most unfortunate comment, Shane McAnally stood up for the ladies of country music, too.

    Wouldn’t you love to hear what Miranda Lambert’s husband–Blake Shelton–has to say about this? He not only supports his wife, but promotes adding women to the country music world. Just look at the young women he has mentored via The Voice–Danielle Bradbury and Cassadee Pope.

    In Miranda Lambert and Martina McBride’s eyes, it’s on. It will be interesting to learn what–if anything–Keith Hill says about women in country music during his next interview.

    It seems a few ‘tomatoes’ have been thrown in his direction–with more likely to come.

  • ‘American Idol’ Ending With Season 15, Did ‘The Voice’ Cause Its Demise?

    American Idol is coming to an end following its 15th season, which is scheduled to begin in January. Do you suppose The Voice played a role in its demise? The singing competition show was the first of its kind, and was initially met with a huge viewership. After NBC introduced The Voice, however, the ratings plummeted.

    Us Weekly reports that Fox made the announcement Monday morning, May 11th, about American Idol’s cancellation.

    “American Idol will begin its 15th–and final–season this January on FOX,” the network wrote in a statement. “A season-long celebratory event, American Idol XV will feature host Ryan Seacrest and judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr., as they search for the final Idol superstar and pay tribute to the past 14 seasons of amazingly talented contestants and the millions of fans who tweeted, texted and championed their Idols.”

    American Idol will have graced the airwaves and scoured through countless prospective star singers for 13 years when it ends its run. The only constant figure throughout its entire reign is Ryan Seacrest. During the show’s first season, he introduced judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, and Randy Jackson. That trio went on to work with Kara DioGuardi, Ellen DeGeneres, Lopez, Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Urban, and Connick, Jr. The trio of Lopez, Urban, and Connick, Jr. has been in place since 2014’s 13th season of American Idol.

    Some major talent has come from American Idol throughout the years. Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken, Jennifer Hudson, and Kellie Pickler all competed on or won American Idol.

    Are you disappointed to hear American Idol is coming to an end with its 15th season? Do you think The Voice , with judges Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Pharrell Wiliams, and Christina Aguilera is a better quality program? Might it have contributed to American Idol calling it quits?

  • Portia de Rossi, Ellen DeGeneres Take Birthday Selfies

    Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres shared some lovely selfies with their fans just ahead of Ellen’s 57th birthday. Despite the talk show host’s dry humor and hilarious antics, these photos depicted the softer, sweeter side to this married couple.

    Ellen and Portia appeared in the shots, sans any makeup or special wardrobe, locked in an embrace on a beach at sunset.

    “My last sunset of 56 with my favorite person,” DeGeneres captioned one of the shots.

    Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres–who have been together since 2004 and married since August of 2008–appear both relaxed and very much in love in their sunset scene.

    Portia was noticeably absent when Ellen DeGeneres celebrated her birthday on her show, however. Instead, the host celebrated with Joe Biden and Keith Urban, who sang her a very special song.

    Ellen DeGeneres was her usual upbeat, hilarious self while celebrating her birthday on her show–she even gave away two Mercedes cars–but nothing says happiness like the look on her face in the selfies taken with Portia de Rossi. Despite recent rumors that things aren’t going well for the couple, there appeared to be a sense of love and peace in those shots.

  • Nicole Kidman Says She Is Happier Than She’s Ever Been — ‘I Laugh a Lot More Now’

    Nicole Kidman says she is happier person today than ever.

    In an interview on Tuesday with Matt Lauer for Today, the Paddington actress said life is very different now, especially after moving to Nashville with husband Keith Urban in 2006.

    Lauer questioned Kidman on a statement her friend Sheryl Crow made for Elle Magazine in regards to Nicole’s reputation for being “icy” because she is always “so poised.” Kidman said her reputation partly stems from the roles she chooses, but also attributes her “icy” reputation to her innate shyness that can make her seem standoffish.

    “I am very shy, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve lost some of that shyness,” she said. “And I laugh a lot more now. I’m happier.”

    Kidman, who was on the show promoting her new film Paddington, said she loves the movie because it embraces values like “kindness to strangers” and “kindness to others.”

    Kidman couldn’t help but gush on her life in Nashville, where the simplicity of their world with their daughters, six-year-old Sunday and two-year-old Faith, is everything she’s always dreamed of.

    “We have a very easy, warm, peaceful life,” she said. “That’s something I’ve always wanted and was heading towards, but didn’t know how to find it. I’ve found it now.”

    “We are so blessed and we laugh a lot and play a lot,” Kidman said of the man she decided she wanted to marry after dating for only a month. “I just laugh.”

  • Nicole Kidman Wants Another Baby

    Nicole Kidman Wants Another Baby

    Nicole Kidman has a lot on her plate, but she seems to want more.

    The actress has been hinting that she wants to have another baby.

    In fact, she recently said in an interview that she hopes to get pregnant very soon.

    “I love babies … kids, they are just extraordinary,” the Australian actress told radio hosts Jackie O. and Kyle on Australia’s KIIS 1065 on Friday. “I hope every month that I’m pregnant, but I never am.”

    Nicole is already the mother of six-year-old Sunday and two-year-old Faith, whom she shares with her husband Keith Urban.

    She also has two older children that she adopted with ex-husband Tom Cruise. After Nicole and Tom divorced, the two children chose to stay with Tom.

    Although Nicole doesn’t see her older children as often as she would like, she does keep in close contact with them.

    Still, she says she would welcome another child into her life.

    “I would be jumping for joy if [I got pregnant],” Kidman continued. “I’m 47, it won’t happen.” Kidman’s youngest child Faith, was born via surrogate.

    Nicole said that while she would be excited if she found out she was pregnant, her husband Keith might not be.

    “He might not be jumping for joy,” she said, laughing. She added that Keith is happy to be at a point in their lives where they can focus on other things.

    Tom and Nicole got married with she was 39 and he was 38.

    Although they may not be able to have any more kids together, they seem to be very much in love and focused on their relationship.

    Do you think Nicole and Keith will start trying to get pregnant or would they be better off to adopt a child at their ages?