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Did you miss Carrie's holiday special? Watch it online now

If you missed Carrie's Fox holiday special then you're in luck.  You can now watch it online in its entirety over here.

Chuck Wicks shoots some shots for his new album

Hummina hummina hummina.  Chuck Wicks Tweeted some pictures from his recent photo shoot for his upcoming album.  Can you say yumm?  Let's hope the album's half as good as the pictures.

On a side note, Chuck also Tweeted a picture of his little dog at Petsmart.  At first I thought maybe he had gotten custody of Lexi when him and Julianne broke up.  Turns out it's his new cutie pie pup Cooper.  Everybody now....awwwww.

 

Julianne's new exercise video makes me smile

Lori sent me the link to this video of clips from Julianne Hough's new exercise video "Cardio Ballroom" that came out yesterday.  Now usually exercise videos make me want to moan and groan and eat a cookie.  This one makes me smile.  I watched it twice before I realized why it made me so happy.....it reminds me of the Barbie work out videos from my younger years. 

Okay, maybe it's just the blonde hair and sweet disposition.

Cowboy Troy and Burns&Poe love themselves some Dallas Cowboys

Well I may not like football but I sure do like to get my toes tapping with the theme songs the various football teams have.  This go around we have the Dallas Cowboys newest theme song Cowboy Stomp performed by Big and Rich pal Cowboy Troy and the new duo Burns & Poe.

A little more about the Garth Brooks lawsuit

It's all becoming more clear why exactly Garth wants his half a million dollar donation back that I told you about a few days ago. 

From TMZ.com....

Garth Brooks is waging a bitter legal war against a hospital in his hometown, demanding the Oklahoma hospital return a $500,000 donation he made because it never named a building after his mother.

It's all over a deal Garth claims he made with Integris Canadian Valley Regional hospital in Yukon, Oklahoma about four years ago. In his lawsuit, filed in state court in Oklahoma, Garth claims his donation was supposed to go towards a new hospital building that would be named after his mother Colleen -- who died from cancer in 1999.

But the building never got built -- despite a $27 million renovation and expansion project last year -- and Garth wants his money back claiming the hospital breached the donation contract.

The hospital claims it's all a giant misunderstanding and hopes the dispute will reach a "swift and amicable end."

The hospital may want this over quickly but Garth's rep tells PEOPLE: "This deals with his mother, the home town and the people he grew up with and is deeply personal."

Well it's not a hospital building named in honor of Garth's mom, but if he wanted to give me $500,000 I'd have her name tattooed on some prime real estate....like my forehead.

Let's just hope Billy Ray wasn't behind the camera

New video of Billy Ray's 9-year-old daughter, Noah, singing Smack That or Slap That or something else equally age-inappropriate.  Crazy stuff.

Press Release....Carrie Underwood receives Harmony Award

 
Carrie Underwood received the 2009 Harmony Award at the Symphony Ball this past Saturday night, December 12, at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center.  The Nashville Symphony Ball is Nashville’s premiere winter social event, a white-tie, invitation-only evening benefiting the Nashville Symphony and its music outreach programs. This year marked the event’s 25th anniversary.

“The honor is a wonderful compliment and it’s an amazing feeling being part of the Nashville community,” said Underwood. “It was a beautiful evening filled with wonderful music, gorgeous ball gowns and décor, and was definitely an evening to remember.”
 
The Harmony Award is presented annually at Nashville’s Symphony Ball to individuals who have demonstrated continued interest and support of music in Nashville. The recipients exemplify the unique harmony between the many worlds of music that exist in our city and have contributed significantly to the development and appreciation of Nashville’s musical culture.
 
Previous recipients of the Harmony Award include: Amy Grant, LeAnn Rimes, Michael W. Smith, Tony Brown, Mike & Linda Curb, Lyle Lovett, Trisha Yearwood, Dolly Parton, The Judds, Steve Winwood, Vince Gill, Wynonna and Naomi Judd, Chet Atkins, Rascal Flatts, and Martina McBride, the 2008 recipient.

Carrie feels the most beautiful when she's hanging out with people who could care less

Check out the behind the scenes of Carrie's Self photo shoot. She talks about feeling good, feeling glamorous, and when she feels the best about herself. And in case you were wondering what it took to dress like Carrie, here are a few of her tips to Self...

Carrie's tips range from wearing shorts under a mini dress, to be being bold in a bright color. Here are a few additional pieces of fashion advice:

1. Build your outfit around a statement piece... a floral dress, a graphic print blouse, embellished cardigan, a bold necklace, thigh high boots...

2. Keep it simple. Don't wear every trend of the season at once, that's overkill.

3. Embrace new silhouettes by choosing fashion forward shapes, but stick to a monochrome color palette, making the ensemble easier on the eye.

4. Know your body shape and proportions and work with them, not against them. Don't hesitate to ignore trends that will do anything but flatter your figure. Every trend is NOT for everyone.

Did Carrie have a little work done?

Carrie always looks beautiful, but please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this cover for Self looks a little cartoonish.  Seriously, just stare at it for a moment. It seems like they took Carrie's head off, did their photo-engineering magic and then put it back. Oh well, luckily the inside pictures are gorgeous. 

 

 

The contest to end all contests...I've GOT to win me one of these

Just perusing the blog-o-sphere and came across this contest over on PETA's website.  And I have GOT to tell you I want one of these.  I'll add it to my Christmas list and one of you fine readers can send me one (in case I don't' win that is).

So what is it you ask?  Well it's a doggy collar camera so you can see exactly what your dog does when left to do what dogs do.  I already have visions of the doggy porn, close-ups of trees as the dogs do their business on them, and of course there will be holes.  Lots of holes. It's one of the joys of having a lab and lab mix, they are master hole diggers.  I'm telling you, the footage may be part of a video montage that I'll give away next year with my Christmas cards.  Here's a bit of what I'm expecting when I slap one of these suckers on my pooch(s).

And no, none of those are my dogs, but I have three dogs of my own so these are bound to be the sort of images this camera would bring back.