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Sugarland fans prove they'll be alright

Wow!  Just wow!

Reader Krista sent me this video that Sugarland fan Erica had made in honor of Sugarland's new single Little Miss.  Erica started what she called The Little Miss Project and made the below video from responses Sugarland fans sent her.  

Now I've heard the song probably 50 times or more but have never actually stopped to listen to the words and the meaning of the song.  Until this video that is.  

Awesome job Erica!  And apparently Sugarland's camp also thought she did an awesome job because they've recognized the video and have started their own Little Miss Project.  Find out how you can contribute here and make sure to check out the video below, it's definitely worth 7 minutes of your life. 

Jake and Taylor call the police on the paparazzi....get a helicopter escort

 
Boy, seems Taylor and Jakie poo weren't in the mood for the meddlesome paparazzi recently.

While the two cruised around Beverly Hills on Thursday, the paparazzi got a bit too pushy or were posing a traffic hazard or something because according to X17Online.com Jake Gyllenhaal decided to call in the fuzz. 

Have to say that the 90210 cops must have been bored because they came out in force, including dispatching a helicopter to keep an eye on the pesky paparazzi.

Hopefully the helicopter was just waiting for a more important car chase or building-on-fire call to come in because it seems like a real waste of resources to use it as a star-surveillance-mobile. 

Video and more pics of Taylor and Jake motoring about town here.

Whatever you do, don't tell Darius Rucker he sucks

 
So here's a fun little get-a-picture-with-a-star moment gone terribly wrong involving Darius Rucker and a girl named Pinky. 

Here's the rundown of what happened from MikeTheFanBoy.com when a bunch of people were outside waiting for the stars to come out from a talkshow taping, Darius being one of them - the stars not the fans waiting outside. 

9:16 p.m. – On, and there’s Hootie. Pinky called out after him and he ignored her. Damn… Really? So, Pinky yelled “You suck Darius!”

9:17 p.m. – Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, Darius Rucker storms the gates and starts yelling, “Who said that? Who said that?” while power walking over to the dispersing crowd. Pinky says, “I did” Darius/hootie says, “Then everyone gets a picture but you.”

9:18 p.m. – But no one else wants a picture. So, he tells Pinky that wasn’t cool, and that he has a life outside of this, and has a concert to play. Umm okay… Pinky says, “We were here all day and…” And then Darius Rucker says to her…”Then you need to get a life.”

 

If you just watch the video it looks like Darius is an major league asshole, but I have to say that if it was me who had you suck yelled at me I would probably have went off too.  Who wants to be told they suck?  But in Pinky's defense, if I had been waiting for a longtime (the website says she got there at 4:32 and had already been brushed off by Darius once as he was entering the building) to get an autograph and then the star was just going to run off without signing a few autographs or taking a picture, I guess I might be inclined to say something along the suck lines too. 

Oh well, I guess she got a meeting with Hootie/Darius that neither of them will ever forget.

{Video via B93}

Kellie Pickler - peace, camo and bubble gum

 Kellie Pickler arrived at LAX yesterday, 10/20/10, looking peaceful, comfy, and totally bubblelicious.

 {Photos via Celebutopia}

What up Chuck?

Yeah, this has got to be one of the oddest fan pictures I've ever seen.  Has Chuck gone into the dental biz?  Is he drawing on a Marilyn Monroe beauty mark?  What the heck is going on???

Well thankfully The Boot has let us in on the story behind this mysterious picture.

Turns out the gal asked Chuck Wicks to sign her teeth.

Why?  I have absolutely no clue.  Does ink stain false teeth?  Was she going to have her falsies laminated with some special denture lacquer to protect the ink?

Maybe she just wanted to have Chuck touch her lips. 

On second thought, maybe I should have my teeth autographed. 

So what did Chuck think about the strange request?  He tells The Boot, "They were in her mouth, so it was still kind of gross!"

Understatement of the day me thinks.
  

http://twitter.com/CHUCKWICKSMUSIC

The 411 on Toby Keith's fan club party

 
In case you're interested, here's all the ironed-out details of Toby's annual fan club party....

Plans have been finalized for the 2010 Toby Keith Fan Club Party and all Fan Club members are invited!  Here are the details:

Date:  Saturday, September 18, 2010

Time:  11:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Place:  Tinley Park, IL

Price:  $55.00 per person

 

Here’s the skinny!

 

Doors will open at 11:00 AM when you will be treated to a great BBQ lunch that includes chicken, ribs, steak fries, an array of salads and fresh vegetables, an assortment of breads and yummy desserts!  A cash soda and juice bar will be set up for those of you who would like something more than iced tea or water to drink. 

 

Will Toby be there?  You betcha!  He will arrive after lunch to answer a few questions from you guys, and fill us in on what’s going on with him!  Unfortunately, time constraints will not allow for autographs or photos with Toby, but bring your cameras to get some great up-close shots of him as he speaks with us.  As always, video and audio recording is strictly prohibited. 

 

Did we mention door prizes?  We will be giving away LOTS of them during the party!

 

The on sale date for Toby's Tinley Park concert will be announced in early Summer.  Tickets to Toby’s shows are not required to attend the fan club party.  Tickets to the fan club party do not include tickets the concert.  They are totally separate and must be purchased individually.

 

Click here to order tickets...   Order early!  Once they're gone, they're gone!

 

Not a member?  Click here to join!  You must be a fan club member to order tickets to the fan club party.

Now that's one dedicated fan

Here's a video where you get to meet Melissa. 

Melissa likes tattoos. 

She also likes celebrity autographs. 

Melissa combined her love of tattoos and celebrity autographs and has the proof all over her body.

She also likes SHeDAISY.

You can probably guess the rest.

Phil Vassar honors the Vissers

Phil Vassar played a concert at the Surf Ballroom Friday night in Iowa and before the show headed to the local YMCA to work out with a couple of his bandmates. 

The clerk at the front desk, Kelly Visser, turns out was a huge fan.  Before Vassar had finished his workout, another YMCA employee told him about Visser.

Phil met with Kelly before leaving the Y and found out that her husband, Michael, was getting ready to deploy to Afghanistan in the next month or so for a whole year.  Phil invited the couple out to his concert that night and gave them backstage passes. 

“It was so cool. I have goosebumps,” Kelly said.

Kelly started crying at the ticket offer and when Vassar asked if she needed a hug, she said, "I don’t even care if you’re sweaty I’ll have a hug."

During the concert, Vassar dedicated the song American Child to the couple.

“It was a great night,” Visser said.

Great night indeed.  A nice memory for Kelly and Mike before what is to be a hellish next year.

{Via the Globe Gazette}

If only I had a bra purse too

I'm one of those odd ladies who isn't the least bit into shoes or purses - but I must say that I'd make an exception for a fine bra purse like the one above.  It's a purse that was actually made from a bra and given to Steel Magnolia's Meghan Linsay by a fan.

Meghan tells WYCD that she's tried to lose it many times but someone always gives it back to her.

Screw that, if Meghan wants to lose it she can send it to me.  I'd pack it around with pride.   

{via WYCD}

Don't look now but Taylor is riiiiight behind youuuuu

So would you say that is fear or shock on the little girl above's face? 

Too cute in a fight or flight sort of way.

Taylor's 13-hour marathon meet & greet on Sunday turned into a 15-hour mega-marathon meet & greet, finally ending at 11 pm with more than 10,000 adoring fans entering the Bridgestone Arena in the hopes of meeting Taylor and 2000 actually getting the job done.  

Now I have to say that 2000 fans in 15 hours didn't actually sound like a lot to me, but then I did the math and it works out to 133 fans per hour or a little over 2 people per minute. 

Wowza, that's just crazy.  I'm sure some fans met Taylor in groups of more than one per meeting, but still, that's amazing.  Makes you wonder if Taylor's shoulders hurt from all the hugging.

Photo above via The Tennessean.