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Wynonna Judd talks about watching her husband almost die

Now that Wynonna has joined this season's "Dancing With The Stars," I'm sure we're going to be seeing her everywhere. 

This week Wynonna makes an appearance in the pages of Us Magazine. She recalls the horrific day last year when her husband, Cactus Moser, nearly died in a motorcycle accident and subsequently lost his leg. 

"I remember standing over Cactus, wondering whether he was alive or not," Judd recalls in the new issue of Us Weekly. "I kept saying to myself, 'Be calm, be calm.' When I realized he was still alive, I noticed the leg was gone. I saw remnants of it, um, all over the highway. I just stood there, trying to make sense of it all."

In some ways, the five-time Grammy winner is still trying to make sense of it. She and her husband tell Us they're stronger for having survived the tragedy, but there are dark days. Explains Moser: "We're living two different realities. We learned to respect that we each have our own pain."

DWTS featuring both Wynonna Judd and Kellie Pickler premieres March 18. 

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Shania Twain ready to start recording again ... just needs to find the time

Shania Twain launched her new Vegas show, Still The One, on December 1st to rave reviews. Now that the butterflies are gone, Shania tells Vegas Magazine that she's getting antsy to record new music but with a successful new show, she just doesn't have the time yet.  

“I’m so confident how my voice is coming across, I know I am ready to go back in the studio and record an album. I just don’t have the time yet. I don’t want to lose contact with my fans. I don’t want to lose that element of being able to touch people and connect with them and not be separated from them. For me, it’s like a dream.”

Despite fans being anxious for new music, I'm pretty sure they will patiently wait. What's another year or two when they've already waited so long?

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Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton are on the cover of People magazine

My favorite famous married couple, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, made the cover of the newest issue of People magazine.  The pair talk with the magazine about their baby making plans and how they make their marriage work. 

From People.com: 

After 18 months of marriage, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are still acting like newlyweds. So, what's the secret to their wedded bliss? 

"We won't go more than two weeks without seeing each other," says Lambert, 28, in PEOPLE's new issue. 

But sometimes, not seeing each other works wonders too. If they spend too much time together, says Shelton, 36, "we'll kill each other!" 

Despite their busy schedules, which Lambert has said meant they've spent only about 150 days together since they exchanged vows under an arch of antlers in her native Texas in May 2011, the couple has recently been able to hunker down in their rented home in Hollywood (where Shelton tapes The Voice). 

Up next for country's fun-loving couple: Each is nominated for four CMA Awards, which will be handed out Thursday; Lambert heads into the studio to start work on a new Pistol Annies album; and Shelton celebrates his new holiday album Cheers, It's Christmas with a TV special called Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas, airing Dec. 3 on NBC. 

Blake and Miranda's issue of People magazine hits stores Friday. 

Taylor Swift pulls an Amanda Bynes...hits two cars in one day

Okay, technically Taylor hit one car and the other car hit her car so we're not really bordering on Amanda Bynes territory here, but it was two minor fender benders in one day which is kind of funny. 

Recently Taylor was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and when the magazine sent a reporter to interview Taylor, they decided to go for a ride with Taylor driving. That's when Taylor's first accident happened.  According to Ace Showbiz, Taylor somehow managed to back into her bass player's car. 

The 22-year-old country music cutie accidentally hit a parked car and completely freaked out. "Oh my God!" she repeatedly said. 

It turned out the car belonged to her bass player. "I'm gonna pay for it, I promise! I'm good for it!" she added. "Amos, I'm so sorry. I freaked out 'cause I went the wrong way and he was gonna think I'm a bad driver and then I backed into another car. This is the worst interview he's ever had, already!" 

The girlfriend of Conor Kennedy continued, "I cannot believe there was a car behind me. I thought that- because I could only see the security car, and Amos' car was so low and I didn't look in the back camera and I was so sure no one was behind me." 

As if hitting a parked car wasn't bad enough, later in the day a Corvette sideswiped her car. 

"OK, that was my life flashing before my eyes," Taylor was quoted as saying. "What is this day? This is some strange alternate reality where things just go wrong a lot. That was the second time today! I'm going to have a nervous breakdown!" 

Wow, I bet that interviewer will rethink the whole interviewing-while-driving thing in the future. 

For Taylor's interview with the magazine, check out RollingStone.com. 

Taylor Swift previews new "Never Ever" video, says living across the street from Conor would be "wonderful"

It's a dance partay!!!

Taylor's new video for We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together debuts tomorrow on all the various MTV channels (CMT, MTV, VH1), but today we get our very first glimpse of what the video will look like. Check it out below (via TOC). 

Taylor also has a new interview in Rolling Stone magazine's September 13th issue. In it she talks about musical collaborations and love.

"I know general things about love," she says. "How to treat people well, what you deserve and when to walk away. Other than that, love is a complete mystery – and that's why I like to write about it."

She also says about buying a house near the Kennedy family in Massachusetts, "That would be so amazing." Unfortunately that's all she said on that subject, at least that's all that appears online. 

Check out the rest of the interview in the September print edition of Rolling Stone or part of it online here. 

Go behind the scenes of Kellie Pickler's Maxim photoshoot (video)

Last week photos hit the web from Kellie's Salute the Troops Maxim issue and now we have some fun behind-the-scenes video from her photo shoot. 

Looks like there was no Photoshop needed here.

You're welcome. 

Rumor patrol: Taylor Swift's parents have reportedly separated

Well this is certainly sad if true. 

Taylor Swift has been noticeably absent from the media lately. Yeah, she pops up here and there, but the media saturation of old has really slowed down, almost as if she's keeping a low profile. I had thought that maybe she was busy working on her next album and staying more out of sight to prepare for the media blitz that a new album will bring, but now it seems there may be a darker, more sad reason for Taylor to stay out of the media -- her parents possible impending divorce. 

Star magazine is running with a story (via Radar Online) in its next issue that says that Taylor Swift's parents have called it quits (or at least separated) after nearly 25 years together. 

Star can exclusively reveal what's been upsetting the 22-year-old singer. After nearly 25 years of marriage, her parents have separated! And their breakup has really taken a toll on the young Grammy winner. "She's been going through a lot," a family friend informs Star. "The new album will showcase the pain of her parents' separation."

According to the insider, Taylor's mom and dad, Andrea and Scott, split a while back — sometime within the last two years but they were trying to keep their marital problems private. "The Swifts stopped wearing their wedding rings," continues the source. "They haven't filed for divorce because they don't want it to damage Taylor's career."

But ironically, Taylor's concert schedule may have been a major factor in the rift. "Andrea being on tour with Taylor full-time has really been hard on her relationship with Scott," says the source.

Ugh. Blaming Taylor's concert schedule for her parents' possible marital issues seems a bit rough -- I mean who wants that on their shoulders? Hopefully this is Star magazine just being Star magazine and Taylor's parents are fine and dandy.  

Wow! Kellie Pickler is smoking hot in the pages of Maxim's special Salute To The Military 2012 issue

Hubba hubba. I think I may just have a new girl crush!

Kellie Pickler is on the cover and in the pages of Maxim magazine's special Salute to the Military issue and the girl is totally smoking hot! 

Kellie isn't just a pinup in the magazine, though, she also has an interview. A few of the highlights include:

On what inspired her to get involved in the USO tour:
"I comes from a military family. My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country. It really does take someone special to sacrifice everything. I don't mean just their lives, either. There are men who are sacrificing the chance to hold their newborn baby!"

On her tattoos:
"My grandmother would be mortified if she knew I had these. She's passed away now, but she would say, 'Tattoos are the devil!' So my first tattoo, of course, was my grandma's name. I also have stars on my left arm for my USO tours, but I'm missing two."

On whether small town girls can be trouble:
"We might be, but we can also talk out way out of it. A country girl can talk her way out of a ticket. Not that I've ever been pulled over..."

I have to admit, I'm torn between being jealous of Kellie being in such close proximity to so many handsome men in uniform and so many handsome men in uniform getting the chance to be in close proximity to Kellie Pickler.  

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Keith Urban has an entourage and they all showed up for his GQ interview

A reporter for Australia GQ recently got the chance to sit down and talk with one of country's sexiest and best dressed men, Keith Urban, who brought along his entourage for the interview.  Of course part of his entourage included daughter Faith Margaret and her entourage of various stuffed animals and her nanny, so it was more cute than diva.  

Today, Urban has arrived sans hat but with a herd that includes a PA, a stylist, a publicist, a nanny… oh, and a daughter. Toddling in her dad’s wake, Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, 18 months, has her own entourage: a giraffe named Sophie who, to my eyes at least, is the spitting image of Faith’s tall, pale and auburn movie-star mother. Urban slopes in and, leading Faith by the hand, unaffectedly introduces her and himself to everyone in attendance. He looks a model dad, gleaming, doting and cheerful, all winged hair tips and stubble that catches the light, a lithe, relaxed, tanned 5’10’’ figure in T-shirt and jeans.

Awww. Is it just me or does the fact that he brought along his daughter to his interview without wife Nicole being there make him even sexier?  

The September issue of Australian GQ hits stores July 23rd, but you can check out part of the article and more photos here.

All powerful stadium king Kenny Chesney covers Billboard Magazine

Kenny Chesney's already all over the place just because he's Kenny Chesney, but now that his Brothers of the Sun tour is getting ready to take flight on Saturday AND his new album "Welcome to the Fishbowl" hits stores June 19th, it's going to be all Kenny all the time this summer....as it should be.  

In the newest Billboard magazine, Kenny talks about the tour and his album, which sounds like a real labor of love for Kenny, saying about his new found creative freedom: 

"We think a lot about how to balance that fine line of being artistic and creative, but also being mainstream," Chesney says. "It used to be I tried to be all mainstream, but now, especially with Hemingway's Whiskey and Fishbowl, I've felt this creative freedom. I'm at a point in my career and my life where I can balance both, and that feels really good."

Kenny also says about the power of being an entertainer on stage:  

"I can take my index finger and make 60,000 people move left and right"

Yeah, but can he make them do the Hokey Pokey and turn themselves around?  Now that's REAL power.  

Check out more of the interview by grabbing a copy of Billboard magazine.  You can also read more of the interview here.