Wednesday, December 22, 2010

News From Around The Country

Jimmy Wayne will perform tonight on the CBS special Home For The Holidays, a holiday special featuring celebrity testimonials on adoption. This year, Jimmy completed an inspiring walk from Nashville to Phoenix to bring awareness to homeless teens, but now that he is back home for the holidays, he said, “Whenever I get a chance to get off of the road and go home, I go home. It’s a lot of work to get in a car and go somewhere. It’s like I travel constantly, that’s all I do. So when I’m at home, I stay home.” The holiday special will also feature performances by Melissa Etheridge, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Ricky Martin and rapper Nelly, and airs tonight on CBS.

Here’s something different to do for next year’s roster of birthdays in your circle. Have Reba McEntire wish them a happy birthday! Reba is teaming up with the website, StarGreetz, to give fans the chance to send out personalized greetings. The recipients will get a customized video message with pre-programmed names and words. The messages cost $2.99 each.

Carrie Underwood’s upcoming movie, Soul Surfer, won’t be in theaters until April 15th. But, some church leaders around the country will have a chance to see the movie first, for free. The film tells the story of Bethany Hamilton, a teen surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack. Carrie plays a youth counselor in the movie. Movie promoters hope the pre-screenings will send some good word-of-mouth publicity their way before the movie hits the big screen.

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