Busy Thursday

Kellie Pickler and her husband, Kyle Jacobs, have shared their wedding photo from the beach. The two called-off the large Nashville affair they were planning when they realized that the point of a wedding - the bride and groom and God - were getting lost among the details.

News From Around The Country
Blake Shelton will be co-hosting the ACM Awards alongside Reba McEntire and co-parenting new pups with Miranda Lambert. The 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards broadcasts live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3rd on CBS. The two new puppies were rescued from the side of the road. They've named them Virginia Bluebell and Black Betty. According to Miranda, Black Betty is a spaz and Virginia is sweet and shy. The couple now has a total of seven dogs.….. Alan Jackson’s song “Good Time” is featured in a new ad for GE and its ecomagination technology initiative. In the ad, people of various professions are seen participating in a massive around-the-world line dance which begins as the song is heard on a radio. ….. Gwyneth Paltrow is adding to her resume with a new cookbook, My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family and Togetherness, dedicated to her late father, producer Bruce Paltrow. The book includes 150 recipes and pictures of Gwyneth at home with her family and friends. ….. Shania Twain will be honored by her home country when she’s inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during the 2011 Juno Awards on March 27th. Shania has won 12 Juno Awards throughout her career in addition to 5 Grammys, 4 ACM Awards, and 2 CMA Awards. …… Sara Evans has released a newnovel, Softly & Tenderly. This is the second of a three-part series, Sweet By and By. The third part promises a lot more drama; Sara has been working on it since September.

And finally, be looking for the new game Country Dance for Wii to be released sometime in the spring. In the game, players use the Wii remote to dance along to more than 25 hit country songs and earn points based on how well you’ve danced. Some of the songs included are:
Carrie Underwood, “Cowboy Casanova”
Brad Paisley, “Water”
Sugarland, “Stuck Like Glue”
Trace Akins, “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”
Tim McGraw, “Just to See You Smile”
Zac Brown Band, “Chicken Fried”
Rascal Flatts, “Life is A Highway”
Blake Shelton, “All About Tonight”
Miranda Lambert, “White Liar”
Johnny Cash, “Ring of Fire”