Steve Nedved
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Apr 10
“She's with Me”: High Valley's Curtis Rempel welcomes baby girl
ABC/Image Group LAThe population of High Valley just went up by one. This weekend, Curtis Rempel and his wife Myranda welcomed their second little one. Millie June was born on Friday, and joins her big brother, 3-year-old Ben. You can catch a glimpse of the new baby girl with her mom and dad on High …
Apr 10
Florida Georgia Line dominates the country categories at 2017 Billboard Music Awards
Image Courtesy BillboardFlorida Georgia Line is the most-nominated country act at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, picking up a total of six nods for Top Duo/Group, Top Country Artist, Top Country Album and Top Country Collaboration. Tyler Hubbard and Bryan Kelley are nominated twice for Top Country Song, for both “H.O.L.Y.” and “May We All” …
Apr 10
Love & Daisies: Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman offers you a piece of her kitchen on HSN
ABC/Image Group LAIf you’ve followed the culinary endeavors of Kimberly Schlapman from Little Big Town, you know she’s already had her own cooking show, a cookbook, and a signature houseware line at Cracker Barrel. Next up, the bubbly soprano takes to the airwaves of HSN to launch a new line of kitchen products, as part …
Apr 07
Thomas Rhett's going into business with his dad… and Jay Z
Valory Music CompanyThomas Rhett is expanding his Home Team empire, opening a new publishing company with his dad, hit songwriter and 90’s hitmaker Rhett Akins. TR’s longtime manager Vanessa Davis will also be a partner in Home Team Publishing, and so will the entertainment company Roc Nation, which was founded by rapper Jay Z. “I was a songwriter before I …
Apr 07
“Happy People”: Little Big Town's antidote for troubled times
ABC/Image Group LA“Happy People” is both the opening track on Little Big Town’s new The Breaker album and the band’s latest single, and the foursome is hoping the happy tune can also help soothe some of the political tension in the U.S. right now. “There’s probably not a house in America that’s not divided right …
Apr 07
The show must go on: Why Trisha Yearwood is leaving the Garth Brooks World Tour for one night
ABC/Image Group LATrisha Yearwood has been a fixture on the Garth Brooks World Tour since it launched more than two years ago. But for at least one night, the two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year will be sitting it out. The “How Do I Live” hitmaker will miss the April 30 show in Champaign, …
Apr 07
Lauren Alaina Takes the “Road Less Traveled” from American Idol to the top of the chart
ABC/Image Group LAMore than five years since Lauren Alaina was crowned the runner-up during season 10 of American Idol, the Georgia native is on the verge of having her very first #1 song with “Road Less Traveled.” While the 22-year-old looks back on her Idol time fondly, she says she realized doing well on the show wasn’t a one-way ticket …
Apr 06
Move over, Little Big Town! Here come Little Big Kids
BillboardLooks like Little Big Town‘s musical legacy will continue well into the next generation. In their new Billboard cover story, the “Better Man” hitmakers reveal that their three oldest offspring have formed their own band, called Little Big Kids. Made up of Kimberly Schlapman’s daughter Daisy, Phillip Sweet’s little girl Penelopi, and Karen Fairchild and Jimi …
Apr 06
Creepin': Eric Church discovers his double backstage at Staples Center in LA
Business WireEric Church is the latest in a long line of country stars to come face-to-face with their doubles, thanks to the opening of the new Madame Tussauds in Nashville. The “Kill a Word” singer met his lookalike wax figure backstage at his recent sold-out show at L.A.’s Staples Center. “I’ve seen figures before so …
Apr 06
Baby #2 & a new album: Carrie Underwood says they're both on the way — she's just not sure when
ABC/Image Group LAWhile Carrie Underwood seems open to the prospect of having a second little one, it doesn’t sound like she and husband Mike Fisher have exactly put it on the calendar yet. “We’re on God’s good timing or whatever you might call it,” she tells Entertainment Tonight of the possibility. “I’m just trying to figure …
