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Deacon Claybourne lays down his guitar: CMT cancels “Nashville”

CMTIt’s the end of the road for Deacon Claybourne, Juliette Barnes and the Nashville gang: the upcoming sixth season of the CMT drama will be its last. A promo for the premiere on the show’s Twitter account serves as the only confirmation from CMT so far: “Let’s find the way back home. Come and find …

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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill play “Search Party” on the “Tonight Show”

Andrew Lipovsky/NBC Tim McGraw and Faith Hill joined Jimmy Fallon on Thursday’s Tonight Show for a Family Feud-inspired game called “Search Party.” Faith’s team — consisting of Jimmy and James Poyser, from Fallon’s house band, The Roots, took on Tim and The Roots’ Questlove and Tariq Trotter. A representative from each team was called up to …

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After 20+ years of waiting, Tim and Faith’s first duet album, “The Rest of Our Life,” finally arrives on Friday

Arista Nashville/McGraw Music/Sony Music EntertainmentFor Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, the day that was more than twenty years in the making has finally come.  Today, the couple releases their very first full album of duets together, titled The Rest of Our Life. At the same time, the two get the chance to look back on a year of touring …

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A “Dark Horse” debut at the Ryman: Devin Dawson prepares to play the Opry

ABC/Image Group LAWith his debut single currently in the top 20, newcomer Devin Dawson will mark another career first this weekend. The California native will make his Grand Ole Opry debut this Saturday night in Nashville at the Mother Church Church of Country Music: Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.  You can be sure his Opry set will …

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A Tim & Faith takeover: You won’t have to wait “The Rest of [Your] Life” to see the McGraw-Hills on TV

ABC/Image Group LAIt’s taken Tim McGraw and Faith Hill more than twenty years to make an album together. And now that The Rest of Our Life is finally ready, you can bet you’ll be seeing a lot of the superstar couple. Thursday night, Tim and Faith are set to sing on The Tonight Show Starring …

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“Ask Me How I Know” Garth Brooks is Entertainer of the Year: here’s 100K reasons why

ABC/Image Group LA Garth Brooks picked up his sixth Entertainer of the Year trophy at last week’s CMA Awards, and he’s wasting no time living up to the title. So far, he’s sold more than 100,000 tickets at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, which will be the final North American stop on his World Tour. All told, …

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Sexiest Man Alive problems: Blake Shelton is too sexy for his hair

Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images via ABCEven when you’re People’s Sexiest Man Alive, sometimes your hair just won’t do right. Just ask Blake Shelton. “I don’t wanna mess with my hair,” the magazine’s current cover model confesses. “When my hair used to be brown it would do what I said, but when it goes gray …

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Look What You Made Me Do: Taylor Swift comes back to country

BMLG/Mert & MarcusIt looks like the next step in building Taylor Swift’s Reputation may be a return to the format that first made her a star. On Thursday, Big Machine, Taylor’s record label, released the ballad “New Year’s Day” to country radio, as her new album, Reputation, continues to sell big numbers. It had already …

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Stand by for a “Reba” reboot: Reba McEntire and her cast are rarin’ to go

ABC/Image Group LAIf Reba McEntire has her way, a Reba reboot could become a reality. Reba’s hit sitcom ran on the WB from 2001-2006, before moving to the CW for its final season. With new versions of everything from Full House to Will & Grace to Roseanne finding their way to TV, the country icon …

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Kelsea Ballerini books “Dancing with the Stars”, following a big debut for “Unapologetically”

ABC/Image Group LAKelsea Ballerini’s sophomore album is Unapologetically a hit. The Knoxville, Tennessee native moved more than 44,000 copies of her record in its first week, enough to debut at #3 on Billboard’s country albums chart, and at #7 on the all-genre ranking. Meanwhile, the set’s lead single, “Legends,” has made a place for itself …

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