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Florida Georgia Line is claiming the top spot on the country music charts again this week with their song “Cruise”. Band member Brian Kelley admits that they can’t wait to go out on the road next year with Luke Bryan and HOPEFULLY…a few upgrades to their set!
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Keith Urban is fully dedicated to his new role as a judge on American Idol. It’s starting to really sink in for Keith that he has the power to decide the future of many contestants. Catch Keith on the new season of American Idol, when it kicks off January 16th on FOX.
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Luke Bryan was the biggest winner of the night at last night’s American Country Awards. He won NINE awards including: Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and Album of the Year. See a complete list of winners and pictures below...
LIST OF WINNERS
Artist of the Year - Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year: Male - Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year: Female - Carrie Underwood
Artist of the Year: Group - Lady Antebellum
Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist - Jake Owen
Artist of the Year: New Artist - Lauren Alaina
Album of the Year - Luke Bryan, "Tailgates and Tanlines"
Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist - Brantley Gilbert, "You Don't Know Her Like I Do"
Single of the Year - Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"
Single of the Year: Male - Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"
Single of the Year: Female - Miranda Lambert, "Over You"
Single of the Year: Group - Lady Antebellum, "We Owned the Night"
Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration - Brad P. with Carrie Underwood, "Remind Me"
Single of the Year: New Artist - Hunter Hayes, "Wanted"
Music Video of the Year - Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"
Music Video of the Year: Male - Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"
Music Video of the Year: Female - Miranda Lambert, "Over You"
Music Video of the Year: Group or Collaboration - Little Big Town, "Pontoon"
Music Video of the Year: New Artist - Hunter Hayes, "Wanted"
Touring Artist of the Year - Jason Aldean
Song of the Year - Eric Church, "Springsteen"
Most Played Radio Track - Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"
Most Played Radio Track: Male - Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night to End"
Most Played Radio Track: Female - Miranda Lambert, "Over You"
Most Played Radio Track: Group - Zac Brown Band, "Keep Me In Mind"
Most Played Radio Track: New Artist - Kip Moore, "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck"
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CELEBRITY SCOOP...
Hayden Panettiere, Scotty McKnight Break Up
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Insiders say that distance and different personalities played a part in the split but that the couple remain on good terms.
Whoa! Miley Cyrus Dances With Topless Stripper, Flashes Cleavage in Tiny Cut-Out Top in Shocking Concert
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As a guest performer at dub step star Borgore's "Christmas Creampies" Saturday Dec. 9 concert in Hollywood, the 20-year-old Hannah Montana star sang and strutted alongside a dancer (wearing just a thong and pasties) doing her thing.
Not that Liam Hemsworth's fiancee was modestly dressed herself. Sporting her now-familiar blonde, punk pixie 'do (recently buzzed at the sides) the "Can't Be Tamed" singer wore a tiny top with strategically placed cutout revealing her cleavage, a gold body chain, tight leather pants and knee-high leopard-print boots.
In Beyoncé Deal, Pepsi Focuses on Collaboration
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FOR its campaign with Beyoncé next year, Pepsi doesn’t just want to sign up the telegenic pop star for another TV commercial. It also wants to get into the Beyoncé business.
In an expansion of the recent marketing experiments that have brought PepsiCo ever closer to the music industry, the company has embarked on a hybrid project with Beyoncé that will include standard advertising like commercials as well as a multimillion-dollar fund to support the singer’s chosen creative projects.
The campaign will coincide with a blitz of promotion for her next album, which has no title or release date so far but is expected in 2013. Sometime after she performs at the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 3 (also sponsored by Pepsi), Beyoncé will appear in a new TV ad — her fifth for the soft drink since 2002 — and her face will be on a limited-edition line of soda cans.
The multiyear campaign is estimated at $50 million, the bulk of it for media placements and promotions around the world, and the remainder split roughly equally between Beyoncé’s fee and what Pepsi calls a creative content development fund.
WEIRD NEWS ...
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What Your Christmas Tree Says About You
Everybody is different and everybody has their own unique style – even with their Christmas trees.
Here's a rundown of some things your Christmas tree says about you:
White lights – You ask houseguests to remove their shoes.
Multi-colored lights – You're an extrovert.
Blinking Lights – You have attention deficit disorder.
Homemade ornaments – You have lots of children.
Strung Popcorn – You have too much time on your hands.
Red balls only – You wish you lived in a department store.
Cutoff top – You didn't measure the tree.
Vague evergreen smell – You bought a healthy tree.
Strong evergreen smell – You sprayed your tree with Pine-Sol.
Just plain smelly – There's a dead bird in your tree.
(Reader's Digest)
Scientist Creates Sunglasses That Can End Jetlag Forever
Thanks to a team of Australian sleep researchers, jetlag may be a thing of the past as they have just developed a set of high-tech sunglasses that are described as the world’s first “time-control” spectacles.
The glasses, called Re-Timer, emit a soft green glow that helps the traveler adapt to changing time zones and sleep patterns in “small steps.”
Professor Lack recommended wearing the glasses for three days for 50 minutes each day either after awakening in the morning to advance the body clock, or before bed for those wanting to delay the body clock to wake up later.
So when they arrive at their destination, their body clocks are set correctly, which allows them to function at full strength as soon as they hit the ground. (NanoWerk.com)
