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3/19/07
Martina Wakes Up Laughing, Keith Fights Back and Kenny
 Martina
McBride’s brand new CD, Waking Up Laughing, is set to hit the
streets on April 3rd but, thanks to CMT and Sony BMG, you’ll
have the chance to listen to it a full week ahead of time! Starting
March 28th, log onto cmt.ca to stream the diva’s new CD live.
They’ll also have new exclusive content all about the making of Waking
Up Laughing on their media player.
Martina’s
a triple threat on this new project. She wrote, produced and sang all the
tracks. The disc features three songs that she co-wrote with the Warren
Brothers, including her current hit, ‘Anyway’. Also, listen for
Keith Urban, who chimes in on harmony vocals and guitar for the song,
‘Tryin’ To Find a Reason.’ A record label friend let me hear the
scratch track and it’s amazing!
Speaking
of Keith, he got himself into an ol' fashioned stand-off with
a paparazzo in Brentwood, California. When the pseudo-journalist pointed a
camera with a large zoom lens at him, Keith retaliated by pulling out his
cell phone and snapping a picture of the intruder. Way to go, Keith! That’s
a hell of a lot classier than what other stars have been known to do when
their privacy is invaded.
 Sales
for Joe Nichols' album, III, are said to be up 44%, driven by
his current single, "I'll Wait For You." No big mystery. Joe
performed the song at the recent funeral of Anna Nicole Smith in the
Bahamas.
This
next bit is hilarious and kind of in bad taste. It was posted on Country
Nation and I just had to share it with you. Consider yourself warned! Skip
the next paragraph if you offend easily.
Burial
tributes could be the next big thing in record promotion. Joe could do an
"Anna Nicole Smith Burial Tribute" tour, with the entire funeral
re-enacted on stage. Tour t-shirts could read, "I'm dying to see
Joe." Teehee…All right, all right. Go ahead. Groan and roll your
eyes at me.
Kenny
Chesney was in the latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Poor Kenny.
It’s not easy being a rock star. Between the flash sell-out football
stadiums, picking up four Entertainer of the Year awards and watching his
‘ahem’ best buddy pick up the MVP Award at the Super Bowl, he barely has
any time for himself.
 And
just when it seemed his life couldn’t get any crazier, out came the Sports
Illustrated Swim Suit issue, and rather than buying it, Kenny was in it! Hard
to believe a scrawny balding guy from Luttrell, Tennessee who started
picking guitar in sundry bars in college could get so lucky - and yet, there
he was - Kenny Chesney, paired with leggy blond beauty Marisa Miller
for a free-for-all in front of a white scrim.
Wait.
It gets better. Time Warner withheld copies of the magazine from 21,000
libraries and classrooms that were subscribers, basically censoring
themselves. They now say they made a judgment error and that they won’t do
it again. Apparently, the swimsuit issue is the most stolen library item.
Somehow
I don’t think the kids are stealing the mag to check Kenny out. The
entertainer stands 5 foot 6 inches and weighs in at 144 pounds. Kenny, keep
this up and you’ll start making Misha Barton, Nicole Richie
and the Olsen Twins jealous.
Scrawny
or not, the guy sure can sing and he’s one hell of a performer, who counts
among his fans one of TV’s sexiest Desperate Housewives. Eva Longoria
is getting married July 7th in Paris and she told Cosmo “my friend Kenny
Chesney is gonna sing at my wedding, he just doesn't know it yet”. I
highly doubt he will. He’s supposed to be performing in Seattle that
night.
 While
we’re on the topic of weight, sex appeal and appearance, I thought I’d
send a shout out to Cledus T Judd (right). Looking good buddy! In
fact, Cledus has lost so much weight he’s virtually unrecognizable.
He’ll
be on "Celebrity Fit Club 5” premiering April 15th on MTV. He ate
only 1200 calories a day for a 100 days and he even had to get Botox for the
sagging skin on his face.
The
show includes Screech from Saved By The Bell. Apparently, Cledus said
he’s never worked with anyone as ridiculous in his life. He’s livid over
it and has even been rumored to say he ‘despises’ the guy. Harsh words.
 And
finally, Willie Nelson will launch his own record label, Pedernales
Records, with 40 Points, a band fronted by his sons Lukas and
Micah Nelson, as the first artist signing. Willie has partnered with
longtime manager Mark Rothbaum and producer James Stroud to
form the label.
The
first album by 40 Points, featuring a guest appearance by Willie
Nelson, will be released June 15. Speaking of Willie, did you know he has a
pet name for his guitar? He calls it “Trigger” because he’s a huge Roy
Rogers fan. “Trigger” has a hole in it that looks like the state of
Tennessee from decades of being played and it has over 100 autographs on it
including those of Johnny Cash, Gene Autry and Waylon
Jennings.
The
first artist to ever sign the guitar was Leon Russell who had Willie
sign his guitar first with a knife. Leon wanted Willie to etch his John
Hancock on the axe because he thought it would make it more valuable.
Insiders say when Willie goes, if it’s ever sold, Trigger 'll fetch at
least 6 million dollars.
I
wonder how much his braids would fetch if he ever decided to cut them and
auction them off for charity? Stranger things have happened and I’m not
the only one to have posed the question.
Stuff
magazine recently asked Willie if he’d ever consider getting his braids
lobbed off. He said he’s been asked to lose his long locks many times but
has refused to give in. He said, "I've run into people who have
requested that I cut my hair, but I'm not going to do it. Not for a movie or
anything. I might decide I don't like it one day and cut it all off, but I
wouldn't do it just because that's what somebody wanted me to do.”
Until
next time, it’s not what they say about you, it’s what they whisper.
~ Goldie
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