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Thursday, May 8
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Bentley Lands Beer Deal |
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Dierks Bentley has landed an ad campaign he calls "the pinnacle for a dude that likes to drink beer." He's the newest addition to Anheuser Busch's "Real Men of Genius" campaign. The spot begins by saying, "Today we salute you, Dierks Bentley, Mr. Sad Country Song Songwriter." It begins to |
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air nationally this month. Bentley laughingly says "I've had to nurse a lot of hangovers over the years to reach this status." Bentley, whose tour is sponsored by Anheuser-Busch's Bud Light, says he's honored to be on the same list as "Mr. Restroom Toilet
Refiller" and "Mr. Push Up Bra Inventor." To hear the ad, Click
Here. |
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Taylor Swift Update |
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says it only took one mom to tell her she was a role model and she was hooked. Swift tells the L.A. Daily News that her clean-cut image is "kind of critical" for her. As she puts it, "I never, ever want to let those people down. I let that govern my life, and I'm proud of it." |
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| She says she does what she can to live right and to set an example. She says she considers herself "lucky to be in this position." Swift says at an early age she was seduced by country music. She says she didn't relate to her friends' party-hearty attitudes. As she puts it, "On weekends I was going to songwriter nights and guitar lessons, while my friends were going to parties and stealing their parents' alcohol." |
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Toby Tees Up |
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A trip to Nashville for the CMA Awards, a getaway to New York City for a taping of "Saturday Night Live" or a suite for 16 to see
John Mellencamp. Those are some of the items up for auction at Toby
Keith's annual charity golf tournament. Proceeds benefit Ally's House, a non-profit organization that
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supports Oklahoma children with cancer and their families. The event kicks off Friday, June 6th at the Riverwind Casino in Norman, Oklahoma. Other items up for bid include, autographed donations from
Carrie Underwood, George Strait, Gretchen Wilson and Brooks and Dunn.
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Baby Talk |
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Nicole Kidman, her best friend actress Naomi Watts is full of baby advice. Watts tells People magazine, "Whenever you're pregnant, you always call on your pregnant friends and compare notes." Watts gave birth to her son last July. Kidman is expecting her first child with husband
Keith Urban this summer. And Watts has no doubt Kidman will be a good mom. She says "Of course!" Plus, she says Kidman is already a great mom to her two adopted children,
Isabella and Connor, with her ex-husband Tom Cruise. |
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