JOSH TURNER has a new video out for "Everything is Fine." The shoot incorporated green screen technology, much like weather broadcasters use, where the subject is shot in front of blue or green screen and another image -- like a map -- is projected in the background. It wasn't as difficult for Josh as it is for your local weather man though. He tells us, "All I had to do was walk on a treadmill for three hours." Fans can see how it all worked and came together on Josh's website.
BLAKE SHELTON is branching out on his new CD, Startin' Fires, and it reveals the side of him that earned him a spot in People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" feature. He tells us, "It's time for me to start singing some of the sexier sounding stuff and singing to the women a little bit because I've kind of used up the 'Some Beaches' and the songs about dogs stuck together." Among those sexy songs are the album's title track, as well as the current single, "She Wouldn't Be Gone."
JULIANNE HOUGH'S Dancing With the Stars fans are going to see less and hear more of the dancer-turned-singer. She has chosen not to participate in the show's spring line-up. In her Fancast.com blog she writes, "I don't know about the fall. Maybe, maybe not. We'll see I'm definitely going to focus on the music. My first album was a learning experience, and I can't wait for the next one. I feel like the writing and producing will be even better." Julianne will be a part of the show's finale and Christmas tour dates, but she's also gearing up for a major country music tour next year.
JULIANNE HOUGH has kicked off her dancing shoes to make time for her budding country music career as well as for her fella, country star Chuck Wicks. Yesterday, when asked by Ryan Seacrest, "Are you in love?" she responded, "Yes I am."
And how about the other half? Chuck tells us, "I'm definitely smitten over her." The pair even shares ownership of a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel puppy named Lexi.
JACK INGRAM compares the growth of his career to the 1970's Faberge shampoo commercial that encouraged users to tell two friends, who will tell two friends, and so on. He writes on his blog, "When I first got my music up and running that is exactly how it happened. I played a bar and a few people dug it, and they told a couple of people, and then the next week more people came to the bar to see me play, and then the next week those people told a couple people and then the gig got bigger and so on and so on." Jack is encouraging fans to continue the tradition "old school style" by telling two friends about his shows and his new single, "That's a Man."
TRACE ADKINS has released a video for the powerful ballad "I Can't Outrun You" from his upcoming CD, Ten. The video was shot while Trace was in the studio recording the song and can be seen exclusively at CMT for the next two weeks. Ten is in stores November 25th and also includes the debut single, "Muddy Water."