Taylor Swift and American Greetings are rolling out a whole new holiday line for 2011 thay includes new greeting cards, boxed cards, two collectible ornaments, and 13 personalized paper cards available at Cardstore.com, which fans can accent with personal messages, favorite photos, and their own signature. American Greetings has also launched the 13 Days of Taylor sweepstakes. The special promotion features 13 straight days of giveaways inspired by Taylor’s love of the season. Each day a new gift package will be introduced on Facebook and three winners will be randomly selected.
You can put Brad Paisley on your Christmas tree this year with the 2011 Brad Paisley Christmas ornament. It’s available now at BradPaisley.com. All proceeds from the sale of the ornament will benefit the Brad Paisley Foundation, which distributes money to various charities around Brad’s hometown of Wheeling, WV.
Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum and her soon-to-be-husband Chris Tyrell have started their family by adopting a dog they’ve named Hobbs. Based on various photos Hillary has tweeted it appears Hobbs has been a part of the family for about a month. On November 5th she posted the first picture and said, “Say hello to my new angel Hobbs!” Hobbs appears to be a Goldendoodle puppy.
Blake Shelton has been taking full advantage of deer season, even spending the beginning of Thanksgiving in the woods. He tweeted his buddy Laura Bell Bundy, “hey Laura!!! I’m preparing for thanksgiving by hiding from the family in the deer woods!!!” He later tweeted a picture of a deer he bagged. And while Miranda got her own buck on Sunday, she’s over it and she’s tired of being a hunter’s widow. She tweeted, “I’m tired of deer season. I want my husband back and the nastiness in the garage gone.”
The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!! will air tonight on CBS and there could be some interesting collaborations. We’ve been told Jason Aldean will perform “Dirt Road Anthem” with Ludacris. We’ve also heard that Sugarland could be teaming up with Lady Gaga, and with The Band Perry performing and Rihanna also being on the show, it’s possible they could do something together since the Perry’s have been known to incorporate part of one of Rihanna’s songs into their show. You can see the performances plus some of the Grammy Awards nominees tonight on CBS and then the Grammy Awards will be handed out on February 12th.
Joe Nichols hinted a few years ago that he and his wife were hoping to have a baby soon, and he recently revealed to People Country that he and his wife have been “working on having a baby for the better part of four years now.” He says they’ve been seeing fertility specialists and Joe says it’s his wife’s resilience that keeps them going and her toughness that amazes him. Joe and his wife Heather have been married for five years.
Coming up in February when hundreds of radio decision makers and professionals converge on Nashville for the Country Radio Seminar, Hunter Hayes, David Nail, Sunny Sweeney, Thompson Square and Eli Young Band will have the opportunity to perform short sets for them on the New Faces Show. Each year eligible acts are voted upon to fill the five performance slots on the show, which will take place on February 24, 2012.
Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland quietly tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend Justin Miller over the weekend. A representative for Jennifer told People that the could was married at a chapel nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in front of an intimate group of close family and friends, including bandmate Kristian Bush. Justin is a former model who appeared in Sugarland’s “Want To” video back in 2006, and now he is an entrepreneur. The couple didn’t have too much time to celebrate the wedding since Sugarland is performing tomorrow night in Los Angeles on the Grammy Nomination Concert Live! ABC special.
While Keith Urban is recovering from his vocal cord surgery he can’t talk at all for three weeks, but he can tweet, which is what he did yesterday morning. He wrote, “Well, even though I can’t speak, I can read … and I was thrilled to hear about the four nominations!” He was referring to the nominations he just received for the Country Music Association of Australia. He is up for Album (Get Closer), Top-Selling Album, Male Artist and Single (“Long Hot Summer”). The CMAA Awards will be handed out on January 28, 2012.
Now that Taylor Swift’s Speak Now World Tour is over for 2011 she’s been keeping busy with arts and crafts, among other things. Over the weekend she tweeted a picture of old mason jars that had been turned upside down and turned into snow globes by her and her friends. She wrote, “Home made snow globes with friends. The whole fleet!” The homemade globes had little Christmas figurines and other decorations inside of them, along with water and fake ‘snow’ to complete the projects.