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HOT DISH: It's Been a Great Year for Country Music
[Dec. 8, 2009] News About Kellie Pickler, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and Others

Wisconsin Country Thunder's Guess the Lineup-Entries End Dec 7th
[Dec. 7, 2009] Line-Up announcement Dec 8th. Here's some clues. It will be “rocking”, “smokin’”, and “pickin’”, filled with some hot new talent, with a twist of names you all remember and closing it all out is one HOT act to light up the stage.

Underwood aims for family fun with variety show
[Dec. 6, 2009] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The variety show was once a television staple, and Carrie Underwood thinks it might be time for a resurgence.

The country music star hosts Monday's "An All-Star Holiday Special" on Fox, and believes it's just the tonic for the regular TV lineup.

Country Music Hall Of Fame to Extend Williams Family Exhibit
[Dec. 6, 2009] The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s exhibition Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, which was originally scheduled to close on Dec. 31, 2009, has been extended through Dec. 31, 2011.

This Texan Knows How That Texan Sounds
[Dec. 6, 2009] IN Hollywood these days an Oscar-handicapping conversation can’t be conducted without mentioning Jeff Bridges as the wrung-out country singer Bad Blake in “Crazy Heart.”

Lady Antebellum Parks At #1 and Snags Multiple GRAMMY nominations!
[Dec. 5, 2009] CMA’s “Group Of The Year” Makes Billboard Hot 100 By Courtesy of The Green Room

TAMMY GENOVESE RESIGNS AS CEO OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION
[Dec. 5, 2009] 24-Year Veteran Leaves CMA as Organization Concludes Successful Year

BRADY SEALS RELEASES NEW SINGLE “BEEN THERE, DRUNK THAT” IN TIME FOR HOLIDAY & NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS
[Dec. 5, 2009] StarCity Recording artist Brady Seals is set to release “Been There, Drunk That,” By Wortman Works

Zona Jones joins Josh Beckett for Charity!
[Dec. 5, 2009] Josh Beckett/Rusty Baker 2nd Annual Celebrity Invitational Hunt for Charity

One Of Country Music's Most Recognized Voices Marty Raybon Releases Christmas Tunes
[Dec. 5, 2009] Marty Raybon Delivers Two Christmas Singles To Radio By Wortman Works

Country Stars Who Act on TV
[Dec. 5, 2009] Singer Trace Adkins has been brought onto the cast of 'Tough Trade,' 'Nashville,' adding a little authenticity to the drama about a Nashville music dynasty currently under development by fledgling premium cable channel Epix, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Country Music Association Chief Tammy Genovese Resigns
[Dec. 3, 2009] NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The Country Music Association's chief executive, Tammy Genovese, has resigned, the CMA Board of Directors said on Thursday.

Paltrow, McGraw to star in country music drama
[Dec. 2, 2009] In "Love," Hedlund plays a young rising singer-songwriter who becomes involved with a fallen country singer played by Paltrow. They embark on a career resurrection tour with her husband-manager (McGraw) and a beauty queen-turned-singer (Meester). Romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

SONGSTRESS BRIDGETTE TATUM DEBUTS “(I LIKE MY) COWBOYS DIRTY” VIDEO WITH NFR
[Dec. 2, 2009] NASHVILLE, Tenn. – November 30, 2009 – Country artist and hit songwriter Bridgette Tatum world premieres the video for her debut single “(I Like My) Cowboys Dirty” on the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) website on December 3. The date kicks off Finals and precedes Tatum’s two-night performance at the event in Las Vegas at the NFR FanZone tent outside the Thomas & Mack Center (December 5 & 6). By Wortman Works Media & Marketing