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LeAnn Rimes Big Night Out!

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In typical LeAnn Rimes fashion(pun intended), she showed up to the Carol King Tribute with husband Eddie Cibrian and was prepared cause a stir with her dress choices. Yes that is plural. LeAnn wore a purple dress with a plunging neck line for the red carpet, which wasn't so bad. Her dress for her performance was a little more on the risque side. Although, once she started singing with Steven Tyler, your attention was quickly moved to her vocal abilities. The 'Blue' singer belted out notes and brought some major soul to her performance. A not-so subtle reminder of why she is famous in the first place. The girl can sing. She also was respectful enough to bow to the legend that is Carol King.

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I'm happy to report that Gary Allan is officially the sexiest man in country music

I may not talk about Gary Allan as much as I used to, but the sexy, sexy man is still my secret husband and probably always will be. 

That said, this thrills me to no end! 

From Gary's Facebook: 

The votes have been tallied and the verdict is in. The readers of Country Weekly have tapped Gary Allan as “the Sexiest Man In Country Music.” Allan will appear in the Sexiest Man issue, hitting news stands today nationwide.

Over the years, music critics have tried to capture Allan’s vibe in the written word. Entertainment Weekly has called him “dark and dreamy.” People magazine named him one of “the sexiest men alive.” Rolling Stone called him “country music’s mainstream maverick.” While USA Today claimed “Allan is the outlaw who country’s new wave dreams of being.” 

Country music festival brings big names, big crowds, big bucks and STDs apparently

The Craven Country Jamboree bills itself as the "world's greatest country music festival," and with names like Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert, and the Dixie Chicks getting ready to grace their grounds this weekend, they might just be on the right track. 

However, there's one thing people who will be attending this year's festival might want to think about before getting their festival on ... sexually transmitted diseases. 

Sorry, it's way too early for this story, but that's me -- here providing news-you-can-use to horny country fans since 2008. 

Besides, CBC News started it.

Since The Craven County Jamboree is taking place this weekend, July 11-14, CBC News decided to delve into an interesting side effect of the popular Canadian country music festival ... the upswing in visits to the area's Planned Parenthood once it's over. 

"It's a big event," the director of Planned Parenthood Regina, Christine Smith, told the website. "You know you can't control people, so you really just have to make things available."

Indeed. 

Christine says that every year the amount of country fans visiting their facilities after the festival ends has grown. According to Smith, most people visiting are seeking advice on sexually transmitted infections, or STIs.

"After the event is complete, we usually see an increase in people coming to the sexual health clinic for STI testing and pregnancy testing," Smith told CBC News.

The clinic does try and be proactive by providing pamphlets and condoms onsite at the festival which, with around 23,500 country music fans expected to attend this year's festival, is one really big job.

Do yourself and your fellow walking petrie dishes country music fans a favor, if you come across that cute pair of Wranglers and can't help yourself (and didn't come prepared), proceed to your nearest Planned Parenthood worker and be safe. 

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Trace Adkins' wife shows us what we're missing out on

Your tweet of the day, month, and possibly year courtesy of Trace Adkins' wife, Rhonda's, Twitter account.

Who agrees with me? My husband is Hot (; pic.twitter.com/bE4XagWHDO

— Rhonda Adkins (@RhondaAdkins) June 23, 2013

You're welcome. Now get your ass to church this fine Sunday and ask for forgiveness for those thoughts now going through your brain.  

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Miranda Lambert is one of People's Most Beautiful Women

Awww.  

People Magazine's annual Most Beautiful Women issue hits newsstands this week with Gwyneth Paltrow making the cover. While the complete list of celebrities picked as the most beautiful hasn't been released yet, People does have a cute gallery for their Simply Stunning: Stars & Their Aww-dored Pets list, which I assume is also part of  this week's issue

Miranda Lambert and her sweet pooch, Delilah, made the list.

No photo shoot featuring the countrysinger would be complete without her best accessory: dog Delilah. "The unconditional love you get from an animal, especially a dog, is better than anything else," Lambert told PEOPLE Country. "They're so grateful and the love they give you back is like nothing else."

Blake Shelton gives TMZ his preferred sexy-time playlist artist

Mariah Carey's husband Nick Cannon recently revealed that he likes to do the dirty deed to his wife Mariah's music.

Lovely visual there.

Well naturally that means that TMZ's cameramen are asking all singers they catch out on the street if they do the dirty deed to their own music ala Nick Cannon. 

Blake doesn't mention if he listens to his or Miranda's music in those private moments, but he does say he likes to (or used to) get busy to some George Strait. 

Definitely a country boy. 

Check it out below. 

On a side note, is that an orange phone or cover I spot in Blake's hand above? Good color choice, my man. .

 

 

Let's all try and figure out if Taylor Swift had sex last night

Let's talk about sex, shall we? Or Taylor Swift sexy time to be more precise.

I know that some of you are opposed to your very soul to anything Taylor Swift related so instead of talking about Taylor and her always-revolving dating life, let's make it interesting and talk about Taylor and her possible sex life instead. 

So let's get started ...

Taylor Swift broke up with high schooler Conor Kennedy a while back (okay, I lied, there is some always-revolving dating life talk here. Sorry). 

(Blissfully Domestic)

But now Taylor's reportedly dating One Direction man-child Harry Styles. 

The two were photographed on Sunday strolling around Central Park. 

There was a baby involved (presumably neither Taylor or Harry's baby). The baby looked slightly less enthused than most small girls Taylor comes in contact with. 

(Actual picture of baby Taylor was holding). 

Taylor was much more excited by the whole baby-holding event. 

(Re-enactment of Taylor holding said unenthused baby)

I'm not kidding. Taylor pretty much had the same face as above when she was holding the baby pictured above. Don't believe me? Check it out here. 

There was even a seal involved in the date.

No, not that one, although that definitely would have spiced things up a bunch. 

But then on Monday, things got a little more interesting. 

They would pretty much have to wouldn't they?

Last night in New York, Taylor wore a lovely Oscar de la Renta gown when she headed to the Robert F. Kennedy Center to hang with her former almost-in-laws (and current neighbors) so they could honor her with their Ripple of Hope Award which "lauds leaders of the international business, entertainment, and activist communities who demonstrate commitment to social change."

After the awards ceremony was over, Taylor headed to an after-party to celebrate with new boyfriend Harry. Harry and the other members of One Direction were celebrating having just played Madison Square Garden. 

And as all hot after-parties do, there was karaoke involved (here's some video. It's not Taylor and Harry but it is a very big college football player rocking out to We Are Never Ever Getting Back Togerther and I found it cute as heck). 

Then at 4 a.m. this morning, Taylor was photographed holding hands with Harry as the pair left his NYC hotel in possibly the most G-rated walk of shame in the history of walk of shames.   

Oh sure, it's all circumstantial evidence but then came this fateful tweet by Harry. 

Last night was the best thing I have ever done.

— Harry Styles (@Harry_Styles) December 4, 2012

I know! I know! I'm just as shocked as you!

My conclusion? None of you who are reading this (and that includes me) could care less if Taylor Swift had sex last night or not, but I had fun writing this post so thanks for sticking with it and making it to the end. 

Wow! Kellie Pickler is smoking hot in the pages of Maxim's special Salute To The Military 2012 issue

Hubba hubba. I think I may just have a new girl crush!

Kellie Pickler is on the cover and in the pages of Maxim magazine's special Salute to the Military issue and the girl is totally smoking hot! 

Kellie isn't just a pinup in the magazine, though, she also has an interview. A few of the highlights include:

On what inspired her to get involved in the USO tour:
"I comes from a military family. My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country. It really does take someone special to sacrifice everything. I don't mean just their lives, either. There are men who are sacrificing the chance to hold their newborn baby!"

On her tattoos:
"My grandmother would be mortified if she knew I had these. She's passed away now, but she would say, 'Tattoos are the devil!' So my first tattoo, of course, was my grandma's name. I also have stars on my left arm for my USO tours, but I'm missing two."

On whether small town girls can be trouble:
"We might be, but we can also talk out way out of it. A country girl can talk her way out of a ticket. Not that I've ever been pulled over..."

I have to admit, I'm torn between being jealous of Kellie being in such close proximity to so many handsome men in uniform and so many handsome men in uniform getting the chance to be in close proximity to Kellie Pickler.  

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Carrie Underwood sips Coors in a bikini -- you're welcome!

Carrie Underwood and husband Mike got to take a rare break together and spent yesterday at a lake in Canada having a blast on a boat with friends. 

Carrie didn't look very happy about whoever was documenting her downtime with photos, but I'm sure her male fans are happy for the intrusion. 

Check out more pictures of all the fun over on The Daily Mail.  

Some nice words about Julianne Hough's dress

Yesterday, I had a post about the strange concoction Julianne Hough wore to the MTV Movie Awards. It was odd enough that it actually made Julianne frumpy.  Yes, it's actually possible for an outfit to make dancer-bodied Julianne look frumpy. 

Well today I got to feeling bad (not really) about being a Debbie Downer on Julianne's outfit, so I thought I'd make up for it by showing you a smoking hot Julianne. 

Julianne attended Spike TV’s Guys' Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 2, 2012, where she wore a much more flattering Michael Kors dress, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Karine Sultan earrings and a Le Vian ring (photo and info via Julianne's website)

The Guys' Choice Awards will air on Spike TV June 9^th.