Jennifer Nettles is Pregnant

 The Sugarland singer and reality television judge is close to five months pregnant! The band’s manager broke the news to People on Monday morning.

“They are thrilled beyond belief,” Gail Gellman said. Last November, Nettles married longtime boyfriend Justin Miller during a small, private ceremony in Tennessee. The new arrival — the first for both of them — should coincide with the couple’s first wedding anniversary.

The 37-year-old Nettles is always glowing on stage or in front of the camera, but this summer she’ll no doubt be extra smiley, in addition to being extra tired. The band has a solid wall of shows planned through early September. It’s impressive that Nettles has been able to keep this secret from fans and reporters during recent shows on the In Your Hands tour. Congratulations to the happy couple!

Jason Aldean in a movie.

It is rumored that, Georgia native, Jason Aldean is in talks about being in a movie. However, there is no word yet as to what this movie will be about or even what the movie will be titled. So looks like all of us Jason Aldean Fanatics will have to stay tuned for more information as it is released.

Carrie Underwood in a Hollywood movie?

Carrie Underwood told the sun in the U.K. that she loves Reese Witherspoon so much. She would love it if Reese would play her in a movie. Carrie stated that her and Reese are about the same height,  stature and Reese can also sing. Country music lovers will best remember Reese Witherspoon for her role as the lovely Miss June Carter (Cash) in the movie Walk the Line.  So maybe we will be seeing a movie about Carrie Underwood soon. There is no telling though.

Country Music Father's Day playlist

Randy Travis & Kenny Chesney - He Walked On Water
Craig Campbell - Family Man
Big Kenny - Long After I'm Gone
Sawyer Brown - The Walk
Daniel Smith - Man Like Me
Gary Allan - Tough Little Boys
Collin Raye - I Think About You
Dierks Bentley - My Last Name
Eric Church - Sinners Like Me
Blaine Larsen - The Best Man
Trace Adkins - Just Fishin'
Rodney Atkins - Watching You
Kenny Chesney - There Goes My Life
Ty Herndon - Hands of a Working Man
Bucky Covington - A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)
Billy Ray Cyrus - Ready, Set, Don't Go
Holly Dunn - Daddy's Hands
Collin Raye - She's With Me
Craig Morgan - Lotta Man (In That Little Boy)
Pat Green - Dixie Lullaby
Brad Paisley - Anything Like Me
Billy Yates - Daddy’s Radio
Jack Ingram - Measure Of A Man
Alan Jackson - Drive (For Daddy Gene)
Jamey Johnson - The Dollar
Brooks & Dunn - Proud of the House We Built
Darrell Scott - A Father's Song
Lonestar - Mr. Mom
Lonestar - My Front Porch Looking In
Tim McGraw - My Little Girl
Brad Paisley - He Didn't Have To Be
Reba McEntire - The Greatest Man I Never Knew
George Strait - Love Without End, Amen
Conway Twitty - That's My Job
Carrie Underwood - All-American Girl
Keith Urban - Song For Dad
Chuck Wicks - Stealing Cinderella
Marty Raybon - Daddy Phone
Trace Adkins - You're Gonna Miss This
Jeff Carson - Butterfly Kisses
Rodney Atkins - My Old Man
Heartland - I Loved Her First
Tracy Lawrence - Til I Was A Daddy Too
Dolly Parton - Daddy
Paul Overstreet - Seein' My Father In Me
Darius Rucker - It Won't Be Like This For Long
Lonestar - I'm Already There
Lonestar - My Front Porch Looking In
Chase Rice - My Old Man
George Strait - So Much Like My Dad
Reba McEntire - The Greatest Man I Ever Knew
Doug Supernaw - I Don't Call Him Daddy
Randy Travis - He Walked On Water
Zac Brown Band - Highway 20 Ride
Keni Thomas - That One Is My Dad
Lee Roy Parnell - Daddies and Daughters
Jace Everett - Between A Father And A Son
Derek Sholl - Cat's In The Cradle
Craig Morgan - Walking In My Father's Shoes
Chris Young - It Takes A Man
Alabama - In Pictures
Alan Jackson - Home
Billy Ray Cyrus - Busy Man
Andy Griggs - If Heaven
Billy Currington - Walk A Little Straighter
Billy Dean - Let Them Be Little
Trace Adkins - Then They Do
High Valley - The Only Way He Knew How
Travis Rush - You'll Find Your Way
Toby Keith - My List
Travis Tritt - I See Me
Blake Shelton - When Somebody Knows You That Well

These were just a few I could think of about fathers and the relationships we have with our father.

Miranda Lambert think of Walgreens as "Girl Heaven"

There's a new story in Parade magazine about Miranda Lambert. One of the questions is how she finds balance between both her work and life. And she has an answer to that question. But I believe the real answer lies in one of her latest tweets. "I went ape $hit in Walgreens. I had 3 of the big bags full! Lashes, gloss, magazines, smart water, nail polish, etc. ...Walgreens = girl heaven," Miranda wrote. And any of us girls know exactly what she is talking about. We might go in for shampoo, but we'll come out ready for extreme makeovers, extreme diets, mani/pedis, housecleaning, book club and, if we're lucky, even a girl's night in.  But here is what Lambert told Parade about the balance between her career and her marriage to Blake Shelton: "I try to make sure that I have the right amount of time at home and time on the road. I definitely don't ever want to burn out at my job. I also need to have a personal life and be able to go home and be normal. I try to plan my schedule around when Blake's going to be home, so we can have a little bit of normalcy." I have a strong feeling that a Walgreens run would fall under "normalcy" for Miranda.

George Strait turned 60

The king of country music, George Strait, turned 60 back on May 18. So a big happy birthday goes out to the reigning king of country music, George Strait. He’s had a very long career and an interesting life, much of it has been spent outside the glitter and glare of Nashville. Here’s a few things that you may or may not know about George that I found to be very interesting.

George’s parents, Doris and John, divorced when he and his siblings were young. Following their divorce his mother left with their sister, and the boys were raised by their father. George has remained a private person about the relationship he has with his mother and sister. However, George was close with his older brother Buddy, who he organized the George Strait Team Roping Classic.

A George Strait interview is an extreme rarity. This is not because he’s shy or a diva. It’s just because he does not like doing them. He prefers to keep a low profile and focus on his family and his music.
Something else that George doesn’t like doing is music videos.

George served in the U.S. Army. He enlisted in 1971, and was stationed in Hawaii as part of the 25th Infantry division. He married Norma soon after, and on October 6, 1972 they had their first child, Jenifer.
In 1975, George was honorably discharged from the Army. He then returned back to the state of Texas and went to college where he earned a degree in Agriculture from Southwest Texas State University, which is now known as Texas State University in San Marcos.

George hasn’t always been confident though about the material he’s written. For instance, he never thought “Living And Living Well” was that strong of a song. The public, though, begged to differ, because it went all the way to Number 1 in 2002. However, George also confessed that he can’t remember all of his songs. I can't blame the guy with as many songs he has written and sang in 30+ year music career.

If you think George’s first movie role was Pure Country, like I did you’d be wrong. Back in 1982, George appeared as himself in the film The Soldier, an film about terrorists plotting to detonate a plutonium bomb in a Saudi oil field. Perhaps George and Chuck Norris have something in common.

George doesn’t talk much about the loss of his daughter Jenifer. She was just 13 years old when she died in a car accident in 1986. Jenifer was the passenger and was ejected from the vehicle and killed instantly.
In an interview with USA Today, George admitted that his 2005 song “You’ll Be There” makes him think of his daughter. “I’m a religious person. I honestly believe we will see each other in heaven someday,” he said. “I wanted to do the song badly. The writer, Cory Mayo, held that song out because he knew I wanted to do it, and he waited until I had the chance. It was kind of him to do that.”

One of George’s biggest regrets in his career is laying down his songwriting pen early in his career. On his first few albums George wrote quite a bit, but gave it up when other things got in the way.
George’s son Bubba helped his dad get back into writing again. Bubba helped by co-writing seven of the songs on Here for a Good Time.

It’s hard to believe that the current ‘king of country music’ is not a member of the Opry, but it’s true. We’re not exactly sure why, but there is speculation that one possible reason is that since George lives in Texas, it’s hard for him to really make the time commitment to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. I hope to see George one day as a member of the Grand Ole Opry though.

Not only does George hold the record for more Number 1 hits than any other artist, but he also has the most CMA and ACM wins and nominations in country music history. However, George is closing in on yet another record as well, for the most Top 10 records. Eddy Arnold currently holds that record with 92. To beat him, George would need to make about 3 more albums.

George may have more Number One hits than any other country artist, with nearly 60 of them and still counting. However, not all of his best songs made it big. Some of them only reached Top 5 or Top 10. Songs that didn’t hit the top of the charts include “Run,” “The Fireman,” “True” and in more recent years “You’ll Be There” and “Wrapped.”

Information retrieved from http://wqyk.cbslocal.com/2012/05/18/ten-things-about-george-strait-who-turned-60-friday/