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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
9/11: Kellie Pickler & Josh Gracin at North Georgia State Fair, Diana DeGarmo at Go Arts Month event at Underground 10/4
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Season three runner-up Diana DeGarmo is going to be at the Georgia Open Arts Month kickoff party from 11 to 5 p.m. at Underground Atlanta. She will be at a “So You Want to Be a Performer” panel from about 11:15 a.m. until almost 1 p.m. Location TBD. Afterwards, she’d going to sing, too, and do a meet and greet autograph session. Better yet, it’s all free. More info at www.goartsmonth.org.
I think she’s still working on her country album in Nashville. I haven’t heard a distribution avenue or release date yet. I guess I’ll ask her on that day. She loves hanging out with me, right?
Her dianad fan forum also notes that she’s judging a food contest at the 20th anniversary of Roy’s, the Hawaiian restaurant off Lenox Road and Piedmont on Sept. 23. Roy Yamaguchi will be there.
-Kellie Pickler is performing at 8 p.m. Wed. Sept. 24 at the North Georgia State Fair at Jim Miller Park five miles west of I-75 off Windy Hill. Josh Gracin performs Saturday Sept. 27 with Lady Antebellum. Concerts are free with admission to the park. Adult admission is a mere $5.. Would anybody like to join me for Pickler? Email me at rho@ajc.com.
-David Archuleta “Crush” is now up to No. 22 and showing strong growth on the top 40 chart, according to Radio and Records.. Daughtry’s “What About Now” edges up to No. 25. David Cook has peaked in the mid-20s and has fallen to No. 34.
Jennifer Hudson’s “Spotlight” has shown some life, entering the top 20 on the urban charts, up to No. 17 with a bullet, up from 21.
Carrie Underwood’s “Just a Dream” is knocking on the door for her eighth straight top 10 country hit. It’s now at No. 11.
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9/10: Carrie Underwood gets two CMA noms, Kellie Pickler up for new artist
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Carrie Underwood’s “Carnival Ride” is up for album of the year, the learn gal vs. Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney and George Strait.
She is also up for female vocalist of the year for the third year in a row, after winning it twice before. She’s up against Alison Kraus, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride and Taylor Swift.
Kellie Pickler is up for new artist vs. Georgian Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, Lady Antebellum (which includes a couple of locals) and James Otto.
By the way, Atlanta’s Sugarland got “entertainer of the year” nom as well as vocal duo, plus noms for event of the year, single of the year and song of the year.
-Jordin Sparks has no regrets over her off-script comments at the MTV VMA about promise rings and the fact not everybody wants to be a “slut.”
“It’s something I feel strongly about,” she tells EW.com. “I wish I would’ve worded it differently — that somebody who doesn’t wear a promise ring isn’t necessarily a slut — but I can’t take it back now. It was a split-second thing, and it came out kind of wrong. Still, I don’t regret it.
There is some backlash to the “slut” line in the feminist community such as this:
[H]aving sex before marriage DOES NOT make you a slut! You are in no way, shape, or form a creature of contempt just because you choose to exchange favors before exchanging rings. And it’s really, really, really time that society - and yes, even its American Idol-quotient - stop cramming this degrading label down our collective throats and accept that, maybe if we’re respecting their decisions, they better damn well start respecting ours.
Do you agree, not agree?
-David Cook is singing the National Anthem with his brother Andrew at the Chiefs-Raiders opener.
