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Pam Anderson: ‘Jessica Simpson is a Bitch and a Whore’

andPOP Staff — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:17:04 +0000

Pamela Anderson has declared Jessica Simpson a “bitch and whore.”

Anderson made her bold statements on an Australian radio station. Her anger comes after Simpson wore a shirt that read, “Real girls eat meat,” something that Anderson – a huge PETA supporter and vegetarian – couldn’t stand for.

Simpson’s shirt wasn’t intended to spark a feud with Anderson, but perhaps Carrie Underwood instead. Underwood used to date Simpson’s boyfriend, Tony Romo, and has frequently been on – and topped – PETA’s “Sexiest Vegetarian” lists.

Anderson, for her part, went on to tell the radio station why she was proud to be a vegetarian: “I think it’s healthy, good for your body and good for the environment.”

Carrie Underwood Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry

Irene Ogrodnik — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:41 +0000

Country music sensation Carrie Underwood received a great honour this weekend—by being inducted to the Grand Ole Opry.

The “American Idol” season four winner made her debut on the television program in 2005 and told the sold-out crowd, “this really seems like a great family to be part of. I promise I’ll do everything I possibly can to not make you regret it.”

Opry member and country music star, Garth Brooks, presented Underwood with the prestigious award telling her, “Nothing will last as long or be more important than this award right here tonight. Congratulations.” Opry only accepts members through invite and it is based on the artist’s commitment to the show and overall contribution to country music.

Underwood, 25, is the current Female Vocalist of the Year for the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association, and is also currently headlining her Carnival Ride tour.

Carrie Underwood Has Been Cheated On

andPOP Staff — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:36:05 +0000

Looks like her hit anthem, “Before he Cheats,” hits Carrie Underwood a little more personally than many may have assumed.

In an interview with InStyle, the American Idol winner admits that she has been cheated on, but she refuses to name who did it to her.

“I’ve been cheated on a time or two. It’s tough. I wouldn’t recommend doing any property damage, though,” she says, in reference to her hit single.

“Now I’m to the point where you get one shot. Life’s too short.”

“I’m a ‘let it go, move on’ kind of person. And ice cream is my friend. If anybody sees me eating a sundae and I look unhappy, something bad has happened. I am drowning my sorrows in fudge and caramel and whipped cream,” she says.

Carrie Underwood Dating Tony Romo

andPOP Staff — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:00:09 +0000

Rumours of a relationship with Jessica Simpson have been put to rest by football quarterback Tony Romo after he’s come clean about his relationship with country star Carrie Underwood.

In Touch Weekly reports the Dallas Cowboys player confirmed his relationship with the American Idol winner during an interview with a small town paper from Charleston, Ill., where he played college football.

Sports editor Brian Nielsen of the Journal Gazette/Times-Courier says, “After I asked him all my usual football questions, I said, ‘My wife really wants to know if the Jessica Simpson dating rumors are true.’” He laughed and replied, ‘No. Tell her I’m dating Carrie Underwood.’”

Underwood was seen at Texas Stadium on Christmas day, where she was seen with Romo and gave him a hug on the field before his game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Carrie Underwood Visits American Troops

andPOP Staff — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:05:00 +0000

So it probably wasn’t an uber sexy performance, a la Jennifer Lopez or Jessica Simpson, but the American troops no doubt appreciated a visit from their American Idol Carrie Underwood.

Carrie, who has become something of a country music superstar since winning the singing competition, appeared before hundreds of service members at Camp Arifjan’s Combined Operations and Intelligence Center in Kuwait.

“Thanks for giving me such a warm welcome,” said Underwood to the fans. “We’re happy to be able to come here and spread some holiday cheer.”

She signed autographed photos and CDs for the American troops, which they will supposedly be passing on to their young children back in the States. Expect a couple of them to snuggle up to a Carrie Underwood 8×10 in the next weeks, though.

Carrie Underwood Big Winner At CMT Awards

andPOP Staff — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:22:02 +0000

Carrie Underwood was the big winner at last night’s Country Music Television Awards, walking away with two awards.

The American Idol winner took best breakthrough video and female video for her hit “Jesus, Take the Wheel.”

“This is my very first acceptance speech so I made a list,” Underwood said before reading a lengthy list.

“Music videos are a huge tool,” she said after the ceremony for the awards, chosen by fans. “Fans love them because they add a new dimension to the song and we love them because it’s just another way to get (the music) out there. For my first video to win two awards tonight was amazing.”

Keith Urban took home the video of the year award for “Better Life.” He performed the song during the show with a choir from the Gulf Coast and showed scenes from the hurricane damaged area.

“We just wanted to present a better tone for Better Life, and I had been down to New Orleans and was struck by a combination of things — how much has been done and how little has been done,” Urban said. “We just wanted to bring a little more awareness back to the cause down there.”

Jeff Foxworthy hosted the ceremony.

2006 CMT MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES & * WINNERS

Video of the Year

* Keith Urban – “Better Life”
Brad Paisley – “Alcohol”
Brooks & Dunn – “Believe”
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw – “Like We Never Loved At All”
Gretchen Wilson – “All Jacked Up”
Kenny Chesney – “Who You’d Be Today”
Toby Keith – “As Good As I Once Was”
Trace Adkins – “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”

Male Video of the Year

* Kenny Chesney – “Who You?d Be Today”
Keith Urban – “Better Life”
Toby Keith – “As Good As I Once Was”
Trace Adkins – “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”

Female of Video of the Year

* Carrie Underwood – “Jesus Take The Wheel”
Faith Hill – “Mississippi Girl”
Miranda Lambert – “Kerosene”
Sara Evans – “A Real Fine Place To Start”

Group / Duo of the Year

* Rascal Flatts – “Skin (Sarabeth)”
Brooks & Dunn – “Believe”
Little Big Town – “Boondocks”
Sugarland – “Just Might (Make Me Believe)”

Collaborative Video of the Year

* Bon Jovi featuring Jennifer Nettles -”Who Says You Can’t Go Home”
Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton – “When I Get Where I’m Going”
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw – “Like We Never Loved At All”
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon – “Jackson”

Hottest Video of the Year

* Billy Currington – “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right”
Dierks Bentley – “Come A Little Closer”
Keith Urban – “Making Memories Of Us”
Trace Adkins – “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”

Breakthrough Video of the Year

* Carrie Underwood – “Jesus Take The Wheel”
Jason Aldean – “Hicktown”
Miranda Lambert – “Kerosene”
Sugarland – “Something More”

Most Inspiring Video of the Year

* Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton – “When I Get Where I’m Going”
Brooks & Dunn – “Believe”
Carrie Underwood – “Jesus Take The Wheel”
Reba McEntire – “You’re Gonna Be”

Video Director of the Year

* Sophie Muller / Faith Hill with Tim McGraw – “Like We Never Loved At All”
Michael Salomon / Toby Keith – “As Good As I Once Was”
Shaun Silva / Kenny Chesney – “Who You’d Be Today”
Trey Fanjoy / Miranda Lambert -”Kerosene”

Carrie Underwood Takes the High Road with Grace

Adam Gonshor — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:17:49 +0000

There are two approaches artists can take after winning American Idol: embracing the victory or trying to distance themselves from the show.

Kelly Clarkson chose the latter, and would love if nobody ever mentioned her name and the show’s title in the same sentence. Clarkson, the show’s first winner four years ago, put up a fuss when producers asked if they could use her music in this, its fifth season, and prefers not to talk about the show in interviews. There’s more to me than winning a talent contest, she might explain. And while she has a point, there’s no way anyone outside of Fort Worth, Texas, would ever know the name Kelly Clarkson had it not been for the hit show.

Then there’s Carrie Underwood. She has “handled” her win with grace, never shying away from that fact that she is now one of country’s hottest artists because of her success on American Idol. Does winning the show take away form her credibility? Absolutely not. People aren’t buying her album because they like the show. They buy her album because they love her music. The show was just a gateway into their homes, and Underwood appreciates the opportunity.

“The country world seems so grateful that America voted in one of their own,” Underwood tells andPOP. “They’re proud to call me the American Idol and I’m proud to be called that. I don?t see myself trying to detach myself from [the show] any time soon.”

Underwood’s debut album, “Some Hearts,” is still the top country album on Billboard, three months after its release. “Jesus, Take the Wheel” is the most played song on radio, and “Inside Your Heaven/Independence Day” is the highest selling single in stores. To sum it up: there is no bigger country artist in North America at the time of this article posting.

Her fan base is different than any other American Idol winner before her because she’s not a pop artist?she bleeds country. Some songs on the album ? like the first single, “Some Hearts” ? are being played on mainstream radio.

The Oklahoma-native, who turns 23 in March, says nobody at her record label tried to influence the sound of the music or asked her to produce crossover hits.

“All the people that were around me knew what I wanted to do. It wouldn?t make sense to make me sing strictly pop music. That?s not me. Country music is where I feel comfortable. I think everyone knew that and not to mess with it,” she says.

Underwood is aware that she has a “girl next door” image, but she says she’s not deliberately trying to commodify any type of image. However, she understands, as a celebrity, people will look to her to be a role model?like people look to all celebrities not named Dick Cheney.

“A lot of times people tell me, ‘you’re such a good role model,’ but that?s not what I’m trying to do. I think its great people can look up to people but I’m not perfect.”

Rest assured however that Underwood has never keyed an ex-boyfriend’s car. Odd transition between paragraphs? Perhaps. But listen to the song “Before He Cheats” and it will make more sense. The song deals with her being cheated on in a relationship, and then retaliating by unloading her frustration on a car.

“It’s fun to step out of the box for a second and be crazy,” Underwood says, on the line from Nashville. “If somebody does you wrong, you just want to hurt them. But I’ve never done anything like that. I wouldn?t recommend that.”

What does Underwood ? who admits to being cheated on a “time or two” ? recommend?

“The worst thing you can do is just move on and not let it bother you. That will make the other person go crazy more than any thing else you can do.”

Those people who cheated on Underwood are probably going crazy every time they see her music videos being played, or when they think about how famous she has become so quickly. That fame, Underwood says, still hasn’t sunk in.

“Everything that has happened to me has been Cinderella story-ish. I’m just lucky,” she says. “I feel like the outsider in the music business. I’m just a fan myself.”

Carrie Underwood to American Idol Contestants: Sing My Songs!

Adam Gonshor — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:01:25 +0000

Kelly Clarkson pulled a John Kerry this week and flip-flopped her stance on allowing the use of her songs on American Idol.

Clarkson, the first Idol winner, owns the rights to her songs, and is therefore allowed to permit or forbid contestants on this season of the show to sing tracks from her repertoire.

At first, she did not give producers of Idol her blessing to make use of her music, but later in the week, and after a scolding from Simon Cowell, changed her mind.

If they approach Carrie Underwood, the winner of last season’s American Idol, they won’t have to deal with all the setbacks. She would be flattered if contestants chose to sing her songs.

“If anybody wants to sing my songs, I’d be happy to let them,” Underwood tells andPOP. “I’d be honoured.”

She says she has yet to be approached about the issue by American Idol producers, but she thinks it’s probably because the season is still in its auditioning stages.

“When I was auditioning, none of us, especially the girls, wanted to sing Kelly and Fantasia songs, because we didn?t want to be compared to them.”

Underwood’s album, Some Hearts, has been the top country album in the U.S. for over a month.

American Idol Becomes the Newest Skechers Girl

andPOP Staff — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 01:38:38 +0000

What’s the mark of a true pop princess? A Skechers logo. Now, “American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood is going to be granted her tiara as she joins the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to become the sneaker company’s newest It girl.

Underwood’s global endorsement deal with Skechers, announced on Tuesday, will give the business the exclusive right to advertise footwear using the singer’s image through December, 2006.

“Being a part of Skechers is exciting,” said Underwood. “It is such a hip company with a great attitude and image. I’ve been wearing Skechers for years, so for me this is a really great project. I can proudly endorse Skechers — and happily add more pairs to my closet!”

The footwear company plans to feature the 22-year-old Oklahoma native in an ad campaign that will launch this fall, coinciding with the ?American Idols Live! Tour 2005? and the release of her debut country album in November.

“We are extremely excited to have Carrie represent Skechers in our marketing campaigns, and to be affiliated with such a dynamic performer,” said Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. “She is the kind of star young women can relate to — as if they know her. Like our previous campaigns with celebrities, this campaign will be an incredible union of Skechers’ attitude and Carrie’s natural image and style.”

Underwood already boasts a loyal legion of fans who voted for her to win the fourth edition of ?American Idol.? The Northeastern State University senior beat out more than 100,000 hopefuls to be crowned the winner of the popular Fox series in May. Her first single, “Inside Your Heaven,” debuted at No. 1 on four music charts.