Remember those two 22-year-olds from AuburnUniversity . . . Ryan Leander and Michael Wekall . . . who launched the website AHugFromTaylorSwift.com earlier this year? Well, yesterday they finally got their wish. After they first launched the site to get a hug from Taylor, she heard about it and jumped on board. She issued three challenges for them to earn the hug. The first was, "Walk a little old lady across the street." The second was, "Use Taylor's lucky number 13 in creative ways." The third was to get a crowd to the Auburn Hotel Auditorium at 2:00 P.M. yesterday to sing karaoke to "You Belong To Me". And that's where she surprised everyone . . . by showing up in person, giving a surprise mini-concert in honor of Ryan and Michael, and giving the guys their hug.
Joe Don's Having A Girl
Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney and his wife, Tiffany Fallon, have learned the sex of their second child. Fallon reveals to People.com, "I had in my head that we were having two boys. I think Joe Don was really hoping for a girl – and he got his wish! He said to me, 'That marks the first time I've ever been right.'
New Wynonna Music Helps Out Caregivers
Wynonna Judd has joined Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in its support of Wounded Warrior Project with the release of Love Heals, a collection of Wynonna's top singles and three other tracks not available for sale until now. Cracker Barrel will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of every Love Heals CD to Wounded Warrior Project. In 2008, Wounded Warrior Project started coordinating retreats for caregivers who help their wounded loved ones facing a range of physical and mental challenges. Wynonna says, "I am deeply moved by the caregivers who take on the responsibility of caring for our wounded warriors. The new CD will arrive in all Cracker Barrel locations on May 24.
Trace Adkins will release his new single, "This Ain't No Love Song," on Monday, May 17.
TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL ARE "SPEARHEADING" A HUGE CHARITY CONCERT TO BENEFIT THE VICTIMS OF THE NASHVILLE FLOODS:
Here's another benefit concert for those affected by the Nashville floods. It's called "Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery" . . . and it's being held at the Nashville Bridgestone Arena on June 22nd.
--TIM MCGRAW and FAITH HILL are "spearheading" the event . . . which means they're the famous faces promoting it. They'll also be performing. This is the biggest Nashville flood benefit yet. The confirmed performers include . . . Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Miley Cyrus, Amy Grant, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift, Martina McBride, LeAnn Rimes, Michael W. Smith and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Proceeds will benefit the Community Foundation. You can find ticket information and all other details at www.nashvillerising.org.
Please don't confuse this with the "MusicCity Keep on Playin' - A Benefit for Flood Relief". That concert is going down THIS Sunday at 8:00 P.M. on GAC. Performers for that show include Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley and Rodney Atkins.
ERIN ANDREWS WAS IN A DANCE TRAINING VIDEO 10 YEARS AGO: ERIN ANDREWS . . . who's on the current season of "Dancing with the Stars" . . . appears to have some previous dance experience. Sort of. In 2001, she appeared in a commercial for the instructional video "Darrin's Dance Grooves" . . . starring Darrin Henson, who's done choreography for New Kids on the Block, Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees and 'N Sync. Erin played one of Darrin's "students" . . . and even got some solo face time, saying, quote, "When you're watching this choreography, you just want to get up and do it with them."
Carrie Just Wants To Bowl, People!
Carrie Underwood admits that she's not only competitive with herself but "with other people too." Recently, her camp invited a lot of other music industry people to go out bowling with them. Carrie reveals, "I knew it was going to be a bad idea because the whole point of stuff like that is to, like, mingle and talk and I just wanted to bowl because I had to beat everybody!" So how did the game end up? Underwood shares, "I never finished because everybody else in my team was off yapping!" Her friendly advice to her posse for the future? She suggests, "If we're gonna bowl, let's bowl!"
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