The current issue of Rolling Stone has a profile of Kris Kristofferson in which actor Ethan Hawke recalled a confrontation between Kristofferson and an unnamed country singer at Willie Nelson’s 70th birthday party in 2003. The Tennessean then ran a... more info

PopSugar — The big bright stars of country music came together in Las Vegas last night for the Academy of Country Music Awards. Nicole Kidman stood out on the red carpet, laughing with Keith Urban in her daring dress, while the young ladies in the circuit like ... more info

MSN Music — Livid Toby Keith calls Rolling Stone story by Ethan Hawke a lie, magazine sticks by story more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Ethan Hawke might want to avoid crossing paths with Toby Keith in the near future. The country star lit into the actor for an article Hawke wrote in the new issue of Rolling Stone about Kris Kristofferson. In it, Hawke refers to a blowup Kristofferso... more info

All About Jazz — ACM Awards: Scorecard Nominees and winners at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards, held April 5 in Las Vegas. Winners are in bold italics. Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Carrie Underwood Keith Urban Top... more info

Guardian Music — Neko Case talks to Leonie Cooper about the ups and downs of being a country singer raised on rockEight years ago, Neko Case played a "plaza party" at the home of country music, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. It didn't go well: partway th... more info

ACountry — 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards performers will include Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Heidi Newfield, and Rascal Flatts.  The 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be held Sunday, April 5, 2009... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Fashion Police, Full Throttle Fashion Move over Ed Hardy, Christian Audigier and International Male catalog, because Toby Keith is starting a fashion line for all those cheesy American men who like wearing their shirts unbuttoned to th... more info

TMZ — Tonight on TMZ TV -- Toby Keith unveils his backwoods fashion line, Ludacris sees no racial lines within his fans, and our staff lines up to see new pictures of Megan Fox.Check local listings.... Permalink more info

Idolator — Last night's American Idol finally brought us to the semifinal round, with 12 hopefuls—including this season's Officially Chosen One, the sad-backstory-filled-yet-optimistic Danny Gokey—making their way to the Idol stage The theme was "Hot 100 so... more info