When a deadly tornado touched down in Tobey Keith's hometown of Moore, Oklaohoma, on Monday, the singer's mother and sister were among those who had to run for cover.

An enormous twister struck the town yersterday afternoon, killing dozens of people and leaving behind a wide path of destruction, including the leveling of two elementary schools.

Keith grew up in the area and escaped the storm by flying to Nashville, Tennessee, just hours before the storm struck.

He told CNN.com:  "I left today and I knew when we flew out of there (a storm was brewing). I could see it building back in the ...

Hey y’all! It’s time to grab your cowboy boots, straw hat and jean shorts and head out to the desert with your music loving friends. The country folk are taking over the Coachella Valley for the 7th annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, CA this weekend, April 26th -28th.

Starpulse will be there to cover all the bands, including Toby Keith, Hank Williams Jr., Trace Adkins, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Rodney Atkins, Dwight Yoakam, Phil Vassar, Jana Kramer, Zac Brown Band, Darius Rucker, Thompson Square, Lonestar and Tanya Tucker. Not only will we be there to cover the amazi...

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton were the toast of the town last night after winning a total of four trophies, including a joint award for "Song of the Year," at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.

The married singers shared the prize for their powerful duet "Over You," and Lambert had to contain her emotion while they accepted the award. Shelton told the crowd, "I lost my brother in a car wreck when I was 14 years old, and later in life when I decided I wanted to be a country singer, my dad always told me, 'Son, you should write a song about your brother.' I los...

Who will join Mariah Carey and Randy Jackson on the "American Idol" judging panel? Not country star Toby Keith. Keith's publicist has confirmed reports he was asked to work on the new season of the singing competition but didn't accept.

Keith was offered to fill the slot recently vacated by Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, but he turned producers down. The country's star rep told CountryWeekly.com that Keith was "flattered" by the invitation but didn't feel it was the right fit.

But "Idol" execs have been considering other big names in the music business, including country star Brad Paisley...

On Wednesday night, Carrie Underwood dominated the CMT Music Awards by taking home two trophies - her duet with Brad Paisley "Remind Me" won Collaborative Video Of The Year, and "Good Girl" was named Video Of The Year.

The "American Idol" starlet looked sexy in a short sequined dress with black heels and a matching clutch.

Another "Idol" star, Scotty McCreery, won Breakthrough Video Of The Year for "The Trouble With Girls," while Lady Antebellum took home Group Video Of The Year for "We Owned The Night." Sugarland won Duo Video Of The Year for "I Got You."

Miranda Lambert scooped up Fema...

Country music singer Toby Keith helped raise $664,000 for a center for child cancer patients in just one weekend.

The star hosted the ninth annual Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic, a two-day fundraiser last month, and his efforts brought the total fund for the center up to almost $3.7 million.

Organizers are hoping to raise $9.5 million to build the facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The 28,000-square-foot building will feature day rooms for metro-area families, as well as overnight suites for families who must travel hundreds of miles from rural Oklahoma towns for their children t...

Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson scored two trophies each at Sunday night's Academy Of Country Music Awards.

But Taylor Swift won the coveted Entertainer of the Year prize for the second year in a row. She told the audience, "Thank you so much to the fans who voted for this. I am so happy about this."

The singer looked beautiful and more mature, wearing heavier than usual make-up and a white shift dress with metallic accents.

The main ACM winners were:

Entertainer of the Year - Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist of the Year - Blake Shelton

Female Vocalist of the Year - Miranda...

Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Daniel Radcliffe are among the top nominees for the 2012 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

The boy wizard franchise's eighth and final film, "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2," will compete against "The Smurfs," "The Muppets" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" for Favorite Movie, while Radcliffe will face off against Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Jim Carrey (Mr. Popper's Penguins) and Adam Sandler (Jack & Jill).

Radcliffe's Potter co-star Emma Watson is shortlisted for Favorite Movie Actress alongside Kristen Ste...

Singer Jason Aldean has dominated the second ever American Country Awards, taking home six out of eight trophies on Monday night.

The star won all but two of the prizes he was nominated for, including the prestigious Album of the Year and Artist of the Year titles. He also shared the collaborative Single and Music Video of the Year prizes with Kelly Clarkson for their duet Don't You Wanna Stay.

After taking to the stage for a second time, he told the audience, "This is getting a little ridiculous now. I don't know what else to say. It's been a crazy year."

Country sweetheart Carrie Un...

Coldplay have scored their third straight number one album in America.

The rockers' new release "Mylo Xyloto" has debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 countdown with 447,000 sales.

Kelly Clarkson's new release, "Stronger," also debuts high - at two - with 163,000 sales, and crooner Michael Buble completes an all-new top three with his holiday album, "Christmas."

Last week's number one, "21" by Adele, drops to four and Toby Keith debuts "Clancy's Tavern" at five.

Meanwhile, Tom Waits lands his first top 10 and highest debut on the Billboard 200 with "Bad As Me," which opens at number ...

Toby Keith has been crowned country music's highest earning star by Forbes magazine.

The musician took the top spot in the publication's list of the highest-earning stars in country music by earning an estimated $50 million between May 2010 and May 2011.

Keith's massive earnings are said to have come from his lucrative tour, sponsorship deals and his popular restaurant chain, putting him ahead of singer/songwriter Taylor Swift who came in at number two with estimated earnings of $45 million and Brad Paisley at three ($40 million).

The other artists in the top five are Tim McGraw ($35 ...

The 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards belonged to Miranda Lambert after she scooped four trophies at the ceremony in Las Vegas on Sunday.

The country star was crowned Female Vocalist of The Year, while her track The House That Built Me received honors for Song of The Year, Single Record of The Year and Video of The Year.

Brad Paisley took home the Male Vocalist of The Year trophy and trio Lady Antebellum accepted awards for Top Vocal Group and Album of The Year for Need You Know.

Picking up their prize, Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley joked, "Thank you, Miranda Lambert, for winnin...

Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton are all set to host tonight's 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas at 8pm; but you can watch the stars arrive on the red carpet prior to the show right here.

Join host Stuart Brazell live from the red carpet beginning at 6:15pm (ET), and get the lowdown on tonight's big show. While you're waiting for the live stream to begin, check out Stuart's sneak-peek behind the scenes at the awards video below. She'll show you where the big stars will be sitting, give a tour of Reba's dressing room and more!

This y...

Taylor Swift became the youngest ever winner of the coveted Songwriter of the Year prize at the BMI Country Awards on Tuesday night.

The 20-year-old singer/songwriter was the toast of the awards show, which celebrates the most played songs on radio and television, and took the night's top prize, making her the youngest artist ever to land the coveted trophy. The record was previously held by Bill Anderson, who won the honor in 1960 at the age of 23, and Johnny Cash, who won in 1956 when he was 24 years old.

Swift also scored her third consecutive BMI Country Song of the Year title for h...

Toby Keith, who lost almost all of his touring equipment in the recent Tennessee floods, has signed up to perform at Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Nashville Rising concert, which will help raise funds for victims of the storm.

The country couple will stage the benefit concert next week at the Bridgestone Arena.

Keith joins a line-up that includes Billy Ray Cyrus, ZZ Top, Leann Rimes, Amy Grant, Brooks & Dunn, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit flood relief efforts.

Guitars and equipment belonging to Keith was left waterlogged following a flood at his...

Country stars Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood are set to compete at the upcoming CMT Music Awards after scoring three nominations each.

Swift's promo for You Belong With Me will go up against Underwood's Cowboy Casanova in the Female Video of the Year category, while the two clips are also in competition for the Video of the Year prize alongside stars such as Keith Urban (Til Summer Comes Around), Brad Paisley (Welcome to the Future) and Toby Keith (American Ride).

The Love Story hit-maker also received a nod in the Collaborative Video of the Year for her duet with Kellie Pickler, Bes...

Kid Rock has signed up to host the 2010 CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on June 9.

The rocker has often made appearances at the awards show, but this is the first year he has been invited to take charge of the event.

A statement from Rock reads, "All I can promise is I will be awesome."

The singer/songwriter, who claimed the CMT Video of the Year award for "All Summer Long" last year, made the announcement on his official website on Thursday.

The 2010 CMT Music Awards will air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum and Carrie Underwood are among th...

Carrie Underwood was the Belle of the Ball at last night's Academy of Country Music Awards. She became the first woman to win "Entertainer of The Year" twice, but four times was the charm for the country pop star - sho wore four different dresses during the course of the evening.

She made her first red carpet appearance of the night in a light peach dress with silver beaded accents. We weren't crazy about the puffy one-sleeved shoulder ensemble.

She performed twice in two very different dresses. One, a pastel purple and pink floral dress, definitely screamed country. But country can be...

Taylor Swift took in a little crowd surfing during her performance at Sunday night's Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.

The blonde beauty is up for four awards this year, including Top Female Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year ("You Belong With Me"), Video of the Year ("You Belong With Me"), and Entertainer of the Year.

This year, for the first time ever, country music fans were given the opportunity to text in their votes to determine who would be awarded the night's biggest accolade. The nominees include Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Brad Pais...

Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Sugarland are the toast of the country music world after leading all nominees for the upcoming CMT Music Awards.

The three acts landed four nods apiece during the first-round of nominations announced by bosses at the TV music network on Monday.

Aldean's "The Truth" and Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" will compete with videos by Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band in the coveted Video of the Year category.

Underwood and Swift will also battle it out for Female Video of t...

Rapper LL Cool J has slammed Sarah Palin after an advertising campaign for her new show Real American Stories used an old interview with the hip-hop star to publicize the series.

Alaska's former Governor and U.S. vice-presidential candidate has signed up as a correspondent for Fox network, as well as fronting her own show telling the life story of Americans including LL Cool J and country singer Toby Keith.

Promos for the show previewed clips of an interview the rapper purportedly gave to Palin, in which he describes how his family "is very pro-American."

However, the star insists the...

Celine Dion has emerged as the new century's top performer after beating Kenny Chesney and the Dave Matthews Band to the top of America's Ultimate Top 10 list.

Created by combining artists' album sales revenue with their concert ticket sales, the top 10 is an annual list of money-spinning singers and rockers - and Dion's consistent success from 2000 to the end of 2009 have put her at the top of the new decade countdown.

The position is largely due to her five-year engagement at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where she performed her A New Day concert in front of sold-out audiences.

Ac...

Officials from Asian campaign groups have criticized Toby Keith after the country singer allegedly made a "racist hand gesture" at a Nobel Peace Prize party in Norway.

The singer was in Oslo, Norway on Thursday to see President Barack Obama handed the prestigious honor, and after the ceremony he joined Hollywood star Will Smith and musician Wyclef Jean for an impromptu rap performance at an after party.

However, the trio's performance of Rapper's Delight by Sugarhill Gang has been steeped in controversy after footage from the event surfaced online, and appeared to show Keith pulling...

At this point, the team for songwriter, vocalist and entertainer Toby Keith is well-versed in how to schedule an album launch. But even his considerable hit single track record couldn't prepare him, and label Show Dog Nashville, for the speed with which his new single "American Ride" would fly up the charts. Consequently, the release schedule for the album, which shares the single's title, has been advanced to Oct. 6.

Originally scheduled for an Oct. 13 release, "American Ride" rolls out early because of the tremendous response the lead single is receiving. It is the fastest rising singl...

In the last 12 months, a sold-out worldwide tour, international sales of her latest album, and lucrative endorsement deals put Madonna's earnings at $110 million, according to Forbes.com. Nowhere near the top 10 list? Britney Spears.

In second place is Celine Dion, who earned an estimated $100 million from June 2008 to June 2009. Beyonce Knowles came in third, earning $87 million. She dropped a double album, starred in two films, and embarked on what is expected to be, at minimum, a 110-date international tour.

The top 10 musicians on the list earned a combined $719 million, up from ...

Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's most powerful celebrity, according to a new Forbes magazine list. The actress has beaten Oprah Winfrey to the top spot on Forbes' 2009 Celebrity 100 list.

Winfrey slips to two after two consecutive years at the top of the power countdown. Publication editors make their picks based on monies earned and global fame.

Madonna, Beyonce Knowles and Tiger Woods complete the new top five. Newcomers to the Forbes power list include Taylor Swift at 69, Toby Keith at 59 and actor Alec Baldwin at 91.

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Toby Keith has pulled out of a new movie so he can visit U.S. troops posted in Afghanistan. The singer/songwriter will embark on a 17-show USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour at the end of the month - and that means he has no time for upcoming film, "Provinces of Night," according to country news website CMT.com.

Keith's dedication to America's United Service Organization has earned him the Distinguished Service Award from the Military Officers Association of America. He'll pick up the honor on April 21 in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes civilians who give back to military person...

It's the end of an era later this week, as ER airs its 2-hour series finale on Thursday. Usually, I suggest you go out and do something on Saturdays, but if you're a basketball fan you're going to want to watch the NCAA final four. Michigan St. takes on Connecticut, and Villanova faces North Carolina for the right to play in this year's national championship game.

Monday

Pick of the Night: CSI: Miami CBS 10/9c., "Wolfe in Sheep's Clothing."

Wolfe is kidnapped by the Russian mob, and is forced to help them or be killed.

Other new episodes worth watching: Chuck NBC 8/7c, How...

Comedy Central is stocking up on the ammo and bringing out the big guns when it roasts comedian Larry the Cable Guy. The hits will be dirty, fast and hard. Larry will be making the night unfor-git-able during this star-studded evening.

This year's Roasters include Bill Engvall, Nick DiPaolo, Jeff Foxworthy, Greg Giraldo, Toby Keith, Lisa Lampanelli, Maureen McCormick, Gary Busey and Jeffrey Ross, among others.

Lisa Lampanelli on Chris Brown

Lisa Lampanelli skewers Greg Giraldo's career and Gary Busey's skull in one fell swoop

Maureen McCormick on L...

Comedy Central is turning up the heat on this year's Roastee, Larry the Cable Guy. The network announced today an all-star roster of Roasters that includes top comedic talent, a hall-of-fame football quarterback and a country music superstar. The "Comedy Central Roast Of Larry The Cable Guy" tapes in Los Angeles at the Warner Brothers Studio lot on Sunday, March 1. The "Comedy Central Roast Of Larry The Cable Guy" will premiere on Sunday, March 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

This year's Roasters include Drew Carey, Nick DiPaolo, Jeff Foxworthy, Greg Giraldo, Toby Keith, Lisa Lampanelli, Dan M...