Garth Brooks will be partying with "Friends In Low Places" on Tuesday - the country superstar turns 50 today!

Since his debut in 1989, Oklahoma-born Troyal Garth Brooks has won a haul of trophies including two Grammys and 24 Billboard Music Awards, wooed and wed country star Trisha Yearwood, and been named one of the top selling solo artists of the 20th century - second only to Elvis Presley.

Credited with helping turn country music into a worldwide phenomenon, Brooks shows no signs of slowing down as he continues to draw thousands of fans to the Las Vegas strip every week for his sold-o...

Going from a seemingly reclusive loner to a gay man out to strut his stuff – that’s a notable role indeed. It’s one that newbie actor Jeremy Dozier ended up nabbing in the famed 2007 Black List of Best Liked Screenplays flick "Dirty Girl" (out now from Anchor Bay Home Entertainment!), also starring Juno Temple, Milla Jovovich, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy and helmed by writer Abe Sylvia. Dozier plays a shy gay classmate who learns to come out of his shell with the help of Temple’s sassy Dirty Girl Danielle. We got a chance to chat with Jeremy about everything "Dirty Girl," from h...

Two social misfits hit the road in search of some answers in the broad comedy "Dirty Girl" set in 1987. Danielle (Juno Temple) is a girl with a certain reputation at the small-town Oklahoma high school she attends -- her fashion statements suggests she's either a streetwalker or auditioning for a Mötley Crüe video, and her list of sexual conquests is quite remarkable for her age.

But Danielle's disinterest in academics and her sleazy reputation land her in a remedial education program, where she finds herself partnered in a parenting class project with Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), a chubby outc...

Country star Dwight Yoakam is facing a massive $458,000 tax bill after allegedly falling behind on his payments.

Bosses at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) filed a lien against Yoakam at the Los Angeles County Records of Deeds in January.

Yoakam is said to owe $457,873 in delinquent federal taxes, according to the Detroit News.

A representative for the Grammy winner was unavailable for comment as WENN went to press.

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In Four Christmases, a crafty couple run the Christmas Day gauntlet by racing to visit their divorced parents' four separate households in this Vince Vaughn/Reese Witherspoon comedy that proves the holidays are no time for relaxing.

Brad (Vaughn) and Kate (Witherspoon) have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter....

Action man Jason Statham is set for another sequel - he'll reprise his fast-living and dying Chev Chelios character in "Crank 2: High Voltage."

The star played a hitman seeking an antidote to the poison villains injected into his system, giving him just hours to live, in the first Crank, which was a surprise hit in 2006.

Statham will reteam with Amy Smart and Dwight Yoakam in the sequel, which will also feature Bai Ling. Filming begins next week in Los Angeles.

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In a grand commemoration of the 50th Celebration of the GRAMMY® Awards, Shout! Factory and The Recording Academy®'s GRAMMY® Recordings announce an electrifying 7-CD series encompassing GRAMMY® winners from four of the legendary awards' major genres. With a personal introduction written by 27-time GRAMMY® winner and 50th Celebration Ambassador Quincy Jones, this series is a sumptuous ode to the biggest hits in music history and a must-have for music lovers and collectors alike.

"We look forward to celebrating the past five decades of GRAMMY®-winning music with music fans everywhere thr...

Country stars Tim McGraw and Dwight Yoakam have joined the cast of Jon Favreau's new festive comedy Four Christmases. McGraw will play a bullying brother to Favreau and his Swingers co-star Vince Vaughn, while Yoakam will play a pastor in the movie.

Shooting has already started on the all-star project, which also features Reese Witherspoon, Mary Steenburgen, Sissy Spacek, Kristin Chenoweth and Robert Duvall.

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Country duo The Judds are to play their first full-length concert in seven years at the second Stagecoach country music festival in California next year. The group, fronted by mother-and-daughter singers Naomi and Wynonna Judd, became a big ticket act in the 1980s and early 1990s.

They reunited for a tour in 1999 and 2000 and have since performed brief sets together a couple of times, including a gig at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. last year.

Aside from The Judds reunion, Stagecoach 2008 will also feature performances from Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Gretchen Wilson, D...

Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and George Strait were named the queen and kings of country in NashvIlle, Tennessee on Wednesday night at the 41st annual CMA Awards.

Underwood claimed the Female Vocalist of the Year for a second successive year and Single of The Year ("Before He Cheats"), while Strait took home Song of The Year honors for "Give It Away," and he won his sixth Album of The Year prize for It Just Comes Natural. New dad Paisley was also a double winner, taking home Best Video and Male Vocalist awards.

The night's biggest prize, Entertainer of The Year, went to Kenny ...

The list of Country luminaries performing on "The 41st Annual CMA Awards" reads like a who's who of the format's finest and freshest faces with the announcement today that multiple nominee Alison Krauss and Horizon Award nominees Jason Aldean and Kellie Pickler have each been added to the list of performers for this year's gala.

"The 41st Annual CMA Awards" will be held Wednesday, Nov. 7 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) and will air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network.

Sheryl Crow, Blake Shelton and Gretchen Wilson have been added to the list of artists prese...

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Multi-talented, Academy Award winning actor Jamie Foxx joins reigning CMA Awards Vocal Group of the Year Rascal Flatts for a duet performance during "The 41st Annual CMA Awards" Wednesday, Nov. 7 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network.

Rascal Flatts, who are nominated for Entertainer of the Year, will open "Country Music's Biggest Night™" with the title track from their third consecutive No. 1 album, Still Feels Good. Later in the broadcast, they will perform "She Goes All the Way" with Foxx. The duet w...

Happy Birthday to actor Ryan Reynolds (1976), pitcher Al Leiter (1965), NFL quarterback Doug Flutie (1962), Spider-Man director Sam Raimi (1959), song-parodying accordian player Weird Al Yankovic (1959), "honky tonk" Country music artist Dwight Yoakam (1956), director Ang Lee (1954), Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton (1942), Brazilian soccer legend Pele(1940), pitcher Jim Bunning, and late-night talk show great Johnny Carson (1925; d. 2005).

Country star Dwight Yoakam is to pay tribute to his late hero Buck Owens on a new album of covers. Dwight Sings Buck features all of Owens' top five country hits, including Act Naturally and I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me).

Yoakam says, "After his death, it was the clearest way I could express my love for him and acknowledge the depth of our friendship."

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Buck Owens American Music Foundation, which serves to safeguard Owens' legacy.

Owens died in March.

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Happy Birthday to actor Ryan Reynolds (1976), pitcher Al Leiter (1965), NFL quarterback Doug Flutie (1962), Spider-Man director Sam Raimi (1959), song-parodying accordian player Weird Al Yankovic (1959), "honky tonk" Country music artist Dwight Yoakam (1956), director Ang Lee (1954), Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton (1942), Brazilian soccer legend Pele(1940), pitcher Jim Bunning, and late-night talk show great Johnny Carson (1925; d. 2005).

Seemingly too traditional for Nashville's music establishment at the time, Dwight Yoakam moved to Los Angeles in 1977, whereby the early 80s his captivating performances at the Palomino Club, Club Lingerie, Hong Kong Cafe and other Hollywood venues earned him and his band-the Babylonian Cowboys-a loyal following among California's burgeoning cowpunk scene. Rhino celebrates the 20th anniversary of Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., with a remastered version of his 1986 debut expanded with demos for the album recorded five years earlier. The double-disc set also features a live recording of Yoak...

Country star Dwight Yoakam has launched his own range of frozen foods based on his grandmother's rural Kentucky recipes for delicacies such as Chicken Lickins fried chicken bits.

The Grammy Award-winner collaborated with Modern Food to bring his grandmother Earlene's country-style foods, including Boom Boom Shrimp and Lanky Links pork sausages, to the public.

The food is marketed under the name Dwight Yoakam's Bakersfield Biscuit Brand and is available in grocery stores throughout the United States.

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The exciting list of guests on "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" through Dec. 22 includes Charlie Sheen, Amos Lee, Jon Cryer, Michelle Yeoh, and a slew of other actors, musicians, comedians, and other celebrities.

Dec. 8: Actor Charlie Sheen; actress Marissa Jaret Winokur; musical guests Franz Ferdinand

Dec. 9: Rapper/producer RZA; television producer Josh Schwartz; musical guest Amos Lee

Dec. 12: Actor Jon Cryer; actress Amy Yasbeck;

Dec. 13: Director John Waters; writer David Steinberg; musical guests Nada Surf

Dec. 14: Radio show host Mancow; actress Mich...

Musical superstars Sheryl Crow, Foo Fighters, Shooter Jennings & Jessi Colter, Norah Jones, Kid Rock, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, U2 and Dwight Yoakam will perform on "I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash," a new entertainment special honoring country music legend Johnny Cash to be taped at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood and broadcast Wed., Nov. 16, on CBS.

Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon and Dennis Quaid are among the stars who will introduce the performances.

Cash will be celebrated in concert by artists who have...

Happy Birthday to actor Ryan Reynolds (1976), pitcher Al Leiter (1965), NFL quarterback Doug Flutie (1962), Spider-Man director Sam Raimi (1959), song-parodying accordian player Weird Al Yankovic (1959), "honky tonk" Country music artist Dwight Yoakam (1956), director Ang Lee (1954), Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton (1942), Brazilian soccer legend Pele(1940), pitcher Jim Bunning, and late-night talk show great Johnny Carson (1925; d. 2005).