Country cutie Taylor Swift has just announced that she is set to embark on her first-ever solo headlining tour of the U.S. and Canada this year.
The ambitious Fearless trek will see Taylor hit 54 cities and - smartly - ticket prices start at a very affordable $20.
Swift promises big production and spectacle.
Her friend, Kellie Pickler, will open for her on all shows.
*~*~*
Carrie Underwood is a vegetarian and she is not keen on revealing that information.
"I'm a vegetarian and there are some parts of the United States where you do not announce that to the audience. And while the crowd might be kind of playing with me, sometimes if I do let that slip, I do get booed. So it's something I'm working on-keeping me vegetarianism to myself."
Who cares if they boo you? You should be proud of our choices and stand by them!
*~*~*

Jennifer Aniston was reportedly offered a record-breaking $4 million from Playboy to recreate her very popular nude January 2009 GQ cover photo. Playboy reportedly approached Jen after her GQ Cover came out. The National Enquirer reports that:
"Although very pleased that her nearly 40-year-old frame can still turn heads, Jennifer politely declined Playboy's offer, reportedly telling magazine boss Hugh Hefner that GQ was art, but Playboy is SEX."
This photo is from her latest GQ covershoot.
*~*~*
Dr. Phil has seen the worst ratings drop of any major syndicated talk show, down 27% from last season. Not only that, but the show has lost a third of its core demographic - women 18-49.
Conversely, Ellen DeGeneres' notably chipper show is up 11%.
*~*~*
Images of Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush have been reduced to the size of a thumbnail in a range of new stamps.
The quartet - famous for show stopping silver screen performances in films such as Gladiator, Moulin Rouge and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - have been honoured in a new stamp collection in their native Australia.
Labels: carrie underwood, Cate Blanchett, celebrity quote, dr phill, ellen DeGeneres, Geoffrey Rush, jennifer aniston, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, taylor swift

Actress Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, welcomed their third child on April 13th in Sydney, Australia.
Little Ignatius weighed 7.9 pounds and is said to be a healthy baby boy. Congrats to them!
Their newest son is named Ignatius Martin. (The older two are Dashiell John and Roman Robert.)
*~*~*~*
From executive producers Ridley Scott (American Gangster, Gladiator) and Tony Scott ("Numb3rs") comes
The Andromeda Strain, the edge-of-your seat, four-hour miniseries about a team of scientists investigating a deadly disease from an alien world that threatens to destroy mankind. Debuting as an original A&E television event on May 26 and 27, The Andromeda Strain features an outstanding cast featuring Benjamin Bratt ("Law & Order"), Christa Miller ("Scrubs"), Eric McCormack ("Will & Grace"), Ricky Schroder ("NYPD Blue"), Andrew Braugher ("Homicide: Life on the Streets"), Christa Miller ("Scrubs"), Daniel Dae Kim ("Lost"), and Viola Davis ("Traveler"). Directed by two-time Academy Award(R) nominee Mikael Saloman (Backdraft, The Abyss) and based on the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton, the DVD will be released as a two-disc set.
Labels: Cate Blanchett, celeb baby, The Andromeda Strain
Cate Blanchett was left stunned after a clairvoyant correctly predicted a movie role she went on to accept.
Apparently a real estate agent in Savannah predicted Blanchett's next role, right down to the name and hair length. Very strange if I do say so myself. I wonder if this real estate agent's name will be released, I have a feeling s/he would be inundated with crazy people.
In other Blanchett news, she and her husband Andrew Upton are talking about possibly having a third child. She says she loves being pregnant and being a Mom. Hmmm, I love the Mom part, but don't know I could say I love the pregnant part, haha. Good for her though, I think that is awesome.
Labels: Cate Blanchett, clairvoyant