Married life....so far

At 6pm CT on Sunday, June 26th, I married the love of my life in Las Vegas!  We treated our guests to an Elvis wedding at the Viva Las Vegas wedding chapel, and it was a blast!!!  Our family & friends were expecting a quiet, small ceremony.  Instead, we gave them the "Pink Caddy" wedding where the room fills with fog and laser lights to the song from "2001:  A Space Odyssey" and as the song ended, Elvis (with Kim & I in the back seat) drove a 1964 pink Cadillac convertible INTO the chapel, and so it began.  As silly as it sounds, we had fun, and our guests had fun and that's exactly what we wanted.

Blake Shelton is also a newlywed and in a recent interview with US Weekly, he said he's tired of the bachelor life.  Blake said "I grew tired of going out drinking until 7am and waking up at noon & eating pizza".  He said he'd much rather have a quiet night at home with Miranda.  Maybe that's a sign that you have found "the one", because that's exactly how I feel about Kim.  I know there are probably a lot of married people rolling their eyes as they read the last sentence or two and thinking "give it time".  I'm not sure how long Blake and Miranda have officially been a couple, but Kim & I have been together for almost six years, and it still feels new to us.  Hopefully we will feel the same in 50 years. 

In other Blake news, he has a new CD out next Tuesday the 12th called "Red River Blue", featuring the hit song "Honey Bee".  The new project will also include a song that Blake has had on the back-burner for quite a while.  "I'm Sorry" is a song that he said is difficult to sing, but finally feels confident enough in himself and in the song to put it on a CD.  For a sneak preview of "I'm Sorry", click on the following link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6jj_PfqZgU

Tim McGraw is busier than ever.  He is currently out on his Emotional Traffic tour with Luke Bryan and The Band Perry.  Tim said he's also getting a TON of movie scripts.  The hard part is not only reading all of them, but finding projects that fit into his schedule.  He recently backed out of a movie called "Safe House" with Denzel Washington & Ryan Reynolds because of scheduling conflicts.  Tim does have a minor role in an upcoming film called "Dirty Girl" featuring William H. Macy, Mila Jokovich and Mary Steenburgen.  Dirty Girl will be in theaters in August. 

The "Teen Choice Award" nominees have been announced.  Here is a list of a couple of the country categories:

Favorite Female
Taylor Swift
Miranda Lambert
Carrie Underwood
Kellie Pickler
Jannette McCurdy

Favorite Male
Jason Aldean
Keith Urban
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Luke Bryan

Favorite Group
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Little Big Town
Steel Magnoila
The Band Perry

The award show will air August 7th on Fox and you can vote now at:  http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/index.html

That's the news this week.  As always, thank for listening to Your Country 102.7 WXBM!