No one is making more headlines for a jail term in July 2010 than Lindsay Lohan, who will likely be released next week following a 13-day stay, acccording to The Los Angeles Times.

Lindsay’s getting about 250 pieces of mail a day, though she can only keep 10 letters at a time under jail rules. Which is a lot more mail than some guy named Merle Haggard got when he was incarcerated.

A longtime member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Merle was famously thrown into San Quentin Prison when he was 19 — that line in his classic “Mama Tried” that says “I turned 21 in prison” is absolutely true. Watching Lindsay’s story from a distance, Merle is concerned about the actress’ future. His stay behind bars sobered Merle up a bit about life. He’s hopeful that it does the same for her.

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Carrie Underwood appears on the cover of this week's People Magazine, on newsstands Friday. Photo courtesy of people.com.

The run-up to Carrie Underwood’s wedding to hockey player Mike Fisher last weekend was loaded with speculation among interested fans and hungry media. For Carrie, the lead-in to her vows of matrimony was accompanied by recitations of patriotism.

Dressed in her bridal gown, Carrie appears on the cover of Friday’s People magazine with flowers in hand, according to The Ottawa Citizen, and the story unveils some of the events of her big day, including the trick she used to keep from crying through the ceremony.

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