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In the latest episode of Keith Urban’s webisode series Urban Developments, Keith answers a couple of pressing questions: When was the last time he took out the trash – and was he a lot of trouble growing up? He also celebrates his fifth wedding anniversary with wife Nicole Kidman and has a debate with his band post show on whether ICEE or slushie is the appropriate term for the iced drinks featured on one of their shirts.

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Taylor Swift poses in the press room with her awards during the 2011 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena May 22, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

The 2011 Billboard Music Awards were held last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taylor Swift was one of the biggest winners taking home three trophies, including one of the evening’s highest honors, the all-genre Top 200 Albums Artist Award. Taylor also took home the trophy for Top Country Artist, and her now-Triple-Platinum Speak Now album was voted Top Country Album.

Taylor wasn’t the only country act to take home an award last night, Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” took honors for Top Country Song.  Lady A also took the stage to perform their latest hit single “Just A Kiss.”

Keith Urban arrived with wife Nicole Kidman and had one of the more memorable moments of the night when he took the stage for a banjo duel with  host Ken Jeong.  Continue Reading

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Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman at the 2011 Music City Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony on Sunday, May 15. Photo by Ricky Moson/GAC Staff.

Yesterday may have been a gray day in Nashville, but you wouldn’t have known it, based on the smiles of Keith Urban and Bill Anderson. The two accomplished artists were inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame downtown and were joined by GAC host Bill Cody and 2006 inductee, Ronnie Milsap. GAC was a proud sponsor of the event and we have a must-see photo gallery from the event Continue Reading

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Keith Urban is essentially a rock star in the country music genre. With millions of screaming fans, more than 10 million albums sold and some of the best guitar-playing skills in the industry, there is no denying that music is a big part of who Keith is. But Keith tells PEOPLE that his family – wife Nicole Kidman and two daughters, Sunday Rose, 2, and Faith Margaret, 3 months – is his main focus.

“We just have a normal life, we do normal things,” Keith said in the new edition of PEOPLE Country. “Family is definitely a priority for us.” Keith was named as this year’s PEOPLE Country’s Hottest Guy thanks not only to his looks, but also his dedication to his family. Before he married Nicole though, he was smooching girls on the playground in first grade. Continue Reading

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Lady Antebellum poses in the press room with the award for Best Country Album for 'Need You Now' at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at the Staples Center, February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)

– Written by Shannon Heim

Country’s own Lady Antebellum was the big winner at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, taking home the trophy in five of the six categories in which they were nominated. The group’s crossover hit “Need You Now” won Song and Record of the Year as well as best Country Album, Best Country Song and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Lady A members Dave Hayward, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott were clearly stunned by the Recording Academy’s accolades. “We just cried our eyes out backstage and I can’t believe we’re up here once again,” Charles said while accepting for Record of the Year.

During their performance, the group slowed down a shortened version of “Need You Now” and sung bits of “American Honey,” and the classic “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” a nod to Teddy Pendergrass, who died last year.

Lady Antebellum was the only country nominee in the Album of the Year category, which ultimately went to Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs.

The group’s dominance marked the second straight year a country crossover act was the night’s top story. Continue Reading

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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban pictured at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011. © RD / Orchon / Retna Digital.

Now we know why Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman were glowing a little more than usual at last night’s 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards — they were about to let us in on a very happy secret!

Keith and Nicole and their two-year old daughter Sunday Rose, today announced a new addition to their family, Faith Margaret Kidman Urban. Born through a gestational carrier at Nashville’s Centennial Womens Hospital on December 28, 2010, Faith Margaret is Urban and Kidman’s biological daughter.

The proud parents issued the following statement: “Our family is truly blessed, and just so thankful, to have been given the gift of baby Faith Margaret. No words can adequately convey the incredible gratitude that we feel for everyone who was so supportive throughout this process, in particular our gestational carrier.”

Congrats to Keith and Nicole!

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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban pictured at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011. © RD / Orchon / Retna Digital.

Country music was well represented at tonight’s 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Looking glamorous on the red carpet were Keith Urban with wife Nicole Kidman, Carrie Underwood and Julianne Hough.

Nicole was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for the movie “Rabbit Hole;” Carrie was nominated as a co-writer of the song “There’s a Place for Us,” (up for Best Original Song, Motion Picture) from the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader;” and Julianne stars in “Burlesque,” nominated for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical. She was also seen during the broadcast snuggling up to her main squeeze, “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest.

Earlier this afternoon, Julianne tweeted, “Getting ready for the Golden Globes!! I LOVE my dress ”

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Gwyneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw from the upcoming movie, Country Strong, in theaters January 7, 2011. Photo by Scott Garfield, courtesy of Sony Pictures USA & Monarch Publicity.

From Crazy Heart to Country Strong, Hollywood and Nashville were tightly linked in 2010.

Tim McGraw, Julianne Hough, Trace Adkins and Carrie Underwood all went in front of the cameras. And artists as diverse as Ryan Bingham, Billy Currington, Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney got their music on the big screen in one way or another.

Country’s role in a large number of movies ranks No. 7 in GAC’s countdown of the dozen top stories of 2010.

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Keith Urban photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

One of the old jokes about fashion is that if you hold on to your clothes long enough, they’ll come back in style. But it’s not a joke when it comes to songs. They can definitely have a second life. In fact, Keith Urban has given new life to not just one Radney Foster song, but two.

Keith picked up a hit in 2003 when he remade Radney’s song “Raining On Sunday,” and he did it again this year by recording Radney’s “I’m In.” In a very real way, “I’m In” is a direct result of the movie Australia.

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Taylor Swift photo by Amanda Eckard/CMA, courtesy of Erickson PR.

Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts are among the most powerful celebrities in the world, right alongside Oprah Winfrey, Madonna and U2.

That’s one way to interpret the latest edition of Forbes magazine’s Celebrity 100, a ranking that goes beyond finances to provide a full picture of famous people’s star power. The list measures their income as well as their performance in four different media forms — TV/radio, press, the Internet and social media — to provide an overview of the celebrities’ relative place in the pecking order of popularity.

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