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Beyonce and Taylor Swift Lead Grammy Race- Dixie Chicks Murder Claim Case Tossed- Meredith Baxter Is Gay- Adam Lambert Has Twilight 3 Hopes and more


12/03/2009
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R&B singer Beyonce led the field of Grammy contenders with 10 nominations on Wednesday, closely followed by teen country sensation Taylor Swift with eight. Swift whose "Fearless" album is the biggest seller in the United States in 2009, will compete with Beyonce for album of the year along with the Black Eyed Peas, Dave Matthews Band and Lady Gaga . zzzz... more

In other Swift news: Comcast unveiled an exclusive video-on-demand partnership with country singer Taylor Swift on Wednesday. Comcast said the deal with Swift will give its customers the first and only dedicated VOD content collection for fans of the star more

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against the Dixie Chicks by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys killed in Arkansas 15 years ago. Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of Stevie Branch, claimed that singer Natalie Maines accused him of being involved in the deaths of his stepson and the two other boys in the infamous West Memphis Three case where many believe the three teens convicted of the murders were railroaded party because of their love of heavy metal. more

Meredith Baxter, a star of the 1980's sitcom "Family Ties", said on Wednesday she was a lesbian as media reports and published photos of her and a woman embracing began to surface in public. more

OC Register reports that viewership for the fall finale of "Dancing with the Stars (of yesterday)" fell to a record low. An average of 19.29 million viewers watched entertainer Donny Osmond be named champion Nov. 24, 7 percent less than the 20.65 million average for the fall 2008 finale, the previous low. more (We added the "yesterday".)

Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester are set to star in the country music drama "Love Don't Let Me Down." more

Is Heroes almost over? [Yes, that show is apparently still on that network that no one watches] There has been a lot of speculation about whether the series would continue past this season or not, and now Eonline's Kristin Dos Santos says it's looking increasingly likely the end is coming. more

Adam Lambert would love to have his song included in the upcoming "The Twilight Saga's Eclipse". He thinks that a Rob Cavallo-produced track called "Suburban Decay", which didn't make it to his debut album, will fit the third installment of the "Twilight" movie series. more



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