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RYAN BINGHAM - WHAT'S NEXT? "TONIGHT" SHOW, COUNTRY THROWDOWN TOUR, NEW ALBUM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ryan Bingham's life has gotten a whole lot
busier now that he's won an Oscar for "The Weary Kind" from
"Crazy Heart." But, much of what he's about to do had to have
been in the works for a while. After a few days to recuperate from
the Academy Awards, Bingham will be on the "Tonight Show with Jay
Leno" tomorrow. He and his band, the Dead Horses, are getting
ready for the Country Throwdown Tour which starts May 14. It's a
good bet he'll be the only Oscar-winner on the tour. And, Bingham
is getting ready to do a new album with his co-Oscar winner, T Bone
Burnett, as producer. This will be the fifth album for Ryan Bingham
and The Dead Horses.

BRAD PAISLEY ON COUNTRY FALL DOWN TOUR - TWITTER UPDATES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Video of Brad Paisley slipping and
taking a hard fall forward at the end of Saturday night's concert
in Charleston, South Carolina has shown up on YouTube. His Twitter
page has the commentary. Paisley writes "man, am I sore." And, he
"kinda" agrees with a tweeter who says "Sorry, but this vid of
Brad Paisley's fall is hilarious. Like watching an accident in
slow-mo." In the video, Paisley is running back to the main part
of the stage when he falls. But, he gets up and waves goodbye as if
nothing happened. He even slaps hands with some fans down at the
edge of the stage. What we don't see, and what fans didn't see, is
the ambulance taking him to a hospital where he got checked out.
Paisley thought for sure he'd broken a rib. But, he didn't.

BLAKE SHELTON - WHY HE CUT DOWN ON TWITTER
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Blake Shelton isn't tweeting like he
used to. He says it's because he woke up one morning, looked at the
application on his cellphone and and decided he's "got to move
on" with his life. He jokes he was "addicted to this stuff."
He'd boxed himself into a creative corner, tweeting something funny
nearly every day. His more than 79,000 followers were expecting it.
And, Shelton says he'd wake up and couldn't think knowing he had to
write "something funny to say to start this day." So, about a
month ago he made a bold move and removed the Twitter app from his
cellphone. He still tweets but it's just not as convenient without
the phone app.

"LITTLE BIG TOWN" SINGER GIVES BIRTH
UNDATED (AP) - There's a new citizen in Little Big Town. He's
the newborn son of Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook. They tell
People.com that Elijah Dylan Westbrook was born Friday in
Nashville. Their bandmates each has a toddler with their respective
spouses. And, they've all toured. Fairchild and Westbrook's new
baby will do the same. Little Big Town is part of the Country
Throwdown Tour which begins May 14 in Tampa.

"GOOD INTENTIONS" MOVIE - LEANN RIMES
UNDATED (AP) - LeAnn Rimes latest acting project is out on DVD
today. Actually, it's gone straight to DVD. "Good Intentions" is
described as "a heartwarming comedy about blackmail, robbery and
family values." Rimes plays the engaged sister of the fast-talking
main character, played by Elaine Hendrix. Luke Perry plays
Hendrix's husband. "Good Intentions" was filmed in Georgia.

DIERKS BENTLEY - LOTS OF BLUEGRASS IN NEXT ALBUM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dierks Bentley is going back to his
roots for this next album. "Up on the Ridge" will have a lot of
bluegrass. And, it'll have a lot of guest artists, like Alison
Krauss and Miranda Lambert. But, Bentley says he "didn't want this
to be 'Dierks Bentley and friends' or a 'Dierks does bluegrass'
kind of album." He says he wants "each song to have something
special about it." Bentley has said discovering bluegrass led him
to being a country singer.