Jessica Simpson to Appear on DWTS

When you tune in to Dancing with the Stars to cheer on Julianne Hough on Tuesday, September 30th, you'll get the bonus of country newcomer Jessica Simpson! Jess will be the musical guest on the show that night and will perform her first country single, "Come On Over." The show will air at 9:00pm ET on your local ABC affiliate.

Julianne Hough - A Fellow Blogger!

Julianne Hough is taking to the internet to share her experience this season on Dancing with the Stars. After each show airs, Julianne will post on a blog letting fans know how the show went and her thoughts on the other contestants.

In her first post on the blog, Julianne admitted being a little bit nervous since her boyfriend, country heartthrob Chuck Wicks, was in the audience and would be watching her dance for the first time! No worries though, Julianne later said that Chuck thought she did great!!

Feel free to leave Julianne comments on her blog...she's looking for fan interaction, so she may even respond to one of your comments!

A Country Christmas

• Julianne Hough is teaming up with Target to release a Christmas album on October 12th. The disc is part of a series through NBC called, Sounds of the Season.

• Faith Hill's "Joy to the World" debuts next Tuesday, but you can listen to the entire album online HERE!!

• George Strait's "Classic Christmas" will hit stores October 7th.

• Our friend over at Nashville Gab reported that Randy Travis is releasing Christmas on the Pecos, a holiday DVD, November 4th.

• Sony BMG is releasing "Elvis Presley: Christmas Duets" on October 14th.

• Brooks & Dunn will be hosting a radio event called "An American Country Christmas." (Dates and times aren't available yet, but we'll keep you posted!)

• Rodney Atikins, Montgomery Gentry, Heidi Newfield, Charlie Daniels, and Phil Vassar are all taking part in Christmas for Kids at the Ryman in Nashville. Click HERE for more information. Tickets are already on sale!

Chuck Wicks Supports Julianne Hough

New country couple Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough are busy people right now. Chuck is busy touring to promote his music and Julianne is out in L.A. for her stint on Dancing With The Stars...but even though they can't be together constantly, it seems like they're never far from each others minds!

Before a recent tour stop in FL, Chuck spoke to the Palm Beach Post about Julianne, saying "She's wonderful. She's so beautiful in so many ways and she's a great talent. I'm so glad I met her. She puts a big old smile on my face. I think a lot of people are going to find out what a sweetheart she is the more they get to know her and I think people are going to fall in love with her even more."

Chuck also says that he'll be out in L.A. supporting Julianne a lot while the show is going on. So will we ever get to see Chuck out on the dance floor of Dancing With The Stars? Probably not. Of his dancing abilities, Chuck says "No, I can't really dance too well. If she was my teacher, I would learn real quick, I'm sure! She's taught me a few things and I pick up on them, but I laugh the whole time I'm doing it just because it's so funny to me. If I were to dance with anybody it would be her."

So cute...it sounds like Julianne has Chuck's full support! Did anyone catch the season premiere of DWTS last night? We weren't able to watch it. How did Julianne do? Was Chuck in the audience?

Win A Trip to Dancing With The Stars!

Julianne Hough wants YOU in the studio audience when Dancing With The Stars has it's final show of the season in November! Click here for your chance to win airfare, hotel, and tickets to this season's finale in Hollywood!!

Behind the Scenes with Julianne Hough

CMT Insider takes you behind the scenes of Julianne Hough's new video, "My Hallelujah Song."
Click HERE to check it out!

Also, don't forget to vote for Julianne each week on ABC's Dancing with the Stars!

Julianne Hough Jingles

Julianne Hough's new jingle for Doublemint Gum was just released. We first told you about the commercial weeks ago ....and now, here it is!



In other Julianne news, we recently came across this article... we learned a lot about her that we didn't know. Apparently, her father is a big time Republican politician in Utah. When the local ABC affiliate caught up with Bruce and Julianne Hough at the GOP Convention last week, Bruce dished about Julianne's political views. He said his daughter recently told him "She's pretty sure she's not a Democrat.”

Political views aside, we know a few things, she's beautiful and she can sing & dance like nobody's business!

Nashville Going A Little Bit Hollywood?!

Have you guys noticed that country music stars are getting more and more publicity on the Hollywood magazine sites lately? Both OK! Magazine and People Magazine have had a lot of coverage in recent weeks...both online and in print. Maybe Hollywood is catching on that Nashville really is the place to be!

-Here's a video from Kellie, Taylor, & Julianne from People.com.

-Here's a new Taylor article (but not really anything we didn't already know!)

-Taylor, Kellie, & Julianne have a small photo on this week's cover of People.

And just today, People had these two pics on their website...the 1st one of Keith Urban (w/ Natasha Bedingfield and Usher in conjunction with the NFL Football Kickoff) and the 2nd one of LeAnn Rimes and her husband, Dean Sheremet.
Over at OK! Magazine's website, you can find these country articles on their home page right now...

-Carrie calls Jessica fat (according to THEM - we're plugging our ears and screaming LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA so we don't have to listen to it - enough already!)

-They caught up with Miranda Lambert and chatted all about her ever growing farm and all of her animals in this article.

-And then they had this piece about Carrie being involved in the "Stand Up For Cancer" benefit.

So, it's exciting for country stars to be getting the recognition they deserve...as long as we don't have the paparazzi showing up all over Nashville!!

Dancing With The Stars

ABC's hit show, Dancing With The Stars, has just announced it's current lineup, and there will be no country star on the show this season...at least not on the non-professional side of the ballroom! After seeing Sara Evans on the show, we had for some more country representation to pair up with a pro...maybe George Strait...or how about Kellie Pickler? No. And no. At least not this season. Country music will still be represented in the show though...country singer, professional dancer and 2-time DWTS champ, Julianne Hough will return to the competition and will be paired up with 18-year old actor, Cody Linley.

Julianne Hough: Paisley Party Dropout

As we mentioned yesterday, Julianne Hough is dropping out of the Paisley Party tour due to her commitment to ABC's Dancing with the Stars. We would like to add a few of our opinions on her decision.

1. What is she thinking? Most artists who are just starting out would kill to be on Brad Paisley's tour. For many artists, it takes years in the business to be able to open for someone like Brad! Her album debuted on May 20th of this year she really hasn't paid her dues like most artists do!

2. This is poor planning. Didn't she (or her management) know that the tour would conflict with DWTS when she was booking appearances?

3. The girl needs to decide if she is going to be a dancer or a country music singer! We're pretty sure that some of her fans aren't going to be happy to learn that she dropped out of her tour!

4. Does she really think she is going to win DWTS again? Don't get us wrong, she is an amazing dancer, but after people have won a few times don't they just pair them up with the OLD geriatric men who can't dance anyway?

5. BIG mistake. We think that pretty much sums it up!

What do y'all think? We've already read a few of your comments from yesterday's post and no one seems to think this was the right move! We sure don't...not if she's truly committed to a country music career!!

Julianne Hough CONFIRMS She's Dating Chuck Wicks

Well we've received a lot of unhappy communication from Chuck Wicks fans over our posts that he and Julianne Hough are dating...but it looks like we're RIGHT! Julianne confirmed it HERSELF!! Congrats to the happy couple!

Julianne has also just released this CANCELING her remaining tour dates!...
Due to Julianne Hough's commitment to ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, she will be unable to participate in her remaining tour dates as well as, The Paisley Party 2008 tour. She is thankful for the support the country music community continues to show her and can't wait to get back in front of all her fans of the television show and the touring stage.

Chuck Wicks & Julianne Hough- It's CONFIRMED!

We first told you the rumor weeks ago- Click HERE and HERE if you missed it!!

But now, Hazel Smith from CMT's Hot Dish has confirmed that Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks are dating!!! She posted this in her weekly blog this morning: "Word has it -- and I've confirmed it: Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough are an item. For sure and for certain, they are two pretty people. I hear they were kissing at the Ryman Auditorium. That ain't nothing new. Why, I've done some serious kissing in the Ryman myself! It is convenient for Chuck and Julianne to be opening shows on Brad Paisley's current tour."

We knew it!! Congrats to them!!!

PS: We still want to know what happened to the "Stealing Cinderella" girl!!

George Strait on Dancing With The Stars?!

Julianne Hough recently sat down the OK! Magazine and told them that she would love to see a fellow country artist on ABC's Dancing With The Stars. Her pick was Mr. George Strait! We're pretty sure we'd love to see him on the show, but we doubt that will happen.

Maybe a different country star will join the show? As we told you before, Kellie Pickler also told OK! Magazine that she might consider the show too!

Couples Rumors Are Spreading

People are talking!!! Taylor Swift is rumored to be dating Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers! Taylor has attended a few of their concerts and has even filmed a performance with them for their upcoming movie. Her management says that their relationship is nothing more than friendship. BUT the Tennessean reported that Joe Jonas recently showed up in Taylor's hometown and that they were sitting "close" and appeared to be on a date.
Only time will tell, but if they are really dating, how does she have time to date? That girl is BUSY!

We first told you about the Chuck Wicks/Julianne Hough couple rumor last week. Since then, things have gotten a little more juicy! CMT Insider reported this weekend that Julianne's team had NO COMMENT on their relationship. It was also reported that they were seen holding hands in North Carolina AND that she told her friends that Chuck was her boyfriend.
If it's true, we wish them luck, but we still want to know what happened to the "Stealing Cinderella" girl!!

Country's Newest Couple?

The Rumor Mill is churning this week...People are speculating that two of country music newest acts, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough, are dating! Chuck and Julianne are both on Brad Paisley's "Paisley Party" tour, so could their love be stemming from that?

Rumor has it that Julianne showed up at a GAC taping for Chuck on Monday night. Someone also said that Julianne showed up at Chuck's Opry performance on July 1st! Could she have been there just showing support for a friend or is it more than that?

A few things:

1. Didn't Chuck write "Stealing Cinderella" about his girlfriend? Where is she now? Apparently they have been dating for a few years... keep in mind this is just a RUMOR....

2. IF they are dating, that is one HOT couple!!!

3. Chuck, have you seen THIS about Julianne? Not that it's a bad thing... we're just sayin'!

Doublemint Goes Country...Well Sort Of...

Julianne Hough is going to create her own version of the popular television jingle for the Wrigley's Doublemint Gum ads. She will join rappers/R&B artists Chris Brown and Ne-Yo in creating the new ads. No set date was released for the new commercials! We will keep you updated!

Julianne Hough Nominated For Emmy

When Emmy nominations were announced last week, Country newcomer Julianne Hough heard her name announced! Julianne is in the hunt for the coveted Emmy for her Outstanding Choreography on the hit ABC show, Dancing With The Stars. Julianne's 1st Country single, "That Song In My Head" currently sits at No. 20 on Billboard's Country chart and you can catch her on tour this Summer alongside Jewel, Chuck Wicks, and headliner Brad Paisley. The Emmy for Julianne's category will be handed out in Los Angeles on September 13 during the Primetime Creative Arts Awards...the rest of the Emmy's will air live on September 21.