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FAITH HILL - CONVERSATIONS WITH SANDRA BULLOCK
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — What do A-listers talk about when they're just chatting? If it's Sandra Bullock and Faith Hill, the topic is decorating. Hill and Bullock met on the set of "The Blind Side," which co-stars Hill's husband, Tim McGraw. Hill says she and Bullock found out they both love decorating and "just finding good stuff around." Hill says since they "both travel so many places, its fun to discover little secrets in little towns across the country." So, she says they "had a lot in common that way."
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Tim McGraw, musician/actor
Tim McGraw says it was easy being with Sandra Bullock while making "The Blind Side."
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Tim McGraw, musician/actor
Tim McGraw says his wife, Faith Hill, met Sandra Bullock on the set of "The Blind Side."
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Faith Hill, musician
Faith Hill says she met Sandra Bullock on the set of "The Blind Side," which co-stars her husband, Tim McGraw.
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Faith Hill, musician
Faith Hill says she and Sandra Bullock had a quick connection when they met on the set of "The Blind Side."
SUGARLAND, TIM McGRAW - ON OPRAH TODAY
CHICAGO (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is calling today's show a "holiday duet extravaganza." She's created duets with musicians who never have performed together. So, Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush of Sugarland will be singing with Jennifer Hudson. And, Tim McGraw will perform with Alicia Keys.
DARIUS RUCKER - MORE ON HIS MOVE TO COUNTRY
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) — Having just won the CMA award for new artist, Darius Rucker still is talking about his move to country music. He tells the Daily Record of Parsippany, New Jersey it didn't feel like much of a leap. He says he always thought Hootie and the Blowfish "were about as close to country as you could be without being a country band." And, Rucker says he felt they "wrote kind of story songs." But, he says he would bring the band "country songs that they had to turn into rock 'n' roll songs."
BAYFEST - KEITH URBAN, ALAN JACKSON
SARNIA, Ontario (AP) — Tickets go on sale this Saturday for Bayfest 2010. Keith Urban and Alan Jackson are the country headliners. It's a two-weekend event in Sarnia, Ontario. Rock acts appear July 8-10 and country music is July 16 and 17. Urban's on the 16th and Jackson's on the 17th. There are several opening acts, all Canadian and listed as "special guests." The rock performers haven't been announced yet. Details are at www.SarniaBayfest.com
CLIFF CROFFORD OBIT
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — The singer-songwriter who wrote Walter Brennan's 1962 hit about a farmhand with big dreams, called "Old Rivers," has died. Cliff Crofford would have been 80 in a couple of weeks. The Bakersfield Californian and Ontario Daily Bulletin say he had a massive stroke and died November 22. Though he was widely-known for Brennan's talking-song, "Old Rivers," Crofford performed his share of rockabilly and was part of the Bakersfield Sound. In the late 1970s and early '80s, Crofford wrote music for films, including "Every Which Way But Loose," ''Any Which Way You Can," ''Bronco Billy" and "Sharkey's Machine."
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Excerpt of Cliff Crofford and Billy Mize
Archive audio of Cliff Crofford on solo with Billy Mize performing "Waterloo" on the "Town Hall Party" TV show in 1959.
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Excerpt of Walter Brennan
Archive audio of Walter Brennan performing "Old Rivers" from 1962, written by Cliff Crofford who died November 22.
by Rosalie Fox
