The
journey that took Kellie Pickler where
she came from to where she is today is one of beating the odds,
digging down deep, holding
onto dreams, and testifying to the enduring power one person's
love can have. Even before she made it to the finals of the fifth
season of one of the most influential televised talent shows ever,
signed a contract with 19 Recordings/BNA Records, criss-crossed
the country with the American Idols Live! Tour 2006, Kellie
Pickler has triumphed over what could have
easily been her destiny. "There's
a difference in running from your problems and overcoming them."
Kellie's somewhat twisted fairy tale begins
at the Stanly Memorial Hospital on June 28th 1986, in Albemarle,
North Carolina, a small
town 45 minutes from Charlotte. When her parents split up and her
mom left, Clyde "Bo" Pickler, Jr. was left with a two year
old baby girl. When he was drinking or doing drugs, she lived with
her grandparents, Faye and Clyde Pickler, Sr. He was an electrician,
and worked long hours. Her grandmother, stricken with arthritis,
became the one person Kellie could count on, My Angel as she would
years later immortalize her in the song she wrote with Aimee Mayo
and Chris Lindsey.
"My grandmother and I would bake cakes,
plant flowers in the spring and bulbs in the fall. She loved daffodils,
and they are my
favorite flower too, they are so sunny and cheerful. She had a collection
of children's books, and one of those was a songbook. We would sit
on the swing on the front porch, and I would just sing my heart out.
Jesus Loves Me, Amazing Grace. I loved to sing. When I was a little
older, my grandparents bought me a little boom box, and I sang along
with LeAnn Rimes, Shania, Faith, Tammy Wynette, and especially Dolly
Parton. I have always loved Dolly Parton, I felt like we had something
in common. We both came from nothing, and had big, big dreams."
Kellie Pickler's vibrant vocals, boundless
energy, bubbly personality and refreshing honesty not only won over
the judges, but endeared
her
to viewers as well, and she made it all the way to the top six, before
being voted off the show. The next week, I was in New York doing
all kinds of press, then I flew to Nashville to meet with [BNA label
head] Joe Galante and signed a record deal. The tour started and
in between shows, I was recording my album. It was a whirlwind."
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Cate Blanchett Stars
in the Return of Indiana Jones
Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer dusts off his hat and trusty whip
for yet another globetrotting trek as Indiana Jones returns to the big screen
nearly 20 years after racing for the Holy Grail alongside his father in Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Harrison Ford reprises his role as the iconic,
snake-loathing screen hero. View
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Cameron Diaz and Ashton
Kutcher in What Happens in Vegas
Two strangers find themselves
wed and in bed after a wild night of Las Vegas shenanigans in
this 20th Century Fox comedy.
When they both recover to find that one of them won a jackpot the night before,
the game is on as the two greedily vie for the loot, eventually discovering that
maybe this ill-planned love connection isn't quite as off the mark as they originally
believed. View the Movie Trailer
Cameron Diaz Bio and Photos |
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Sexy Kate
Hudson Stars in Fool's Gold
Ben "Finn" Finnegan
is a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed
with finding the legendary 18th century Queen's Dowry--40 chests
of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest,
Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess
Finnegan and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, "Booty Calls."
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Gwyneth Paltrow in Marvel's Iron Man
Gwyneth
Paltrow It
would only seem natural that this daughter of TV producer Bruce
Paltrow and stage and screen actress Blythe Danner would chose
to follow a path in show business. Nevertheless, Gwyneth Paltrow's
parents tried to dissuade her from a career as an actress, but
she was determined Continued
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Lindsay Lohan to
Portray Manson Cult Girl
US actress Lindsay Lohan is to portray one of the cult followers
loyal to convicted murderer Charles Manson, in a new
movie called "Manson Girls," US media reported on Thursday. E! News said it had
learned Lohan, 21, would star as Nancy Pitman in the movie, produced by Brad
Wyman of Junction Films. Full Article |
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Beautiful Blake Lively from Gossip
Girl
Blake Lively started
out in film with a bit role in Sandman in 1998. In 2005, Lively
played Bridget in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, for which
she received a Teen Choice Award nomination for "Choice Movie
Breakout - Female". Full
Bio on Blake Lively |
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Jennifer Lopez Gives
Birth to Twins
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins early Friday,
making the singer and husband Marc Anthony the parents of a boy and a girl after
one of pop music's most closely watched pregnancies. Lopez representative Simon
Fields told People magazine the babies were born shortly after midnight on New
York's Long Island, with the 5-pound, 7-ounce girl arriving first, followed by
her 6-pound brother minutes later. Full Article |
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Carrie Underwood to
Join Grand Ole Opry
NASHVILLE (Billboard)
Country superstar Carrie Underwood, who once told Billboard
that if she hadn't won American Idol in 2005, "I probably wouldn't have pursued
music much further at all," has been invited to join the Grand Ole Opry. The
invitation was extended March 15 by Opry member Randy Travis Full article |
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Elisha Cuthbert Returns to TV in CBS
Drama
Former "24" heroine Elisha
Cuthbert is returning to television as the female lead
in CBS' drama pilot "Ny-Lon." Cuthbert will play a New York literacy
teacher/record store clerk who embarks on a transatlantic romance
with a London stock broker. The project is based on a British
series starring Rashida Jones and Steven Moyer. After her breakthrough
role as Kiefer Sutherland's daughter in the first three seasons
of Fox's "24," the Canadian actress focused on movies. Her upcoming
features include "My Sassy Girl" and "The Six Lives of Henry
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Mariah
Carey to Rule U.S. Singles Charts
Mariah Carey is on
track to collect her 18th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart
next
week. "Touch
My Body," the
first single from her upcoming album, dipped one place to No.
15 on the latest survey, issued Thursday. But the fresh availability
of a digital download should send the song hurtling to the
top next week. Full article |
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