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Teri Hatcher: Singing on Idol Was "Nerve-Wracking"

Lindsay Powers — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:23:44 -0400

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Desperate Housewives' James Denton helped choose the Carrie Underwood tune, she tells Us

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It wasn't easy for Teri Hatcher to get up on stage and perform Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" on Wednesday night's Idol Gives Back special.

“Singing on Idol Gives Back ... now that was nerve-wracking!” Hatcher told Usmagazine.com after taping her performance Sunday.

Her Desperate Housewives costar James Denton played the guitar.

“She’s brilliant,” he raved to Us. “She did Cabaret on Broadway — people forget that she's a great singer!”

Hatcher said Denton had a hand in picking the song.

“Jamie texted me and said, ‘I just heard this song, and I think it would be great for you,’” she told Us.

“And not 10 minutes earlier, my daughter and I had heard it on the radio, and she said to me, ‘You'd be really good at this song!’" Hatcher added. "So I told Jamie, 'It was really weird that my daughter said the same thing, so I guess that's what we should sing.'"

After her performance, Underwood came out on stage and congratulated her.

Said Hatcher, “She was very sweet. I didn't put her on the spot or anything!”

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Carrie Underwood and Chace Crawford Broke Up "Over Text"

Alissa R — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:10:17 -0400

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"It just didn't work out," she says of their recent split

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Carrie Underwood isn't crying a river over her recent split from Chace Crawford.

"We broke up over text, so it's like 'peace out,'" Underwood, 25, told Extra at the Idol Gives Back taping in Hollywood Sunday. "It was completely mutual, we're both fine."

She said they haven't talked "in a while, but I mean, I don't dislike him. So it's no big deal."

Their relationship "just didn't work," Underwood added, "and we both knew it didn't work and [there are] no hard feelings at all whatsoever."

Dating in the public eye is "difficult ... because people always make a lot bigger deal of things than they actually are," she said.

Usmagazine.com was the first to report on their split. They called it quits because of their conflicting schedules, sources told Us.

"They couldn't spend time together," a source said. "It was hard."

Underwood — who topped Us' Best Makeover of 2007 list — and Crawford had been dating since last July.

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Fans Go Crazy for Brad Pitt at Idol Gives Back Taping

Alissa R — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:56:28 -0400

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Miley Cyrus and Carrie Underwood were among the stars at Sunday's taping

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The real Idol at Sunday's taping of Idol Gives Back? Brad Pitt!

When the actor, 44, hit the stage at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater, the crowd wouldn't stop screaming, one attendee tells Usmagazine.com.

Idol floor manager Debbie McVickers stopped the show because the actor's mic wasn't working.

As she tried to attach his mic, she joked, "I just needed a reason to touch him!"

Pitt — whose efforts to rebuild New Orleans were recognized on the show — then erupted out in laughter.

The screaming continued, as he introduced a video of rocker Daughtry. (See Pitt through the years here.)

Robin Williams, who also presented, even joked, "I want Brad and Angelina to adopt me!"

The show airs Wednesday on Fox.

Last year, Idol Gives Back raised more than $75 million for charities worldwide. This year, producer Nigel Lythgoe wants to rake in $100 million.

Miley Cyrus told Us she believed the number was attainable.

"It doesn’t matter if it’s a penny or a dollar or anything, it’s one more penny than they had before," she said.

Added Carrie Underwood, "The opportunity will be presented to the
world to call in and donate money and hopefully a few people will rise to that occasion."

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Carrie Underwood & Chace Crawford Split

Henry Seltzer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:43:31 -0400

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The two had been dating since last summer

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Carrie Underwood and Chace Crawford have split, sources confirm to Usmagazine.com.

The American Idol winner, 25, and the Gossip Girl star, 22, had been dating since last July, but did not go public with their romance until October.

Underwood had spent Thanksgiving at his parents' home in Dallas and part of her Christmas break with his relatives.

An insider told Us Weekly in December, "His parents are fond of her... they believe 'Carrie Crawford' would be a great addition to the family!"

"She's a classy girl," Crawford told Us in October.

Rumors linking Crawford to buddy JC Chasez sparked Chasez to tell Kiss-FM 104.7 Wednesday, "For the record, we're both straight. We're not dating."

Underwood's rep was not available for comment; Crawford's declined to comment.

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Us Poll: Carrie Underwood's Grammy Dress: Love It or Hate It?

Lindsay Powers — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:44:23 -0500

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The Best Country Song winner stepped out in a Zuhair Murad halter gown

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Carrie Underwood, the Best Country Song winner, stepped out in Zuhair Murad's multi-colored floral print halter gown with a beaded waist.

(Check out the best and worst dressed celebs at the Grammys here.)

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Carrie Underwood on Tony Romo: “We Were Never Dating”

Lindsay Powers — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:20:15 -0500

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The crooner says she and the Cowboys quarterback would just “smooch occasionally”

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Carrie Underwood wants you to know she wasn’t crying over her split from Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo — in fact, she claims they were never together.

“He was not my boyfriend and we were never dating,” the country star, 24, told the January/February issue of Women’s Health. “The more I screamed ‘We’re not dating!’ the more headlines claimed that we were a couple or that I was crying because he was out with another girl.

“We’re really good friends, we hang out a lot, and we’re close…well, friends smooch occasionally,” she added.

The split is better for Romo’s career. He played the second worst game of his career when Underwood was in the stands. His worst game? When Simpson attended last month!

(Romo, who just returned from a romantic getaway with current fling Jessica Simpson, has since been linked to Sophia Bush, Britney Spears — who gave him a lap dance last October — and her ex assistant Alli Sims last year.)

Underwood, who has moved on with Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford (they've been dating since July and she recently spent Christmas with his family) also revealed her dream job: being a news anchor.

“I love being on camera,” she says. “Diane Sawyer is my favorite. She never seems to lower herself to get the job done. She just carries herself well. I really admire her.”

In the meantime, the American Idol champ — who was voted one of Us’ best makeovers of 2007 — says she is content being at home “so I can eat what I want to when I’m out with friends.”

“The older I get, the harder it is to splurge without consequences,” she said. “I love food. Chocolate and cheese and anything that’s bad for me.

“Everyone has these expectations of what people should look like,” she added. “Some people think I’m fat, some people don’t. Who are they to judge? But it does bother me — if I see a picture, and I look chubby, it affects how I feel about myself.”

For more on Tony Romo’s latest flings, pick up the newest issue of Us Weekly.

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Where the Stars Will Celebrate New Year's Eve

Lindsay Powers — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:13:20 -0500

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Want to party with The Hills' Lauren Conrad? Us lists the hot places to ring in 2008

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Want to ring in the new year with Lauren Conrad, Ashlee Simpson or Carrie Underwood? Read on to see where your favorite celebs will be partying:

MIAMI
Shore Club: Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz, with a performance by Eve
Mansion: Kim Kardashian
Setai: Jennifer Hudson
The Raleigh Hotel: Mandy Moore, Chace Crawford, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Elisha Cuthbert, Jeremy Piven, Samantha Ronson
Opium Garden: Nick Cannon
Hotel Victor: Adrian Grenier
Sagamore Hotel: Shannon Elizabeth

NEW YORK CITY
Tenjune: Ryan Seacrest
Times Square: Carson Daly, Lenny Kravitz, Alicia Keys, Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood, Joel Madden, Ryan Seacrest
Hammerstein Ballroom : Slash, Velvet Revolver
MTV Party, Times Square: Tila Tequila
Hotel Gansevoort: Perez Hilton

LAS VEGAS
LAX : Paris and Nicky Hilton, DJ AM, Criss Angel
Tangerine: Kevin Federline
Tao: Mariah Carey
Pure: Rick Salomon and Pamela Anderson
Body English, Hard Rock Hotel : Backstreet Boys
Prive, Planet Hollywood Resort: Avril Lavigne
Moon, The Palms: Jaime Pressley
Rain, The Palms: Dave Navarro

LOS ANGELES
Les Deux: Travis Barker
Playboy Mansion: The Girls Next Door's Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson
House Parties: Kate Walsh and Scarlett Johansson
Party For The Cause to benefit AIDS research, Woodland Hills, California: Vanessa Williams

A little further down the coast, The Hills' Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge will greet 2008 with a bash at San Diego's McClellan-Palomar Airport.

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Carrie Underwood Spends Christmas with Chace Crawford's Family

Henry Seltzer — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:15:08 -0500

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Crawford's parents "believe 'Carrie Crawford' would be a great addition to the family," an insider tells Us

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Chace Crawford's clan is crazy about Carrie Underwood.

"His whole family loves her," a friend of the couple tells the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. "They are really perfect for each other."

How close are the duo of six months (who started dating in July but didn't go public until October)? After the American Idol winner, 24, spent Thanksgiving with the Gossip Girls hottie, 22, at his parents' home in Dallas, she joined his relatives on part of her Christmas vacation as well, Us confirms. "They spent Christmas together and had a wonderful time," a source says.

"His parents are fond of her and think she's extremely talented," an insider tells Us. "And they believe 'Carrie Crawford' would be a great addition to the family!"

Underwood, meanwhile, has no regrets about her July split from Tony Romo. "She thanks her lucky stars she isn't with Tony anymore!" adds a source. "She thinks it's a joke he's with Jessica Simpson and sees him as a player. Carrie and Chace call him 'the player' and Jessica 'the ditz.'"

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US YEAR-END POLL: Who Had the Better Red Carpet Makeover: Katie Holmes or Carrie Underwood?

Henry Seltzer — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:20:29 -0500

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Both stars debuted stunning new looks this year

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Carrie Underwood, 24, and Katie Holmes, 29, both topped Us' list of the year's best makeovers.

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