Ophelia Payne

This week, even the Spurs can't avoid Charlie Sheen. All is right in the world knowing that Charlie Sheen may do a reality TV show, while Gwyneth Paltrow is rumored to have signed a label deal to record a pop country album. The Barbara Mandrell hit, 'I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool,' has been eliminated as a possible choice for the project, but I am hearing that she and Charlie Sheen will d

This week's Spurs are like a 12-step program for recovering from a radio invasion into Twang Town. The Country Radio Seminar has just left Nashville, meaning there are a few less men talking in deep voices at the bar. The radio seminar features a whole bunch of radio people trying to get country music record label represenatives to pay for their drinks...

This week's Spurs dig into all things Biebs, some things Doobie, with a dash of Hootie. The Doobie Brothers were invited to sing on the Grand Ole Opry for the very first time. To show their love of country music, the group will be singing 'Long Black Train a Running' with Josh Turner...

This week's Spurs reflect on the Grammys, Gaga and gals growing up too fast. Congratulations to all the country Grammy winners this year. Happy to see that Lady Antebellum won more awards than Lady Gag Ga. After her grand entrance in that Grade A large egg, Blake Shelton was asking for a skillet and pound of Jimmy Dean sausage...

Getty Images Bikers, Idol light and hockey pucks are all getting a kick from our spurs. Let's start on ice. Look for a lot more of Carrie Underwood with her face up against the glass at Nashville Predators hockey games, since the team just acquired her husband Mike Fisher...

This week's spurs are all about OMGs over the ACMs! The Academy Of Country Music Award nominees are out and Miranda Lambert was nominated more times than anyone. Everyone seems happy about Miranda's success, with the possible exception of Rascal Flatts, who were not nominated...

This week's spurs are all about babies, chicks and s'more. Pay attention. Snow wreaked havoc in Music City this week. Brad Paisley had to lift Little Jimmy Dickens to his shoulders in order for him to scrape ice off the windows of his tour bus...

This week's Spurs are full of flying spatulas, tweeters and a possible case for Judge Judy. At least one tabloid is reporting that Shania Twain and her brand-new hubby would love to have kids in the near future ... but absolutely no pets...

What's happening in the world of country music? Marriage, break-ups and polar bears ... oh my! Kellie Pickler married her songwriter boyfriend on a private beach in the Caribbean. The two most asked questions: Was calamari served at the reception, and are they real...