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Blake Shelton's Replacement on The Voice Is Announced

Reba McEntire will be a coach on the show next season

(Newser) - Blake Shelton is leaving The Voice when the current season of the reality singing competition wraps, and his replacement is none other than Reba McEntire. As People explains, the country music icon has a long history with the show; she said in 2020 that she was asked to be a...

Gwen Stefani Shares Wedding Pictures

She and Blake Shelton got married Saturday

(Newser) - The Voice coaches Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton celebrated their nuptials over the Fourth of July holiday during a weekend wedding in Oklahoma. The pop star and the country star posted photos on Monday of their wedding including an image of the couple posing under a twilight sky, the AP...

Gwen Stefani to Blake Shelton: 'Yes Please'

The two are engaged after dating since 2015

(Newser) - There's now no doubt where this relationship is headed: Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton announced their engagement Tuesday via an Instagram post that shows the kissing couple and Stefani flashing her ring. The caption, from the 51-year-old Stefani: "@blakeshelton yes please! gx," and yes she did include...

Blake Shelton Is Growing a 'Symbol of Hope' Amid Virus

'Or some s--- like that,' star noted in decision to bring back his mullet during the age of coronavirus

(Newser) - It's not the beacon in the darkness we were expecting, but it's the beacon we've got. Blake Shelton, celebrity judge on The Voice, has apparently been thinking long and hard about how to help during the novel coronavirus outbreak, and Fox News notes the 43-year-old country star...

People Picks Its Sexiest Man Alive, to 'Chagrin' of 'Entire Internet'

Even honoree Blake Shelton says 'y'all must be running out of people'

(Newser) - Blue-eyed country music star Blake Shelton has joined the ranks of Johnny Depp, George Clooney, David Beckham, and Hugh Jackman as People 's Sexiest Man Alive. "I can't wait to shove this up Adam's ass," Shelton, 41, says of his fellow The Voice judge Adam...

Harvey Victims Could Get Free Home ... in Harvey

Officials in Harvey, Ill., say 10 homes are up for grabs

(Newser) - "Harvey" might now be associated with death and devastation, but one Midwestern city is doing a little something to change that. Harvey, Illinois, is offering 10 homes for free to families who lost their homes as a result of Hurricane Harvey. City spokesman Sean Howard tells NBC Chicago the...

Gwen Stefani: How My Life Went From 'Hell' to 'Hopeful'
Gwen Stefani: How My Life Went From 'Hell' to 'Hopeful'
'harper's' interview

Gwen Stefani: How My Life Went From 'Hell' to 'Hopeful'

She opens up again about divorce, new romance

(Newser) - Gwen Stefani is once again opening up about the end of her marriage to Gavin Rossdale in a new interview with Harper's Bazaar . "It was the beginning of hell. Like six, seven, eight months of torture, trying to figure out this big secret," Stefani says of her...

Gwen Stefani Describes the Morning Her Marriage Imploded

'It's a really good, juicy story'

(Newser) - In an extensive New York Times profile that takes a look at Gwen Stefani's upcoming solo album (her first in a decade, out next Friday), the singer describes the morning she learned her marriage was over. It was the morning after the 2015 Grammys, and when she woke up,...

Miranda on Divorce From Blake: 'Man, This Sucks'

Lambert opens up on the demise of relationship with 'amazing man' Shelton

(Newser) - Miranda Lambert has been relatively mum about her divorce from Blake Shelton , but an upcoming interview in Cosmopolitan magazine may shed some light. "Marriage is a tough business, and we gave it our best college try," she says in the interview, per Entertainment Tonight . She adds that she'...

Why Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Got Together

He built up her self-esteem, sources say

(Newser) - If Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton seem like a bit of an odd couple to you, TMZ is here to help you understand their new romance. As sources explain to the gossip site, Stefani's ex, Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, tried to maintain the upper hand in their relationship by...

Rumors of Romance on The Voice Are True

Shelton, Stefani are officially an item

(Newser) - In true celebrity romance style, rumors that Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are now a couple have been confirmed by reps for both stars. The pair, both coaches on The Voice, were spotted together at several Halloween parties over the weekend, though Stefani didn't give everything away when she...

Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton Divorcing

Country stars had been dogged by rumors for years

(Newser) - After years of tabloid gossip, country music's top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage. "This is not the future we envisioned," their representatives said in a statement to the AP. "And it is with heavy hearts that we...

Country Songs Keep on Truckin', Soundin' the Same

Video mashup offers more proof that country's going down the homogeneous tubes

(Newser) - At the end of 2013, music writer Grady Smith asked—naw, that fit-to-be-tied cowboy done begged—country music aficionados to "stop settling for this derivative junk" and made a video mashup to prove his point that, when it comes to country, "much of what's on the radio...

'Honky-Tonk Hero' Dead in Bar Shooting

Wayne Mills killed after argument about smoking

(Newser) - Wayne Mills called himself an "outlaw," a country singer who loved performing in honky-tonks. But he was shot in the head and killed in a Nashville honky-tonk around 5am Saturday, WZTV reports. Mills, who had been playing in country bars for decades with his Wayne Mills Band, was...

Taylor Swift, George Strait Among Big Winners at CMAs

Strait wins top honor for third time

(Newser) - The Country Music Association Awards paid tribute to the past, present, and future, giving George Strait his third entertainer of the year trophy last night while also awarding a quartet of 20-somethings who are helping to stretch the ever-fluid boundaries of the genre. Strait won the CMA's top honor...

12 Celebrity Bromances
 12 Celebrity Bromances 

12 Celebrity Bromances

Matt Damon and ... wait for it ... John Krasinski

(Newser) - Everyone knows about Ben Affleck's "bromance" with Matt Damon, but did you know The Office star John Krasinski is also good buddies with Damon? The two first met while Damon was filming The Adjustment Bureau with Krasinski's wife, Emily Blunt, and then they co-wrote, co-produced, and co-starred...

Taylor Swift Grabs Top ACM Award —Again

Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum also win big

(Newser) - Blockbuster singer Taylor Swift hit all the right notes again to win the Academy of Country Music Awards' entertainer of the year nod for the second time running . "To my fellow nominees, I respect you so much and I love you," said the 22-year-old star, who was the...

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