OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift, Kristen Bell Make Maxim List
It’s hard to argue with this list. Taylor Swift is beautiful. Actress Kristen Bell is beautiful. And the other 98 on Maxim magazine’s definitive list of the world’s most beautiful women aren’t bad either.

OFFSTAGE: Kenny Chesney Is Packed for His 19,458-Mile Road Trip
That’s kind of what a concert tour is like, right? Just a really, really long road trip?

CMT Music Awards Performers Revealed
Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, Pistol Annies, Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry and Hank Williams Jr. have joined the performance lineup for the CMT Music Awards.

OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood: “Bull Rider on the Side”
Carrie Underwood pushed Hoda Kotb up onto a bull. That’s what I saw when I turned on Dateline: 20th Anniversary a little late Tuesday night (May 22).

Dolly Parton, Patsy Montana Recordings Added to Library of Congress
Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors” and Patsy Montana’s “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart” have been added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, the organization announced Wednesday (May 23).

Joe Nichols Exits Show Dog-Universal Label
Joe Nichols has parted ways with the Show Dog-Universal record label.