Country News for Wednesday, April 15

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BRAD PAISLEY and wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, may be taking their wait for overdue baby No. 2 in stride, but there's one Paisley whose patience is wearing thin. Brad jokes the couple's 2-year-old son, Huck, no longer believes them when they say he's going to be a big brother soon. The newest Paisley was due April 5.

TIM MCGRAW will play patriarch Sean Touhy in the movie The Blind Side, which co-stars Sandra Bullock. Filming begins at the end of the month in Atlanta. The movie is based on a book of the same name about an African American teen who is taken in by a well-to-do white family because they see the potential in him after he escapes a bad homelife.

SARA EVANS is putting the finishing touches on her next album. She hopes to release a single early in May and the album later this year.

BILLY RAY CYRUS, PHIL VASSAR, songwriter Jeffrey Steele -- who has penned several hits for RASCAL FLATTS -- and singer John Waite are talking about forming a band called Brother Clyde. The four are still working out details of touring, recording and even what direction the music might take.

Despite ongoing engagement rumors, CHUCK WICKS keeps saying he won’t pop the question to JULIANNE HOUGH while the two are competing on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars. The two have talked about marriage and it’s definitely in their future, but he says there will be no proposal until after the series run is over.

If you ask REBA MCENTIRE, the women of country put on a better concert than the men. While she likes the lighting and vocals by the guys, she says women tend to be more creative and put more into their concerts to give fans more for their money.

JOHN RICH thinks the biggest mis-conception about him is that he is superficial because he has a lot of toys -- such as a helicopter -- and flaunts his wealth. But he tells The Boot he’s actually very empathetic after growing up in a trailer park in Texas. John says he had to fight for everything he has and was determined to overcome those circumstances.

An exhibit honoring PATSY CLINE will be unveiled at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville tonight (Wednesday) to coincide with the first night of a six week run of the musical Always Patsy Cline. The memorabilia comes from the collections of three of Patsy’s fans. The musical first ran at the Ryman back in 1994.

TRACY LAWRENCE will release a gospel album, The Rock, in June on his own label, Rocky Comfort Records. He says the project is one he’s wanted to do for several years, but he wasn’t in the right place spiritually until recently to put it together.

TRACY LAWRENCE will host his 15th Annual Tracy Lawrence Golf Classic, April 20 at the Texarkana Golf Ranch in Texarkana, Texas. The event will benefit the Tracy Lawrence Foundation, which has benefited many community endeavors around the Foreman, Arkansas, area, which is Tracy’s hometown.

LEANN RIMES says after growing up in the press, she won’t discuss her alleged affair with actor Eddy Sibrian. She was asked during her appearance on NBC’s The Today Show earlier this week to set the record straight, but declined and said discussing personal things like that in the press are hurtful to her loved ones.

Former WRECKERS member JESSICA HARP is excited about her upcoming solo album, A Woman Needs, and says it will be more upbeat than the songs on the duo’s album, Stand Still, Look Pretty.

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