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Blake Shelton's 'Healing in the Heartland' Benefit Show to Include Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert + More

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Nine days after the deadly tornado that touched down in Moore, Okla., Blake Shelton and friends will be staging a relief concert that will air on NBC. Details of the 'Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert' were announced Friday afternoon. The event will serve as a telethon, with proceeds going to the United Way of Central Oklahoma May Tornadoes Relief Fund.

The concert will take place May 29 at 9PM ET, airing on 'The Voice' coach's home network, as well as on E!, Style, G4, Bravo and CMT. Shelton will headline, and fellow Oklahomans Vince Gill and Reba McEntire will join him and Miranda Lambert as performers. Additional guests will be announced soon.

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Darius Rucker Felt Compelled to Expose Racist Tweeter

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Darius Rucker says he knew that the person behind the racist tweet sent to him earlier this week was baiting him, but he couldn't resist exposing them. Racism is something the singer says he's dealt with since his Hootie and the Blowfish days, and usually he just brushes it off. But this person took his vitriol to a new level.

"I read a couple of his tweets and was like, 'This guy's a real racist; he ain't kidding,'" Rucker told USA Today. "I was like, 'I have to expose this idiot.'"

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Kellie Pickler Gets Puppy Surprise After Moving 'Dancing With the Stars' Performance

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Kellie Pickler was named 'Dancing With the Stars' champion on Tuesday (May 21), with many saying she bagged the win with an emotional freestyle routine on Monday. After that show, when the audience had left and Pickler was relaxing on the dance floor, husband Kyle Jacobs surprised her with a new puppy.

"We were sitting out there on the dance floor after everything was over," she tells Xfinity, "and [Kyle] comes over and he's carrying this little bag and he opens it and there's this little Maltese in there and I was like, 'What's this?' And he's like, 'It's for you.' I was like 'Awww!'"

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Carrie Underwood Gives $1 Million to Help Oklahoma Tornado Relief

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Carrie Underwood opened her purse and made a huge donation to the American Red Cross to aid victims of Monday's deadly tornado in Moore, Okla. The Checotah, Okla. native donated $1 million to aid relief efforts, saying the devastation saddened her.

"With the help of my fans who attended my concerts over the past year, we can offer the Red Cross a little extra help in comforting those affected by the recent tornados," Underwood said in a statement at her website. Checotah is 120 miles east of Moore.

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Pennsylvania Couple End Up Bloody and Jailed After 'American Idol' Dispute

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The Season 12 'American Idol' performance finale was intense for Kree Harrison and Candice Glover and their millions of fans. The tension boiled over in one Pennsylvania household, where two people ended up in jail after dual stabbings following a Kree vs. Candice argument.

Karen Harrelson and Gregory Stambaugh (48 and 57 years old, respectively) were both charged with two counts of simple assault and one count of aggravated assault after the May 15 incident. Police were called to their residence at about 9:20PM ET, where they found a bloody Harrelson standing outside the home and an argumentative Stambaugh coming out of the house

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Jewel Stars as June Carter Cash in 'Ring of Fire' on Lifetime

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The story of June Carter Cash comes to life in the Lifetime TV movie 'Ring of Fire,' starring Jewel. The folk singer plays Johnny Cash's wife in a made-for-television movie that's centered around her life and career before and during her marriage to the Man in Black.

Jewel filmed the movie in Atlanta last year, tweeting more than one picture of herself dressed as Carter Cash. The resemblance is uncanny. In March, a four-minute scene from the movie was revealed at Rolling Stone. Despite a lack of acting credits, Jewel had no trouble capturing the flirty, feisty and funny charm of the late songstress.

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George Strait's 'Love Is Everything' Album Tops the Billboard Country Charts

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George Strait's new album is full of No. 1s for the country legend. One week after the lead single 'Give It All You Got Tonight' became Strait's 60th No. 1 single, 'Love Is Everything' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard country album sales charts.

Strait's latest project moved just under 120,000 copies in its street week, good for No. 2 across all genres behind rockers Vampire Weekend. Lady Antebellum is the closest country competitor. The trio is at No. 5 on the all-genre chart with 56,000 copies of 'Golden' sold in its second week available.

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