Celebrity Column: Taylor Swift says 'make your words count'
Taylor Swift recently sat down with CBS 60 Minutes for an episode set to air tonight and judging from quotes provided by CBS, it sounds as if shes serious about remaining a role model for her young fans.
I definitely think about a million people when I am getting dressed in the morning, Swift tells interviewer Lesley Stahl. Thats just part of my life now. I think its my responsibility to know it and to be conscious of it.
It would be really easy to say Im 21 now. I do what I want. You raise your kids. But thats not the truth of it. The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation. So make your words count.
Speaking of words, Swift also talks to Stahl about dealing with criticism, which she says still hurts.
I dont have thick skin. I hate reading criticisms. You never really, like, get past things hurting you.
Swifts profile airs on 60 Minutes at 6 tonight on CBS.
Dave Paulson, The Tennessean
Brad Paisley's book is a New York Times best-seller
Brad Paisley can now add "best-selling author" to his list of accomplishments.
Paisleys autobiographical Diary of a Player was released earlier this month and has been on The New York Times best-seller list for two consecutive weeks.
The singer, who wrote the book with help from David Wild, relives his path to stardom through paying tribute to the guitar players who have most influenced his life.
It should be inspiring to a kid, Paisley says of his book. If youre 8 years old and you dont know what to do with your life, or if youre 12 and youre not good at anything yet, find that thing that will take you places.
"We tried to keep it from being too technical, so its not all about the strings that I use and stuff like that. Its more about the inspiration from my career.
Cindy Watts, The Tennessean
Tracy Lawrence to ho! st annua l turkey fry
Just call him Chef Lawrence.
For the sixth year in a row, Tracy Lawrence is set to host his Mission Possible Turkey Fry to benefit the Nashville Rescue Mission. The singer will cook more than 500 turkeys from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of the Nashville Rescue Mission, 639 Lafayette St.
But he wont be cooking alone. Lawrence has invited several celebrities to help out: 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold; Titans players Rob Bironas, Daniel Graham, Jordan Babinaeux; the Titans Cheerleaders; Restless Heart; American Idols Lacey Brown; The Roys; The McClymonts; and others have pledged to show up.
The Nashville Rescue Mission is a blessing to our community, Lawrence said in a statement. Each year I am humbled by the outpouring of support from friends who give their time to be part of the turkey fry, which allows us the opportunity to help raise awareness of the great services that the Nashville Rescue Mission provides everyday to the homeless and those in need."
The birds cooked Tuesday will help feed more than 7,000 hungry Middle Tennesseans this holiday season. Since the launch of the Mission Possible Turkey Fry, Lawrence and friends have donated more than 5,000 turkeys and raised more than $100,000 for the mission.
The event is free and open to the public, though donations to the mission are appreciated.
Cindy Watts, The Tennessean
Locals in reality series found extra drama
Friends Olivia Sarratt McCarthy and Brent Oscar Young had different motivations for signing up to appear on the second season on Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, the Sundance Channel's Nashville-based reality series that focuses on friendships between straight women and gay men.
McCarthy thought it would be a "summer of fun and levity," and Yo! ung was after the paycheck.
What they got was a drama-laden few months that saw Young spiral out of control with alcoholism and proved to be the ultimate test of their friendship.
"It's nothing we anticipated," Young says. "It's true real life. I went through a very bad episode of domestic violence, and I got out of that. And my mother was diagnosed with terminal inoperable cancer and throughout the season it shows her progressively dying and I'm an only child. The way I dealt with it is I drank heavily, and I'm happy to say that I'm now two months sober and my life is very clear."
The rest of the cast includes: Tenisha Jackson and Jared Allman; Kristin Sabata and Peter Depp; and country singer Sherrie Austin and songwriter Shane Stevens.
But Young says just because the show is situated around the male/female/gay/straight relationship, it doesn't mean that viewers who aren't in similar friendships can't relate.
"We tackle a lot of issues that not only gay people will connect with but all of Middle America," he says. "A lot of issues that we're going to tackle that have not been tackled on any reality show, and I think it's going to make Nashville look very great."
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys airs at 8 p.m. Fridays on Sundance.
Cindy Watts, The Tennessean