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Troy Gentry, half of award-winning Country Music duo Montgomery Gentry, is finding he has a lot more apologizing to do for an incident that happened back in 2006 when the Kentucky native was charged with a felony for illegally killing a bear held in an enclosure in Minnesota, and claiming it was caught in the wild.

However, Troy’s problems have returned when animal rights group known as SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness) released a You Tube video of Troy killing the bear because SHARK wanted to bring the issue back to public light because they felt Troy got off to easy.

Even though Troy apologized after the incident, paid a fine of ,000, served a period of probation and even gave up his rights to hunt and fish in the state of Minnesota for a period of five years, he’s speaking out again and saying “there is no one who feels as bad about this as I do, I have beaten myself up about this over the years and realize what a horrible mistake I made”.

“I am not proud of what I did and I am truly sorry,” he concludes, signing his name at the bottom of a written statement, “I believe people can change, and since this happened, I know in my heart that I am a different and better person”.

Time will tell if this latest gesture will out weigh the sentiment behind the YouTube video, which has already had more than 66,000 views, but in the meantime, Troy and his singing partner Eddie Montgomery, recently exited Columbia Records, the label they called home for more than a decade and continue to tour, as well as work on new music.

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While Gwyneth Paltrow was in Nashville shooting scenes for the new film, ‘Country Strong,’ she really leaned on co-star Tim McGraw’s wife, Faith Hill, for advice about Country Music and her role as a performer and so over the course of the making of the film, the two lovely ladies became fast friends.

In researching for the role, Gwyneth said that she watched all of Faith’s DVDs and videos and her performances, and “I felt that if I did sort of a mixture of Faith and Courtney Love, that’s kind of like who I am in this movie.”

Gwyneth talked about how supportive Faith was during that time and how she was always there to answer the many questions she had about the business, “Faith was like an encyclopedia for me”

Gwyneth adds, “To me, my character could’ve been Faith, but took a turn in the wrong direction.”

‘Country Strong’ will be opening in theaters in Nashville and Los Angeles on December 22nd, and nationwide on January 7th.

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Jennifer Nettles Of Sugarland To Give One Lucky Fan A Surprise Nov.19

Country Music entertainer Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland will gives one lucky fan the surprise of a lifetime on Friday’s (November 19) edition of ‘The Nate Berkus Show.’

During a segment taped in the New York City studio on November 4, a devoted fan of Sugarland, Laura Van Remortel explained to Nate that she credits the duo’s song, ‘Something More,’ with helping her through tough times.

Much to Laura’s surprise, Jennifer runs out from backstage with a framed copy of the ‘Something More’ lyrics for her.

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Troy Gentry, half of award-winning Country Music duo Montgomery Gentry, is finding he has a lot more apologizing to do for an incident that happened back in 2006 when the Kentucky native was charged with a felony for illegally killing a bear held in an enclosure in Minnesota, and claiming it was caught in the wild.

Feeling that Troy got off much too easy for this offense, the animal rights group SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness) released a You Tube Video of Troy killing the bear.

Even though Troy apologized after the incident, paid a fine of 15,000 dollars, served a period of probation and even gave up his rights to hunt and fish in the state of Minnesota for a period of five years, he’s speaking out again and saying “there is no one who feels as bad about this as I do, I have beaten myself up about this over the years and realize what a horrible mistake I made”.

“I believe people can change and since this happened, I know in my heart that I am a different person and better person, I am not proud of what I did and I am truly sorry”.

At this point in time more than 66,000 people have viewed the You Tube video, so only time will tell if Troy’s humble apology will out weigh this video, but in the mean time he and partner Eddie Montgomery who recently exited Columbia Records after more than a decade, will continue to tour as well as work on new music.

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During the filming of ‘Country Strong’, Gwyneth Paltrow and Faith Hill became good friends as Faith became a role model for Gwyneth in her pursuits to become a Country Music singer.

“As I prepared for this movie, I looked at all of Faith’s DVDs and videos and her performances and because we have a similar look I felt that if I did a hybrid of Faith and Courtney Love, that would be who I am like in this movie.

Gwyneth talked about how supportive Faith was during that time and how she was always there to answer the many questions she had about the business, “Faith was like an encyclopedia for me”

“As you think about this character in the movie, it’s easy to see that the character could have been Faith, but took a turn in the wrong direction.

Country Music fans can look forward to ‘Country Strong’ which opens in Nashville and Los Angeles on December 22nd, and nationwide January 7th.

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.Ex-husband of Country Music star LeAnn Rimes popped the question last week in New York where he and his girlfriend photographer girlfriend Sarah Silver live.

LeAnn took to her Twitter page and offered the soon to be Mr. And Mrs. Sheremet her best wishes, and said, “a little birdie told me the happy news last night”.

LeAnn and Dean were married for seven years, but split last year after LeAnn met actor Eddie cibrian, both were married at the time but began their realtionship and later asked for divorces from their former spouses.

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Country Music fans across the nation and around the world who have become avid fans of Blake Shelton watched as he picked up his first trophy for CMA Male Vocalist of the Year this week, a feat he’s been looking forward to for many years.

It was only a couple of years ago that Blake stated he wanted to be considered a guy who sings songs that are really difficult to sing, and push himself as a serious vocalist and he certainly has with a string of hits that include ‘Home’, ‘Goodbye Time’, ‘Don’t Make Me’, and his latest ‘Who Are You When I’m Not Looking.’

After winning his award for male vocalist of the year Wednesday night he said backstage, “I’ve been sitting in that audience out there for 11 years–I’ve counted them–watching three different groups of popular artist come and go in that amount of time and I was never one of them, but I’m so thankful for this award and I hope that I’m standing up here 20 years from now just like George Strait and talking about the same freaking piece of glass right there and what it means to me.

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Just when you think Country Music couldn’t possibly get any better with all the great new talent on the scene, here comes another group that calls themselves ‘The Band Perry’ from Greeneville, Tennessee, and they’re coming on strong.

Their debut album was the 2nd highest album sold this year with 52,000 copies going out the door as ‘The Band Perry’ fans rushed to their local music store to get their copy.

The Band Perry fans in Greeneville, Tennessee were treated to a free concert the week before their debut album was release, entertaining them with tunes like “If I Die Young” and Hip To My Heart”, just 2 of the 11 tracks on their album.

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Billy Ray Cyrus, Country Music singer, actor and father to Miley Cyrus is adding TV host to his resume as the latest turn on the small screen will be as host of an uplifting new series on the TLC network, called ‘Homecoming’ which is the documentary series that will be centered around videos of military men and women reuniting with their loved ones upon returning home from active duty.

The effort of TLC has been to focus on authentic and relatable life experiences says President and General Manager Ellen O’Neil, and “we look forward to honoring our service men and women with ‘Homecoming’.

Billy Ray, who recently announced his impending divorce from Tish Cyrus, his wife of 17 years, is also currently working on a reality series for the Syfy network with son, Trace, called ‘UFO: Unbelievably Freakin’ Obvious,’ as well as promoting his grunge-rock band, Brother Clyde, and working on an album of patriotic tunes to be released later this year.

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Josh Thompson has enjoyed a really prosperous 2010 ever since he hit the Country Music scene with his debut album ‘Way Out Here’, and it certainly didn’t stop there.

Josh started the year with 2 top 20 hits, ‘Beer on the Table’ and again, his debut hit ‘Way Out Here’ and now he adds to those hits, ‘Won’t Be Lonely Long’ as his latest hit.

Josh started this year by opening for Eric Church on the Jagermeister tour and then spent his summer on the road with Brad Paisley’s H20 World Tour, then he jumped over and joined Hank Williams Jr’s Rowdy Friend tour with Jamey Johnson and Colt Ford.