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Sitting in her bedroom in her parents' Clinton, Miss., home, Meredith Edwards could be any excitable, fresh-faced 17-year-old. But she's not. Read More

THE REAL WORLD

Real life is not all wonderful, and it's not all terrible," declares Pam Tillis. "It's somewhere in between." Between bites of a long-delayed lunch, Pam is discussing her philosophy about love songs. While other singers croon about love as if it were perfect bliss, Pam keeps a more...

Say Cheese

Good cooking runs in Sara Evans' family. "My mom is a major cook," declares Sara. "She's one of those who never leaves the kitchen. Every Sunday there is a huge meal with four desserts. "And my granny is the...

Showing Her Roots

New Yorkers aren't easily impressed. But here in the lobby of the swanky Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue, a fur-clad matron speaks breathlessly into her cell phone. "You'll nevah guess who I just saw upstairs," she rasps. "Dolly PAW-ton!"

Doc Hollywood

I wasn't even in Nashville to see the plastic pink flamingos pop up all over town. I hear ... " Then bam-bam-bam! An insistent knocking interrupts Billy Ray Cyrus in mid-sentence. He rises to open the door to his dressing room.

Pistol Packin' Mama

Reba McEntire takes a rare moment to relax inside New York City's Marquis Theatre, where she is preparing for her Broadway debut as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. Nashville's durable redhead has been hard at work here for the last month, making sure everything will be just right when the curtain rises Jan. 26, in just a few days.

Faith Hill

It was the snip seen around the world. Faith Hill stepped onstage recently to accept her People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Musical Performer, but soon it was her new jagged, bobbed hairstyle - not her hits - that was on everyone's lips.

HOLDING POWER

There he goes again! Kenny Rogers, who made a major comeback in 2000 with his No. 1 "Buy Me A Rose," is back with a new album, There You Go Again, and another hit, "He Will, She Knows." And while that song... Read More

DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY

From early one morning to well into the next morning, Patty Loveless savored Miami's swank Doral Resort and the trendy nightlife of South Beach. Read More

Sky's The Limit

He has endured a prison sentence, survived failed marriages and weathered financial hard times. He has been a rambunctious young rebel, an ex-con, a grandpa and a superstar. Read More