CMT Blog: Carnie Wilson

It can’t be easy to run a bed and breakfast - especially a four-diamond resort. That’s what the cast of Outsiders Inn quickly learned during their shoot at Christopher Place, a luxurious resort in the Smoky Mountains. The wacky situations might make for a good TV show, but if you’re looking to simply relax, or rekindle a romance, let me recommend a really, really nice place.

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Patience may be a virtue, but Taylor Swift fans don’t need to wait a minute longer to hear her newest banjo-laced tune “I Heart Question Mark.”

And while you’re at it, take a listen to Gretchen Wilson’s just-released sassy rocker “Don’t Do Me No Good.”

Even when Miley Cyrus is getting clean, some people think it’s a little dirty.

Jessica Simpson is just a country girl at heart. One who vacations in Lake Tahoe and hangs on yachts, but still.

She’s shopping, traveling, playing guitar and hanging with her son. Shania Twain sure makes single motherhood look easy.

Lee Ann Womack admits that the pull of needing to be home with her daughters kept her out of the studio. But she has a new album due out in the fall, and some think it’ll be an award winner.

You’re bound to add more friends if the Road Hammers welcome everyone to your MySpace page. Which they will, if you’re one of their lucky video contest winners.

Access Hollywood caught Maureen McCormick, Carnie Wilson and Bobby Brown in bed together at a place called Outsider’s Inn.

Love can build a bridge, and so can Julio Iglesias Jr. — if he gets a shot at country music success.

Julio’s fellow Gone Country contestant, Carnie Wilson, says she’s determined to lose 40-50 pounds and get pregnant again.

I wonder why Kellie Pickler chose a conservative red dress for American Idol. Didn’t stop Ryan Seacrest from cracking jokes, though.

Lisa Marie Presley is craving fruit during her pregnancy. By the way, we’ve heard that peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches are delicious when they’re fried.

The show is sold out, but you can still win seats on the Red Carpet for the 2008 CMT Music Awards.

Curiosity got the best of me last night, so I dropped into the Wildhorse Saloon for a taping of Gone Country, a new series coming to CMT in early 2008. John Rich is the host, and besides talking a whole lot, he ends up choosing one of seven singing celebrities to introduce to country radio. At this taping, the cast members sang for a country audience for the first time, trying out something co-written with some of the city’s finest writers.

Personally, my favorite song of the night was the first one – “Smile That Smile,” about the moment when your resistance falls away. Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips sang it with her co-writers, Marv Green and Leslie Satcher. (I guess Wendy and Chynna couldn’t make it.) She sparkled in a beautiful white rhinestone jacket, clearly loving her moment in the spotlight again. Julio Iglesias Jr. has … well… he has a great smile. Sisqo earned the most applause of the night, and his original song was a standout too. Am I the only one who never heard “The Thong Song”? Must be. So I had nothing to judge him against. If you like Martina McBride, you’d like Diana DeGarmo, a strong singer and American Idol runner-up. For a quieter performance, give a shot to Maureen McCormick (Marsha Brady on The Brady Bunch), who is taking another stab at a music career and did herself proud.

Bobby Brown – of New Edition and The National Enquirer — offered a song about changing his ways. He told the audience he just got out of a long marriage, even though he wishes it wasn’t over. What would Whitney Houston say to that? Bobby was quick to add that he’s got a new woman and says he’ll be on his best behavior from now on. Considering the rumors about his behavior in the Nashville house where he and the castmates lived for two weeks, I seriously doubt that. Meanwhile, the original song by Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider was more rock than country, but what isn’t these days? Although I’m partial to country music, at the end of the night, I couldn’t resist singing along to “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” Of course, in the long run, we are gonna take it, because one of these artists is going to have a shot at country stardom, but we’ll have to wait until early next year to find out which one.