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Carrie Underwood Admits: 'I Burp A Lot'

Carrie Underwood Admits: 'I Burp A Lot'

Originally posted 06/10/2008 11:00AM

Say it isn't so! When it comes to sex appeal, country songstress Carrie Underwood says she doesn't fit the bill – because she's a burper.

"I don't consider myself sexy ... I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot," Underwood tells Cosmopolitan magazine in its July issue.

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Carrie Underwood Goes Baby Shopping – for a Friend!
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Carrie Underwood Goes Baby Shopping – for a Friend!

Originally posted 05/22/2008 06:00AM

Carrie Underwood, shopping for baby clothes two days in a row. The country star browsed for her friend's baby – and she hit up Sunset Kids at Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles. "She didn't know the sex of the baby, so she bought some unisex T-shirts and onesies," a source tells us. The next day, Underwood swung by Kitson Kids to grab more duds for the lucky little one. "She was upbeat and sweet," an onlooker says.

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Carrie Underwood Goes Baby Shopping – for a Friend!
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Caught in the Act

Caught in the Act!

Originally posted 05/22/2008 06:00AM

• Carrie Underwood, shopping for baby clothes two days in a row. The country star browsed for her friend's baby – and she hit up Sunset Kids at Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles. "She didn't know the sex of the baby, so she bought some unisex T-shirts and onesies," a source tells us. The next day, Underwood swung by Kitson Kids to grab more duds for the lucky little one. "She was upbeat and sweet," an onlooker says.

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Carrie Underwood Tears Up at Nashville Ceremony | Carrie Underwood

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Carrie Underwood Tears Up at Nashville Ceremony

Originally posted 05/12/2008 06:00AM

Carrie Underwood fought back tears as she was inducted into Nashville's Grand Ole Opry Saturday night, declaring "I promise I'll do everything I possibly can to not make you regret it."

Fellow Oklahomans Garth Brooks and Vince Gill, both Opry members, welcomed the American Idol winner into 83-year-old country music institution, which is the longest continually running radio show in the country and also counts Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson and Brad Paisley among its members.

"This is a marriage," Brooks said of the lifelong Opry honor, as he handed Underwood a 14-inch bronze replica of an Opry microphone stand. "Nothing will last as long or be as important as this award right here. But being around you five minutes, I know you get it."

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Carrie Underwood Breaks Down at Atlanta Show | Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood Breaks Down During Atlanta Show

Originally posted 04/25/2008 03:00PM

Carrie Underwood had an emotional moment during her concert with Keith Urban at The Arena At Gwinnett Center outside of Atlanta on Thursday.

During a performance of "Don't Forget to Remember Me," from her album Some Hearts, the country chanteuse broke down into tears in the middle of the song's second chorus. According to an audience member, the singer cried through several lines of the song – then attempted to tackle the chorus but broke down again.

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Carrie Underwood: 'I've Been Cheated On' | Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood: 'I've Been Cheated On'

Originally posted 04/24/2008 08:00AM

Carrie Underwood, who has been linked to such famous men as football star Tony Romo and Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford, says she's experienced heartbreak at the hands of an unfaithful boyfriend – but remains mum on the culprit.

"I've been cheated on a time or two. It's tough," she tells InStyle in the May issue, on newsstands Friday. "I wouldn't recommend doing any property damage, though," she laughs, a reference to her Grammy-winning song "Before He Cheats" about a woman who trashes her boyfriend's truck.

"Now I'm to the point where you get one shot. Life's too short," adds the Season 4 American Idol champ, who says that dessert is one way she heals from heartache.

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Keith Urban Celebrates Upcoming Daddyhood | Keith Urban

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Keith Urban Celebrates Upcoming Daddyhood on Tour

Originally posted 04/10/2008 03:00PM

Pregnant wife Nicole Kidman was out of sight but not out of mind for Keith Urban during his latest stop on the "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride" tour.

"I'm gonna be a dad soon, and it only took me 40 years!" Urban told a cheering crowd at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Md., Wednesday night. To mark the occasion, the soon-to-be dad accepted a special gift from a fan – a purple and black Baltimore Ravens onesie, which he hung from his microphone stand as he sang the love ballad "Somebody Like You."

And the love just kept on comin': Urban hopped offstage to sing in the stands with fans and autographed a guitar for one lucky concertgoer.

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Carrie Reveals Text-Message Split from Chace | Carrie Underwood, Chace Crawford

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Carrie Underwood Reveals Text-Message Split from Chace

Originally posted 04/07/2008 12:50PM

When Carrie Underwood and Chace Crawford split up, the couple called it quits digital style, says the country star.

"It was completely mutual," Underwood told Extra at the taping of Idol Gives Back. "We broke up over text so ... it's like 'peace out.' "

According to Underwood, the breakup wasn't a tearful confrontation, but a realization that the romance just wasn't meant to be between her and the Gossip Girl hunk. "It just didn't work," she said. "We both knew it didn't work and [had] no hard feelings at all whatsoever."

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Chace Crawford Is 'Doing Okay' After Breakup, Says Sis | Chace Crawford

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Chace Crawford Is 'Doing Okay' After Breakup, Says Sis

Originally posted 04/03/2008 07:30AM

It's been a rough few weeks for Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford, who split with Carrie Underwood and had to endure online speculation about his sexuality.

"He's doing okay through this whole ordeal," his sister Candice told PEOPLE Wednesday. "He was upset about the breakup. It's always hard when you lose a relationship."

Still, his little sis added, don't expect to see Crawford and the American Idol champ moping around for long. "Chace will get through it," she said. "We love Carrie, too. They're dolls and they'll both do well."

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Carrie Underwood's Surprise Opry Invite

Originally posted 03/18/2008 08:45AM


Carrie Underwood got the surprise of a lifetime over the weekend: She was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry.

"It's wonderful to think that I'm going to be a part of it – an official part of it – not just showing up and singing," she said after the sold out show.

The singer, who turned 25 earlier in the week, was surprised by Randy Travis, whose 1988 Billboard No. 1 single "I Told You So" Underwood covered on her most recent album, Carnival Ride. "I was asked by the management here at the Grand Ole Opry to come out here and ask you if you would like to be their next member," Travis said.

"Let me think about it," Underwood replied playfully before accepting and wiping tears from her eyes.

Underwood made her Grand Ole Opry debut on June 10, 2005, just two weeks after winning American Idol. She will be formally inducted on May 10.
– Kristin Boehm