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Julianne Hough Gets Cozy with Kings of Leon Bassist
Originally posted 12/02/2009 07:00PM
Three weeks after her split with country singer Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough was spotted with Kings of Leon's Jared Followill at a Nashville bar.
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Derek Hough Blames Busy Careers for Julianne and Chuck's Split
Originally posted 11/20/2009 03:10PM
If big brothers excel at one thing, it's protecting their little sisters. But Dancing with the Stars pro Derek Hough says his sister, Julianne Hough, is doing just fine after her breakup with Chuck Wicks.
"She's 21 years old and her career is skyrocketing right now and it's tough to sustain a relationship, especially with somebody who's so much older than her," Derek, 24, told PEOPLE Thursday at Diddy's 40th birthday bash at New York's Plaza Hotel.
As for how Julianne, 21, and Wicks, 30, are each handling the split, Derek says, "They're both good. He's a great guy – he's cool."
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Julianne Hough Still 'Good Friends' with Chuck Wicks
Originally posted 11/13/2009 10:25AM
Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks may have shown a united front by attending the Country Music Association Awards together on Wednesday, but one night later, Hough confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple has indeed parted ways.
"We're both just really, really busy with our careers, and we spend a lot of time apart from each other – so we're just taking a little break right now," Hough, 21, told PEOPLE Thursday night as she walked the red carpet in Nashville for the premiere of Tim McGraw's film The Blind Side.
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Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks Attend CMAs Together!
Originally posted 11/12/2009 01:10PM
Despite their recent split, Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks made the rounds together at Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards in Nashville.
"Julianne is actually my date tonight, so it's all good man," Wicks told ET. (He was working for them as a special correspondent.) "We're going to have a good time and we will address [the breakup] together, but right now we're going to have a lot of fun."
But when the pair (along with two of Hough's sisters and some friends) arrived in the backstage media area, it was clear Wicks, 30, had a broken heart. At one point, the country singer sat with his head down, shoulders slumped, and didn't crack a smile.
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Inside Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks's Breakup
Originally posted 11/11/2009 05:20PM
Julianne Hough fans who saw her perform at the 22nd annual Pineapple Festival in Jensen Beach, Fla., on Nov. 7 likely had no inkling she and boyfriend Chuck Wicks were on the verge of a split: When Hough came down with the flu, it was Wicks who took her place.
"I talked to her this morning and she sounded like she was on her death bed," he said at the time, according to TCPalm.com. "She tried to hang in there as long as she could."
Added Wicks, 30, who had been planning to visit the Florida Keys with Hough, 21, after the festival, "I'm about the closest person you can get to Julianne. I probably know all of her jokes and can sing all of her songs."
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Source: Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks Split
Originally posted 11/10/2009 07:25PM
Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks have decided to call it quits, a source tells PEOPLE. "This was mutual. They needed some time apart," says the source.
Hough, 21, and Wicks, 30, both are still expected to attend the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday – Wicks is covering the red carpet for Entertainment Tonight and Hough is a presenter.
The two walked the red carpet together for the first time at last year's CMA Awards after getting to know each other while touring with Brad Paisley. Within weeks, they already had marriage on the mind, with Hough telling PEOPLE they "definitely" wanted to go to the altar someday.
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Julianne Hough's Best 21st Birthday Gift? A Camera!
Originally posted 08/02/2009 11:00PM
Though boyfriend Chuck Wicks wasn't on hand for Julianne Hough 's 21st birthday blowout at club mur.mur at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J., on Saturday night – where she threw back celebratory shots and threw her hands in the air while dancing to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" – he was definitely on her mind.
"Chuck was at my real birthday party," Hough told PEOPLE about her beau and former Dancing with the Stars partner, who had gifted her with a coveted camera during a low-key private celebration days earlier (her actual b-day was July 20). "I've been wanting a camera for so long and he got me one of those nice Nikon D5000s," she reported. "It's awesome. I'm addicted."
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LeAnn Rimes: 'I Feel Like People Are Pointing at Me'
Originally posted 06/20/2009 09:40AM
LeAnn Rimes has taken the "high road" when it comes to recent allegations of stalking by the wife of her Lifetime movie costar Eddie Cibrian. But that doesn't mean the accusations don't hurt.
"I've been in the public eye since I was 14, so I have a tough skin. It's fine dragging me through the mud, but don't drag my loved ones through it," the singer says in the July issue of Shape magazine. "They're my family, and it hurts them. All I'll say is, I know what's in my heart and what's true.
She adds: "I feel like people are looking and pointing at me like I'm in a fishbowl. I've learned to let it roll off my back, but it's super hard, and it really hurts."
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Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Julianne Hough Nominated for Academy of Country Music Awards
Originally posted 02/11/2009 12:55PM
The nominees for the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced during The Early Show on Wednesday morning, bringing good news for performers including Brad Paisley, Julianne Hough, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift.
Underwood is the lone women nominated for entertainer of the year, and will face off against Paisley (up for six awards), Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban and George Strait.
Kellie Pickler – who made the announcements along with Jessica Simpson, LeAnn Rimes, and Hough – lit up and clapped when Underwood's name was called. "I think it's so amazing a female is up there to represent," she tells PEOPLE.
Adds Rimes, "We're in such a male dominated world, it's great to see a woman there."
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Julianne Hough and Boyfriend Talk Marriage
Originally posted 12/02/2008 03:00PM
Julianne Hough has found the man she hopes to two-step to the altar with someday – boyfriend Chuck Wicks.
"We definitely want to go there," she tells PEOPLE of the prospect of marrying her country singer boyfriend of five months. "The minute we met it was perfect. The first date we had we both had that feeling like we were going to fall in love with each other."
There's no engagement yet, but Hough, 20, did invite the "Stealing Cinderella" singer, 29, to spend Thanksgiving with her family in Las Vegas, minus brother Derek Hough who was in New York.
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