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July 23, 2010 » Speaking Of Whom? More than 59,000 fans logged in to Tuesday's (7/20) live Taylor Swift chat for the scoop on her upcoming third album Speak Now, available Oct. 25. You'll be hearing the first single "Mine" beginning mid-August. Swift co-produced the 14-song collection with Fearless producer Nathan Chapman and wrote all the tracks herself. "[There are] people who come into your life, and sometimes you don't get to tell them what you wish you could have told them," Swift told viewers during the chat. "This album is my opportunity to do that. Track by track, each song is a different confession to a different person ... I don't really talk about my personal life in my interviews, but I definitely sing about it." Pre-orders will be available Aug. 20. Learn more and watch a replay of the chat here. » Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Vevo will premiere Miranda Lambert's highly anticipated video "Only Prettier" Aug. 3, and it will be available on all media outlets Aug. 5. And with cameos by girlfriends Laura Bell Bundy, Kellie Pickler and Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, you can bet it will bring the pretty. "I can't tell you much about it," Lambert says. "But it's going to be awesome." Lambert and the gang filmed on location in Joelton, TN outside of Nashville, with the country stars posing as members of rival cliques the "socials" and "greasers" at a high school sock hop. » Mayfair Lady: London will get their first dose of Lady Antebellum when the trio headlines the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire Aug. 11. Lady A will take off across the pond after their last show on Tim McGraw's Southern Voice tour Aug. 7 in Toronto. The group last visited Europe in September, performing in Gstaad, Switzerland. Watch their Swiss "Webisode Wednesday" episode here. » Got My Film On: The upcoming Matthew McConaughey film The Lincoln Lawyer will be Trace Adkins's next big screen appearance. "[My role] is just a couple of [scenes]," Adkins tells The Boot. "I enjoy [acting] if I have time to do it. This is an easy thing to do. It takes literally three days out of my schedule." The plot is based on the Michael Connelly novel of the same name. Other actors attached to the film, due out next year, are Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, John Leguizamo and William H. Macy. Read the full article here. » Pulling For You: Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Taylor Swift and a surprise guest will help raise funds for the Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum during the All For The Hall "guitar pull" benefit Sept. 23 at Los Angeles' Club Nokia. A cocktail reception and dinner will precede the concert. Tickets range from $1,000 for individual seats to $10,000 for a table of 10. Details here. » Wiggle Works: Looks like Sunday Rose is turning her dad Keith Urban on to some new music. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, Urban is recording Roger Miller's "England Swings" with the Australian children's entertainment group the Wiggles. "Having a two-year-old, I'm not going to turn down the Wiggles," Urban says. Read the full article here. » Gimmie That Brick: In the Ladies' Home Journal online "Country Spotlight," Joe Nichols dishes about married life, his love of the St. Louis Cardinals, joking with Whoopi Goldberg on The View and his favorite fan gift. "One year, at the fan club party, a group got together and bought me [an inscribed] brick in the new [Cardinals] stadium," Nichols says. Read the rest of the article here. Nichols will also be appearing on FOX News' Fox & Friends Friday (7/23). » Stealing Bandwidth: Louisville is hosting the three-day HullabaLOU festival this weekend, and a number of country artists are on the bill. For those of you not planning to be in the Bluegrass State, a handful of acts are making their performances available online at iClips.net. The website will be streaming shows by Gloriana, Stealing Angels, Dwight Yoakam and others beginning Friday (7/23). A video of the Stealing Angels ("He Better Be Dead") performance will be available via their Facebook and Twitter accounts after their Sunday concert. Complete webcast lineup here. » Totally Grad: Gretchen Wilson has teamed with the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Ad Council to launch a campaign to encourage high school dropouts to complete a GED program. "This campaign will go a long way toward educating people on how to take that first step to make a difference in their lives and the lives of their families, and I'm honored to be a part of it," says Wilson, who got her GED at 34. Ads will run on TV, radio, print, outdoors and online in English and Spanish. Learn more here. » Crib Note: Looks like Santa's bringing Dierks Bentley, wife Cassidy and baby Evie a new addition to the family this year. The couple are expecting their second child in December. "We're so excited that our daughter Evie is going to get a baby sister or brother for Christmas," Bentley tells People. Read the entire feature here. »Hit List Toby Keith will guest host WWE Raw Oct. 18 and 25. This isn't the Big Dog Daddy's first time in the ring. In 2002 during the first of two pay-per-view TNA events, Keith worked a storyline with Jeff Jarrett, who attacked him during a live performance. Read the full BleacherReport.com piece here. Country Weekly and Sugarland have teamed for the "Win A Skype Chat With Sugarland" contest, which ends at midnight Friday (7/23). The duo appear on the publication's July 26 cover. See official rules and enter here. "Cheater Cheater" singers Joey+Rory are offering a free download of their single "This Song's For You" featuring the Zac Brown Band here. A "digital 45" of the track plus a cover of Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough" is also available at iTunes for $.99 here. Steve Azar is offering fans the chance to win an iPad loaded with Azar content and an exclusive message. Registrants can enter through Tuesday (7/27) by accessing the "Win An iPad" widget on his website. The winner will be chosen at random in early August. Enter here. Birthdays Alison Krauss (7/23) Pam Tillis (7/24) On TV Friday (7/23): Jerrod Niemann, Top 20 Country Countdown (GAC); Joe Nichols, Fox & Friends (FOX News). Saturday (7/24): Josh Turner, Origins (re-air) (GAC). Sunday (7/25): Keith Urban, Love, Pain, & the whole crazy World Tour Live (re-air) (GAC). Upcoming Albums Craig Morgan That's Why — Collector's Edition (7/26) Jason Sturgeon That's Me (8/3) © 2010 LH Publications, LLC