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Shania Twain is teaming up with Jake Owen this summer for a brand new singing competition called Real Country!

The eight-episode series is scheduled to air later this fall on USA Network and it will spotlight the traditions, songs and themes of specific country genres.

During each hourlong installment of the series, Shania and Jake will hand-select emerging solo artists, duos and groups to perform in a showcase. The best artists from each will then perform in a grand finale for the chance to be crowned one of country music’s next breakout acts.

“It’s been an incredible year for me, releasing my new album and coming back to country music,” Shania said in a statement (via RollingStone). “I feel it’s time for me to add my own support in finding our greatest undiscovered talent. It’s beyond thrilling to be leading the charge with Real Country and I’m on a mission to find artists who will keep country music diverse and dynamic. The kind of diversity that inspired all of us.”

Pictured: Shania spotted making her way out of the NBC studios after performing on the Today show in Rockefeller Center on Monday (April 30) in New York City.

Dierks Bentley and Jake Owen hit the red carpet at the 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday (April 15) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The guys were both dressed in colorful suits and they were joined Dierks‘ wife Cassidy Black and Jake‘s girlfriend Erica Hartlein.

Some of the other country stars in attendance were Russell Dickerson with wife Kailey, Brantley Gilbert with wife Amber Cochran, Chris Lane, and Dustin Lynch.

Dierks was nominated for Video of the Year and Russell was up for New Male Vocalist of the Year.

FYI: Russell is wearing head-to-toe custom Giorgio Verdi with a Girard Perregaux watch.

Jimmy Kimmel is back with another round of Country Stars Read Mean Tweets – just in time for the 2017 CMA Awards!

This time Blake Shelton, Jana Kramer, and tons of other stars read some very hateful tweets about them – but took it all in good humor!

The Zac Brown Band, Cassadee Pope, Luke Combs, Randy Houser, Old Dominion, Trace Adkins, Darius Rucker, Dan + Shay, Chris Young, Florida Georgia Line, Lady Antebellum, Chris Stapleton, Jake Owen, Little Big Town, and Justin Moore also took part in the latest edition of Mean Tweets.

Watch the segment below!

Brooklyn Decker and husband Andy Roddick are all smiles as they arrive at the Andy Roddick Foundation Gala on Monday night (October 30) at the Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, Texas.

The 30-year-old actress dressed her baby bump in a emerald velvet gown while the 35-year-old tennis pro looked handsome in a charcoal-colored suit for the event.

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Andy hosts the event every year to raise funds and awareness for his foundation – which he founded to help ensure youth in low-income communities have abundant opportunities to reach their full potential through afterschool and summer learning and enrichment programs.

Country singer Jake Owen also performed during the event.

Country singer Jake Owen was watching Jason Aldean perform at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Las Vegas strip when the mass shooting broke out on Sunday (October 1). Jake himself had just performed just before the shooting.

The 36-year-old entertainer described what happened to NBC News.

“I was on the stage. I had just walked up on the stage with a couple friends of mine, including Luke Combs, another artist who had played earlier, and we were literally standing 50 feet from where Jason was on stage, and all of a sudden, you heard what sounded – it was kind of a think where you were like, ‘Was that gunfire?’ – and it got faster and faster, almost like it was an automatic rifle,” Jake explained. “You could hear it ringing off the rafters off the top of the stage. That’s when you saw people fleeing. At that point, people on stage just started running everywhere possible. And it was pretty chaotic, for sure.”

“So I kind of just ran like everyone else. At one point, I was crouched down behind a cop car with about 20 other people that had come to the show, and everyone’s asking if everyone’s okay. There’s blood on people, and you could see a couple folks on the street that looked like they’d been shot lying there. It was chaotic. It was literally like a movie that you feel like you’ve seen before that’s not real life,” Jake continued, describing the tragic scene. “I mean, it was chaos for a pure seven to 10 minutes.”

Here are more updates from the scene:

• Donald Trump Tweets Response to the Tragedy
• Jason Aldean Confirms He’s Safe After Vegas Shooting Broke Out While He Was On Stage
• Celebrities Send Prayers to Las Vegas

Luke Bryan couples up with his wife Caroline Boyer for the 2017 CMT Music Awards held at the Music City Center on Wednesday evening (June 7) in Nashville, Tenn.

The duo was joined by fellow country artists Chris Young, Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett, and Brett Eldredge.

Also in attendance were model Josephine Skriver and The Bachelorette alum Luke Pell.

Brett, Luke, and Thomas will all be taking the stage for performances later in the evening, so stay tuned!

FYI: Josephine is wearing a Naeem Khan jumpsuit.

15+ pictures inside of Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, and more at the 2017 CMT Awards…More Here! »

The 2017 iHeartCountry Festival brought out some big performers and big star attendees!

Chad Michael Murray coupled up with wife Sarah Roemer while checking out the tunes at the Frank Erwin Center on Saturday (May 6) in Austin, Texas.

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Also in attendance were Scott Foley, Scott Eastwood, Olivia Culpo, and Bachelorette stars JoJo Fletcher, Jordan Rodgers, and Luke Pell.

Performers included Darius Rucker, Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean, and Kelsea Ballerini.

20+ pictures inside of Chad Michael Murray, Scott Eastwood, and more stars at the concert…More Here! »