• Katy Perry may be getting her own 3-D concert movie.
• Ridley Scott may direct Cormac McCarthy's script for The Counselor.
• The judges of The Voice landed the upcoming cover of Rolling Stone.
• Barbara Hershey's been cast as the Evil Queen's mother on Once Upon a Time.
• Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon will star in Devil's Knot, about the West Memphis 3.
• Showtime has given early renewals to Shameless, House Of Lies and Californication.
• Glee was up 16% from its last episode, and won the coveted demofor the night.
• Snooki is not pregnant, and took the report to meanthat people were calling her fat.
• Everything you need to know about Scarlett Johansson's new man, Nate Naylor.
• ABC picked up Devious Minds, written by Desperate Housewives patriarch Marc Cherry.
• The guy who wrote Gran Torino is in charge of the new RoboCop script.
• Pfizer is recalling one million packets of birth control pills after discovering the batches were manufactured without the correct dosages.

COUNTRY TRIVIA

Q. In what sci-fi comedy did Reba McEntire make her movie debut?
A. 1990's Tremors

ON THE TUBE

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO/NBC 11:35PM (ET)
Blake Shelton

CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS

• Blaine Larsen(26)
• Christie Brinkley(supermodel) (58)
• Bo Hopkins (star of Dynasty and The Rockford Files) (70)
• Robert Mandan (starred in Soap) (80)
• Liz Smith(gossip journalist) (89)
• Tom Smothers (half of the Smothers Brothers) (75)
• Elaine Stritch (actress, has recurring role as Jack Donaghy's mother on 30 Rock) (86)
• Michael T. Weiss (star of The Pretender) (50)
• Graham Nash (singer-songwriter, of Crosby, Stills & Nash) (70)
• Brent Spiner (Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation) (63)
• Shakira(Colombian pop singer) (35)
• Ross Valory (bassist, Journey) (63)
• Duane "Dog" Chapman (Dog The Bounty Hunter) (59)
• Jennifer Westfeldt (actress, girlfriend of Jon Hamm) (42)

ON THIS DAY

• Zac and Shelly Brown welcomed daughter Joni Mason Brownin 2011.
• Tim McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow shot concert footage for the movie Country Strongat Nashville's Municipal Auditorium in 2010.
• Toby Keith's "High Maintenance Woman" was released to radio in 2007.
• Louise Scruggs, the wife and manager of Earl Scruggs, died at Nashville's Baptist Hospital from a respiratory ailment in 2006. She was the first female manager in bluegrass history.
• Steve Holypicked up his first chart-topping single with "Good Morning Beautiful" in 2002.
• Alan Jackson's Drive album debuted at Number One on the Billboard200 chart in 2002.
• Willie Nelsonagreed to pay $9 million of the $16.7 million he owed the Internal Revenue Service in a meeting at the IRS office in Austin, Texas in 1993.
• Paul Overstreet earned a BillboardNumber One country single with "Daddy's Come Around" in 1991.
• George Straitrecorded his first hit, "Unwound," in Nashville in 1981.
• Alabama's "My Home's In Alabama" charted in 1980. It was the group's first Top 20 single.
• Dolly Parton's "Jolene" went to Number One on the Billboard country chart in 1974.
• Sonny James's "Young Love" hit Number One on the country singles chart in 1957.
• Jimmie Rodgers recorded "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" in 1932.

Let's admit it, the best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials and the football players tight pants.  Oh yeah, and the binge eating of appetizers.  This Sunday we will at least HEAR a country singer in a Super Bowl ad.  Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles will be singing Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart".  It is 30-second ad for Pepsi MAX.  The spot also has an appearance by Regis Philbin.  Who's cheating in the commercial?  The Coke driver is cheating by buying Pepsi MAX.  He was at the checkout line trying to be discreet when he turned out to be the lifetime winner for Pepsi.  Oops.  Jennifer is not the only one taking part in the big game festivities.  Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler will be doing a special "CMT Crossroads" the night before the game.  The show will be recorded at the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam.  Other country artists we will see?  Darius Rucker, Sara Evans, and Dierks Bentley will be working it at some of the pre-game parties.  And, Blake and Miranda are going to sing "America the Beautiful" right before kickoff.  Plus, their good buddy Kelly Clarkson is going to sing the national anthem. 

• Gossip Girl just celebrated its 100th episode.
• Reba McEntire is not dead, she tweeted yesterday.
• Ben Kingsley has joined the cast of Ender's Game.
• Julian Assange will be part of The Simpsons' 500th episode.
• Alec Baldwin leaked that Justin Bieber will host SNL.
• Rick Springfield will reprise his role of Noah Drake on General Hospitalin March.
• Iconic game Candyland is coming to the big screen starring Adam Sandler.
• Mel Gibson new movie Get The Gringois bypassing theaters and going straight to DVD.
• TLC has given the greenlight to Preacher Wives, "a new series about outspoken female preachers and wives of preachers in Atlanta."
• In ratings news, Showtime's Shameless had its best ratings since its season premiere. Never underestimate the power of peen.
• Avery Brooks, of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was arrested in Connecticut on suspicion of driving under the influence.

COUNTRY TRIVIA

Q. In what year did Trisha Yearwood become a member of the Grand Ole Opry?
A. 1999

ON THE TUBE

THE VIEW/ABC 11:00AM (ET)
Kellie Pickler

THE JUDDS/GAC 10:00PM (ET)
Naomi tells her secret

CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS

• Don Everly (singer, of the Everly Brothers) (75)
• Michael C. Hall (actor, Dexter, Six Feet Under) (42)
• Sherman Hemsley (actor, George Jefferson of The Jeffersons) (74)
• Terry Jones (comic actor and director, member of the Monty Python comedy group, was on TV's Monty Python's Flying Circus) (70)Garrett Morris (comedian, one of the original Saturday Night Livecastmembers) (75)Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis Presley) (44)Princess Stephanie of Monaco (Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier's daughter) (47)Pauly Shore (actor-comedian, Encino Man, Son In Law, Bio-Dome) (44)
• Lauren Conrad (reality TV star, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and The Hills) (26)
• Big Boi (real name, Antwon Patton; rapper, OutKast) (37)
• Sherilyn Fenn (actress, Twin Peaks, Boxing Helena, Rude Awakening) (47)
• Bill Mumy (actor, Lost In Space's Will Robinson, Babylon 5) (58)
• Joy Philbin (substitute co-host, Live! With Regis & Kelly; wife of Regis Philbin) (71)
• Joshua Redman(jazz saxophonist) (43)
• Joe Sample (jazz keyboardist, of the Crusaders) (73)
• Mike Campbell (lead guitarist, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (62)
• Rachelle Lefevre (actress, What About Brian, Boston Legal, A Gifted Man, Off the Map, Twilight) (33)

ON THIS DAY

• Faith Hillsang "America, The Beautiful" before the Super Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa in 2009.
• Toby Keith and Willie Nelson joined Aerosmithin the pre-game show for Super Bowl XXXVIII at Houston's Reliant Stadium in 2004.
• Faith Hill's crossover smash single "Breathe" was released for sale in 2000.
• Doug Stone's "A Jukebox With A Country Song" climbed to the top of the Billboardcountry singles chart in 1992.
• The Juddsperformed in the United Kingdom for the first time in 1987.
• "Here You Come Again" was certified as Dolly Parton's first gold single in 1978.
• Merle Haggard recorded the classic "(Today) I Started Loving You Again" in 1968.

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Elephant smacks annoying tourist - smart creature.

• Shirley McClaine will be joining the cast of Downton Abbey.
• Spike TV has given the greenlightfor three new series.
• Guns N' Roses have announceda six-date club tour of the U.S.
• Jennifer Lopez will be a presenter at the Oscars.
• Jack White is releasing his first solo album, Blunderbuss, on April 24th.
• A few pictures from the set of the new Zac Efron/Nicole Kidmanmovie.
• Michelle Williams may take a break from acting"just to be Mom."
• Garbage are reuniting with a new album called Not Your Kind of People.
• Remember Kristen Wiig's awards show drinking game when you watch the Oscars.
• The live-action film of Stretch Armstrong is going forward without Taylor Lautner.
• Game Show Network is producing the hour-long pilot The American Bible Challenge, which "tests contestants on their bible knowledge."