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Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood covers the September issue of Woman’s Day , on newsstands nationwide August 12th. The country singer, chef, and wife of Garth Brooks talks about how to curb weeknight chaos and spend more time together as a family eating healthy meals. On weeknights with husband and country music artist Garth Brooks, along with his three children: “First of all, we’re musicians, so there’s no ‘routine.’ All those years of three girls and their activities? Even with only one still at home, there are a million things going on every night. Taylor and August are in college now, but they live nearby, and if I send out a text that says, ‘Hey, it’s veggie night,’ they’ll show up. They know it means I’m roasting all their favorite vegetables and probably serving a meat loaf, too.” On the importance of family meals together: “I’m always fighting hard to make sure family meals don’t get lost in the shuffle, because cooking for the kids ...

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G. H. HARDING **** Garth Brooks EMMY MADNESS --- In the months leading to this year’s Primetime Emmy nominations, which were just announced, a lot of attention had been focused on HBO’s decision to enter the eight-episode True Detective as a drama, Showtime switching Shameless from drama to comedy series after three seasons, and Netflix entering Orange Is the New Black as a comedy after submitting it as a drama for the Golden Globes. Controversy aside, the moves proved fine for all three. True Detective and Orange Is The New Black each netted 12 noms – a particularly strong showing for freshman series — to tie veteran Downton Abbey and Seth MacFarlane’s documentary Cosmos as the fourth-most-nominated primetime series. Both landed noms in all major categories they were eligible for including best drama (True Detective) and comedy series (Orange), best lead actor/actress, best writing, directing and casting. Me...

Garth Brooks and Steve Wynn Garth Brooks and Steve Wynn were snapped backstage before Garth Brooks final performance of his 3 year residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. Photo By: RD / Kabik / Retna Digital

Garth Brooks With the help of a star-studded line up of football and entertainment legends, Starkey Hearing Foundation, which strives to change the social consciousness of hearing and hearing health care, delivered the gift of hearing today to 235 hearing impaired children and adults from the Indianapolis area ranging in age from 3 to 92. The event, which marked the Foundation’s 3rd annual Super Bowl Week Hearing Mission, was held at the SportZone in Indianapolis. In what has become an annual tradition for Starkey, the Super Bowl Hearing Mission received help from a “super” team of Foundation friends: · Garth Brooks – Grammy-Winning Country Music Artist · Jim McMahon – Chicago Bears, Quarterback (Retired) · Joe DeLamielleure – NFL Hall of Famer, Buffalo Bills Offensive Guard (1973-1985) · Matt Forte – Chicago Bears, Running Back · Tommie Harris – San Diego Chargers, Defensive End · Mike Gaines – Formerly with Houston Texans, Tight ...

**** GARTH BROOKS HIT'S LAS VEGAS **** Garth Brooks Garth Brooks And Steve Wynn Trisha Yearwood Las Vegas had a Press conference announcing Garth Brooks is coming out of retirement to perform at the world famous Wynn Resort in the Sin City Capital. Trisha Yearwood was there along with Steve Wynn to help make the announcement. Hey, we like Garth Brooks. Met him many years ago in the dressing room at The Joan Rivers Show at CBS television in New York City. The guy is one of the most pleasant people I have run across in this crazy business. Pure Class! Photos By: Scott Harrison / Retna Ltd.

Garth Brooks Singing star Garth Brooks has carried around three very lucky seeds for the past 18 years, after they helped him win at an awards ceremony.The Country Singer won six prizes at the 1990 Association of Country Music Awards, and he is convinced the lucky buckeye seeds handed to him by a fan the day before are responsible for all his luck. And he is so superstitious he now takes taken everywhere he goes. Brooks says, "A guy in Ohio gave me three buckeyes. He said, ‘These are lucky, hang onto them.’ The next night we flew out here to the ACMs and that night we were lucky enough to walk away with six of them."I have kept them with me."

Garth Brooks Country singing star Garth Brooks says he will retire after playing a series of charity concerts in Los Angeles.The singer, who announced his retirement in 2001, agreed to revive his music career and take to the stage for five televised gigs to help raise money for the victims of last year’s horrible California wildfires. Brooks is happy to assist the charity but is convinced the shows, which sold out in an hour, will be his last public performances. He says, "I’m from Oklahoma. I know a lot about grass fires. I know a lot about wind and fire. I’ve never, ever seen wind and fire like I saw on the television."But afterwards,we’re getting ready to drop off the face of the earth musically. Charity-wise, it never stops." All proceeds from this weekends’s Garth Brooks Live In L.A! concerts will be donated to the Southern California 2008 Fire Intervention Relief Effort.