Have you got plans for the weekend?  Watching the Super Bowl...well, that's a given.  I'll be doing that too, with some friends.  Play some cards, eat some chili, watching the game.  Sounds like a "Super Sunday" to me!  Tomorrow, I'm meeting with organizers of various poker runs around central Ohio, so the Central Ohio Ride Guide for 2012 will be back on the website, soon!  Have a great weekend!

Now...Music & Entertainment News:

KELLY CLARKSON: GETTING READY FOR HER SUPER SPOTLIGHT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ It's one of those performances that Kelly Clarkson is probably wishing that everybody will see _ but few will remember. The gig is the one she has coming up on Sunday: singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. She will belt on the Star Spangled Banner before the New York Giants and England Patriots clash on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. While one can imagine that Clarkson doesn't mind the high-profile exposure, no singer wants to be remembered after the game like Christina Aguilera was after last year's big game. She flubbed a line during the anthem _ and it got a lot of attention on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. She had to release a statement in an effort to quiet her critics. Others who have performed the national anthem at the Super Bowl include Clarkson's fellow ``Idol'' graduate Carrie Underwood, as well as Whitney Houston, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond and Mariah Carey.

MIRANDA LAMBERT/BLAKE SHELTON: TO PERFORM AT SUPER BOWL PREGAME SHOW

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ It won't be the same as putting on pads, slapping on a helmet and trying to sack New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, but it is shaping up as a busy Sunday for Blake Shelton. He will be both on TV at the Super Bowl and on a show after it. Shelton and wife Miranda Lambert will team up for part of the pre-game package, singing ``America the Beautiful.'' And after the game, Shelton will be featured as one of the judges on ``The Voice.'' NBC is televising the game _ and will air a special edition of the singing contest afterward. The network hopes football fans will stay tuned and watch _ or at least not change the channel, so they can reap credit for at least some of that huge Super Bowl viewing audience.

KENNY CHESNEY/TIM McGRAW: BEFORE THEY WERE STARS

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) _ It wasn't quite like a scene from the old TV show ``The Odd Couple'' _ mainly because they didn't actually share an apartment. But Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw did once live in the same apartment complex. And it sounds like the two had some interesting memories. McGraw says he and Chesney have been friends for the past 15 or 20 years. And Chesney suggests it was McGraw who was responsible for most of the drama. He says he remembers that a girl once busted the windshield of McGraw's car with a baseball bat. And he says McGraw wasn't exactly timely with paying bills. He says it wasn't unusual for the lights to be cut off for nonpayment _ or for eviction notices to be hung on his door. But that never stopped McGraw from inviting Chesney over to sing and play guitar together.

``AMERICAN IDOL'' ROLLS THROUGH ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Single mom Rachelle (rah-SHEL') Lamb gets a golden ticket to Hollywood. She did a Faith Hill song for her ``American Idol'' audition, with her daughter standing by her side. Lamb told the judges she wanted to be a professional but her husband took her dreams away. He's gone and now she hopes to be on her way. Lamb is one of the 46 people from the St. Louis auditions to make it. Next week, the Hollywood round starts.

BILLY RAY CYRUS: SIGNS WITH AMAZON.COM ON BOOK DEAL

NEW YORK (AP) _ Billy Ray Cyrus is getting ready to tell all _ or most, anyway _ in a book. The singer is planning a memoir, due out next spring. The book will be published by Amazon.com _ as the online retailer continues to stretch into the realm of publishing books, as well as selling them. The company says Cyrus will discuss with ``great candor'' his career, both as a musician and as father of his daughter Miley. Don't go looking for the book everywhere. Barnes and Noble says it won't stock any of the releases of its book-selling rival.

``THE VOICE'' RETURNS AFTER THE SUPER BOWL

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- ``The Voice'' comes back for a second season after the Super Bowl. A second episode will air in the show's regular time slot the next night. Look for some changes this season. Miranda Lambert has been added to her husband Blake Shelton's team, along with Kelly Clarkson. Alanis Morissette and Robin Thicke will join Adam Levine's team. Jewel and Lionel Richie are being added to Christina Aguilera's team and Babyface and Ne-Yo will join Cee Lo Green's team. There will be nine hours devoted to the blind auditions, more than twice what there was before. And the battles will be two hours each instead of one.

SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS

UNDATED (AP) -- The Super Bowl's not until Sunday, but you've probably already seen all the cool commercials. Matthew Broderick returns as Ferris Bueller to hawk Hondas. It's been seen more than six million times on YouTube. An even bigger hit is Jerry Seinfeld's commercial for Acura, where he bribes a guy with money and soup from the Soup Nazi to be the first one to drive the NSX, but ends up losing to Jay Leno. That one's been seen more than seven million times. An Audi commercial showing how headlights can be dangerous to vampires has nearly 3 million hits already.

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Now...Music and Entertainment News:

 HILLARY SCOTT/LADY ANTEBELLUM: THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) _ Would you be friends with someone who stole from you? It wasn't an issue for Lady Antebellum and fellow country star Sara Evans. Dave Haywood says the group swiped a keyboard player from Evans _ and Hillary Scott notes the group also lured a guitar player from Evans' fold. But Scott says the group and the solo artist have a solid relationship. Scott says Evans was one of her big musical influences. For per part, Evans says she has been following Lady Antebellum way back before they got their record deal _ and has been a ``cheerleader from day one.''

TIM McGRAW: ``TRAFFIC'' IS REALLY MOVING

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) _ Tim McGraw is starting life at the stop _ at least as far as his latest studio album is concerned. ``Emotional Traffic'' moved more than 67,000 copies to enter the Billboard country chart at number one in this, its debut week. It's the 13th album from McGraw on Curb Records to top the charts at number one in its debut week. The album is also number two on the overall Billboard album chart.

DIERKS BENTLEY/MIRANDA LAMBERT: TO PERFORM AT GRAMMYS

SANTA MONICA, California (AP) _ A couple of country's biggest stars will have a hand in working on what the Grammy people like to call music's biggest night. Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert will be performing on the awards show next Sunday. They will join Katy Perry and Drake on the list of performers that gets longer every few days, as the Grammy people keep trying to stoke interest in the show. The Grammys will be given out February 12 in a live, televised ceremony from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

AMERICAN IDOL: ACHOO!

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) _ Don't fall in love with a sneezer. That was apparently the approach the ``American Idol'' judges took toward Ben Perdom, who auditioned for the show in Portland, Oregon _ auditions that were aired last night. Perdom came from Philadelphia _ and apparently brought with him a HUGE cold _ or some other ickiness that left him blowing his nose often. We don't know if it was his runny nose or his singing _ but he didn't get a golden ticket. More auditions tonight _ this time from St. Louis.

WILLIE NELSON: GETS RECORD DEAL WITH SONY

NEW YORK (AP) _ Willie Nelson has fired one up _ a record deal with Sony Music, that is. The country legend has signed a deal with Legacy Records, which is under the Sony umbrella. Future titles will include new music as well as releases from his archives. It's a homecoming of sorts for Nelson. Back in the day _ 1974-1993 to be exact _ Nelson performed for Columbia Records, which is also in the Sony family of labels.

ELVIS PRESLEY: DAUGHTER LAUNCHING EXHIBIT AT GRACELAND

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) _ Elvis Presley's daughter is trying to give visitors to Graceland a look at her dad through her perspective. She helped introduce an exhibit titled ``Elvis Through His Daughter's Eyes.'' It honors the relationship between Lisa Marie and her famous dad. She attended an opening of the exhibit to VIP fans at Graceland yesterday. Presley says one of her favorite items in the exhibit is the key to a golf cart the two of them used to tool around the estate. She says until recently, she hadn't seen the key in 35 years.

LETTERMAN'S 30TH

NEW YORK (AP) _ David Letterman says a lot has changed in the 30 years he's been on late-night TV. Letterman says back in 1982, he still had his own hair and his own heart. Letterman and long-time staff members did a list of the ``Top Ten Things Staffers Would Like to Say to Dave on his 30th Anniversary in Late Night.'' Executive producer Rob Burnett said to Letterman, ``You're incompetent.'' Band leader Paul Shaffer had the number-one item. Shaffer says, ``I got nothing to say to that''...bleep. Howard Stern was also on the show. They goofed on their bad haircuts in a picture from Stern's first appearance in 1984.

MOURNING DON CORNELIUS

UNDATED (AP) -- It isn't just R-and-B and hip-hop stars who are mourning the death of Don Cornelius. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave says ``Awesomely funky Soul Train'' gave him his ``first exposure to music.'' Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins also says he's grateful to Cornelius for turning him on to ``so much great music.'' Even Slash says Cornelius was ``quite the maverick in his time.'' Soul Train was the first show to spotlight black artists when there were few African-Americans on TV at all. Police are investigating why Cornelius killed himself with a gun. He was 75.

CLINT EASTWOOD HONORED

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Clint Eastwood is being honored by the Smithsonian in Washington for his six decades of work. They've giving him a medal for all he's done in Hollywood. The National Museum of American History has a new movie theater dedicated to film history. Harry Potter's robe and other memorabilia, including some of Eastwood's, will be on display in the theater.

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CHRIS YOUNG: CMA DONATION

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) _ As the old saying goes, if you dance to the music, you've got to pay the piper. Then again, if you want a piper _ or guitarists or singers, for that matter _ it costs for that, too. The Country Music Association is lending a helping hand to thousands of students so they can learn music in school. It has donated $1.4 million as part of its ``Keep the Music Playing'' program. The effort will help music education programs in Nashville public schools. The money represents proceeds from last year's CMA Music Festival. Many of country music's biggest stars performed for free at the event. Last night, a group of artists performed at a reception in Nashville, including Chris Young and Suzy Bogguss. Young says it's ``kind of cool'' to see the money from the benefit performance last year be donated to Nashville schools to help kids. He says it's not that kids will necessarily become professional artists _ but that they have fun with music.

SUZY BOGGUSS: CMA DONATION

NASHVILLE (AP) _ Suzy Bogguss says last night's event which saw Nashville schools get a huge check to help kids learn music is a big deal to her _ and to the kids who got to perform at the event. She says what impresses her most is the ``pure joy'' the young people who performed last night brought to the stage. Bogguss says she appreciates ``their innocence and their desire to just do something they've never done before.'' She was among the artists who were on hand to see the CMA donate $1.4 million to help schoolkids pursue their musical dreams.

BLAKE SHELTON, MIRANDA LAMBERT TO PERFORM AT SUPER BOWL

NASHVILLE (AP) _ The Super Bowl will have a Nashville flavor to it _ even if the Tennessee Titans won't be in the NFL title game. Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert will perform ``America The Beautiful'' before Sunday's kickoff. It will be their first performance together since they married last May. And you don't have to wait until game day to hear what they will sound like. The song is available now on iTunes. Buy it here!

TOM T. HALL: PROMOTING COUNTRY MUSIC HIGHWAY

FRANKFORT, Kentucky (AP) _ Tom T. Hall is giving a major shout out to his home state _ or at least a major road that helps make it famous. The coountry music legend is promoting a Country Music Highway Road to Fame contest. It will show off the musical abilities of the residents of eastern Kentucky. The Country Music Highway runs through the mountains of that region _ and gets its name from the long list of Nashville stars who came from the area. They include Loretta Lynn, Naomi Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs.

RANDY TRAVIS: HITTING THE ROAD

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) _ What do you give for a silver anniversary. If it's Randy Travis, the gift he's giving his fans is not gold, but ROAD. He will mark his 25th anniversary as a country music star by hitting the road for series of concerts. They begin next week in Oregon, and continues throughout the U.S. and Canada. There are more than 30 stops on the current list of shows _ with more expected to be added. Travis says ``there's no better feeling than being on stage and the connection with a live audience.''

``THE X-FACTOR'' DITCHES ANOTHER PART

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ These days, ``The X-Factor'' is dropping parts faster than a rickety old pickup truck. The latest to be let go: Paula Abdul. She was cut loose in what seems to be a move to cut costs on the Fox show as it heads into its second season. The day before, Nicole Ccherzinger and the show's host were told they wouldn't be returning. When it launched, producer Simon Cowell predicted ``X Factor'' would be a TV hit that would eclipse his previous show, ``American Idol.'' But the viewers _ or lack of them _ have proven Simon wrong and now only two stars remain from the original cast.

``X FACTOR'' WINNER's AD DURING SUPER BOWL TO CO-STAR ELTON JOHN

UNDATED (AP) -- Melanie Amaro not only gets to be in a Super Bowl ad for winning ``The X Factor,'' she gets to perform with Elton John. In the ad, Amaro plays ``a singing princess warrior'' who tries to find a sacred treasure of Pepsi. She sings a cover of ``Respect.'' John plays the king of rock.

``BIG BANG THEORY'' BEATS ``IDOL'' IN RATINGS

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's another example of how ``American Idol'' isn't as hot as it used to be. ``The Big Bang Theory'' beat Idol in the ratings during the half hour they went on head-to-head. It's believed to be the first time a scripted series has ever done this. However, Idol was still the most popular show of the week.

``AMERICAN IDOL'' IN PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Next stop on the ``American Idol'' auditions tour: Portland, Oregon. Seven-thousand people turned out for the tryouts this past summer. It was Idol's first time in Portland.