SLJ talks to country music legend Reba McEntire about her collaboration with the PBS series Reading Rockets.

McEntire will host “Toddling Toward Reading,” the newest episode of the Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers series. The show, which airs this fall, will focus on how to make the make the most of the years before a child starts school.

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In the hype of country music that garner larger fans each day, Now That’s What I Call Music! series will release for the first time in U.S., the ultimate compilation of country hits. Boasting tracks from the genre’s icons such as Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Sugarland and Carrie Underwood among others, the album will hit the stores on August 26.

“NOW That’s What I Call Country” will feature 20 hit songs from the superstars of country music like Reba McEntire and George Strait as well as newcomers such as Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler. This collection contains a total of 15 Top-5 singles. With the purchase of the CD, there will be free downloads available for five other country songs from Emily West, The Lost Trailers, Ashton Shepherd and a couple more.

“Now That’s What I Call Country” is the joint venture of EMI Music, Sony BMG, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Zomba Label Group. The series itself has spawned compilation albums that have sold over 70 million copies in U.S. only and 200 million worldwide.

Tracklisting of “Now That’s What I Call Country”:
1. Carrie Underwood—”All-American Girl”
2. Rascal Flatts- “Winner at a Losing Game”
3. Gary Allan—”Watching Airplanes”
4. Reba McEntire duet with Kelly Clarkson—”Because of You”
5. Keith Urban—”Everybody”
6. Sugarland—”Stay”
7. Lady Antebellum—”Love Don’t Live Here”
8. Taylor Swift—”Picture to Burn”
9. Dierks Bentley—”Trying to Stop Your Leaving”
10. Luke Bryan—”All My Friends Say”
11. Brad Paisley—”Letter to Me”
12. George Strait—”I Saw God Today”
13. Julianne Hough- “That Song in My Head”
14. Sara Evans—”As If”
15. Kenny Chesney—”Don’t Blink”
16. Trace Adkins—”You’re Gonna Miss This”
17. Chris Cagle—”What Kinda Gone”
18. Kellie Pickler—”Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind”
19. Josh Turner featuring Trisha Yearwood—”Another Try”
20. Jason Michael Carroll—”Alyssa Lies”

Reba invited her friends Joanna Garcia and Steve Howey to portray the parents in her music video for “Every Other Weekend,” which begins airing on all video channels today.

In the hit sitcom REBA (which can be seen daily on the Lifetime Television Network,)

Joanna Garcia plays the role of Reba’s daughter, Cheyenne, and Steve Howey plays the role of her son-in-law, Van. So, when it came time for the mother and father roles to be cast, Reba naturally thought of them.

The video, directed by Roman White, has a very realistic storyline and features the parents meeting at a playground parking lot to exchange children, toys and back packs for the weekend. Reba narrates the story and she witnesses the lingering love between the mom and dad when they accidentally wind up hand in hand and time stands still.

You can view the here and thanks to this article.

Reba filmed a video for her current single “Every Other Weekend” on June 10^th and 11^th in Los Angeles. Roman White directed the video. More details will be announce as the information comes in.

The episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show with with Reba, Kelly Clarkson and Justin Timberlake will re-air on June 19^th. Check your local listings as this is subject to change.