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2005’s American Idol winner and Grand Ole Opry member Carrie Underwood will return to the Idol stage for a performance on Wednesday, March 18, 9:00-10:00 PM ET live during Idol’s Grand Ole Opry Week.

Carrie will perform her current hit single “I Told You So” with fellow Opry member Randy Travis, who will also be participating as Idol’s “Opry” mentor for the show’s contestants. Carrie’s version of this 1988 #1 classic by Travis can be found on her Carnival Ride album, and fans will soon be hearing another version on the airwaves as a new studio recording pairing Carrie and Randy arrives at country radio next week. A digital single of that recording will be available for sale at online music providers everywhere to coincide with their American Idol performance.

“I am so excited that two of my musical passions, American Idol and the Grand Ole Opry, are joining together to create a really special week of music,” says Underwood. “I am always thrilled to return to the Idol stage, and am so proud to this time be bringing with me one of my heroes, Randy Travis. I knew the Opry first, but Idol gave me my start and helped lead me to the Opry stage. It’s a great feeling to be able to help bring these two worlds together.”

Today the Academy of Country Music announced that Carrie’s “Carnival Ride” album is among the nominees for the Album of the Year category for the 44th Annual ACM Awards.

This nomination brings Carrie’s total number of award nominations for this year’s show to four. Her other nominations include Entertainer of Year, Top Female Vocalist, and her video “Just a Dream” is nominated for Video of the Year.

The ceremony will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 5th, 2009 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

“Home Sweet Home” to Be Released as a Digital Single, with a Portion of Proceeds Benefiting The Humane Society of the United States

Carrie has recorded a familiar song for the new season of American Idol. The remake of Mötley Crüe’s “Home Sweet Home” will make its debut on Idol March 11 and will air each week as the farewell theme for contestants leaving the show. “Home Sweet Home” will be available as a digital single exclusively on iTunes through March 16, when it can be purchased at online music retailers everywhere.

To support a cause very dear to Carrie’s heart, she, 19 Recordings, and Sony Music Nashville will donate a portion of the sales proceeds from “Home Sweet Home” to The Humane Society of the United States.

Carrie is a longtime supporter of The Humane Society. “I’ve always loved this song, and besides being very fitting for Idol, to me, the title is also very fitting with animal rescue and finding animals their own homes. So we felt it was important to tie the release into an amazing animal charity like The HSUS.”

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. announced today that Eva Longoria, Carrie Underwood, Brooke Shields, Lauren Hutton and Anjelica Huston will appear in its Badgley Mischka® brand’s 20th anniversary celebration campaign. The 20th anniversary campaign will debut in April issues of magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and InStyle. The campaign features the tagline, “Two Decades of Glamour,” symbolic of Badgley Mischka’s strong relationship with Hollywood over the past twenty years.

The campaign was shot by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The ladies posed along with designers, Mark Badgley and James Mischka in classic Leibovitz style. Each of the women featured in the campaign is wearing Badgley Mischka couture eveningwear and accessories.

“I love Badgley Mischka for not only making the most beautiful gowns, but also for bringing together such strong, amazing women to celebrate 20 years of glamour and fashion. I am thrilled to be part of their special anniversary,” stated Carrie Underwood.

“I am so humbled and blessed with the recognition of these nominations by my fellow artists and the country music community,” says Underwood. “My band, crew, and everyone on my team have worked so hard the past year with my first big tour, so the Entertainer nomination is especially rewarding for all of us. I think I’m still in shock!”

Underwood is the first solo female artist to be nominated in the ACM Entertainer of The Year category since 2000. Women who have won the Entertainer of The Year award in the past include Loretta Lynn (1975), Dolly Parton (1977), Barbara Mandrell (1980), Reba McEntire (1994), Shania Twain (1999), and Dixie Chicks (2000).

Underwood is a six-time ACM winner including a two-year reign as Top Female Vocalist. The 44th Annual ACM Awards will broadcast live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 8:00pm live ET on the CBS Television Network.

This morning, the nominees for the 44th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards were announced at the Country Music Hall Of Fame in Nashville, TN.

Carrie received nominations for three awards, including the coveted Entertainer of the Year, Top Female Vocalist and Video of the Year Award for the hit “Just A Dream” from her multi-platinum Carnival Ride album.

Carrie’s Entertainer of the Year nomination is the first by a solo female artist since 2000. She joins an elite group of country female artists to be nominated in this category including Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Crystal Gayle.

Carrie is this year’s winner of the Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy for “Last Name” from her multi-platinum CD Carnival Ride. She took the stage minutes ago at the Grammy’s and delivered a smokin’ performance of the song to a cheering crowd.

BID NOW! The newest eBay auction event for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt includes framed lyrics of Carrie’s Grammy Award winning hit “Before He Cheats” handwritten and signed by its songwriters, Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins! This charity eBay auction runs through Thursday, Feb. 5th. BID NOW!

Three-time GRAMMY winner Carrie Underwood is set to perform at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, where she is also nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (“Last Name”). The music industry’s premier event will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show will also be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, on Twitter at “theGRAMMYs,” on Facebook at “The Recording Academy,” on YouTube at “51stGRAMMYs,” and on Last.fm at “the51stgrammys.”

Last night at the 35th Annual People’s Choice Awards live from Los Angeles, CA, Carrie won awards in three categories: Favorite Female Singer, Favorite Country Song (for “Last Name”), and Favorite Star 35 & Under. Her big night began with a powerful performance of “I Know You Won’t” from her multi-platinum album Carnival Ride.