Alanis Morissette Is Fascinated By Aging

The effects of old age won’t be a concern for Alanis Morissette.
Don’t count on seeing the singer, who says she “notices new things” about her body every month, searching for a fountain of youth. Instead Morissette plans to embrace her body’s transformation.

“I’m fascinated by aging and how a woman’s body changes,” Morissette, 34, tells Women’s Health’s September issue.

“I don’t want to spend the next 50 years of my life trying to hide those changes. There’s something very relaxing about watching it unfold instead of fighting it the whole way.”

While she watches her body evolve, Morissette has stayed physically fit by adding triathlete to her resume.

“It was amazing to use my body as an instrument rather than as an ornament,” Morissette says of the swim-run-bike competition.

When she’s not flexing her competitive muscle, the self-described cross-trainer likes versatility in her exercise regimen. While touring to promote her new album Flavors of Entanglement. Morissette, a fan of kickboxing and dance, counts basketball and volleyball as her favorite sports.

“Doing the same thing every day is not right for my temperament,” she says.

In between triathlons and her music career will Morissette, who split from Ryan Reynolds last year, have time for marriage and a family?

Both are on her list of lifetime goals.

“I want to go to Laos and do a show in Russia and get married and have kids,” she says. “Maybe even adopt a kid. I’d like to live somewhere in the middle of nowhere for a while – maybe in a forest or on an ocean bluff.”

Carrie, LeAnn and More to Duet with Elvis

Some of Country’s queens are getting the chance to sing with the King on an upcoming album of Christmas tracks.

“Elvis Presley Christmas Duets” pairs the voice of Presley with the likes of Carrie Underwood and LeAnn Rimes – both of whom were born after the musical legend had died. Martina McBride, Sara Evans, and Wynonna Judd also lend their voices to the tunes. Underwood ‘duets’ with Presley on “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” while Rimes takes on “Here Comes Santa Claus” and McBride croons with the King on the Presley favorite “Blue Christmas.”

Additional tracks include: “Silent Night” with Evans; “Santa Claus is Back In Town” with Judd; “Merry Christmas Baby” with Gretchen Wilson; “Silver Bells” with Anne Murray; “White Christmas” with Amy Grant; and “O Little Town” with Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town.

The songs are being recorded in Nashville’s RCA Studio B–the same studio where Elvis recorded his original 1971 Christmas sessions. “We are so pleased that these accomplished artists are collaborating with Elvis in this unique way to make exciting new versions of his Christmas songs,” Priscilla Presley said in a press release. “I am sure Elvis would be proud to have worked with them.”

Tracks from the album will be previewed Aug. 14 during the 2008 Elvis Week in Memphis.

Kid Rock Hospitalized for Dehydration

Kid rockKid Rock was rushed to the hospital minutes before he was to head on stage Friday at a music festival in England, according to British press reports.

Organizers of the Download Festival said the rocker, 37, had been hospitalized in Nottingham, which is 99 miles north of London. He was suffering from stomach cramps and dehydration, his spokesman told the music magazine NME.

Rock had been due on the festival’s main stage around 3.30 p.m. Friday, but an announcement came over the public-address system a few minutes before saying Rock was unwell.

He had reportedly attended a late-night event at Central London’s Whisky Mist nightclub that had continued into the early hours of June 13.

The performer had stirred controversy in the U.K. earlier in the week after telling a black interviewer that he thought the confederate flag was “cool”.

Rock also revealed he’s patched up his feud with Tommy Lee after punching the Mötley Crüe drummer at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2007. “We’re friends,” he told The Guardian. “We don’t talk all the time but everything’s good.”

And what about his relationship with his former wife of four months, Pamela Anderson (who is reportedly back together with Lee)? “If I see her, I say hello, but I kind of don’t want to be on that scene.” Rock says. “I touched the stove, it’s f—— hot, I don’t want to touch it any more.”

Singer R. Kelly Acquitted of Child Pornography Charges

Singer R. Kelly was acquitted of child pornography charges on Friday, putting to end a six-year ordeal for the singer/songwriter/producer, who in 2002 was accused of engaging in sex acts with an under-aged girl.

The Cook County jury on the case deliberated for 7 1/2 hours before finding Kelly, 41, innocent on all 14 counts. Upon hearing the verdict, “R. Kelly looked relieved,” said an onlooker.

Prosecutors had claimed that Kelly was in a graphic video that was mailed to the Chicago Sun-Times in 2002 with a girl as young as 13. Both Kelly and alleged victim, who is now 23, denied they were the ones on the tape. Neither of them testified during the month-long trial.

Kelly did not speak to the media after the trial, but was seen hugging fans outside the courtroom.

“R. Kelly was found not guilty because they had the best jury that Cook County could produce,” said the R&B star’s attorney Sam Adam Jr. “R. Kelly got his name back.”

Cook County State’s Attorney General, Richard Devine, said, “As we must, we accept the verdict of the jury in this case. This prosecution is one we have no reservations about.”

Kellie Pickler & Taylor Swift Team Up for New Song

Kellie Pickler is teaming up with fellow country star Taylor Swift for a new song on the former Idol’s upcoming album.

On the track, the singers mine some ex-boyfriend territory for a get-back tune called “Best Days of Your Life.” Although Pickler is mum about exactly which ex the song refers to, she says, “You have to be careful when you date a songwriter. We always get the last word!”

Swift will join her in the studio to record harmonies on the song.

Pickler, 21, calls Swift, 18, a positive influence. “When I hang out with Taylor, I don’t get in any trouble,” Pickler said Thursday. “On New Year’s Eve, we baked cakes and she taught me the Soulja Boy dance in her kitchen. Her dancing has really improved.”

The two will be spending even more time together as the co-hosts – along with Julianne Hough – of the CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock, a two-hour special compiling performance highlights from a festival line-up that includes Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, Trace Adkins and Billy Ray Cyrus. The show is set to air Sept. 8.