The soundtrack from the upcoming Billy Graham movie, Billy: The Early Years, will feature some big names in country music. Brooks & Dunn, Sara Evans, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, and Josh Turner are among the artists contributing to the 12-song CD, which will be released on October 7th.

The project's debut single, "Low," was recorded by Evans, and will head to radio in September.

• Evans said, "Billy Graham is an icon. He's one of my all-time idols, and he's an amazing man. I'm so proud to be part of this project that celebrates that and tells the story of Billy; his wife, Ruth; their love; and his early years."
• In addition to the soundtrack, Turner appears in the feature film.
• Billy: The Early Years will be in theaters across the country on October 10th.

Kenny Chesney narrows his search for the "Next Big Star" to open his final weekend of shows on his Poets & Pirates tour. Bands in Tampa, Jacksonville and West Palm Beach, Florida will battle it out for the superstar's upcoming shows in those cities, but also for the coveted final weekend of the tour, which wraps up on September 13th in Indianapolis.

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• Chesney said, "I feel pretty good about where country music's headed, and the idea that maybe we're giving someone a shot in a way that you wouldn't expect, well, that's cool 'cause I think it's about trying to do the things I would've dug when I was fan. To put that in play, it makes what we do that much cooler."
• Once this weekend's shows play out, a panel of music industry professionals will go through the videos, consider the response to their shows and decide on the "Next Big Star." They will immediately dispatch a tour bus and manager to pick up the band, then head straight to Tulsa, St. Louis and on to Indianapolis for the tour's final show, the first official event at their new NFL Stadium.
• The winner will also be given a check for $25,000 and have the opportunity to audition for Sony BMG.
• Chesney added, "No doubt having help is key. Those breaks mean everything, and I think about opening the George Jones/Tammy Wynette Reunion tour. They were legends, and there I was soaking it in, trying to learn everything I could. I don't know that I've got anything like that to share, but I hope whomever comes out here with us walks away a winner in more ways than one."

ATLANTA —  Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it _ was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.

The revelation comes just days after a much ballyhooed news conference was held in California to proclaim that the remains of the creature found in the North Georgia mountains was the legendary man-ape.

Steve Kulls, executive director of squatchdetective.com and host of Squatchdetective Radio, says in a posting on a Web site run by Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi that as the "evidence" was thawed, the claim began to unravel as a giant hoax.

First, the hair sample was burned and "melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair," Kulls said in the posting.

The thawing process was sped up and the exposed head was found to be "unusually hollow in one small section." An hour of thawing later and the feet were exposed _ and they were found to be made of rubber.

Matt Whitton, an officer who has been on medical leave from the Clayton County Police Department, and Rick Dyer, a former Georgia corrections officer, announced the find in early July on YouTube videos and a Web site.

"Everyone who has talked down to us is going to eat their words," Whitton said at the time.

Phone calls to Whitton and Dyer went unreturned on Tuesday. But the voicemail recording for their Bigfoot Tip Line _ which proclaims they search for leprechauns and the Loch Ness monster _ has been updated and announcing they're also in search of "big cats and dinosaurs. If you see any of those, give us a call."

On Tuesday, Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner said he has not spoken to Whitton but processed paperwork to fire him.

"Once he perpetrated a fraud, that goes into his credibility and integrity," Turner said. "He has violated the duty of a police officer."

• Urban is back in the States, after some time spent in his native Australia with his family, to perform on Saturday (August 23rd) in Kelseyville, California.