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The Academy of Country Music has announced performers for the free and open-to-the-public 2013 ACM Experience, which is taking place during 'The Week Vegas Goes Country' leading up to the 48th Annual Country Music Awards. This year, the musical acts include Jewel and Easton Corbin.

Pop-turned-country singer Jewel is celebrating her nearly 20-year career in music with the release her first-ever 'Greatest Hits' package, available next week. The superstar offers the first preview of the new collection with a fresh version of her 1997 classic 'Foolish Games,' which has been revamped as a devastatingly beautiful duet with Kelly Clarkson.

It's hard to believe it's been 17 years since Jewel first shot to fame with her multi-platinum album 'Pieces of You.' She's recorded and toured consistently since then, and the singer-songwriter is getting ready to release a career-spanning retrospective that will also contain new duets with Kelly Clarkson and Pistol Annies.

Singer Jewel and rodeo star Ty Murry are happy parents now. Their son Kase Townes Murray was born Monday July 11, around 7 p.m. Kase weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 inches long. Ty and Jewel reside in Texas, Stephenville to be exact. Momma Jewel spoke to People Magazine saying, "Ty and I are so pleased to welcome our new baby boy into the world, we are so overcome with happiness it reall