European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 14 stars and stripes Mideast edition june faces Gunpowder and Talent and grit Miranda Lambert out to set fire to cookie Cutter country music Nathan Dallas morning by Mario Barradell the Dallas morning news Texas sitting on the Redwood deck of Miranda lamberts cottage conjures images of Norman Rockwell wholesome Ameri Cana picture 24 acres of nature kissed a couple of Friendly a Lake and two houses Side by now throw in some american gothic All is not As it that could be lamberts one Quick look and she appears to be the fresh faced example of Texas up bring the pretty and Petite blonde is genuine and she fits right in with the Rural lifestyle and yet carries herself beautifully in a More Urban dig a Little and you May be surprised by what you the 23yearold Lambert writes and sings country songs with a Rock Shes a Nonon sense the daughter of Semi retired private investigators who followed philandering spouses for a she knows her Way around Shes got a License to carry a in her she de fends herself with Gunpowder and in Gunpowder Lead is the Lead track from her bold second crazy which was re leased last the disc follows the million Selling 2005 debut an album that captured a burgeoning Talent we first spotted in 2004 when she placed third on the inaugural season of Nashville i feel like Ive grown Lambert says while sitting in a comfy Papasan chair in her writing a Cool space where she houses stacks of Vinyl a Texas music awards and a prize Auto graphed up cover by Jessi Ive been on the Road for two Ive been in theres a lot More personality in my writing now because Ive actually lived through a lot More Lambert in three years that Doest seem like that Long a but with everything that happened in my having an album going on i think its really changed me As a per son and As a one spin of crazy a Girlfriend and youll hear stories that Are True and she shoots an Abu Sive Boyfriend who is out on bail in Gunpowder on the title Cut she charges into a Pool Hall to take revenge on her former beaus new on guilty in Here Lambert la ments her trouble with singing about daytime boys and nighttime boys that dont see Eye to Shes not afraid to reveal vulnerability on organic ballads such As desperation and love her most Bona fide tune is the current famous in a Small it might As Well be her a song about seeing life through the telephoto Lens of All the while knowing that everybody Dies famous in a Small while it took almost a year from the end of Star to the release of Kero she made sure to get exactly what she she walked into the offices of Sony in Nashville and All but demanded that she be allowed to record her she was barely 20 and had come in third place in a to Talent but she stood her when i went in to get i Al ready had she i know who i am As an in Good enough to where i feel i could put songs on an album on a major i if yall Are going to try to change that or make me Cut these 1 singles or whatever they in not going to do its wasting everyone ill just go Back to Texas and playing in Barton better after Brief Hospital stay Mischa Barton was hospitalized for two hours on memo rial Day weekend after an Antibiotic she was taking interacted badly with starred on Fox net works teen drama the her screen credits include the sixth notting Hill and the upcoming Virgin she is Fine said a statement from her Leslie Sloane the statement said Barton left tuesday for an undisclosed overseas location to begin work on a new Barton time to buckle Down and buckle up abcs Matt Lauer didst learn his lesson from interview ing new Jersey Jon Corzine about the governors near fatal car crash while Riding without wearing a safety a few weeks after that there was Lauer on today on sitting in the Back of a sport Utility vehicle interviewing Republican presidential contender Mitt both men were a sheepish Lauer admitted his mistake after today ran the which was conducted i should have set a better he Romney also said he needs to keep reminding himself to buckle Corzine was Riding in a state police driven Sun that crashed going 91 Mph on april 12 along the Garden state unbuckled in the front passenger broke his 11 Collarbone and Abdul Happy to find purpose in life Paula Abdul says she didst figure out her purpose in life until she became a judge on Fox networks american i knew since i was a Little girl that i had this profound Way of touching my purpose is bringing out every body Best and being that cheerleader to other Peoples the 44yearold Singer dancer tells of Maga Zine in its latest being a judge on american idol overshadows being a grammy award Winner and Selling millions of she Abdul has been diagnosed with re flex sympathetic dystrophy a chronic neurological disorder that causes severe i have four titanium plates in my Ive had 14 surgeries Over the i had an operation the same evening As the first season finale of Abdul american she it can come and go at any but i no longer have the intense nerve pain that is associated with thank Birkhead sued by lawyer for unpaid Bills Larry Birkhead former attorney filed a lawsuit against him claiming he didst pay his Legal Bills during a paternity dispute involving his and Anna Nicole Smiths Debra Pori wants to Force binding arbitration under the terms of a con tract in which she agreed to represent Birk head in according to the lawsuit filed in Superior Pori said her work on Birkhead behalf was entailed Hun a j j dress of hours of work Pori and Birkhead required her to travel to multiple states and outside the the lawsuit did not specify a Dollar after hours phone messages left for Opris David and Birkhead Michael were not immediately stories and photos from the associated press