The BMI Building was teeming with celebrities last night for the 56th Annual BMI Country Awards, and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were in the center of it all.

The “Australia” actress and her “Days Go By” crooner hubby were the picture of marital bliss as they sauntered around the shindig with the likes of another famous married couple - Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

Miley Cyrus, who are getting geared up to present an award together at tonight’s CMA Awards at the Sommet Center.

Not to be forgotten, country sirens Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift (whose album Fearless hit stores yesterday) were more than happy to pose for the eager paparazzi.

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For Tim McGraw, this year’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays holds some serious significance.

Twenty-eight years ago, the country star’s dad - Phillies relief pitcher Tug McGraw - sealed Philadelphia’s one and only World Series victory by notching the game’s final strikeout.

So Saturday night, McGraw will honor his dad, who passed away of cancer in 2004, by walking the ball to the pitcher’s mound before the start of game three in Philadelphia.

Though 1980 marked the Phillies’ first World Series championship, it was Tug’s second: Dad also helped the New York Mets clinch the Series in 1969.

Raised by his mother and his stepfather, McGraw was 11 when he learned Tug was his biological father, and in later years, the two became very close.

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Faith Hill’s beautiful face has adorned covers of CDs and magazines before, but for the first time ever she’s posing in a bikini.

What gave her the bravery? Pilates.

“I could bend in ways I haven’t been able to since I was a teenager,” the Nashville-based star tells Shape magazine for its December issue (on sale Nov. 10). “My husband %26#91;Tim McGraw%26#93; loves it!”

Her new routine is done with an instructor, and comes after years of waffling when it comes to working out.

Lifestyle Change

“But in my 20s and 30s, I’d go through phases with exercise, working out for four weeks before a big tour or video shoot and not doing much afterward. Then I had three kids %26#91;with McGraw, daughters Gracie, 11; Maggie, 10; and Audrey, 6%26#93; and turned 40, so I decided to make a lifestyle change.”

There was another consideration: knee surgery in January forced her to cease exercising for six months. “I had never gone that long without doing something,” she says. “I was not happy.”

In July she and McGraw began a daily routine that included four miles on the elliptical, light weight lifting, crunches and push-ups.

“I found I slept better, had more energy and was stronger,” says Hill, who then increased her regime to include Pilates classes three times a week.

“It was so hard, but ultimately so worth it. My core is much stronger, and my arms are more toned. In fact, wearing a bikini on a magazine cover is my 41st birthday present to myself.”

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Tim McGraw apologized to fans Tuesday for his latest greatest hits album, saying his label should have instead released a record with new music.

“I am saddened and disappointed that my label chose to put out another hits album instead of new music,” says the country singer. “I’ve only had one studio album since my last hits package. It has to be just as confusing to the fans as it is to me.”

McGraw, 41, said he has been working on a new studio album for more than a year and has debuted three new songs on his tour. But he said his label, Curb Records, decided to release a greatest hits album instead, to extend his contract term.

According to a Curb Records statement, Executive Vice President and General Manager Dennis Hannon had “numerous conversations” with McGraw’s representatives about “all aspects” of Greatest Hits 3.

“The good news is that the album is anticipated to debut as the No. 1 album on the Billboard Country chart,” the label says. “Nevertheless, we share Tim McGraw’s disappointment with the first week’s sales levels and we acknowledge that unfortunately the week that this album was released was right at the peak of the collapse of the economic and finance markets.”

Curb Records adds: “We are going to work hard to try to take the current single ‘Let It Go’ to No. 1 in hopes that the economic climate is improving and that sales will also improve.”

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She may be little, but four-day-old Sunday Rose Kidman Urban has her parents gushing in a big way.

“We feel immensely blessed and grateful to be given this beautiful baby girl,” Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban said in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “She’s an absolute delight.”

Kidman, 41, gave birth to Sunday at a Nashville hospital on July 7, with Urban, 40, by her side for the smooth delivery. Also in town to welcome the couple’s first child: Kidman’s mom Janelle and sister Antonia, who told PEOPLE the new baby is a beautiful addition to the family.

“Nicole is euphoric,” says a friend. “She’s wanted this for so long.”

For the complete story, including good wishes from country stars Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Tim McGraw and others - and the Urbans’ domestic routine in their Nashville neighborhood, pick up this week’s PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

Country singer Tim McGraw doesn’t just dress and talk the cowboy part, he backs it up with action. Just ask a rowdy

concert-goer, who found out first-hand when McGraw personally booted him from his show Tuesday night.

McGraw was singing “Indian Outlaw” in Auburn, Wash., when he noticed a large man causing a ruckus in the front row, allegedly striking a

woman. McGraw said, “Get rid of this guy! Security!” and then stooped down and dragged the man onstage, where security guards took him away.

a punch.

“While Tim was performing at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Washington, last night, he watched a man rush to the front of the stage,” McGraw’s rep told PEOPLE. “This overly aggressive fan attacked a female fan and Tim witnessed this incident. Tim called for security, but when they could

not respond quick enough, Tim and several crew members removed the fan from the audience where he was then turned over to the local

authorities.”

The incident was first reported on TMZ.

McGraw’s had run-ins with overly aggressive fans before. Last year, a female fan grabbed the singer’s crotch while he was onstage. Wife

Faith Hill immediately put the woman in her place.

PEOPLE.com has your exclusive look at country crooner Jason Aldean’s latest video, for his single “Relentless.” The clip finds last year’s Academy of Country Music Award winner for top new male vocalist rocking out with a full band, as he sings, “Girl, your love is relentless” over a driving beat. Look for Aldean to perform the song all summer while touring with Tim McGraw.

Country music star Tim McGraw is releasing his first children’s book this fall titled My Little Girl.

The Grammy-award winner, who has three daughters with wife Faith Hill, penned the book with singer-songwriter Tom Douglas, according to the book’s publisher Thomas Nelson. The duo also wrote McGraw’s hit song of the same title.

The book is about a dad and his daughter who, together with their dog, spend “an ordinary turned extraordinary day together,” says the publisher. It will hit bookshelves in October, with a foreward by Faith Hill.
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• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, shopping with their daughters at the Lisa Kline stores in Los Angeles. While Hill and her daughters shopped at the women’s boutique - picking out designer duds and, yep, even three Colette Malouf headbands (retail price: $50 each) - McGraw hit up the men’s store to scout out denim. Happy with his jeans - including a pair of William Rast pants - the country superstar reteamed with his family. And the whole group shopped together at the kids’ store, picking out sandals for their girls.

• Josh Brolin and wife Diane Lane, bounding down the stairs - an hour late for their reservation - at Madeo in Los Angeles. The couple apologized to the ma%26#238;tre d’, then cooled their jets for 20 minutes, holding hands and drinking red wine at the bar before being led to their requested table in the back.

• Charlize Theron, toying with her iPhone on a flight out of Salt Lake City with beau Stuart Townsend after hanging out at the Sundance Film Festival. Sitting in the last row of first class, and headed to Los Angeles, the pair sweetly chatted as Townsend used his laptop.

• A svelte and sexy Janet Jackson, holding court in a VIP booth with Jermaine Dupri at Prive in Las Vegas. But Dupri didn’t last long next to his sweetie. Soon, he headed to another booth - the deejay booth, where he played a two-hour set which included a new song by his girlfriend.

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Friday’s Caught in the Act >

Country sensation Tim McGraw surprised a 9-year-old-fan during an Oklahoma City concert with the opportunity of a lifetime - a duet with his idol.

“My son Luke has been a fan since he was 3 years old and always has said that he was going to sing with Tim McGraw someday,” the mother of Luke Wood, Kendra Wood, who brought her son to the concert Friday night to celebrate his birthday, told PEOPLE.

The crowd “went wild,” as the proud mom whipped out her camera phone. Laughed wood, “I have NO idea how I am going to top this birthday present!”