LUKE BRYAN is pretty tight with JASON ALDEAN, so you knew he'd eventually be forced into commenting on Jason getting caught with BRITTANY KERR back in September. Luke started on a positive note. He said, quote, "Me and my wife's stance on that is we just pray for Jason and his wife and family to get through it. "I think Jason handled it the best way he could, apologizing and I think it was pretty clear that it was an alcohol-related situation much more than any other type of situation." And then Luke shifted the focus away from the issue . . . and blamed the press. He added, quote, "It's a little unfortunate when the media turns it into . . . when they tweak headlines and all that stuff, you know, calling it affairs, that's bizarre to me."

TAYLOR SWIFT'S "Red" is the #1 album on the "Billboard" chart for the second week in a row after selling another 344,000 copies. That puts "Red's" total sales so far at nearly 1.6 MILLION, and it's overtaken ONE DIRECTION'S "Up All Night" as the second-biggest selling album of the year. Only ADELE'S "21" has moved more albums in 2012 with 4.1 million.

Would you be surprised to hear that "GQ" magazine was paying attention to last week's CMAs? They were . . . and they gave big time style props to Dierks Bentley, Tim McGraw, and Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley. Here's what they wrote, quote, "(These four) nail about every point we drive home here at 'GQ' when it comes to things like fit, proportion and keeping things minimal without being boring. "Musicians tend to be given more sartorial leeway than their artistic brethren in the acting field but these gents prove there's no need for it. Men of the Grammys take note and start booking time with your tailors."