
Musician Melissa Etheridge hit the beach in Oahu recently with partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, and her four children, Bailey 11, Beckett 9, and twins Miller and Johnnie, 1.
Purchasing snorkels and playing in the sand and surf with her babes, you'd never know this 46-year-old mama has had a whirlwind career and a tumultuous last few years. To learn more about this wonder woman, .

It's not often that music written for a documentary gets nominated for a Best Song
Oscar. In fact, it's not often that a documentary gets nominated for anything but Best Documentary, so perhaps this bodes well for
An Inconvenient Truth's chances of taking home a statuette.
I'm not usually the biggest Melissa Etheridge fan, but as far as Oscar songs go, her "I Need to Wake Up" isn't half bad.