Brad Paisley took a nasty spill on stage this past Saturday night in Charleston, SC. Despite the nasty spill, he popped back up quickly, although he seemed disoriented. Here's the video...
With seven nods, Lady Antebellum leads the Academy of Country Music Award nominations, announced this morning (3/2). The trio is up for Album of the Year, Top Vocal Group, Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Video of the Year for “Need You Now.” They were also nominated as a producer for the Single award and as a composer for Song.
Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton read the nominations live this morning during CBS’ The Early Show broadcast from New York City. McEntire will return for an unprecedented 12th time to host this year’s awards show when it is broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 18 on CBS.
Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood are nominated for six awards each, followed by Taylor Swift who is up for five awards, including her first nod for Entertainer of the Year.
Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Zac Brown Band are up for four apiece, with Brown being nominated for an additional two.
For the third year, fans will select the winner of the Academy’s most prestigious honor, Entertainer of the Year and for the second year, the three newcomer categories for the annual Academy of Country Music Awards —Top New Solo Vocalist, Top New Vocal Group and Top New Vocal Duo — will also be opened up to fan voting. The winner in each Top New category will then move on to compete for Top New Artist which is also a fan voted category. Online voting for all fan voted categories will be available at www.voteACM.com.
Following is the list of final nominees. Winners in each of the following categories, except where noted, will be presented with an ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD during the live television broadcast:
Entertainer of the Year KennyChesney TobyKeith BradPaisley GeorgeStrait
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
Top Male Vocalist of the Year KennyChesney BradPaisley DariusRucker GeorgeStrait
Keith Urban
Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
Top Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Randy Rogers Band
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band
Top Vocal Duo of the Year Brooks & Dunn
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
TOP NEW SOLO VOCALIST of the Year *
Luke Bryan
Jamey Johnson
Chris Young
TOP NEW VOCAL DUO of the Year *
Bomshel
Joey + Rory
Steel Magnolia
TOP NEW VOCAL GROUP of the Year *
Eli Young Band
Gloriana
The Lost Trailers ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)]
American Saturday Night – Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Chris DuBois, Frank Rogers
Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Victoria Shaw, Paul Worley
Play On – Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Mark Bright
“Quitter” Produced by Max Martin & Shellback for Maratone Productions and Mark Bright
Revolution – Miranda Lambert (ColumbiaNashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
The Foundation – Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produced by: Keith Stegall, Zac Brown
SINGLE Record of the Year [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)]
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington (Mercury)
Produced by: Carson Chamberlain, Billy Currington
Red Light – David Nail (MCA Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
Toes – Zac Brown Band (Southern Ground / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produced by: Keith Stegall, Zac Brown
White Liar – Miranda Lambert (ColumbiaNashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
Song of the Year [Awarded to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood
Composers: Mike Elizondo, Brett James, Carrie Underwood
Publishers: Brett James Cornelius Music (ASCAP), Carrie Okie Music (BMI), Rincon Ave Music
(ASCAP), Stage Three Songs (ASCAP)
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Composers: Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott
Publishers: EMI Foray Music (BMI), Darth Buddha (ASCAP), Dwhaywood Music (BMI), Hillary Dawn Publishing (SESAC), Radiobullets Publishing (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Year Of The Dog Music (ASCAP)
People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
Composers: Bobby Braddock, Troy Jones
Publishers: Crozier Music Enterprises LLC (BMI), Mighty Nice Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tiltawhirl Music (BMI)
White Liar – Miranda Lambert
Composers: Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert
Publishers: Pink Dog Publishing (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Tiltawhirl Music (BMI)
You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
Composers: Liz Rose, Taylor Swift
Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Taylor Swift Music (BMI)
Video of the Year [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)] (Off Camera Award)
Boots On – Randy Houser
Producer: Eric Welch
Director: Eric Welch (Drake footage: Vickie Vaughn)
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Producer: Clarke Gallivan
Director: David McClister
Welcome To The Future – Brad Paisley
Producers: Mark Kalbfeld, Jim Shea, Peter Tilden
Director: Jim Shea
White Liar – Miranda Lambert
Producer: Tameron Hedge
Director: Chris Hicky
You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
Producer: Randy Brewer
Director: Roman White
Vocal Event of the Year [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] (Off Camera Award)
Hillbilly Bone – Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins (Reprise Records / Warner Music Nashville)
Producer: Scott Hendricks
Honky Tonk Stomp – Brooks & Dunn featuring Billy Gibbons (Arista Nashville)
Producer: Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride
I Told You So – Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis (19/Arista Nashville)
Producer: Mark Bright
I’m Alive – Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews (Blue Chair/BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Seeing Stars – Jack Ingram featuring Patty Griffin (Big Machine Records)
Produced by: Jack Ingram, Jeremy Stover
The show is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. Orly Adelson and R.A. Clark are executive producers, Barry Adelman is producer and Bob Bardo is executive in charge of production.
Carrie Underwood, who is engaged to professional hockey player Mike Fisher of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, admits that she didn’t know that the U.S. and Canadian Olympic hockey teams were playing each other on Feb. 21. “I honestly didn’t even realize that they were playing until my sister texted me and asked if [Mike and I] had a friendly wager going on,” Carrie tells Country Weekly. “I asked him [about a bet] and he said, ‘how about if the loser gives the winner a back rub?’” So what happened when the U.S. team beat Canada 5-3? “I got a nice little back rub,” Carrie says with a laugh. And if the two teams meet again in the Olympic tournament? “We’ll have to double down, I guess,” Carrie says. “Maybe dinner.”
Read more about Carrie’s music, her tour plans, and her wedding to Mike in the March 22 issue of Country Weekly, on sale March 15.
Big Kenny offers a moving tribute to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Jake Owen Suffers Head Injury Dude what happened? Jake Owen posted this picture of himself on Twitter. Jake wouldn't say what happened but he did comment "I put some super glue on it and walked off. You should see the other guy." Jake recently performed at the Dixie National Rodeo here in Jackson (minus the wound.)
Blake Addicted To Twitter
Speaking of Twitter, Blake Shelton admitted that he was "addicted" to Twitter for a while there. He says he even went as far as deleting the application off his phone for a couple of weeks to give himself a break.
On Saturday, before he hit the stage to perform for fans in Lafayette, Louisiana, Sammy Kershaw was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Sammy shared, "I am very proud and very, very honored to receive this from my home state." He continued, "This induction is very special to me and I want to say a big thank you to all of my fans, the great people of Louisiana and to the LMHOF." Currently, Kershaw has finished a new album set hit stores in May and has released the debut single from that project, "Better Than I Used To Be."
Making the trek from Nashville, Tennessee to Phoenix, Arizona hasn't gone exactly as planned for Jimmy Wayne as he has had to battle brutal elements at times and even knee pain on his Meet Me Halfway campaign. Jimmy tells The Tennessean, "My goal was to walk there. It wasn't to walk there with a 50-pound bag every day." However, some help has been added to the journey in the form of an RV and follow car driven by Josh Lewis, who has a bachelor's degree in sports medicine. And that has come in handy for Wayne because Lewis has passed on some useful tips for long distance walking and Jimmy no longer has to carry his heavy backpack.
Also, Wayne, who had initially worried about being lonely on his walk, hasn't had to deal with that problem. He reveals, "Every single day someone is stopping to bring food and coffee." Jimmy recalls one particular instance. He shares, "In Arkansas, the St. Francis Co-op was one of the most amazing experiences; they just embraced this thing. One of the farmers said, 'Let me cook you up some Arkansas prime rib.' I said, 'That'd be nice.' Then he started cooking bologna, and I fell over I was laughing so hard." To join Wayne on his quest, follow him at Twitter.com/jimmywayne or for more information, visit meetmehalfway.jimmywayne.com.
Who knew that the game of tag could be an international language?
Kellie Pickler made that discovery when she was in the Dominican Republic to shoot her latest video for "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You." It seems her nine-year-old brother, Eric, was there and had been trying to talk with two other young boys. Kellie explains, "One was French, and the other was Spanish, and they could not understand a word each other was saying... I saw them tryin' to communicate, but there was that communication barrier there, and Eric finally just ran up to me, he’s like, 'Sissy, I want to play with them, but they can't understand me.' And I went, 'You'll figure out a way to communicate with them.'" Pickler was right and her little brother soon made friends with the other kids by playing tag. She explains, "They'd just take each other's hands and pull 'em in whatever direction they wanted to go... It was so beautiful. That just goes to show you that there should be nothing that separates us as human beings. There should never be a barrier. There should never be a wall there."
Gary Allan doesn't talk to the press much and when he does it isn't often about his personal life. But so close to Valentine's Day, The Tennessean couldn't help but dive into the subject of dating. Among Gary's revelations is that he's looking for a girl who is "smart, funny and fit." He finds Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to be a romantic destination and Nashville's Sambuca to be a romantic restaurant. Allan shares that his biggest date blunder was the time he flipped all his lobster butter on his date! He says his idea of a perfect date would be "dinner, a great concert, a fantastic hotel room with an incredible view and red wine mixed in throughout the night." He reveals his celebrity crush/dream date as actress Scarlett Johansson.
You know you've made the big time when Sesame Street makes a character just for you, so Carrie Underwood has something special to brag about. Carrie will appear on America's longest running children's television show as a specially created character known as "Carrie Underworm." Underwood recorded the song, "The Worm Anthem," specifically for the show. The episode in which "Carrie Underworm" performs is currently slated to air February 11, March 17, April 8, and April 26 on PBS.
Last month, Randy Houser joined a long list of country stars who’ve toured the Middle East with the USO, and if you thought that celebrities got soft treatment, he insists that’s not the case.
“There was a lot of stuff they left out of the brochure,” he told The San Antonio Express-News. “It was pretty scary, pretty dangerous. I thought we were going to a pretty safe area.”
Randy, Jamey and Kellie played remote bases on the front lines of the war zone, and the sound of gun fire became their frequent companion at night. It wasn’t what Randy had expected.
“It’ll change your life,” he said. “You’ll carry something home that you never had when you left to go over there. It’s gut-sucked-in, chest-poked-out patriotism. That’s what you carry home … They’re out there keeping us safe. The sound of war is something you’ll never forget.”
That includes the sound of war games.
“It was pretty amazing,” he said. “We got to shoot every gun you could possibly think of.”
Country stars learned years ago that the secret to a long-lasting career is diversification. Randy Travis, Dolly Parton, and Reba are actors. Trisha Yearwood is an author. Toby Keith is a restaurant owner. Even Tim McGraw has his own line of cologne.
Now Kenny Chesney is jumping in the mix with his clothing line, Blue Chair Bay. The laid-back, mid-priced collection includes khakis ($72.00), T-shirts ($35.00), and ball caps, all reminiscent of Chesney's own laid-back style. The items are meant to feel like "that favorite T-shirt that you've washed a lot that is kind of sun bleached... your favorite khakis, and your shirt that you've had forever," Chesney tells People magazine.
The line is currently sold at Fast Buck Freddies in Key West, Ocean Eddie's Resort Wear in Gulf Shores, Ala., and Levy's in Nashville, TN.
The Grammys are known as the music industry’s biggest night, but on Jan. 31, all country superstar Carrie Underwood seemed to be thinking of was her big day. When asked on the red carpet whether she and pro hockey player Mike Fisher, who got engaged in December, have set a date yet, Carrie excitedly replied, “Not officially; we’re kind of bouncing a few around.” She also reported that her mother and Mike’s mom had just met for the first time. “His parents live in Canada and mine live in Oklahoma,” she explained. “They got to hang out. I think they’re both very excited,” she said recently.
Consider the groom equally revved up. Days earlier, when talking to Life & Style via phone from his room at the Ritz-Carlton in Boston on Jan. 22, Mike shared three points he and Carrie have already agreed on. “It’s going to be a good size wedding with plenty of good food and an open bar,” he told Life & Style. “But nothing too overblown. It’s still in the planning stages, so a lot of the details haven’t been finalized.” He admitted that his fiancée would be handling most of the specifics. “As you might expect, Carrie’s involved in a lot of the details,” he said, adding with a laugh, “I’ll just be showing up.”
Carrie already has a clear idea of how she wants to look when she and Mike tie the knot. Her dream dress? “I want it to be pretty traditional,” she’s explained. “I think I want flowers on it — not real flowers. [The designer will] probably be someone I’ve worked with before.” Is someone already sewing away? “We can’t even think about her wedding yet,” Carrie’s stylist, Trish Townsend, told Life & Style on Feb. 1. “We just got through the Grammys. Next is the Super Bowl — she’s singing the national anthem.” Roberto de Villacis, who designed one of Carrie’s looks for the 2009 Country Music Awards and dressed the star for the video of her 2009 hit “Cowboy Casanova,” says he’d be thrilled to do the honors. “I love designing for Carrie,” De Villacis tells Life & Style. “Since meeting her, I’ve been thinking about her wedding dress. Carrie’s sweet, feminine, romantic. I’d propose a glamorous Southern-belle gown in French Chantilly lace with a floral pattern. She’s petite, so the best silhouette would be a long and lean flute.” For more details on Carrie’s dream wedding, pick up the new issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now!
Taylor Swift dropped one of her four trophies while posing for pictures backstage at the Grammys Sunday night. In case you haven't seen it, here's the video. Don't blink...she drops it at the very beginning.
Toby Keith has announced the cities...but not the dates for his "American Ride" tour. Check the cities and check back for more info HERE.
Lady Antebellum wishes Ellen Degeneres a happy 52nd birthday in their own unique way. Check it out...
Carrie Underwood and her new fiance stepped out for their first public appearance together since the big announcement. Read all about it HERE.
George and Reba are coming! George Strait and Reba McEntire have announced plans to tour together this spring. The tour rolls through the southeast this March. Here is the link to Ticketmaster where you can find tickets to the New Orleans and Memphis shows.
Tim McGraw filming another movie
The cameras are rolling in Nashville as production began this week on the new Tim McGraw movie Love Don't Let Me Down, and producers are reportedly hiringmostly local crew and actors. Gwyneth Paltrow, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester and Friday Night Lights' Garrett Hedlund also star in the film, which is being produced by actor Tobey McGuire. In other McGraw news, he and wife Faith Hill lead country-affiliated pairings onForbes' list of "Hollywood's Top-Earning Couples" with $28 million in 2009 pay. Singer-songwriterJosh Kelley(brother of Lady A's Charles and currently recording a country album) and Katherine Heigl ($20m) andKeith Urban and Nicole Kidman ($17m) are also on the list. McGraw is also featured on the soundtrack for HBO's By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama documentary. Download the iTunes exclusive album to benefit United Way and Enterprise here. I Got Some More Of It: The cameras are rolling in Nashville as production began this week on the new Tim McGraw movie Love Don't Let Me Down, and producers are reportedly hiringmostly local crew and actors. Gwyneth Paltrow, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester and Friday Night Lights' Garrett Hedlund also star in the film, which is being produced by actor Tobey McGuire. In other McGraw news, he and wife Faith Hill lead country-affiliated pairings onForbes' list of "Hollywood's Top-Earning Couples" with $28 million in 2009 pay. Singer-songwriterJosh Kelley(brother of Lady A's Charles and currently recording a country album) and Katherine Heigl ($20m) andKeith Urban and Nicole Kidman ($17m) are also on the list. McGraw is also featured on the soundtrack for HBO's By The People: The Election Of Barack Obama documentary. Download the iTunes exclusive album to benefit United Way and Enterprise here.
In addition to winning a Grammy and performing at the Dixie National Rodeo, Lady Antebellum breaks out of the gate by selling 481,000 copies of their new CD "Need You Now" last week!
Congratulations to Taylor Swift on becoming the top-selling digital artist in the world! Taylor's new single, "Today Was A Fairytale" sold close to 100,000 downloads on its first day available on iTunes.
On Saturday, before he hit the stage to perform for fans in 
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Carrie Underwood and her new fiance stepped out for their first public appearance together since the big announcement. Read all about it 
George and Reba are coming! George Strait and Reba McEntire have announced plans to tour together this spring. The tour rolls through the southeast this March. Here is the link to 
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