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ACM Awards: Carrie Underwood Wins Entertainer Of The Year


Posted on Apr 06, 2009 @ 08:33AM - Add a comment
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Carrie Underwood, the 26-year-old blond beauty catapulted to success after winning American Idol four years ago, was honored with the Entertainer of the year award Sunday at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

Clad in an elegant white dress to accept the big prize, Underwood, who has racked up right No. 1 singles since launching her post-Idol solo career, was the first female talent to capture the honor since the Dixie Chicks in 2000. She said she accepted the award, in part, for all of the unrecognized women in country music who paved the way for her.

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ACM Awards: Miley Cyrus Cowboys Up


Posted on Apr 06, 2009 @ 07:58AM - Add a comment
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Miley Cyrus is veering toward the genre that made her family name famous.

The teen sensation, showing shades of Taylor Swift, impressed the audience with a rendition of her country-pop ballad, The Climb, at the ACM award show Sunday.
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Jamie Foxx Gets Big Laughs At ACM Awards


Posted on Apr 06, 2009 @ 07:44AM - Add a comment
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Jamie Foxx never fails to get a laugh out of us.

Introducing crooner George Strait, Foxx joked about the burgeoning diversity on the country music scene.

Referencing his second appearance on the award show, and Darius Rucker's career renaissance in the genre, the comic said: "Things are changing ... [an] African-American singing country. Things are changing. Got a black man running the country. Things are changing. I mean what's next, white people going to Tyler Perry movies?"

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