ACM Nominations: Music to Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum’s Ears
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The country world just keeps coming up Chesney.
Kenny Chesney led the way this morning when Reba McEntire announced the nominees for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (that’s the ACMs, not to be confused with the CMAs, the CMTs or the ACAs…phew) with a leading nine nominations, including the most prestigious nod of the night, Entertainer of the Year.
Hot on his honky-tonk heels was Jason Aldean, who scored six nominations, followed by Lady Antebellum with five, Brad Paisley with four, and Toby Keith, Eli Young Band, Grace Potter and country darling Taylor Swift with three apiece.
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Chesney is certainly a favorite going into the night, having already won Entertainer of the Year four times before. he competes this time around with Aldean, Paisley, Swift, and the show’s cohost Blake Shelton.
Meanwhile, Chesney is also up for Song, Record and Vocal Event of the Year, for “You and Tequila” with Grace Potter, as well as Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year for Hemingway’s Whiskey (Chesney actually racked up double nominations in several of the categories, as both artist and producer).
In addition to the Entertainer of the Year nod, Aldean is up against Chesney in the Male Vocalist, Single Record and Vocal Event of the Year for his Kelly Clarkson duet, “Don’t You Wanna Stay.” His my Kinda Party is also up for Album of the Year.
Competing alongside him and Chesney in that category are Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert and Eric Church.
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Lady A has the honor of being the most nominated group of the night, for Vocal Group of the Year (which they’ve won the past two years), and Song and Video of the Year for “Just a Kiss.”
Meanwhile, the reigning Entertainer of the Year, Swift, is the most nominated solo female star of the night, and counts Female Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year nominations—the latter for “Mean”—among her haul.
Other notable nominees include Dierks Bentley, Vince Gill, Carrie Underwood, Aaron Lewis, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Kelly Clarkson, who each scored two nods apiece. Martina McBride, Sugarland, Sara Evans, Rascal Flatts and Zac Brown Band are also up.
As always, fan voting for the New Artist of the Year (nominations for which won’t be announced until Jan. 30) and Entertainer of the Year begins March 19. McEntire and Shelton host the ceremony, taking place live from Las Vegas April 1.
Here’s the complete list of nominees:
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Entertainer of the YearJason AldeanKenny ChesneyBrad PaisleyBlake SheltonTaylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the YearJason AldeanKenny ChesneyBrad PaisleyBlake SheltonChris Young
Female Vocalist of the YearSara EvansMiranda LambertMartina McBrideTaylor SwiftCarrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the YearLove and TheftMontgomery GentrySteel MagnoliaSugarlandThompson Square
Vocal Group of the YearThe Band PerryEli Young BandLady AntebellumRascal FlattsZac Brown Band
Album of the YearEric Church, ChiefMiranda Lambert, four the RecordKenny Chesney, Hemingway’s WhiskeyJason Aldean, my Kinda PartyLady Antebellum, own the Night
Single Record of the YearEli Young Band, “Crazy Girl”Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson, “Don’t You Wanna Stay”Toby Keith, “Red Solo Cup”Chris Young, “Tomorrow”Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, “You and Tequila”
Song of the YearEli Young Band, “Crazy Girl”Dierks Bentley, “Home”Lady Antebellum, “Just a Kiss”Vince Gill, “Threaten Me With Heaven”Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, “You and Tequila”
Songwriter of the YearRhett AkinsDallas DavidsonBen HayslipLuke LairdDavid Lee Murphy
Video of the Year“Homeboy,” Eric Church”Just a Kiss,” Lady Antebellum “Mean,” Taylor Swift”Red Solo Cup,” Toby Keith”Tattoos on This Town,” Jason Aldean
Vocal Event of the YearAaron Lewis featuring George Jones & Charlie Daniels, “Country Boy”Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson, “Don’t You Wanna Stay”Brad Paisley featuring Alabama, “Old Alabama”Brad Paisley Duet with Carrie Underwood, “Remind Me”Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter, “You and Tequila”
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ACM Nominations: Music to Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum’s Ears
An In-Depth Analysis of the Ferris Bueller Super Bowl Spot
Did John Hughes direct this ad? no. He’s passed away, alas. Duties here fell to "old School" director Todd Phillips, who throws in some deft tributes to the original movie: Ferris’ towel head wrap, the opening of the curtains, the boss spotting him in the car next door, the reckless valet, the fourth wall coda at the end, and Broderick having a serious moment with an item in a museum. Phillips remembers the movie as well as you and I do, and those little flourishes make the spot.
Does Broderick go to a Cubs game? Nope. He’s in LA, so he goes to a horse race. the Bears win.
Does he sing on a parade float? he does! no Beatles or Wayne Newton though. And no sweater vest! Gotta give him the sweater vest.
What does the SOCHOIC license plate mean? it took me a second, but with the aid of Spencer Hall, I got it: SO CHOICE. Of course. Brilliant.
Does this ad actually work? the car is all but incidental here, but you expect that out of a Super Bowl ad. There’s one awkward selling moment here, with Broderick telling another CRV driver that they have excellent taste in automobiles, which is heavy handed. Regardless, people love that movie, and so they’ll probably love this spot.
Kyra Sedgwick Shows Off New Tattoo on Red Carpet
Kyra Sedgwick showed off a new tattoo last night on the red carpet at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. “the Closer” actress said that the new tattoo represents each member of her family.
Sedgwick said:
“It’s a family tattoo. It’s all our initials K, K, S and T.”
People Magazine reports that Sedgwick is referring to her husband, Kevin Bacon, their daughter Sosie and their son Travis.
Sedgwick was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series but lost out to Jessica Lange for her work in “American Horror Story.” Sedgwick did walk across the stage, however, as she presented the award for outstanding supporting female actor in a mini-series or movie with her husband Kevin Bacon to Octavia Spencer for her work in The help.
Camp Break Down Near NGA Site
By GoJo Staff on January 29, 2012
(Washington, D.C.) – Local officials and the National Park Police intend to enforce a deadline Monday(12PET) that should bring an end to months of squatting by Occupy D.C. protestors at two locations in the city.
One of those locations, Freedom Plaza, is directly across the street from the J.W. Marriott Hotel where the nation’s governors meet at the end of February each year for the Winter Meeting of the National Governors Association.
At least one protestor was arrested at a second location Sunday afternoon as police were distributing fliers warning demonstrators that they would begin to enforce the ban on overnight camping in both locations Monday. It is not known how the protestors intend to react to the police crackdown, whether they will resist, or comply.
It’s also not known if they will breakdown their camps, but continue to return during the day for regular demonstrations that could distract from the NGA meeting. At last year’s winter meeting union protestors created a small disturbance when they staged a protest in support of public employees in Wisconsin.
‘Bath Salts’ Highs Can Lead To Hospitalization, say Poison Experts
Legal recreational designer drugs sold in stores and over the Internet as ‘bath salts’, ‘plant fertilizer’ or ‘plant food’ can inflict harm serious enough to warrant hospitalization, experts said Monday.
Getting high off of bath salts is not illegal, but the American Association of Poison Control Centers says it received 300 calls related to bath salts in 2010 and the number of cases exploded to 6,072 in 2011, according to a statement released last Thursday.
“these substances have the potential to be extremely harmful and, therefore, pose an imminent hazard to the public safety,” said Douglas Snyder, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officer, in a statement in November 2011.
Researchers published two case reports of hospitalized patients treated in emergency departments after using the legal designer drugs on Monday, and they said that after analyzing the toxic effects of the recreational substance they support the recent approval of the House of Representatives of legislation that could potentially set a ban on the synthetic drugs.
The new Synthetic Drug Control Act is designed to limit the distribution and use of synthetic drugs. It was approved by House lawmakers in December 2011, and would temporarily classify these substances as Schedule I drugs for up to three years, according statement released by the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine on Monday.
“The AAPCC data was extremely valuable in documenting recent trends in abuse and was used in our justification to add temporary (emergency) control for several compounds,” Snyder added.
The study led by Josh Mugele of Indiana University School of Medicine presents the first published case of emergency department treatment of a patient who had been exposed to Methoxetamine, a recreational drug known as MXE, M-ket and Mexxy.
Chemically, Methoxetamine is comparable to ketamine, which is a controlled substance because of increased illicit use. The side effects of the drug include vomiting, diarrhea, disorientation and the inability to speak.
“our patient had been using a designer drug known as ‘bath salts’ and became so sick that she required hospitalization in the intensive care unit for 12 days,” said Mugele in a statement. “The frightening thing is that she was able to buy these drugs, marketed as a novelty item called Blue Magic bath salts, from behind the counter at a gas station.”
The 41-year-old patient had developed serotonin syndrome after inhaling methylenedioxypyrovalerone, and in the course of her illness she contracted pneumonia and bacteremia, both of which can be fatal, researchers said.
According to a AAPC statement in November, the poison centers first raised the alarm about synthetic marijuana and “bath salts” when they started receiving calls about people who had serious reactions to the substance and they uploaded information to the National Poison Data System which the DEA used to monitor the new drugs to justify emergency band of the chemicals used to make them.
“These designer drugs are growing in popularity and emergency physicians are on the front lines of dealing with the fallout,” said Mugele.
The paper was published on Monday in Annals of Emergency Medicine under the title “Serotonin Syndrome associated with MDPV Use: a Case Report” and “Ketamine-Like Effects After Recreational Use of Methoxetamine”.
‘Bath Salts’ Highs Can Lead To Hospitalization, say Poison Experts