The 2011 CMA Awards went off last night without a hitch, and there were plenty of familiar faces to go around. Newlyweds Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert took home a pair of awards, for male and female vocalist of the year, respectively. “Congrats to my hubby too,” Lambert said in her acceptance speech and, addressing [...]

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There was a landmark first at last night’s annual Country Music Awards, which aired on ABC.  It marked the very first live singing performance by Gwyneth Paltrow. The actress was hyping up her January film “Country Strong”, and she did a half-decent job of singing. She seemed a bit nervous, of course, but she managed [...]

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Darius Rucker has done something special. On Wednesday night, the Hootie and the Blowfish singer won his first Country Music Award as a solo artist and made a little bit of history at the same time. Rucker, 43, became the first African American man to win the New Artist of the Year award for his [...]

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