May
19
2008
Kenny Chesney won the Academy of Country Music Awards’ Reba McEntire. Entertainer of the Year title for the fourth straight time Monday night on CBS, hosted by
But the show wasn’t without its controversy. This was the first year that fans decided online who would win the Entertainer of the Year’s coveted award, instead of ACM industry members, as in the show’s 43-year history.
After the show, Chesney said backstage that he though fans should be included, but the Entertainer of the Year award should be picked how it has been in the past.
His complaint was that online the award had turned “into a sweepstakes to see who can push people’s buttons the hardest on the Internet.”
Was he still deserving of the award: Yes.
Other winners at the ACMS were:
Top male vocalist: Brad Paisley
Top female vocalist: Carrie Underwood
Top vocal group: Rascal Flatts
Top vocal duo: Brooks & Dunn
Top new male vocalist: Jack Ingram
Top new female vocalist: Taylor Swift
Top new duo or vocal group: Lady Antebellum
Single record of the year: “Stay,” Sugarland
Album of the year: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” Miranda Lambert
Song of the year: “Stay,” Sugarland (Jennifer Nettles, composer)
Video of the year: “Online,” Brad Paisley (Jason Alexander, director)
Vocal event of the year: “Find Out Who Your Friends Are,” Tracy Lawrence with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
May
17
2008
Though it’s too late to enter the HGTV Green Home sweepstakes, HGTV is offering another sweepstakes — the HGTV Green Home Giveaway Get More Green Sweepstakes.
This prize package totals $25,000. You can enter the Get More Green Sweepstakes once a day through May 22. After you register the first time, it will be easier to enter provided your computer’s “cookies” are enabled.
Take a 360-degree virtual tour of the eco-friendly custom HGTV Green Home built in Tradition Hilton Head, S.C. online. The tour offers a floor plan and gives ideas on how to make homes more environmentally friendly.
HGTV will announce the winner on live television on Sunday, June 8 at 8/7 Central during a special program.
May
10
2008
Lifetime Movie Network wants to give one woman the chance to enter the Hollywood movie-making business through the Every Woman’s Film Competition.
So if you have a video camera and a good idea, the movie you make could be aired on national television on the Lifetime Movie Network and you could win the $5,000 grand prize.
If you were to win this competition, the movie would not only be viewed by celebrity judges but also be shown at the Hamptons Film Festival and the Hollywood Reporter in Entertainment Breakfast. The winner will attend both events as the special guest.
According to Lifetime Movie Network, women comprised only 15 percent of all directors, executive producers, writers, cinematographers and editors working on the top 25 domestic-growing films in 2006. Lifetime Movie Network wants to change those statistics by giving one lucky woman the chance to be discovered.
To enter, produce a film that is three to five minutes in length and upload it to the Lifetime Movie Network site. Celebrity judges will make the final decision. Last year’s judges include Jennifer Lopez, Angela Bassett, Lauren Shuler Donner, Gale Ann Hurd and Mimi Leder.
May
09
2008
What are some of your favorite TV shows?
My favorite show right now is “Smallville” with “Paradise Hotel 2″ and “American Idol” close behind.
I also enjoy “House,” “CSI: Miami,” “Monk” and pretty much anything on the USA Network. I was a big “O.C.” fan until it was canceled, as well as the series “Dead Zone.”
There are many shows on my “to watch” list but some don’t always mesh with my schedule. But if I had the free time I would watch “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Desperate Housewives” and “Supernatural.”
I am looking forward to the new USA Network series that will start in June “In Plain Sight” about a U.S. Marshal (Mary Shannon) and her quirky life. Another one coming up on the USA Network is Debra Messing’s “The Starter Wife,” which originally was a mini series.
Please tell me in the comments what your favorite shows are.
May
03
2008
It looks like Tom Cruise is ready to calm down his image of the wild man on television who speaks a little too passionately about his religion and jumps on couches.
Interviewed on Oprah for a Friday broadcast, Cruise was serious and thoughtful, defending himself, but not in an overbearing way.
PR experts are touting it a success for Cruise, who hasn’t gotten good press coverage due to his antics. The theory goes like this: talk movies, good. Talk religion, bad.
Cruise said in the future that if he is promoting a humanitarian cause, he will talk about humanitarian causes, but if he is promoting a movie, that is all he will do.
So hears to hoping that Cruise can continue to do that. His career, which has slowed down some because of the negativity, will see the benefits.
Cruise is currently in talks to star in the fourth Mission Impossible film.
Apr
30
2008
I want to welcome everyone to the TV News Gazette blog where I will post TV show news and gossip including upcoming series and special programming, as well as recaps of several shows.
