High Speed Internet Satellite Connections on Fire Over CMA Awards

I'm hearing on the 'net that the CMA's this year were great. If the search engine traffic is anything to go by, what I'm hearing is true. The high speed internet satellite connections have been on fire!

Barbra Mandrell and Reba McEntire appeared on the show. I wish I'd seen that! I missed the show and several people I would have liked to see. My kids would have liked to see Carrie Underwood hosting the show (but they were grounded). I looked up who got what so if you're like me and missed them, here they are:


Entertainer of the Year: Taylor Swift
Album of the Year: Fearless, Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year: Brad Paisley
Female Vocalist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Single of the Year: "I Run to You," Lady Antebellum
Song of the Year: "In Color," Jamey Johnson (w/ cowriters Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto)
Music Video of the Year: "Love Story," Taylor Swift
Vocal Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum
Vocal Duo of the Year: Sugarland
Best New Artist of the Year: Darius Rucker
Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally
Event of the Year: "Start a Band," Brad Paisley and Keith Urban

*I found these over at EOnline if you want to find out more about it.

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Burt Reynolds Getting Award

On August 6, Burt Reynolds will receive the 2009 Safe Home Equine Protection Award. It's being given to him for his protection of the wild and domestic horses in America and his opposition to horse slaughter.

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Chris Brown Takes Himself Out of Kids Choice Awards 2009

Good! Too bad Nickelodeon didn't do it themselves as they should have. They are a children's network and have a responsibility to their underage viewers. They failed in that responsibility in my opinion.

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51st Annual Grammy Awards

The show started out with news that Chris Brown and Rihanna would not be showing up to perform tonight as scheduled. No excuse was given for Rihanna, however, news reports online claim that Chris Brown is being investigated for felony battery against a woman he was allegedly with last night. Perhaps that's why Rihanna isn't there tonight?

Now onto the 51st Annual Grammy Awards ~

U2 opened the awards with a psychedelic screen show during their performance. Other performers seen tonight on stage are:

• Justin Timberlake with Keith Urban, Al Green & Boyz II Men
• Carrie Underwood
• Jonas Brothers (performing with Stevie Wonder - WOW!)
• Justin Timberlake & TI
• Jennifer Hudson
• Katy Perry (Is she being lowered to the stage in a banana or a model of a female part? Oh, it's a banana!)
• Kid Rock (double nominee tonight)
• Sir Paul McCartney (introduced by one of my husband's favorite, Kate Beckinsale) with Dave Grohl (drums)
• Lil Wayne, TI, Jay-Z, Kanye West, and M.I.A. (very pregnant) performing "Swagga Like Us"
• Radiohead
• Sugarland & Adele
• Taylor Swift & Miley Cyrus (perform "Fifteen" together)
• Kanye West w/Estelle
• Kenny Chesney (introduced by Morgan Freeman)
• Neil Diamond

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Now here are some of the GRAMMY WINNERS:

Best R & B Album: Jennifer Hudson
Best Country Performance Duo or Group w/Vocals: "Stay" by Sugarland
Song of the Year: Coldplay for "Viva La Vida"
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
Best Rock Album: Coldplay (dressed in, what they call, Sgt. Pepper jackets)
Best New Artist: Adele
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: John Mayer for "Say"
Best Rap Album: Lil Wayne
Record of the Year: Alison Krauss & Robert Plant for "Please Read The Letter"
Album of the Year: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Craig Ferguson is on-stage right now. I love him! He's adorable and naughty at the same time. His spiel had Kate Beckinsale covering her child's ears.

Barack Obama received a Grammy for spoken word for his audiobook last year. Huh, didn't know that.

For more breakdowns on the Grammy Awards, check out the Grammy twitter page. If you want to follow ME @ Twitter, here I am.

Ellen's Grammy Show is Monday at 4:00 p.m.

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15th Annual Screen Actor Guild Awards

Well, it's 25 minutes into the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG's) and I'm bored so far. I've contemplated turning the station (and did give in and flip thru the channels) or just muting the television for awhile. Here I sit, waiting for something interesting. I'm just going to leave this open and check back in to continue this post in a bit (hopefully, after the SAG Awards gets interesting).

32 minutes in...Kate Winslet just won supporting female actor for The Reader. She looks nice. She looks like a real person.

64 minutes in...They're talking about James Earl Jones and how he stuttered as a kid, however, he was able to read a poem without stuttering. Something else I didn't know - he's been on Sesame Street. He won the Life Achievement Award.

81 minutes in...Laura Linney just won a SAG for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-series (John Adams).

93 minutes in...hope my laptop battery lasts another half hour!

98 minutes...Outstanding Performance Male Actor in a Supporting Role went to Heath Ledger. That still makes me sad. It's been a year and I still have a hard time believing he's gone. He was very talented. I haven't seen Dark Knight. I thought it'd be too upsetting. That makes me a sap I think.

Oooh...Brad Pitt is standing up there right now. It took one hour and 40 minutes but there he is. He's a handsome man. He and Angelina Jolie are a beautiful couple. I don't really care how/when they got together. That is between him, Angelina, and Jennifer Aniston and nobody else. It was several years ago; there are at least two sides to everything and nobody but them are really going to know what really happened or when it happened. It's time to just move on.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep for Doubt (her 2nd win). We just rented Mamma Mia. I thought it wasn't going to be an interesting movie when it started but I was wrong. Mamma Mia was a fun movie.

Katie Holmes is presenting Male Actor in a Leading Role. The Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role went to Sean Penn (Milk). His first SAG win.

I'm off to bed now. It's past my bedtime.

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Oscar Nominations

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button received 13 nominations. Way to go Brad! They won't be competing against The Dark Knight for best-picture award (though they were nominated in seven other categories). Heath Ledger was nominated as a supporting actor for The Dark Knight...one year to the day from his death. That was a sad day. I have not seen The Dark Knight. I think it would be to sad to watch for me.

Angelina Jolie was nominated for best-actress for Changeling. I have not seen the movie yet. I can't wait to rent it. I think it is going to be really good. I love Angelina Jolie moves to begin with but this one, from the previews, seems to hit the heartstrings. She goes up against Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Melissa Leo.

For more information on the Oscar nominations, check them out at Oscar. Don't forget to catch the Oscars on February 22, 2009.

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