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Carrie Underwood performs "Cowboy Casanova" at "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network. Photographer: John Russell / CMA

When the GACTV.com staff heard that the popular men’s magazine Maxim decided to put out a list of the “Hottest Women of Country Music,”  I reluctantly stepped forward to do some research.  It’s a tough job but somebody has to do it.  So off I went to Maxim.com to review the list, presented in the form of a photo gallery.   The list was comprised of a total of 19 women. The gallery appears to be in random order and not in any formal order or rank of  “hotness.”  No surprises for me, but I can tell you I think they left more than a couple of deserving ladies off the list… Continue Reading

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood rehearse on Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Sommet Center in Downtown Nashville for "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," which will broadcast live on the ABC Television Network on Wed., Nov. 11th, 8-11PM/ET. Photographer: John Russell / CMA

The wait for the 43rd Annual CMA Awards is almost over! We’ll be blogging during the show tonight and we want your participation! Watch along with us and leave your comments at the end of this blog entry. Continue Reading

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. photo courtesy of Wortman Works.

The Country Music Association has announced the first group of presenters for The 43rd Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, and airing live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

The first celebrities announced as Awards presenters during “Country Music’s Biggest Night” are NASCAR superstar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.; stars of ABC’s “The Middle,” Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton; Julianne Hough; nominee Randy Houser (for both New Artist and Music Video of the Year for “Boots On”); nominee Jake Owen (New Artist of the Year); Kellie Pickler; CMA Award winner LeAnn Rimes; and ABC News’s Robin Roberts, co-anchor of “Good Morning America” and host of the upcoming “Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville” ABC television special (airing Nov. 10). Continue Reading

Chiuck Wicks and Julianne Hough photo courtesy of GAC Staff.

When Julianne Hough has a wrinkle that needs ironed out, she knows just who to put to work: Chuck Wicks is always ready with a helping hand and a hot iron.

“My tour must-have is an iron, because I hate having wrinkled clothes,” he told OK! magazine. “When I go onstage, I think my mother would kill me if I looked like a sloppy mess.” Continue Reading

GAC host Nan Kelley with Craig Morgan and Carrie Underwood after the 19th Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge on June 10, 2009. Photo courtesy of GAC Staff.

Many of country music’s biggest stars — including Carrie Underwood, Josh Turner, Joe Nichols and Darius Rucker — took part in Wednesday’s City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game, and a bevy of singer-athletes will join host Nan Kelley on this weekend’s edition of GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown. Continue Reading

Chuck Wicks on "Dancing With The Stars." Photo courtesy of delawareonline.com/ABC.

Chuck Wicks’ performance during last week’s edition of “Dancing With The Stars” had him ending a Viennese waltz on one knee in front of dance partner and girlfriend Julianne Hough, and it sparked a new round of questions about whether the couple might get engaged.

“Dancing” co-host Samantha Harris, in fact, started the speculation during the show when she immediately asked if Chuck was preparing to share some news with the audience, and it’s been a regular topic on commentaries about the ABC series. Continue Reading

Carrie Underwood with her awards for Entertainer of the Year and Top Female Vocalist backstage at the 44th Annual ACM Awards on April 5, 2009. Photo © Sara de Boer / Retna Ltd.

For the first time in eight years, a woman is now the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year.

Carrie Underwood took the final honor of the evening during Sunday’s telecast of the “44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards” from Las Vegas, ending Kenny Chesney’s four-year command of the prestigious category. Kenny was gracious in the process. He gave Carrie, who previously toured as his opening act, a kiss on the cheek on her way up to the podium to make her second acceptance speech of the night. Continue Reading