Clockwise (l-r): Luke Bryan photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville; Miranda Lambert photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville; The Judds photo courtesy of Webster PR.

The Academy of Country Music announced today that Luke Bryan, Chace Crawford, Celine Dion, The Judds and Miranda Lambert are scheduled to present as part of the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton. The ceremony, which honors country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

Bryan, Crawford, Dion, The Judds and Lambert join previously announced Bethany Hamilton, Julianne Hough, AnnaSophia Robb, Chris Young, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Nancy O’Dell and Ryan Seacrest.

In addition, Alabama, Dierks Bentley, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Reba, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band with James Taylor and Entertainer of the Year nominees Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban have been announced as performers at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

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Chris Young photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville. Julianne Hough photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

The Academy of Country Music announced today that Chris Young, Julianne Hough, Bethany Hamilton and AnnaSophia Robb have been added as presenters for the 46^th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton. Honoring country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, the ceremony is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

Chris, Julianne, Bethany and AnnaSophia join previously announced presenters Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Seacrest and Nancy O’Dell. In addition, Alabama, Dierks Bentley, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band with James Taylor and Entertainer of the Year nominees Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban have been announced as performers at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Continue Reading

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The Academy of Country Music announced today that Academy Award®-winning actress Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson are scheduled to present together as part of the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton.

The ceremony, which honors country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

Pattinson and Witherspoon join previously announced presenters, Nancy O’Dell and Ryan Seacrest. In addition, Alabama, Dierks Bentley, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band with James Taylor and Entertainer of the Year nominees Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban have beenannounced as performers at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Continue Reading

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Clockwise, top left: Ronnie Dunn photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville; Dierks Bentley photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville; Alabama photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

The Academy of Country Music announced today that Alabama, Dierks Bentley, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band with James Taylor are scheduled to perform as part of the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, co-hosted by Reba and Blake Shelton. In addition, Nancy O’Dell and Ryan Seacrest are scheduled as presenters. The ceremony, which honors country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

These artists join previously announced performers, Entertainer of the Year nominees Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban. Click HERE for more on the ACM Awards, including the list of nominees, photos, videos and an ACM preview! Continue Reading

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Julianne Hough photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

It’s got to be strange to have a public profile and a private life and try to keep them separate. It’s certainly been a lot of work for Julianne Hough and “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest, who’ve been spotted publicly numerous times since the summer.

Thus far, they’ve been pretty dodgy — Ryan even declined to kiss Julianne at a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game when the Kiss Cam put the couple’s image on the scoreboard.

But they’re maybe feeling a little more comfortable talking about the coupling that cameras have documented for months. Julianne acknowledged the relationship to People, saying “I could not be happier. Everything is wonderful.”

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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

Thanks to the meteoric rise that comes with winning “American Idol,” Carrie Underwood wasn’t entirely prepared for the volume of interest in her personal life that’s accompanied her fame. She’s been particularly reserved about her love life — so much so that she ducked toward the floor when an arena scoreboard showed her at an Ottawa Senators hockey game in which her current beau, Mike Fisher, was playing.

Carrie’s still careful about how many details she wants to give away about her life, but she is becoming a little more forward. She actually paid a nod to Mike in the liner notes of her Play On CD, an album that represents her taking a more personal stance with her music.

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