Last night, the Country Music Awards (CMA’s) were on TV. I watched some of it, being a bit too cool to watch it all.
If you don’t like country music, fine. This show is like the Oscars, ‘cept it’s in Nashville, and the award presenters wear jeans, talk slow and low, and don’t make political statements. It is an uncynical awards show.
Country music’s most famous names were there: Reba McIntyre,52,and George Strait,52. Kenny Chesney,39, who was briefly married to Rene Zellweger, won yet another award, and Brad Paisley,35, and Keith Urban,40, were showing off their own Hollywood wives, Kimberly Williams and Nicole Kidman. Jamie Foxx was there and sang with Rascal Flatts. Michael Jackson was there, too, and was dressed in chinchilla chaps and red cowboy boots and matching hat. (J/K)
Brooks,52, and Dunn,54, sang, as did Carrie Underwood,24, Martina McBride,41,and LeeAnn Rimes,25. The Eagles sang, average age 82. I thought they were dead.
Anyway, Taylor Swift won the Horizon Award and had arguably the best acceptance speech of the night, certainly the best line.
Acceptance speeches are awful. The award winner typically thanks the producer, Jesus, songwriter, his or her family, God, their ol’ buddy “Red,” the friend who fetches bags and lattes, and their fans.
But Taylor Swift, 17, delivered the money quote….and got the ‘ cute as a puppy’ award, hands down.
“This is definitely the highlight of my senior year,”she gushed.
Her parents were just giddy.
(Minneapolis radio station KEEY, K102 FM was chosen the major market radio station of the year.)
2 users commented in " Country Music Awards, Taylor Swift,17, and The Best Line of the Night "
Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Gotta go with you on this one, GL!
George Strait is not 52 as stated in the article, he was born in May of 1952, which means he is 55, and is turning 56 on May 18, 2008.
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