CBS has announced Academy of Country Music fans can vote for Entertainer of the Year this year - a method that Kenny Chesney said he didn't like last year, though he asked fans on his MySpace page to vote for him. D'oh!
The Ches is nominated for four awards: Entertainer of the Year, Top Male Vocalist and as an artist and producer for Vocal Event of the Year for "Down the Road" with Mac McAnally. If he is Entertainer of the Year again, it will be his fifth consecutive win, which will tie him with Alabama for the most consecutive wins in this category.
Voting will continue through the last hour of the live awards show by logging onto www.voteACM.com or www.cbs.com/acma. Fans also can log onto www.cbs.com/acma to access videos and photos featuring nominees.
n Benefit CD. Superstar Dolly Parton is feeling the spirit of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75th anniversary. The eight tunes she's written for her new Dollywood musical about the national park will be available on a CD benefiting nonprofit Friends of the Smokies organization, which is devoted to preserving and protecting the national park by raising funds and public awareness.
The CD retails for $10, $8 of which Parton is donating during 2009 to the Friends of the Smokies. The "Sha-Kon-O-Hey!" CD features eight original songs written by Parton, all of which will be performed in Dollywood's new stage show "Sha-Kon-O-Hey!" The musical opens Saturday, May 9, at Dollywood.
The 45-minute show commemorates the national park's 75th anniversary, retracing the history of the Great Smoky Mountains and the people who have lived there.
The CD can be purchased at Dollywood, Dollywood's Splash Country, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede and Dinner Attraction, select Food City locations, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Visitor Center, dollywood.com and www.smokiesstore.org as well as many additional locations throughout the area.
Terry Morrow may be reached at morrowt@knoxville.com or 865-342-6445. His blog can be found at http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/telebuddy/. He contributes to "Live At Five At Four" on WBIR, Channel 10, and "The Marc & Kim & Frank Show" on WWST-FM, 102.1.
© 2009, Knoxville News Sentinel Co.
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