THE BUZZ.Byline: From Staff and Wire Reports THE CREAM OF COUNTRY: Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack led the nominees for the Country Music Association Awards Wednesday, snaring six apiece, including single of the year for their hits ``Alcohol'' and ``I May Hate Myself in the Morning.'' Other multiple nominees were Keith Urban and Toby Keith <noinclude></noinclude>  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. , who had four each. Gretchen Wilson, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts and George Strait each had three. Womack, who returned to her country roots with the retro album ``There's More Where That Came From,'' was on hand to announce the nominations along with Urban in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , where the awards will be presented on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference . Womack was nominated for single and music video of the year for ``I May Hate Myself in the Morning,'' album of the year, female vocalist of the year, and also got two nominations for musical event of the year for her duets with Strait and Willie Nelson. Paisley, who recently released the album ``Time Well Wasted,'' was nominated for entertainer of the year, single, song and musical video of the year for ``Alcohol,'' male vocalist of the year and musical event of the year with Sara Evans for ``New Again.'' Other nominees for entertainer of the year were Urban, Keith, Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson. Nominations for single of the year also included Keith's ``As Good as I Once Was,'' ``Baby Girl'' by Sugarland and ``Bless the Broken Road'' by Rascal Flatts. Dierks Bentley, Big & Rich, Miranda Lambert, Julie Roberts and Sugarland were nominated for the Horizon Award, which honors rising country artists. The awards will air live on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. . ANSWERING KATRINA'S CALL Here is a rundown of celebrities and entertainment organizations who have announced donations and/or their participation in fundraising/relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Steven Spielberg and his family are donating $750,000 to the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. and $750,000 to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund. George Clooney will donate $1 million to the United Way Hurricane Katrina Response Fund. The actor-director is a member of the United Way Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. . Barry Manilow will match every dollar donated through the Manilow Fund for Health and Hope, with the fund also adding a dollar, turning $1 into $3. The Recording Academy and its MusiCares Foundation have pledged an initial donation of $1 million to help ``music people'' affected by the hurricane. ``ReAct Now: Music & Relief'' will air 8 p.m. Saturday on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. , VH1 and CMT CMT Certified Medical Transcriptionist. CMT abbr. Certified Medical Transcriptionist CMT California mastitis test. with artists including the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Alan Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, the Neville Brothers and Kanye West. The ``American Idols Live!'' tour has extended its run to Saturday, with a show in Syracuse, N.Y., to benefit hurricane victims. From Sept. 11-18, jazz musicians in Manhattan will raise money for the American Red Cross with shows in clubs throughout the city. David Banner, through his Heal the Hood foundation, will hold a Sept. 17 benefit concert in Atlanta with guest appearances/performances by T.I., Nelly, Twista and others. Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz at Lincoln Center is a constituent company of the Lincoln Center performing arts organization, whose performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly will host a benefit concert Sept. 17 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Among those participating: Wynton Marsalis, Bill Cosby, Elvis Costello, Robert De Niro Noun 1. Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) De Niro , Paul Simon and Bette Midler. ``Gospel Angels,'' a live concert from Atlanta, will air 8 p.m. Sept. 22 on the Gospel Music Channel Gospel Music Channel is a television channel that features all styles of Christian music, from country to metal to hip-hop. As the first Christian music video channel, it has inspired others like TVU Music Television and Spirit Music Television. and Paxson Communications network. The show will include performances from hurricane victims' shelters. Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis have been named honorary chairs of Habitat for Humanity's efforts for long-term rebuilding for homeless families on the Gulf Coast. Green Day, R.E.M., John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Pearl Jam, Moby, the Beastie Boys and the Roots have joined with MoveOn.org to find housing for victims of the hurricane. THE BEST MEDICINE: Eugene Levy was in no mood to laugh. That's a big problem when the occasion is supposed to celebrate a laughing matter: the Hollywood premiere of Levy's new odd-couple comedy, ``The Man,'' co-starring Samuel L. Jackson “Samuel Jackson” redirects here. For the senator from Indiana, see Samuel D. Jackson. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning actor. . Clearly, Hurricane Katrina had dampened Levy's spirits Tuesday night. Yet there he was promoting ``The Man,'' a rare name-above-the-title credit for the veteran best known as the ever understanding father, Mr. Levenstein, in the ``American Pie'' trilogy. Pushing ``The Man'' in the wake of Katrina is ``one of the more difficult things I've had to do,'' Levy told AP Television News, noting that he's been glued to TV coverage. ``We've had to go out and we have to talk about this thing. We have to try and be positive about the movie ... But, at the same time, it seems like the most bizarre thing in the world to do.'' ``The Man,'' which opens Friday, casts Levy as an affable dental-supply salesman who is sucked into a sting operation by a maverick federal agent played by Jackson. ``He's a very smart comedian,'' Jackson said of Levy. ``I'm a very smart actor. I know enough about comedy to stay out of his way when it's time for him to do his thing. He's smart enough to stay out of my way when it's time for me to do my thing. And it works very well.'' Producer Robert N. Fried said he hopes the film will work on a very large screen - to the thousands of Katrina victims housed in the Houston Astrodome as·tro·dome n. A transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which celestial observations are made for navigation. Noun 1. . ``There are logistical issues, ratings issues, this is PG-13,'' said Fried. ``But we're gonna try to do that.'' ``We're in the entertainment business,'' added Jackson. ``So what we should do is entertain these people: Take the movie, give it to these people in the Astrodome and whatever these shelters are where all these people are, have a big screening for them. At least give them an hour and a half to not think about the place they are in, or the plight they are in. And hopefully we can make them laugh for an hour and a half. It's been a while since they've had something to laugh about.'' THE PLOTS THICKEN thick·en tr. & intr.v. thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens 1. To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway. 2. : What better place to kick off a couple of scary new TV series than a nice, cozy graveyard? You're invited to see stars including Jennifer Love Hewitt and Carla Gugino and catch a premiere of their forthcoming shows Friday at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Hollywood Forever Cemetery is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. It is adjacent to the north wall, or back, of Paramount Studios, who, with RKO Studios, bought 40 acres by 1920. . It's a free event, and the first 500 people will get a free picnic blanket. Hewitt's ``Ghost Whisperer'' focuses on a young married woman endowed with the ability to communicate with the undead un·dead adj. No longer living but supernaturally animated, as a zombie. . The show debuts on CBS on Sept. 23. Gugino's ``Threshold'' deals with a high-tech virus spread through cell phones and other gadgets. It begins airing Sept. 16. Gates open at 7 p.m. Friday at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Screenings take place at 8 and 10:30 p.m. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (Lee Ann Womack) (2 -- color) no caption (Brad Paisley) Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com (3) LEVY Kevin Winter/Getty Images |
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