THE BUZZ.Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services GOODNESS GRACIOUS: Faith Hill insists she's no Kanye West. The country music superstar says she was just joking when cameras showed her screaming ``WHAT?'' in apparent anger when she lost the female vocalist of the year award to newcomer Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American pop country music singer who won the fourth season of American Idol. She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist. at the Country Music Association Awards ceremony Monday in Nashville. ``The idea that I would act disrespectful dis·re·spect·ful adj. Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous. dis  re·spect toward a fellow musician is unimaginable to me,'' Hill said in a statement. ``For this to become a focus of attention, given the talent gathered, is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving female vocalist of the year.'' Media outlets and blogs zeroed in on Hill's reaction after Underwood's name was announced at the ceremony. While other nominees -- Sara Evans This article has multiple issues: * It needs additional references or sources for verification. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. , Gretchen Wilson  This article needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , Martina McBride Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas) is a prolific American Grammy nominated country music singer-songwriter. Early life Martina was born in Sharon, Kansas, where her parents, Daryl and Jeanne Schiff, owned a dairy farm. -- gave the typical gracious loser smile, Hill, who was standing backstage, turned to the camera and shouted, ``WHAT?'' Although her voice could not be heard, it was clear from her lips what she said. She looked visibly upset and then it looked as if she were storming off. However, Hill, 39, said it was all a joke, and her manager, Gary Borman, echoed that: ``I've worked with Faith for many years now, and the idea that she would ever insult or undermine another artist, let alone another human being's success, is absolutely preposterous.'' THE PLAY'S THE THING: Actress-singer Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine advertisement and television commercials. is set to bring a long-forgotten Tennessee Williams screenplay, ``The Loss of a Teardrop tear·drop n. 1. A single tear. 2. An object shaped like a tear. Diamond,'' to the big screen. The screenplay tells the story of Fisher Willow (Lohan), the disliked 1920s Memphis debutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a penchant for shocking and insulting those around her. After returning from studies overseas, Fisher falls in love with Jimmy (played by Chris Evans), the down-and-out son of an alcoholic father (David Strathairn) and an insane mother who works at a store on her family's plantation. She tries to pass him off as an upper-class suitor SUITOR. One who is a party to a suit or action in court. One who is a party to an action. In its ancient sense, suitor meant one Who was bound to attend the county court, also, one who formed part of the secta. (q.v.) to appease the spinster SPINSTER. An addition given, in legal writings, to a woman who never was married. Lovel. on Wills, 269. aunt (Ann-Margret) who controls her family's fortune, but when she loses a diamond, it places their tenuous relationship in further jeopardy. Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932, as Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Personal Life Because her parents divorced when she was young, Ellen says she only remembers seeing her father one time when she is attached to play Fisher's mother. According to a source close to the indie film, production is expected to begin next year. The script was published in the four-part collection ``Stopped Rocking and Other Screenplays'' in 1984 and is believed to have been written in the 1950s. BRITNEY, K-FED SPLIT: Britney Spears filed for divorce Tuesday from Kevin Federline, officials said. The Los Angeles County Superior Court filing cites ``irreconcilable differences The existence of significant differences between a married couple that are so great and beyond resolution as to make the marriage unworkable, and for which the law permits a Divorce. ,'' said court spokeswoman Kathy Roberts. Spears, 24, married rapper Kevin Federline, 28, in 2004. They have a 1-year-old son, Sean Preston, and an infant son who was born Sept. 12. The divorce papers identify the baby as Jayden James Federline. A message left with Spears' attorney, Laura Wasser, was not immediately returned. Spears married Federline eight months after ending a 55-hour Las Vegas marriage to her childhood friend, Jason Alexander. Her second marriage has provided endless fodder for tabloids, which have speculated frequently that the union was in trouble. Calls left for Federline's representatives also were not immediately returned. A newly slender Spears surprised David Letterman on Monday night's ``Late Show'' by popping up behind him as he was sitting at his desk. ``Oh, my God. ... Nice to see you. How are you? Oh, you look wonderful,'' Letterman told a smiling Spears, who showed up on the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. show wearing a very short black dress and sporting a blond bob haircut. SOUR NOTES: The verdict is in -- Seattle may have the strongest coffee in the country, but it's got the weakest singers in the world. So sayeth professional snarkmeister Simon Cowell, who tells USA Today that ``American Idol'' season six auditions in the grunge grunge - /gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so. 2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code. capital produced ``the worst bunch of miserable singers that I've ever met in my life. It was two days of total misery.'' New installments of Fox-TV's top-rated amateur singing contest kick off with two-hour episodes Jan. 16 and 17, followed by four more hour-long audition shows over the next two weeks in the show's usual Tuesday and Wednesday time slots. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) ``The idea that I would act disrespectful toward a fellow musician is unimaginable to me,'' said Faith Hill in response to criticism of her actions at Monday's Country Music Association Awards. Scott Gries/Getty Images (2) Britney Spears and Kevin Federline arrive at the 2006 Grammy nominees party. Spears filed for divorce from Federline, citing irreconcilable differences, on Tuesday, a day after she surprised talk-show host David Letterman at his show. Matthew Simmons/Getty Images for Rolling Stone (3) COWELL Bruno Vincent/Getty Images |
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