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Brad Paisly's H2O World Tour in under 2 min

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:35:22 -0500

CMA Nominees Announced Today!

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:00:29 -0500

DIERKS BENTLEY and MIRANDA LAMBERT on "Good Morning AMERICA" this morning announced the five final categories of nominees for the 44th Annual CMA AWARDS.

The five categories of nominees revealed this morning are:

Entertainer Of The Year

LADY ANTEBELLUM
MIRANDA LAMBERT
BRAD PAISLEY
KEITH URBAN
ZAC BROWN BAND

Male Vocalist Of The Year

DIERKS BENTLEY
BRAD PAISLEY
BLAKE SHELTON
GEORGE STRAIT
KEITH URBAN

Female Vocalist Of The Year

MIRANDA LAMBERT
MARTINA MCBRIDE
REBA MCENTIRE
TAYLOR SWIFT
CARRIE UNDERWOOD

Album Of The Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer)

"Need You Now" by LADY ANTEBELLUM
"Play On" by CARRIE UNDERWOOD
"Revolution" by MIRANDA LAMBERT
"Twang" by GEORGE STRAIT
"Up On the Ridge" by DIERKS BENTLEY

Musical Event Of The Year (Award goes to each Artist)

"Bad Angel" DIERKS BENTLEY featuring MIRANDA LAMBERT and JAMEY JOHNSON
"Can't You See" ZAC BROWN BAND featuring KID ROCK
"Hillbilly Bone" BLAKE SHELTON featuring TRACE ADKINS
"I'm Alive" KENNY CHESNEY with DAVE MATTHEWS
"Till The End" ALAN JACKSON with LEE ANN WOMACK

First Round of CMA Nominations

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:32:10 -0500

The first round of nominees in seven categories for the 44th Annual CMA Awards was announced Tuesday at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville by JUSTIN MOORE and CHRIS YOUNG. The Final Nominees in Select Categories for the 44th Annual CMA Awards are:

New Artist of the Year

Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jerrod Niemann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Group of the Year

Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year

Brooks & Dunn
Joey + Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland

Single of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Producer(s))

"A Little More Country Than That" - Easton Corbin, produced by Carson Chamberlain
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins, produced by Scott Hendricks
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum, produced by Paul Worley and Lady Antebellum
"The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert, produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert, produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke

Song of the Year (Award goes to Songwriter(s))

"A Little More Country Than That" - Rory Lee Feek, Don Poythress, and Wynn Varble
"Need You Now" - Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Josh Kear
"The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin
"Toes" - Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins, and Shawn Mullins
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert and Natalie Hemby

Music Video of the Year (Award goes to Artist and Director)

"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum
"The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert
"Water" - Brad Paisley
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert

Golf Basketball Shot

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:16:35 -0500

Hot enough for ya?

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:07:06 -0500

The perfect summation of the summer of 2010.

COMMUNITY COMES TO THE AID OF PARKER SISTERS

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:17:05 -0500

Four Chester, VA sisters are faced the daunting task of restoring their shattered family and continuing with their young lives after losing both their parents at once. (Father killed mother, he's in jail) The River's Bend community have gotten together to help the sisters, ages 24, 20, 19 and 14 to move on with their lives. They have organized a yard sale and car wash August 21 at Elizabeth Davis Middle School from 8am to noon. For more information or to make a direct donation, visit www.parkerfamilyfund.com. If you would like to help with the yard sale, contact Barbara Schecter at barbara3452@aol.com. If you would like to help in any other way, e-mail gifts@parkerfamilyfund.com.

CATS VS TREADMILL

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:11:31 -0500

Watch the black & white one.

GIVE RICHMOND THE BYRD

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:25:57 -0500

Times are tight for the Byrd Theatre. They recently had to rework their 30-year, 1.2 million dollar loan so they're only paying the interest. Then, on July 27 vandals damaged the doors and stole what little cash was in the donation cage. Publicity surrounding the break-in spurred donations and now some creative minds have come to the rescue. Local graphics design and advertising company, JHI, has created a t-shirt design that says, "Give Richmond the Byrd," and thanks to Target Marketing, 100% of the $15.00 price is going to the Byrd Theatre Foundation. Plans are to print and sell 500 shirts at the Carrytown Watermelon Festival this Sunday. I you can't make to the festival or you go and the shirts are sold out, you can order one (or two or three) by calling 804-340-5200.

AMAZING AMAZON BOX

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:24:27 -0500

Why you never got your package. "It arrived in Phoenix, but we lost track of it after that."

THIS IS HOW YOU ACT AFTER SEDATION DENTISTRY

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:48:34 -0500

It's hilarious if it's not you going through it.

KITTENS ARE CURIOUS CRITTERS

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:06:40 -0500

Cat checks out a CD rack...

RIR & K95 National Anthem

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:25:19 -0500

Contestants may enter one of two ways:

By submitting their acapella rendition of the National Anthem to Richmond International Raceway electronically (via e-mail to ririnfo@rir.com) or on CD (via mail to Richmond International Raceway, Attn: National Anthem Contest, 600 E. Laburnum Ave., Richmond, VA 23222). Submissions must be received by August 6.

2) Attend open auditions at Short Pump Town Center on Friday, August 6, at 6:00 p.m. Contestants will be required to perform a song of their choice on stage for judging. Spaces are limited for the open auditions, so contestants are urged to submit their National Anthem rendition prior, in order to secure a spot in the competition on August 13^th or 20^th.

NOTES FROM MR. FISH'S GARDEN

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:05:33 -0500

This summer has been brutal! The heat and lack of rainfall have my viburnum looking droopy, our three year old Kousa dogwood (grown from a seedling) is wilting in the garden and my pride and joy, a Chocolate Summer mimosa, almost succumbed. But you can have tons of beautiful summer color in the sunniest, hottest spots around your yard with portulaca or moss rose. These tough, but lovely natives of the arid parts of South America can't be beat for ease of maintenance and they'll reward your occasional watering and twice-a-season fertilizing with an almost endless supply of summer color.

This is a picture of one of the small beds next to our pool deck. They get no shade and we only water them when they begin to wilt (about once a week) yet they reward us with color like this almost all summer long; red, pink, yellow, orange, white, fuchsia and bicolors!

I tried starting plants from seed this year, but failed miserably. However, Lowe's, Great Big Green Greenhouse, Boulevard Flowers and a bunch of other places had the plants in a myriad of colors later in the spring. Plant them where they'll get lots of sunshine in just about any soil (except heavy clay - they don't like to be wet for long). They're one of the few plants that do well in those strawberry pots with the little pockets on the side and once they grow a bit and start to cascade, they look great in hanging baskets. Your friends will think you're a gardening genius and all you did was water them occasionally.

CRASHING PARACHUTES

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:01:00 -0500

Those parachute rides behind a boat or parasailing off a big sand dune look like fun...until something goes terribley wrong.

TRAIN WRECK!

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:03:25 -0500

Some grisly shots of train wrecks with Boxcar Willie singing a song about one in Virginia.