Song Of The Year Rolling In The Deep
Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
Track from: 21
Best New Artist
Bon Iver
Best Pop Solo Performance
Someone Like You
Adele
Track from: 21
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Body And Soul
Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Track from: Duets II
Best Pop Instrumental Album
The Road From Memphis
Booker T. Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album
21
Adele
Best Dance Recording Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
Skrillex
Skrillex, producer; Skrillex, mixer
Track from: Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
Skrillex
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Duets II
Tony Bennett & Various Artists
Best Rock Performance Walk
Foo Fighters
Track from: Wasting Light
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance White Limo
Foo Fighters
Track from: Wasting Light
Best Rock Song
Walk
Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Track from: Wasting Light
Best Rock Album Wasting Light
Foo Fighters
Best Alternative Music Album
Bon Iver
Bon Iver
Best R&B Performance
Is This Love
Corinne Bailey Rae
Track from: The Love EP
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Fool For You
Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
Best R&B Song
Fool For You
Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash, songwriters (Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona)
Best R&B Album
F.A.M.E.
Chris Brown
Best Rap Performance
Otis
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Track from: Watch The Throne
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
All Of The Lights
Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best Rap Song
All Of The Lights
Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best Rap Album
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance
Mean
Taylor Swift
Track from: Speak Now
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Barton Hollow
The Civil Wars
Track from: Barton Hollow
Best Country Song
Mean
Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
Track from: Speak Now
Best Country Album
Own The Night
Lady Antebellum
Best New Age Album
What's It All About
Pat Metheny
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
500 Miles High
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Forever (Corea, Clarke & White)
Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Mosaic Project
Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Forever
Corea, Clarke & White
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Good Feeling
Christian McBride Big Band
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
Jesus
Le'Andria Johnson
Track from: The Awakening Of Le'Andria Johnson
Best Gospel Song Hello Fear
Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin)
Track from: Hello Fear
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
Blessings
Laura Story, songwriter (Laura Story)
Track from: Blessings
Best Gospel Album Hello Fear
Kirk Franklin
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album And If Our God Is For Us...
Chris Tomlin
Best Latin Pop, Rock, Or Urban Album
Drama Y Luz
Maná
Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album Bicentenario
Pepe Aguilar
Best Banda Or Norteño Album Los Tigres Del Norte And Friends
Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Tropical Latin Album
The Last Mambo
Cachao
Best Americana Album
Ramble At The Ryman
Levon Helm
Best Bluegrass Album
Paper Airplane
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Best Blues Album
Revelator
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Best Folk Album Barton Hollow
The Civil Wars
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Rebirth Of New Orleans
Rebirth Brass Band
Best Reggae Album Revelation Pt 1: The Root Of Life
Stephen Marley
Best World Music Album
Tassili
Tinariwen
Best Children's Album
All About Bullies... Big And Small
(Various Artists)
Jim Cravero, Gloria Domina, Kevin Mackie, Steve Pullara & Patrick Robinson, producers
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling) If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)
Betty White
Best Comedy Album
Hilarious
Louis C.K.
Best Musical Theater Album The Book Of Mormon
Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez,
Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1
(Various Artists)
Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media The King's Speech
Alexandre Desplat, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media
I See The Light (From Tangled)
Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)
Track from: Tangled
Best Instrumental Composition Life In Eleven
Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)
Track from: Rocket Science
Best Instrumental Arrangement Rhapsody In Blue
Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Track from: That's How We Roll
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)
Track from: Duets II
Best Recording Package
Scenes From The Suburbs
Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story
Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Album Notes Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s
Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)
Best Historical Album Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition)
Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Paper Airplane
Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Paul Epworth
Call It What You Want (Foster The People) (T)
I Would Do Anything For You (Foster The People) (T)
I'll Be Waiting (Adele) (T)
Life On The Nickel (Foster The People) (T)
No One's Gonna Love You (Cee-Lo Green) (S)
Rolling In The Deep (Adele) (T)
Best Surround Sound Album
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)
Best Engineered Album, Classical Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Judith Sherman
Adams: Son Of Chamber Symphony; String Quartet (John Adams, St. Lawrence String Quartet & International Contemporary Ensemble)
Capricho Latino (Rachel Barton Pine)
85th Birthday Celebration (Claude Frank)
Insects & Paper Airplanes - Chamber Music Of Lawrence Dillon (Daedalus Quartet & Benjamin Hochman)
Midnight Frolic - The Broadway Theater Music Of Louis A. Hirsch (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
Notable Women - Trios By Today's Female Composers (Lincoln Trio)
The Soviet Experience, Vol. 1 - String Quartets By Dmitri Shostakovich & His Contemporaries (Pacifica Quartet)
Speak! (Anthony De Mare)
State Of The Art - The American Brass Quintet At 50 (The American Brass Quintet)
Steve Reich: WTC 9/11; Mallet Quartet; Dance Patterns (Kronos Quartet, Steve Reich Musicians & So Percussion)
Winging It - Piano Music Of John Corigliano (Ursula Oppens)
Manfred Eicher
Best Orchestral Performance
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Best Opera Recording Adams: Doctor Atomic
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best Choral Performance Light & Gold
Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)
Best Small Ensemble Performance
Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide
Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird
Best Classical Instrumental Solo Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)
Track from: Schwantner: Chasing Light...
Best Classical Vocal Solo Diva Divo
Joyce DiDonato (Kazushi Ono; Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon; Choeur De L'Opéra National De Lyon)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry
Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
Best Short Form Music Video Rolling In The Deep
Adele
Sam Brown, video director; Hannah Chandler, video producer
Best Long Form Music Video
Foo Fighters: Back And Forth
Foo Fighters
James Moll, video director; James Moll & Nigel Sinclair, video producers
Will Ferrell starred in a secret Super Bowl commercial that only aired in North Platte, Nebraska.
The actor filmed a spot for Old Milwaukee, the beer company he's advertised on the sly for months. Will isn't getting paid for the commercials. He asked Old Milwaukee if he could film commercials for them, and they said 'YES'!
Unlike most Super Bowl ads, Ferrell's commercial lacked any special effects and actually included little production at all. The commercial simply featured the actor walking through a field, then catching an opening a beer.
Will Ferrell starred in a secret Super Bowl commercial that only aired in North Platte, Nebraska. The actor filmed a spot for Old Milwaukee, the beer company he's advertised on the sly for months. Unlike most Super Bowl ads, Ferrell's commercial lacked any special effects and actually included little production at all. The commercial simply featured the actor walking through a field, then catching an opening a beer.
Kenny Chesney is back on top at this year's ACM Awards with a whopping nine nominations, including Entertainer of the Year. Jason Aldean follows with six nod, Lady Antebellum with five, and Brad Paisley with four.
The nominees were announced earlier this morning via social media with pre-taped videos by Reba McEntire and Lionel Richie, among others. Fans were chosen to announce the entertainer of the year candidates.
Here is the list of nominees:
Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Chris Young
Female Vocalist of the Year
Sara Evans
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year Love and Theft
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
Thompson Square
Vocal Group of the Year The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band
Album of the year (Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company) Chief — Eric Church (EMI-Nashville)
Produced by: Arturo Buenahora, Jr., Jay Joyce Four The Record — Miranda Lambert (RCA)
Produced by: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf Hemingway's Whiskey — Kenny Chesney (BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney My Kinda Party — Jason Aldean (Broken Bow Records)
Produced by: Michael Knox Own The Night — Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley
Single Record of the Year (Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company)
Crazy Girl — Eli Young Band (Republic Nashville)
Produced by: Mike Wrucke
Don't You Wanna Stay — Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson (Broken Bow Records)
Produced by: Michael Knox
Red Solo Cup — Toby Keith (Show Dog-Universal Music)
Produced by: Toby Keith
Tomorrow — Chris Young (RCA)
Produced by: James Stroud
You And Tequila — Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter (BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year (Award to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s))
Crazy Girl — Eli Young Band
Composers: Lee Brice, Liz Rose
Home — Dierks Bentley
Composers: Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Dan Wilson
Just A Kiss — Lady Antebellum
Composers: Dallas Davidson, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott
Threaten Me With Heaven — Vince Gill
Composers: Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Dillon O'Brian, Will Owsley
You And Tequila — Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter
Composers: Matraca Berg, Deana Carter
Songwriter of the Year *(Off Camera Award)
Rhett Akins
Dallas Davidson
Ben Hayslip
Luke Laird
David Lee Murphy
Video of the Year (Award to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)) *(Off Camera Award)
Homeboy — Eric Church
Just A Kiss — Lady Antebellum
Mean — Taylor Swift
Red Solo Cup — Toby Keith
Tattoos On This Town — Jason Aldean
Vocal Event of the Year (Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company) *(Off Camera Award)
Country Boy — Aaron Lewis Featuring George Jones & Charlie Daniels (R&J Records)
Don't You Wanna Stay — Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson (Broken Bow Records)
Old Alabama — Brad Paisley Featuring Alabama (Arista Nashville)
Remind Me — Brad Paisley Duet With Carrie Underwood (Arista Nashville)
You And Tequila — Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter (BNA)
The nominees for the Oscars were announced this morning.
And the nominees are . . .
Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Best Actor
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius
Alexander Payne
Martin Scorsese
Woody Allen
Terrence Malick
Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Foreign Language Film
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation
Animated
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Best Picture
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture: Christopher Plummer, Beginners Best Actress, TV Comedy or Musical: Laura Dern, Enlightened Best Miniseries or TV Movie: Downton Abbey Best Actress, Miniseries or TV Movie: Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce Best Actor, TV Drama: Kelsey Grammer, Boss Best TV Series, Drama: Homeland Best Song: "Masterpiece," Madonna Best Score: The Artist Best Actor, Miniseries or TV Movie: Idris Elba, Luther Best Actress, Motion Picture Comedy or Musical: Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn Best Supporting Actor, TV Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones Best Animated Feature Film: The Adventures of Tintin Best Screenplay: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Best Supporting Actress, TV Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation, Iran Best Actress, TV Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland Best Actor, TV Comedy: Matt LeBlanc, Episodes Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture: Octavia Spencer, The Help Cecil B. DeMille Award: Morgan Freeman Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical: Modern Family Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Jean Dujardin, The Artist Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: The Artist Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: George Clooney, The Descendants Best Motion Picture, Drama: The Descendants
Check this out - you can hear him on WPOR every Sunday from 9am - 1pm, and he spent Thanksgiving in Maine. Check out this clip - see who pops up at :43 and 1:42...
Billboard.com is doing this great feature called 'Mash Up Mondays' where artists cover songs. Check this one out of the Band Perry singing Queen's 'Fat Bottomed Girls'...pretty cool!
Lionel Richie will be releasing a country duets album, and will sing some of the songs on the CMA Awards Nov. 9th with Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, and Little Big Town! Here is the tracklising from the CD...
