Tomlin, Jars of Clay top Dove nominees
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Christian singer Chris Tomlin, the Dove Awards' artist of the year in 2006, is the leading nominee of the gospel music awards again this year with nine nominations, including another nod for artist of the year.
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Mary J. Blige and Justin Timberlake, who had two of the year's most popular albums, were expected to see more success at Thursday's 49th annual Grammy nominations.
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Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney are leading contenders for this year's Country Music Awards.
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Clint Eastwood's film Letters from Iwo Jima is picked as top movie by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige led the nominees for the Grammy Awards on Thursday, while country outcasts the Dixie Chicks picked up key nods for a defiant tune stemming from critical comments they made about President George W. Bush.
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George Strait leads nominees for the Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations.
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Following is the list of nominees for the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards announced Monday in Nashville. The awards will be presented May 15 in Las Vegas.
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The road-trip comedy also won supporting acting awards from the organization for Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen. Sideways had seven nominations Monday, the most of any film, when the Hollywood Foreign
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Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and Kenny Chesney were each nominated for three Country Music Association Awards, it was announced Wednesday, but more could follow.
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The Directors Guild of America has announced its nominees for directorial achievement in feature film: Paul Thomas Anderson for âThere Will Be Blood,â Joel and Ethan Coen for âNo Country for Old Men,â Tony Gilroy for âMichael Clayton,â Sean Penn for âInto the Wildâ and Julian Schnabel for âThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly.â The winner will be announced on Jan. 26. ... The Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman and her husband, the country singer Keith Urban, are expecting a baby, Reuters reported. The birth is expected in mid-2008.
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Artists who are chosen to announce the Grammy nominations typically collect a few bids themselves, so rapper Kanye West, country singer Gretchen Wilson, rock balladeers Hoobastank and The Black Eyed Peas can count themselves among the likely contenders this year.
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"No Country for Old Men," a gritty thriller about a killer who cuts a path of destruction across Texas, was named best film at the Critics Choice Awards on Monday, leaving contenders such as "Into the Wild" and "Juno" by the wayside.
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Television academy  voters were drawn to two Western-themed longform projects, with  the HBO telefilm &quot;Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee&quot; and AMC&#39;s  miniseries &quot;Broken Trail&quot; topping the list of Emmy nominees  Thursday.
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Last week was another miserable one for music sales, but with one modest highlight: The indie-heavy âJunoâ movie soundtrack rose one spot to the top of the Billboard chart, becoming the first album in Rhino Recordsâ three-decade history to reach No. 1. After the announcement of four Oscar nominations for âJuno,â including best picture, the soundtrack sold 65,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, bumping Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), which moved 60,000, to No. 2. In the fourth straight week of very low sales, Natasha Bedingfield opened at No. 3 with 50,000 copies of âPocketful of Sunshineâ (Epic), Mary J. Bligeâs âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) sold 45,000 to reach No. 4, and Radiohead dropped one spot to No. 5 with âIn Rainbowsâ (ATO), moving 35,000. Cat Powerâs new âJukeboxâ (Matador) reached No. 12 with 29,000 copies sold.
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George Strait led the nominees announced Monday for the Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations, including entertainer of the year and top male vocalist.
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Record di nomination per 'Bury my heart at Wounded Knee'
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Usher, Kanye West, Toby Keith, Josh Groban, Jessica Simpson, Kenny Chesney and Gretchen Wilson are the first artists confirmed to perform at the 32nd American Music Awards.