Kris Kristofferson to receive CMT award
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Kris Kristofferson, who has written some of country music's most enduring hits, will receive CMT's Johnny Cash Visionary Award, the cable network announced Monday.
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George Strait and Brad Paisley lead the field at the Country Music Awards, with five nominations apiece.
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Singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is to receive an award from Mikhail Gorbachev.
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By Dan Simmons, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 21--A $1,000 Randy Smith Leadership Award has been added to the list of scholarships available to recipients of the La Crosse Tribune Extra Effort Awards.
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ST. LOUIS -- Jimmie Johnson won driver of the year honors from The Sporting News on Wednesday despite coming up short in the race for the NASCAR Nextel Cup title.
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Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney pick up two prizes each at the Country Music Association awards.
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Singer and composer Elton John, an honoree at this year&#39;s celebration, arrives for the Kennedy Center Honors gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004.
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Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood received a special honor from the Motion Picture &amp; Television Fund for his contributions to the Western genre.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - Kenny Chesney won the Country  Music Association's top "Entertainer of the Year" award along  with the "Album of the Year" prize at Tuesday night's 38th  annual CMA awards show telecast in the Grand Ole Opry.
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New York will host the Country Music  Association awards next year, the first time the ceremony will  take place outside Nashville, Tennessee, New York Mayor Michael  Bloomberg said on Tuesday.
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George Strait returned this year to the Country Music Association awards with top nominations including entertainer and male vocalist of the year.
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Brooks &amp;amp; Dunn, the most honored artists in the history of the Academy of Country Music&#039;s awards show, picked up a record 20th and 21st trophies Tuesday night as country music&#039;s elite gathered to perform and compete for honors.
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The Country Music Association Awards will be held in New York in 2005, their first time outside Nashville.
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Kix Brooks of Brooks &amp; Dunn says their nomination for entertainer of the year by the Country Music Association came as a surprise.
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Rocker James Blunt will perform at the 15th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards celebration Feb. 25 at the Pacific Design Center, the foundation announced Wednesday.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Texan George Strait, once called a "honky tonk Sinatra," led the list of the 42nd Academy of Country Music Awards nominees announced on Monday at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.
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New York will host the Country Music Association awards next year, the first time the ceremony will take place outside Nashville, Tennessee, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday.