WEEK IN REVIEW: ashton offends, rascals serenade, and lionel does vegas!

{photo credit: people.com}

the ACMs were so fiercely publicized by CBS that i suppose i'm not that surprised that i was a tad underwhelmed by the evening. of course, carrie underwood was hot as hell, i mistook gorgeous faith hill for giselle bundchen, and miranda looked extraordinarily fabulous. but other than that, i'd say the highlight was brad paisley coming out wearing the same beanie as zac brown. (if you don't know what i'm talking about, google the zac brown band to see that he is NEVER beanieless!) apparently the real highlight though was ashton kutcher offending the likes of miranda lambert and justin moore with his presentation of the best female vocalist award. i'm suprised at this! i loved it, and thought it was adorable! he's a big country music fan and he was paying homage to the great george strait with his little song and getup. and why oh why would he make fun of country at the ACMs, where he is surrounded by the beefy likes of jason aldean and eric church? it don't make no sense people! we all know miranda's not a fan of womanizers, so perhaps anything ashton did would have rubbed her the wrong way.

dancing with the stars said goodbye to jack wagner from the bold and the beautiful this week (i have yet to make the phonecall to my mother), and there to give him the musical warning were none other than rascal flatts, singing here comes goodbye while julianne hough (aka ryan seacrest's beard girlfriend) returned to the show for a dance. pretty snazzy stuff!




lionel richie continues the media blitz for his new record tuskegee with a huge lionel richie and friends concert in vegas. filmed the night after the ACMs, it will air on--you guessed it--CBS this friday the 13th. have a great rest of the week my lovelies!

{lionel richie dueting with tim mcgraw. photo thanks to zimbio.com}

SAY WHAT: louisville slugger.

i don't really know a thing about vandalism. or sports for that matter. so when carrie underwood "took a louisville slugger to both headlights and slashed a hole in all four tires" of her cheatin' boyfriend's car in her 2007 hit before he cheats, which the country music association named the single of that year, i just kind of sang along and didn't ask questions. but as my boyfriend and i were packing all of our belongings to move in together late last year, what did i find under the bed when we lifted up the mattress BUT A WOODEN BAT BEARING THOSE VERY WORDS. it all made sense. what else would one use to smash the headlights of a truck? and more importantly, what else would an all-american country girl have lying around to commit such an act of aggression? carrie's continued this powerhouse singing style which i love so much over the years with cowboy casanova in 2009 and now with her brand new one, good girl. in fact, the video will premiere monday on entertainment tonight. in the meantime, let's review our new vocab word shall we?