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

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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}

branching out: LIONEL RICHIE.

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yup, that's not a typo kiddies. LIONEL RICHIE is doing a country album! i saw him on the red carpet coverage of the cma awards and knew there must be something up. after discussing with some skeptics (greta, this one's for you!) exactly how a country album by the star of the oh-so-compelling "hello" music video would go, i dug up the real story and am legitimately excited about it now.

you know how kcrw's been playing the be-jesus out of u2's achtung baby tribute album? (if you haven't heard it, it's pretty awesome--damien rice's "one" cover is my fave. check it out here.) WELL, lionel richie's "tuskegee" album is gonna be kind of like that. he's turning his greatest hits into country duets! and NO ONE loves a country duet more than annie git your gun, that's for damn sure.  if this video i uncovered doesn't get you more rabidly stoked than a pack of "team jacob" shirts at tomorrow's breaking dawn premiere, i don't know what will.

here's the complete track listing of the upcoming album:

1. "You Are" with Blake Shelton
2. "Say You, Say Me" with Jason Aldean
3. "Stuck On You" with Darius Rucker
4. "Deep River Woman" with Little Big Town
5. "My Love" with Kenny Chesney
6. "Dancing On The Ceiling" with Rascal Flatts
7. "Hello" with Jennifer Nettles
8. "Sail On" with Tim McGraw
9. "Endless Love" with Shania Twain
10. "Just For You" with Billy Currington
11. "Lady" with Kenny Rogers
12. "Easy" with Willie Nelson
13. "All Night Long" with Jimmy Buffett