Hats Off to McGraw
You didn't think that just because the Oscars were over that the major awards ceremony circuit had ended, did you? We still have the Country Music Awards, you know.
Tim McGraw -- who'll be here next week, actually, entertaining those $1,000-a-plate guests attending the Larry King Cardiac Foundation Annual Gala -- has nabbed a headlining six Country Music Awards nominations, announced yesterday. One nom was for entertainer of the year -- how fortunate for Larry King! McGraw is also up for top male vocalist, single of the year, song of the year, album of the year and video of the year.
Denise Richards is divorcing from Charlie Sheen.
(Paul Skipper - AP)
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Moving on: Alison Krauss, Kenny Chesney and the "Redneck Woman," Gretchen Wilson, all fared rather nicely, nabbing five noms each. Toby Keith, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban picked up four each. We can't neglect Big & Rich, Rascal Flatts and Lee Ann Womack, who received three noms. And never fear: Alan Jackson is in there, on the best-male-vocalist front. You think there'd be a CMA without him?
The awards will be presented May 17 on CBS.
Love on the Rocks
Sorry, Charlie: It looks like it's splitsville for Denise Richards -- who is six months pregnant -- and hubby Charlie Sheen, after less than three years of marriage. Richards cites "irreconcilable differences" in filing for divorce, and is seeking full custody of their daughter and unborn child.
Meanwhile, another celeb couple is kaput: Cutie Katie Holmes, 26, and equally cute Chris Klein, 25. The two actors have been together since 2000 (which, let's not forget, is eons in Hollywood time) and became engaged in December 2003. True to form, reps insist they are "remaining good friends."
This One Goes Out to the Troops
Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (of Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan fame) are joining guitar forces tonight and playing a charity gig at Washington's Hard Rock Cafe. "That guy can really rock," Baxter glowingly tells us of Crowley.
The "Stars & Stripes Evening" will benefit the men and women in the military; money raised will go toward supplying troops overseas with prepaid phone cards. Ah, but that's not all! We've also been hearing whispers that "Soul Man" (hmm, and "Conehead") Dan Aykroyd will be there, too -- yep, with harmonica in tow.
Noted . . .
Angelina alert! Hotter-than-hot Angelina Jolie is expected in town early next week (Tuesday) playing out her role as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, which this time involves giving a chat at the National Press Club . . . Rush Limbaugh has the answer as to why women live longer than men. (Finally!!) On his radio show this week, according to Media Matters for America, he said: "Women still live longer than men because their lives are easier." Um, no mega-dittos here.
. . . and Quoted
"People in the Deep South are going, 'We've had cloning for years. It's called cousins.' "
-- Robin Williams, joking at a benefit in New York, as reported by the New York Daily News.
-- Compiled by Anne Schroeder
from staff and wire reports
