Kristin Chenoweth (AP file)

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UPDATED: Kristin Chenoweth absolutely blew the roof off the Chesapeake Energy Arena Thursday night with her performance of the National Anthem! To watch a video of her belting it out before the Thunder game, click here.

Tony- and Emmy-winning actress/singer Kristin Chenoweth, who hails from Broken Arrow, is back in Oklahoma to sing the National Anthem before tonight’s Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game.

The Thunder take on the NBA’s defending champs, the Dallas Mavericks, who also happen to be …

Carrie Underwood (AP file)

The second annual American Country Awards aired tonight live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Fox. To read my live blog of the event, click here.

Winners with Oklahoma ties nominated include Thompson Square, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Toby Keith.

Broken Arrow native Kristin Chenoweth co-hosted the show with country star Trace Adkins, who hosted the inaugural show solo. The ACAs are billed as the only country music awards show that “gives fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite artists …

Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth

7:00 p.m.: Co-host Trace Adkins, dressed in his usual all black, is performing one of his past smashes, “Honkatonk Badonkadonk” while a group of female dancers shake theirs around him. Carrie Underwood is singing along in the crowd. “Now for something completely different,” he says as the dancers shimmy offstage and he starts crooning “Just Fishin’.” Now the dancers are back, the electric guitars are rocking again, and Trace is doing “Ladies Love Country Boys.” The ladies end by surrounding him like a harem, while …

Blake Shelton (AP file)

The second annual American Country Awards are airing from 7 to 9 tonight on Fox, with Broken Arrow native Kristin Chenoweth and Trace Adkins co-hosting. I’ll be live blogging the awards in mere moments.

Artists with Oklahoma ties nominated for the 2011 ACAs include Thompson Square, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts and Toby Keith.

The ACAs are billed as the only country music awards show that “gives fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite artists not only in traditional categories …

From Monday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. To read my new feature with Kristin Chenoweth, click here.

Thompson Square competing for 7 American Country Awards
Other artists with Oklahoma ties nominated for the second annual ACAs include Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts and Toby Keith.

Hot new duo Thompson Square are set to light up the second annual American Country Awards.

The husband-and-wife pair, which includes Miami, OK, native Keifer Thompson, will view for seven commemorative guitars, which are given in lieu of trophies at …

Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth will co-host and perform at the American Country Awards tonight.

From Monday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. Click here to read more about the Oklahoma  nominees for the American Country Awards.

Kristin Chenoweth goes country
The Oklahoma-born and bred actress/singer already is a Broadway, TV and movie star, but this year she also released her debut country album. On Monday, she will continue her country crossover when she co-hosts the second annual American Country Awards on Fox.

Although her Tony-winning Broadway performances, Emmy-honored television work …

Kristin Chenoweth speaks at a press conference before her induction into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Thursday in Muskogee. (Photo by Adam Kemp, The Oklahoman)

Voting closes today in most categories for the second annual American Country Awards.

Fans can vote for their favorite American Country Awards nominees at www.theacas.com. Voting ends today in every category except for Artist of the Year. Voting in that category closes on Friday, Dec. 2.

The fan-voted awards show will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas from 7 …

Singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth smiles after signing the oversized Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame guitar at her induction into the hall of fame Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in Muskogee. Chenoweth is from Broken Arrow and attended Oklahoma City University before moving to New York City and beginning a career in in theater, TV, film and music. (Photo by Adam Kemp, The Oklahoman)

A version of this story also appears in Friday’s The Oklahoman.

Kristin Chenoweth joins Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
Along with the Tony- and Emmy-winning singer/actor, the

Kristin Chenoweth

MUSKOGEE – The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame 2011 class of inductees will be inducted tonight and include Emmy and Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth; the late Jesse Ed Davis, who played with Leon Russell, Jackson Browne, George Harrison and John Lennon; the late jazz musician Wayman Tisdale; The Oklahoman entertainment writer Gene Triplett; the late composer, lyricist and performer Ralph Blane; Nokie Edwards and the late Bob Bogle, both of The Ventures; and multiple Grammy nominee and past Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Rising Star Award winner Cheevers …

Kristin Chenoweth

From Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.

Kristin Chenoweth, the late Wayman Tisdale and Gene Triplett to be inducted Thursday into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
Column: Other honorees include The Ventures guitarists Nokie Edwards and the late Bob Bogle, the late guitarist/keyboard player Jesse Ed Davis, the late composer, lyricist and performer Ralph Blane and Kiowa/Navajo singer Cheevers Toppah.

MUSKOGEE — The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame will usher a particularly talented group into its ranks during its annual Induction Ceremony and Concert Thursday night.

And …