Reba McEntire to be featured on March 2 episode of NBC genealogy show “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Oklahoma-born and bred country music superstar Reba McEntire will be featured on the March 2 episode of the NBC’s genealogy series “Who Do You Think You Are?,” she tweeted today.
The series gives viewers an up-close and personal look inside the family history of some of today’s most beloved and iconic celebrities. The new season debuts at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.
Celebrities set to star in the show’s forthcoming season are Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood, Rob Lowe, Helen Hunt, Rita Wilson, Edie Falco, Rashida Jones, Jerome Bettis, Jason Sudeikis and Paula Deen.
From executive producers Lisa Kudrow (“Friends,” “Web Therapy”) and Dan Bucatinsky (“Lipstick Jungle,” “The Comeback”) – through their production company Is or Isn’t Entertainment and Shed Media U.S. (“Supernanny,” “The Real Housewives of New York City”) – “Who Do You Think You Are?” is an adaptation of the award-winning hit British television documentary series that leads celebrities on a journey of self-discovery as they unearth their family trees that reveal surprising, inspiring and even tragic stories that often are linked to crucial events in American history.
From Ireland’s freedom fighters to the American Revolutionary War, and from the African nation of Cameroon to Bulgaria, “Who Do You Think You Are?” will reveal the fabric of humanity through everyone’s place in history. Each week a different celebrity takes a journey into their family’s past, traveling all over the world. While giving viewers an in-depth look into their favorite stars’ family tree, each episode will expose surprising facts and life changing encounters that will unlock people’s emotions, and show just how connected everyone is not only to the past, but to one another.
Ancestry.com continues in its role as NBC and Shed Media’s official partner on the series, helping to provide the exhaustive research used to build each story.
“‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ is such a beautiful showcase for the type of discoveries people can make through family history research,” said Josh Hanna, Executive Vice President for Ancestry.com, in announcement. “We are extremely proud to help produce a program that inspires so many to begin their own journey of discovery and are excited to see it grow more this season.”
Here is the Season 3 preview:
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2012 ACM Awards nominations: At least one Oklahoman is nominated in every major category
Blake Shelton
At least one Oklahoman is competing in every major category of the upcoming ACM Awards.
The Academy of Country Music announced the nominees for its 47th annual ACM Awards this morning in a digital press conference via Twitter and Facebook. Among the nominees with Oklahoma ties are Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Carrie Underwood, Thompson Square, Vince Gill and Rascal Flatts.
Shelton and Reba will co-host the ACM Awards as they are broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 1 on CBS.
Among the industry awards, three Oklahoma places to see a show are nominated: WinStar World Casino in Thackerville for casino of the year; the Wormy Dog Saloon in Oklahoma City for nightclub of the year; and the BOK Center in Tulsa for venue of the year.
Also, Cash and Carey (Natalie Cash and Jim Carey) of KWEN-FM in Tulsa are nominated for on-air radio personality of the year in the medium market category.
Here are the nominees in the major categories, with the Oklahomans marked with an *. Look for the musician, technical, radio and other industry award nominations after the break.
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
* Blake Shelton
Taylor Swift
Miranda Lambert
Female Vocalist of the Year
Sara Evans
* Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
* Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
* Blake Shelton
Chris Young
Thompson Square
Vocal Duo of the Year
Love and Theft
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland
* Thompson Square
Vocal Group of the Year
The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
* Rascal Flatts
Zac Brown Band
Album of the year (Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company)
Chief – Eric Church (EMI-Nashville)
Produced by: Arturo Buenahora, Jr., Jay Joyce
* Four The Record – Miranda Lambert (RCA)
Produced by: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf
Hemingway’s Whiskey – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean (Broken Bow Records)
Produced by: Michael Knox
Own The Night – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley
Toby Keith
Single Record of the Year (Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company)
Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band (Republic Nashville)
Produced by: Mike Wrucke
Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson (Broken Bow Records)
Produced by: Michael Knox
* Red Solo Cup – Toby Keith (Show Dog-Universal Music)
Produced by: Toby Keith
Tomorrow – Chris Young (RCA)
Produced by: James Stroud
You And Tequila – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter (BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Song of the Year (Award to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s))
Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band
Composers: Lee Brice, Liz Rose
Publishers: Cake Taker Music (BMI), Mike Curb Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Sweet Hysteria Music (BMI)
Home – Dierks Bentley
Composers: Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Dan Wilson
Publishers: Big White Tracks (ASCAP), Chestnut Barn Music (BMI), Chrysalis Music/BMG Rights (ASCAP), Chrysalis One Songs (BMI)
Just A Kiss – Lady Antebellum
Composers: Dallas Davidson, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott
Publishers: Dwhaywood Music (BMI), EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), EMI Foray Music (SESAC), Hillary Dawn Songs (SESAC), Radiobulletspublishing (BMI), String Stretcher Music (BMI) Warner-Tamberlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
* Threaten Me With Heaven – Vince Gill
Composers: Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Dillon O’Brian, Will Owsley
Publishers: Grant Girls Music (ASCAP), Vinny Mae Music (BMI), Willie-O Music (ASCAP)
You And Tequila – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter
Composers: Matraca Berg, Deana Carter
Publishers: Deanaling Music (ASCAP), Hannaberg Music (BMI), Songs of Universal Inc., (BMI), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Video of the Year (Award to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)) *(Off Camera Award)
Homeboy – Eric Church
Producer: Brandon Arolfo
Director: Peter Zavadil
Just A Kiss – Lady Antebellum
Producer: Don Lepore
Director: Shawn Silva
Mean – Taylor Swift
Producer: Oualid Mouaness
Director: Declan Whitebloom
* Red Solo Cup – Toby Keith
Producer: Mark Kalbfeld
Director: Michael Salomon
Tattoos On This Town – Jason Aldean
Producer: John Burke
Director: Wes Edwards
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley (AP file)
Vocal Event of the Year (Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company) *(Off Camera Award)
Country Boy – Aaron Lewis Featuring George Jones & Charlie Daniels (R&J Records)
Produced by: Aaron Lewis, James Stroud
Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson (Broken Bow Records)
Produced by: Michael Knox
Old Alabama – Brad Paisley Featuring Alabama (Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Rogers
* Remind Me – Brad Paisley Duet With Carrie Underwood (Arista Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Rogers
You And Tequila – Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter (BNA)
Produced by: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney (more…)
ACM Awards nominations to be announced this morning
Reba McEntire (AP file)
The Academy of Country Music will announce the nominees for its 47th annual ACM Awards at 8:30 this morning during a digital press conference.
Oklahoma native Reba McEntire, who will co-host the awards show with fellow Okie star Blake Shelton for the second straight year, will read the nominations via the ACM’s social media outlets on Facebook and Twitter.
The ACM Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 1 on CBS.
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ACM Awards to be broadcast on CBS through 2021
CBS, the Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today a new 10-year deal that will keep the annual ACM Awards airing on the CBS Television Network through 2021.
The new agreement further extends a successful broadcast partnership between the ACM and CBS that has been in place since 1998.
“The Academy of Country Music represents a highly valued partnership for our company and the awards show is one of the marquee broadcasts on our network,” said Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corporation, in the announcement. “It is an entertainment event that continues to grow in scope and popularity, and we look forward to working with the ACM and dick clark productions to build on this great momentum over the next decade.”
“The Academy has been home at CBS for 14 years, and we’re thrilled to continue that winning partnership over the next decade,” said Bob Romeo, CEO of the Academy of Country Music, in the announcement. “With our friends at CBS and our partners at dick clark productions, we’ve grown the Academy’s brand and television properties, consistently delivering hits that country music fans can count on. We look forward to 10 more years of incredible entertainment programming that brings fans the best that country music has to offer.”
“‘The Academy of Country Music Awards is one of the crown jewels in our collection of storied franchises,” said Mark Shapiro, CEO of dick clark productions, in the announcement. “This new deal recognizes the continuing success of the awards show and creates a platform for expanding our reach with ACM-branded programming. We are delighted to extend our relationship with America’s most-watched television network.”
In addition to the annual awards telecast, the new agreement also includes the continued broadcast of annual two-hour ACM specials.
CBS Corporation will support the annual awards show and other ACM broadcasts on the Network with promotional and programming support across its many media and entertainment assets, including radio, online, broadcast television and local television, among others.
Last year’s broadcast of the 46th Annual ACM Awards won its time period in viewers (13.05m), adults 25-54 (4.2/10), adults 18-49 (3.3/09) and adults 18-34 (2.5/07) with year-to-year increases of +3% in adults 18-49, +19% in adults 18-34 and +1% in viewers.
The 47th Annual ACM Awards, honoring country music’s best and introducing the industry’s hottest emerging talent, will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 1 on the CBS Television Network. The show, produced by dick clark productions, will be hosted for the second consecutive year by Oklahoma country music stars Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton.
Reba will announce the nominees for the 2012 ACM Awards at 8:30 a.m. Thursday via the ACM’s social media outlets on Facebook and Twitter.
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ACM nominations to be announced Thursday morning
The Academy of Country Music has revealed plans to announce the nominees for its 47th annual ACM Awards at 8:30 a.m. Thursday during a digital press conference.
Oklahoma native Reba McEntire, who will co-host the awards show with fellow Okie star Blake Shelton for the second straight year, will read the nominations via the ACM’s social media outlets on Facebook and Twitter.
Fans are invited to submit videos to the ACM that will be selected to announce this year’s nominees for entertainer of the year, a fan-voted category. The deadline to submit a fan video is 4 p.m. today. For information, click here.
The ACM Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 1 on CBS.
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Video: Edens Edge interviews Reba McEntire
Oklahoma-born and bred country music superstar Reba McEntire recently let up-and-coming trio Edens Edge, one of the openers of her fall 2011 “All the Women I Am Tour,” interview her.
The trio asks her an array of questions, including tips on keeping her big voice healthy, advice for new artists in the music industry and keys to balancing her personal life with her multi-pronged career.
The “All the Women I Am Tour” stopped in Tulsa back in November. To read my interview with Reba, click here. To read my interview with Edens Edge, click here.
At the end of February and beginning of March, Reba, who hails from Chockie, will do a short tour of Europe with International Festival of Country Music dates in London, England; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Zurich, Switzerland; and Mannheim, Germany.
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Reba McEntire to be featured on new season of NBC genealogy show “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Reba McEntire (AP file)
Oklahoma-born and bred country music superstar Reba McEntire will be featured during the third season of NBC’s genealogy series “Who Do You Think You Are?,” which gives viewers an up-close and personal look inside the family history of some of today’s most beloved and iconic celebrities.
The new season debuts at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3. The airdate for the episode featuring Reba has not yet been announced.
Celebrities set to star in the show’s forthcoming season are Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood, Rob Lowe, Helen Hunt, Rita Wilson, Edie Falco, Rashida Jones, Jerome Bettis, Jason Sudeikis and Paula Deen.
From executive producers Lisa Kudrow (“Friends,” “Web Therapy”) and Dan Bucatinsky (“Lipstick Jungle,” “The Comeback”) – through their production company Is or Isn’t Entertainment and Shed Media U.S. (“Supernanny,” “The Real Housewives of New York City”) – “Who Do You Think You Are?” is an adaptation of the award-winning hit British television documentary series that leads celebrities on a journey of self-discovery as they unearth their family trees that reveal surprising, inspiring and even tragic stories that often are linked to crucial events in American history.
“We’re very excited about the stories we have this season. This fantastic group of people we have will take us to countries we haven’t visited before which is thrilling and gives us glimpses into crucial details of history that not only shaped their families, but our world,” said executive producers Kudrow and Bucatinsky in the announcement. “This is what we love about this series; it’s so enriching for us the viewer, as well as the participants and their families.”
From Ireland’s freedom fighters to the American Revolutionary War, and from the African nation of Cameroon to Bulgaria, “Who Do You Think You Are?” will reveal the fabric of humanity through everyone’s place in history. Each week a different celebrity takes a journey into their family’s past, traveling all over the world. While giving viewers an in-depth look into their favorite stars’ family tree, each episode will expose surprising facts and life changing encounters that will unlock people’s emotions, and show just how connected everyone is not only to the past, but to one another.
Ancestry.com continues in its role as NBC and Shed Media’s official partner on the series, helping to provide the exhaustive research used to build each story.
“‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ is such a beautiful showcase for the type of discoveries people can make through family history research,” said Josh Hanna, Executive Vice President for Ancestry.com, in announcement. “We are extremely proud to help produce a program that inspires so many to begin their own journey of discovery and are excited to see it grow more this season.”
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Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton to co-host ACM Awards for the second year
For the second straight year, Oklahoma country music stars Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton will team to co-host the ACM Awards, CBS and the Academy of Country Music have announced.
The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, honoring country music’s best and introducing the industry’s hottest emerging talent, will be broadcast livefrom the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday, April 1 on the CBS Television Network.
Yes, the show, produced by dick clark productions, will air live on April Fool’s Day with Blake Shelton co-hosting. I hope Reba and the censors are ready.
In addition, the second annual ACM Fan Jam, hosted by Zac Brown Band, will take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Sunday, April 1. This live remote location gives country music lovers the ultimate fan-pass to be part of the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Throughout the three-hour awards telecast at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, there will be live ACM Fan Jam performances, via remote, from the Mandalay Bay Events Center by Zac Brown Band and other top-tier music acts to be announced at a later date. The inaugural ACM Fan Jam was hosted by Sugarland in 2011.
The Academy plans to continue its tradition of taping a concert special on the day after the awards show, too. “ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends – A Lifetime of Hits,” will be an all-star concert special to be taped Monday, April 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena to air later on CBS.
This country collaboration with the legendary Lionel Richie, featuring duets from his upcoming album “Tuskeegee,” will include some of Richie’s greatest hits performed by Rascal Flatts (which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher), Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Kenny Rogers and many more. Ticket sales will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, which works to improve lives through music.
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Reba McEntire donates to Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
Oklahoma native and Country Music Hall of Famer Reba McEntire has made a significant donation to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma after learning about the nonprofit’s Food for Kids program in Kiowa, where she went to school as a youth.
McEntire’s donation will provide more than 200,000 meals for hungry Oklahomans, or feed more than 2,300 families for one week, a food bank spokeswoman told The Oklahoman‘s Food Editor Dave Cathey.
The entertainer didn’t want the amount of her donation disclosed, nor did she have a comment when contacted through her publicist.
A Grammy-winning singer, acclaimed Broadway actress and popular TV star, McEntire was born in McAlester, raised on a ranch in Chockie and graduated from Kiowa High School.
“We are thankful for this generous donation from Reba McEntire,” said Rodney Bivens, executive director of the Regional Food Bank, in the announcement. “No child should ever have to go to bed with the pains of hunger in their stomach.”
One in four children in Oklahoma will struggle with hunger today, according to food bank statistics. The Regional Food Bank serves more than 46,000 children every week through partner agencies and its Food for Kids childhood hunger programs: the Backpack Program, Kids Cafe, and School Pantries.
Through the Regional Food Bank’s Food for Kids Backpack Program, elementary school students receive healthy, kid-friendly meals over the weekends throughout the school year. Kids Café, an afterschool and summer program, provides food, mentoring, tutoring and a variety of other activities to about 900 at-risk children at 16 sites in central and western Oklahoma. The School Pantry program provides pantries full of food at middle and high schools in central and Western Oklahoma.
Children from food insecure households are more likely than their food secure peers to experience higher rates of various forms of educational problems. They are at least 50 percent more likely to miss days of school (1.6 times), nearly twice as likely to be suspended (1.95 times) and almost 50 percent more likely to have to repeat a grade (1.44 times), according to the food bank.
The Regional Food Bank is dedicated to “Fighting Hunger.Feeding Hope.” The organization plans on expanding the program until it is available in every elementary school in its 53 central and Western Oklahoma county service area.
Established in 1980, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is the largest private hunger-relief organization in the state. In fiscal year 2011, the Food Bank distributed 46.2 million pounds of food and products through a network of more than 825 charitable feeding programs and elementary schools in 53 central and western Oklahoma counties. Each week, the organization provides enough food to feed more than 90,000 hungry Oklahomans.
Through Jan. 31, Chesapeake Energy Corporation will match all tax-deductible donations made to the Regional Food Bank up to $1 million.
For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation, go to www.regionalfoodbank.org.
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13 Days of Oklahoma Music: Reba McEntire becomes Country Music Hall of Famer
My “13 Days of Oklahoma Music,” a video series looking back at musical milestones reached by recording artists with state ties, continues today with a multi-talented performer so famous she is on a first-name basis with the world.
Superstar entertainer Reba McEntire, who hails from Chockie, realized a lifelong dream this spring when she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
In addition, Reba joined fellow Oklahoma native on his hit reality TV show “The Voice” and teamed with him to play a pair of benefit concerts for tornado-ravaged Tushka that raised $500,000.
She also brought her new “All the Women I Am Tour” to Tulsa’s BOK Center last month and announced plans to return to television in 2012 in the new ABC sitcom “Malibu Country.”
Emmy-winning actor Edward Asner starred with Reba in the music video to her ballad “Somebody’s Chelsea,” posted above.
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