Billy Ray Cyrus has been tapped to host the new season of Nashville Star, airing this summer.... TNT is airing "the best of Saving Grace" this Monday through Wednesday, from 10 to midnight/ET.... Reba McEntire will host the Academy of Country Music Awards for a 10th time, on May 18 on CBS.... Rossi Morreale (Foody Call...?) will host Can You Duet?, CMT's new music competition premiering April 14.
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He's come a long way from Ugly Wanda! Jamie Foxx received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday. "My grandmother's gotta be spreading her wings and flying around in heaven, just so happy," he told a crowd of well-wishers. Meanwhile, Reba McEntire has been named Billboard's first Woman of the Year, meaning, well, she's swell, and there will be lots of pictures of her in the magazine's October Women in Music issue.
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June 16 at 10 pm/ET: Kelly Ripa hosts a two-hour Oxygen special counting down The 50 Funniest Women Alive. Wait, is Kelly ineligible because she's host?! I will scream.June 18 at 10 pm: Logo premieres Curl Girls, a six-episode series based on the cabler's 2005 special and following a half-dozen lesbian surfers.June 20 at 8 pm: Oscar winner Morgan Freeman hosts AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies 10th Anniversary Edition, a new countdown of the greatest films of all time. Beverly Hills Cop III, this is your big chance.June 24 at 8 pm: CMT Crossroads brings together for the first time... since the May 15 CMAs... Kelly Clarkson and Reba McEntire.
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Reba McEntire returns for an unprecedented ninth time to host the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, to be broadcast live Tuesday, May 15, on CBS.... Disney Channel presents High School Musical: The Concert, an on-stage and behind-the-scenes look at the sold-out concert tour, on May 4. Speaking of Corbin Bleu's Sideshow Bob-esque hair, Jump In! arrives on DVD April 3.... Cheers barkeep Woody Harrelson's 68-year-old father, Charles, was found dead in his prison cell, apparently of natural causes, the Associated Press reports. At the time, he was serving two life sentences for the murder of a Texas judge.Thursday's Today's News was written by Ben Katner.
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Reba McEntire's eponymous WB-born series will conclude its six-season run with back-to-back episodes airing Sunday, Feb. 18, says TheFutonCritic.com. Some preview: Reba's worst nightmare is confirmed, there's a fire, and Barbra Jean ponders an out-of-town job offer.How will the CW fill its Sundays-at-7 slot? Amber Heard's Hidden Palms seems a bit racy for that family-friendly hour. Hmmm....
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