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Monday, April 14, 2008
Are young women taking over country scene?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Young women appear poised to take over today’s country music scene.
In a genre that’s been dominated by men of late (all five nominees for the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year were men this past year), the ladies seem to be ready to change that in the next generation, starting with the CMT Music Awards on Monday.
Taylor Swift, 18, won the night’s biggest category, Video of the Year, along with Female Video for her hit “Our Song” and said afterward: “I wrote that song in the 9th grade for a talent show.”
We’re sure Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Sugarland, who were all beaten out by Swift, were thrilled to hear that.
Meanwhile, former ‘American Idol’ contestant Kellie Pickler, 21, took home three awards — Breakthrough Video, Tearjerker Video and Performance of the Year for “I Wonder.”
And all of this took place in a show hosted by 15-year-old sensation Miley Cyrus (and her dad).
Do you think this is a one-time phenomenon, or are the women getting ready to take the reins away from the men for a while? Did you watch the show? What did you think of the festivities in general?
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Have you tried a meal delivery plan?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Want to control your portions but don’t know where to start? Dietitian-approved fresh-prepared meal programs such as Good Measure Meals and Fresh ‘n Fit Cuisine deliver calorie-calculated breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks to metro area customers hoping to lose weight, lower their cholesterol or simply eat and feel better. (Read the Better Health story Read about these plans.) Of course, fresh meals delivered to your door can’t be cheap. That would make it too good to be true, right? These plans starts at about $20 a day when you begin with a few weeks of meals. The Better Health Tryout Team put Good Meaure Meals and Fresh ‘n Fit Cuisine to the test. Read their thoughts on each.
Have you tried the local or national meal delivery programs? If so, what did you think?
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Mariah Carey releases 11th studio album Tuesday
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mariah Carey, the singer known for her glass-shattering high notes, wetsuit-tight minidresses and one very public career meltdown, has a new album in stores Tuesday. It’s called “E=MC2” but has nothing to do with frizzy-haired physicists. In this case the equation stands for the “emancipation of Mariah Carey to the second power”; you can’t produce those results in a lab, but still, we’re glad her emancipation is still going strong since her last album.
Relatively speaking, of course.
She uses lots of Atlanta talent on the new record. (Click here for a gallery of who helped her out.)
Listen to two of her new songs, “Touch My Body” (video) and “Side Effects” with Young Jeezy (audio) and tell us what you think.
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• REVIEW: Mariah Carey’s “E=MC2”
