May 26, 2008 A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute during the lander's successful arrival at Mars Sunday evening, May 25.desending to Mars. Amazing, but it looks like the land around my hometown of Sweetwater, Texas. Where's the Starbucks?
2008 Academy of Country Music Awards Winners
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
TOP MALE VOCALIST
Brad Paisley
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
Carrie Underwood
TOP VOCAL GROUP
Rascal Flatts
TOP VOCAL DUO
Brooks & Dunn
TOP NEW MALE VOCALIST
Jack Ingram
TOP NEW FEMALE VOCALIST
Taylor Swift
TOP NEW DUO OR VOCAL GROUP
Lady Antebellum
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend-Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Stay"-Sugarland
SONG OF THE YEAR
"Stay"-Sugarland
Writer: Jennifer Nettles
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
"Online"-Brad Paisley
VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
"Find Out Who Your Friends Are"-Tracy Lawrence With Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
ACM CRYSTAL MILESTONE AWARD
Garth Brooks
HOME DEPOT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Rascal Flatts
Watch the ACM Awards this Sunday. Here are the nominees
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
George Strait
Keith Urban
TOP MALE VOCALIST
Rodney Atkins
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Keith Urban
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
LeAnn Rimes
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
TOP VOCAL GROUP
Diamond Rio
Eagles
Emerson Drive
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
TOP VOCAL DUO
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Halfway To Hazard
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland
TOP NEW MALE VOCALIST
Luke Bryan
Jack Ingram
Jake Owen
TOP NEW FEMALE VOCALIST
Sarah Buxton
Kellie Pickler
Taylor Swift
TOP NEW DUO OR VOCAL GROUP
Carolina Rain
Lady Antebellum
The Wreckers
ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]
5th Gear – Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)
Produced by Frank Rogers
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Miranda Lambert (Columbia)
Produced by Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
Produced by Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
If You’re Going Through Hell – Rodney Atkins (Curb)
Produced by Rodney Atkins, Ted Hewitt
Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift (Big Machine)
Produced by Scott Borchetta, Nathan Chapman
# 6 Produced by Robert Ellis Orrall
SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]
Don’t Blink
Kenny Chesney, Produced by Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney, BNA
Famous In A Small Town
Miranda Lambert, Produced by Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke , Columbia
Lost In This Moment
Big & Rich, Produced by Big Kenny, John Rich, Warner Bros/WRN
Stay
Sugarland, Produced by Kristian Bush, Byron Gallimore, Jennifer Nettles, Mercury
Watching Airplanes
Gary Allan, Produced by Gary Allan , Mark Wright , MCA Nashville
SONG OF THE YEAR [Award to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
Don’t Blink
Kenny Chesney; Writers: Casey Beathard, Chris Wallin
Lost In This Moment
Big & Rich; Writers: Keith Anderson, Rodney Clawson, John Rich
Moments
Emerson Drive; Writers: Dave Berg, Annie Tate, Sam Tate
Watching You - Rodney Atkins
Stay - Sugarland
© 2008