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Winners have been announced for the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE tonight on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fans named Luke Bryan, Entertainer of the Year, the evening's biggest honor and his first win in that category. This year marked a record breaking year with 1.1 million fans casting their vote for Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year categories, combined.

Winners have been announced for the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE tonight on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fans named Luke Bryan, Entertainer of the Year, the evening's biggest honor and his first win in that category

Winners have been announced for the 48 th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE tonight on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, Hunter Hayes, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Carrie Underwood and The Band Perry are scheduled to perform on the 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, co-hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan.

Last night, April 5, to a packed audience at The Orleans Showroom in The Orleans Hotel and Casino, Jewel entertained the crowd with an acoustic set and a Q&A that included a sneak peek of scenes from the Lifetime Original Movie 'Ring of Fire,' in which she stars as June Carter Cash. Scroll below for photos from the event!

ABC, Ben Silverman's multimedia studio Electus, and Emmy Award-winning 5x5 Media ('Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution,' 'Fashion Star,' 'Supernanny'), welcomes Bet On Your Baby, a new primetime game show in which parents try to predict their child's next move in an effort to win money for their child's future education. Hosted by Melissa Peterman (who continues to star in ABC Family's hit series 'Baby Daddy'), the series will premiere on ABC tonight, April 6, 2013.

The Academy of Country Music announced today GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter John Mayer to perform with Brad Paisley at the 48 th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.

Country music superstar Carrie Underwood made a special appearance on the Top 7 results show on last night's AMERICAN IDOL to perform the hit 'See You Again.' Below, check out her performance as she returns to the Idol stage!

After receiving the lowest number of votes on the Top 7 results show on last night's AMERICAN IDOL, Burnell Taylor sang for survival. Below, check out Taylor's final performance as well as a final look back on his journey with the show!

The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today that Awards co-host Blake Shelton will open the telecast with a can't miss exciting performance featuring co-host Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley on guitar, Sheryl Crow, and Pistol Annies, including Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. This marks the world premiere performance of “Boys 'Round Here,” Shelton's second single off his latest album, Based On A True Story… The ceremony honors country music's top talent, as well as the industry's hottest emerging artists, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Blake Shelton, co-host of the 48TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, will open the Awards broadcast with a can't-miss exciting performance featuring co-host Luke Bryan, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley and Pistol Annies, including Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley.

The 2013 Boston Pops season, May 8-June 15, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, will present a season-long tribute to the world of movie music, along with programs featuring a wide variety of American musical styles, including jazz, bluegrass, country, gospel, pop, classic standards from the 50s and 60s, and show-stopping songs of Broadway and the American Songbook. For the programs focusing on the season theme, 'Best of Hollywood Film Music,' audiences will hear their favorite music from classic movies and today's popular soundtracks performed live by the Boston Pops, while the accompanying movie clips are projected onto a giant screen suspended above the orchestra. Tickets to the 2013 Boston Pops season go on sale to the public on Wednesday, December 5, at 888-266-1200 or www.bostonpops.org.

Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars, who have all topped the Billboard 200 in the past year, as well as critically acclaimed R&B stylist Miguel, are each set to perform at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, airing live on ABC from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 19.

The second round of presenters announced for the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS includes 2 BROKE GIRLS star Beth Behrs, VEGAS star Michael Chiklis, Grammy Award-winner Sheryl Crow, and Keith Urban.

Amazon today announced it has extended its popular AutoRip service to vinyl records. AutoRip was introduced in January of this year to give customers free digital copies of CDs they purchase. Starting today, when customers purchase an AutoRip vinyl record, a digital copy of that music will be automatically added to their Cloud Player libraries where it will be available, free of charge, for immediate playback or download. Customers no longer need to go through the hassle of making a digital copy of a vinyl record. Additionally, customers who have purchased AutoRip records at any time since Amazon first opened its Music Store in 1998 will find digital copies of those albums in their Cloud Player libraries – also for free. Thousands of records, including titles from every major record label, are available for AutoRip, and more titles are being added all the time—just look for the AutoRip logo.

In anticipation of Sunday's 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC AWARDS on CBS, BWW participated in a conference call with R.A. Clark, executive producer and son of the late Clark; Bob Romeo, CEO of the Academy of Country Music; and Jack Sussman, executive vice president, CBS specials and live programming.

This morning, producers of the 48TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS participated in a press conference call to announce several exciting moments on this year's show, to be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 7 (8:00-11:00 PM live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Participating in the call were R.A. Clark, Executive Producer and son of the late Dick Clark, Bob Romeo, CEO of the Academy of Country Music and Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President, CBS Specials and Live Programming.

Jewel will partner with ACM Lifting Lives to perform a live mash-up of her chart-topping hit “Hands” combined with “Fill a Heart,” an original song written by singer-songwriter Tori Kelly, in a special musical moment presented by ConAgra Foods' Child Hunger Ends Here program. This performance will take place during the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 7 (8:00-11:00PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

GRAMMY award winning recording artist Maroon 5 have announced their participation in the 2013 Honda Civic Tour presented by American Honda Motor Co., Inc. The band is looking forward to joining forces with the popular vehicle manufacturer to bring fans the second leg of their 2013 tour. Maroon 5 will serve as headliner during the 12th edition of the highly successful tour and will perform alongside global superstar Kelly Clarkson. Additional confirmed support will include PJ Morton, Rozzi Crane andTony Lucca on select dates. The tour serves as an exciting intersection of the automotive and music worlds and will kick off in St. Louis, Missouri on August 1st and continue through early October.

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. will welcome GRAMMY award winning recording artist Maroon 5 as the headliner for the 2013 Honda Civic Tour. The band will headline the 12th year of the popular concert series during the second leg of their current 2013 tour. In addition to Maroon 5, the Civic Tour will include global superstar Kelly Clarkson and the support acts of PJ Morton, Rozzi Crane and Tony Lucca on select dates.