Jelly Roll wins trio of CMT awards
Jelly Roll won big at the 2024 CMT Music Awards Sunday, taking home three awards at the annual event celebrating the best in country music videos.
His accolades began with the CMT performance of the year award for his gospel-assisted rendition of “Need a
Favor” at the 2023 CMT Music Awards.
“In that last year, you changed my life in every way I never thought my life could be changed,” the rapper-turned-country breakout star said in an emotional acceptance speech at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
The music video for “Need a Favor” earned him male video of the year and the biggest award of the night, video of the year.
Lainey Wilson took home female video of the year for “Watermelon Moonshine.” Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton won collaborative video of the year for their song, “We Don’t Fight Anymore.”
Ashley Cooke won breakthrough female video of the year for “Your Place,” her first award ever. Warren Zeiders took home the male equivalent for “Pretty Little Poison.”
Trisha Yearwood received the inaugural June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award, which honors musicians or industry veterans who demonstrate “an exceptional dedication to community and their fellow artists, embodying June’s spirit as a fierce advocate and initiator in paying it forward,” a statement said.
Yearwood was honored for her charitable contributions, including with Habitat for Humanity and the annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Week Project.
The emotional center of the show was an all-star
tribute to the late Toby Keith, with Brooks & Dunn tackling “Should’ve Been A Cowboy,” Sammy Hagar doing “I Love This Bar” and Wilson covering “How Do You Like Me Now.” They all were backed by Keith’s longtime band.
Keith, a hit country crafter of pro-American anthems who riled up critics and was loved by millions of fans, died in February at age 62 after being diagnosed with stomach cancer.
Kelsea Ballerini hosted the awards for the fourth time in a row.
Cohen, Fisher file for divorce: Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher say they filed for divorce last year after more than 20 years together.
The English “Borat” star and the Australian “Wedding Crashers” actor who married in 2010 announced their split Friday in joint Instagram posts that showed them together in tennis outfits.
“After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down,” the posts stated.
“In 2023, we jointly filed to end our marriage.”
It is not clear where or exactly when the couple filed to end their marriage, or when the divorce would have become final.
Fisher, 52, and Cohen, 48, met at a party in Sydney in 2001 and became engaged in 2004. They have two daughters, 16 and 13, and a son, 7.
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