5 artists lead nods for 2024 CMT Awards
Kelsea Ballerini, Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson are the leading nominees for the 2024 CMT Music Awards, celebrating the best in country music videos. On Wednesday, CMT announced the nominees for its fan-voted awards show, where the five artists are tied with three nominations apiece.
Ballerini will also host the show April 7 on CBS.
All — save for Moroney — are up for the night’s biggest honor, video of the year, which has 16 contenders, not including featured artists.
Also nominated in the category are Jason Aldean, Ashley McBryde, Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, Brandy Clark featuring Brandi Carlile, Jordan Davis, Mickey Guyton featuring Kane Brown, Hardy, Kacey Musgraves, Brothers Osbourne, Parmalee and Darius Rucker.
For Jelly Roll, it is his first nomination in the category. Last year, he was the CMT Music Awards’ winningest artist, taking home three trophies.
There are also 14 firsttime nominees this year, a list that includes some acts that go beyond country music — a direct reflection of CMT’s spotlight on genre-blending collaborations.
In the female video of the year category, Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, McBryde, Reba McEntire, Moroney, Musgraves and Wilson square off.
In the breakthrough female video of the year, it’s Ashley Cooke, Tigirlily Gold, Brittney Spencer and Anne Wilson.
Morgan Wallen, one of the genre’s top stars, received only one nomination: for male video of the year. He’s up against Luke Combs, Jordan Davis, Hardy, Jelly Roll and Bailey Zimmerman.
In the breakthrough male video of the year category, Chayce Beckham, Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers and Warren Zeiders go head-to-head.
Campbell returning in ‘Scream’:
The original “Scream” queen is back. Neve Campbell announced Tuesday that she would be returning to the franchise for the upcoming seventh film.
“Sidney Prescott is coming back !!!! ” Campbell posted on Instagram. “It’s always been such a blast and an honor to get to play Sidney in the Scream movies. My appreciation for these films and for what they have meant to me, has never waned. I’m very happy and proud to say
I’ve been asked, in the most respectful way, to bring Sidney back to the screen and I couldn’t be more thrilled!!!”
Wallace pens book on JFK-Nixon race:
Longtime newsman Chris Wallace isn’t only thinking about this year’s presidential election.The CNN anchor has written a book on the race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, narrowly won by Kennedy, that featured the first televised presidential debates.
Dutton announced Wednesday that “Countdown 1960: The Behindthe-Scenes Story of the 311 Days that Changed America’s Politics Forever” will be published Oct. 8.