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ACM Awards 2012: Miranda Lambert Calls Out Ashton Kutcher For Butchering George Strait


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With the 2024 ACM Awards just a couple days away, we’ve been taking the opportunity to look back at some great (and not so great), ACM moments from the past. We recently took a look back at Miranda Lambert’s 2019 shade towards Blake Shelton during a performance of “Little Red Wagon,” Travis Tritt and actor Joe Pesci performing together in 1992, and of course, who could forget Alan Jackson’s 1994 protest performance without drumsticks? Legendary. Miranda Lambert has had her fair share of ACM moments, whether it be performances, wins, or the aforementioned shade, but now, we're taking it back to 2012. If you remember to the 2012 ACM Awards, Ashton Kutcher strolled out dressed like a cowboy clown, absolutely butchered a cover of George Strait's "I Cross My Heart," and then introduced the nominees for Female Vocalist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dNbjQqlojw It was cringy at best, a mockery at worst... and some artists called him out for it. https://twitter.com/mirandalambert/status/187026906061877248 Justin was a little more foreword with his response. https://twitter.com/JustinColeMoore/status/186665248101634048 Ashton later replied to Miranda saying that he wasn't making fun of it. "I am one of the biggest country music fans you've ever met. Wasn't making fun at all." https://twitter.com/aplusk/status/187225861781585920 The Iowa native is a country fan in fact (how big of one is debatable), but it doesn't appear that he was actually trying to make fun of country music. Awards shows are always pretty corny, right? So while it don't think any harm was meant, it was still a pretty dumb moment in ACM Awards history, but also illustrates where these shows tend to fail. They love to bring in celebrities from outside of the genre to drum up some interest from non-country fans. Only problem is that non-country fans still don't watch the show, and the loyal country fans are left wondering why the hell Ashton Kutcher is on stage looking like a bozo. Miranda later admitted that Ashton loved "real country music" when the two met at the Kentucky Debry a month later. The 59th Annual ACM Awards will stream exclusively on Prime Video on Thursday, May 16th at 8 p.m. EST from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. https://twitter.com/mirandalambert/status/198607598860247041 And speaking of a little George Strait, here's how it's done. "I Cross My Heart" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IUlCNqAKKA

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2024 ACM Awards Nominees

And the nominees are… Luke Combs has the most nominations coming in at eight in total, with Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen coming in right behind him at six, respectively. Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, and Lainey Wilson follow them with five each. And with all that being said, here are the nominees: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Kane Brown Luke Combs Jelly Roll Cody Johnson Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen Lainey Wilson FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Kelsea Ballerini Ashley McBryde Megan Moroney Kacey Musgraves Lainey Wilson MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Luke Combs Jelly Roll Cody Johnson Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen DUO OF THE YEAR Brooks & Dunn Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Maddie & Tae The War And Treaty GROUP OF THE YEAR Flatland Cavalry Lady A Little Big Town Old Dominion Zac Brown Band NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Kassi Ashton Ashley Cooke Hannah Ellis Kylie Morgan Megan Moroney NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR ERNEST Kameron Marlowe Dylan Scott Conner Smith Nate Smith NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR Neon Union Restless Road Tigirlily Gold ALBUM OF THE YEAR  Gettin’ Old – Luke Combs (Producer: Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton, Luke Combs) Higher – Chris Stapleton (Producer: Chris Stapleton, Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton) Leather – Cody Johnson (Producers: Trent Willmon) One Thing At A Time – Morgan Wallen (Producers: Joey Moi, Cameron Montgomery, Charlie Handsome, Jacob Durrett) Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good) – Kelsea Ballerini (Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym) SINGLE OF THE YEAR Burn It Down – Parker McCollum (Producer: Jon Randall) Fast Car – Luke Combs (Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton) Last Night – Morgan Wallen (Producer: Joey Moi, Charlie Handsome) Need A Favor – Jelly Roll (Producer: Austin Nivarel) Next Thing You Know – Jordan Davis (Producer: Paul DiGiovanni) SONG OF THE YEAR  Fast Car – Luke Combs, Songwriters: Tracy Chapman Heart Like A Truck – Lainey Wilson, Songwriters: Dallas Wilson, Lainey Wilson, Trannie Anderson Next Thing You Know – Jordan Davis, Songwriters: Chase McGill, Greylan James, Jordan Davis, Josh Osborne The Painter – Cody Johnson, Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins Tennessee Orange – Megan Moroney, Songwriters: Ben Williams, David Fanning, Megan Moroney, Paul Jenkins MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR Can’t Break Up Now – Old Dominion, Megan Moroney Different ‘Round Here – Riley Green (Ft. Luke Combs) I Remember Everything – Zach Bryan (feat. Kacey Musgraves) Man Made A Bar – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church) Save Me – Jelly Roll (with Lainey Wilson) VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR Burn It Down – Parker McCollum Human – Cody Johnson In Your Love – Tyler Childers Next Thing You Know – Jordan Davis Tennessee Orange – Megan Moroney SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Jessie Jo Dillon Ashley Gorley Hillary Lindsey Chase McGill Josh Thompson ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Zach Bryan ERNEST HARDY Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen

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By: Wes Langeler
Title: ACM Awards 2012: Miranda Lambert Calls Out Ashton Kutcher For Butchering George Strait
Sourced From: www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/05/14/acm-awards-2012-miranda-lambert-calls-out-ashton-kutcher-for-butchering-george-strait/
Published Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 15:03:48 +0000

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