Swift and Pickler win big at CMT Awards

Hi on this Tuesday April 15 2008 I M Rebecca Field with today s UPI entertainment update
Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler are celebrating big wins from last night s Country Music Television Awards last night Swift took two trophies including the top prize of video of the year for Our Song Pickler who couldn t make the ceremony took 3 awards including breakthrough video which she accepted via satellite
Other winners included the Rascal Flatts who took best group video for Take Me There and Sugarland who won the duo video award for Stay Trace Adkins also scored male video of the year for I got My Game on and Brad Paisley took the prize for comedy video for his song Online
Rob Lowe s former nanny is accusing him of sexual harassment According to a lawsuit filed yesterday the actor s household employee says he exposed himself to her and touched her inappropriately This comes several days after Lowe posted a statement on a blog accusing the nanny of extortion saying she had threatened to leak details about him and his wife unless they gave him 1 5 million dollars The woman worked for the actor and his wife for 7 years on and off
Pete Wentz is rejecting rumors that his fianc Ashlee Simpson is pregnant In an email to MTV the fall out boy bassist says the reports are crazy and it s all news to him if Simpson is expecting Several publications said yesterday that sources had leaked the pregnancy The couple announced their engagement last week
Toni Braxton is canceling several upcoming shows to rest and recuperate The singer reportedly called off performances in Las Vegas until at least May She s apparently going to undergo medical tests to figure out why she has been sick lately Braxton was hospitalized last week for chest pains She also has spoken publicly about having a heart condition
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