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Shania Twain & Taylor Swift Open CMT Awards

by admin // Wednesday, June 8, 2011 // News, Upfront // 0 Comments

Shania Twain and [/art]Taylor Swift[/art] will be featured in a Thelma & Louise-inspired video parody to serve as the opening segment of the 2011 CMT Music Awards airing tonight at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CMT and CMT.com.

With the two of them in a vintage convertible, Glee star Chord Overstreet also appears in the segment shot Monday in Thompson's Station, Tenn., a community south of Nashville.

Released in 1991, Thelma & Louise was a hit film starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as a waitress and housewife who embark on a road trip. Overstreet is the son of Nashville-based singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet. Twain will also serve as a presenter at the show.

Kid Rock will be hosting the awards show airing live from Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville.

Performers include Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Big & Rich, Toby Keith, the Zac Brown Band and Luke Bryan.

Joining Twain as presenters are Sara Evans, Justin Bieber, Sheryl Crow, American Idol winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina, Train, Kristen Chenoweth, Melissa Peterman, Dancing With The Stars winner Hines Ward, the Green Bay Packers' Clay Matthews and acress Mary Steenburgen.

Be sure to tune in tonight to see which of your favorite country stars take home awards!
 

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