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NBCUniversal is rolling out the red carpet for Wynonna Judd.

The country music star is set to receive the Country Champion Award later this month at the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards, which are set to air across NBC and Peacock on September 28. That’s not all. Judd will also host Christmas at the Opry for the network on December 7.

Both events will originate from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

“Wynonna is one of the most recognized and lauded performers in country music,” said Cassandra Tryon, Senior Vice President, Live Events, NBCUniversal Entertainment. “Not only is she incredibly talented, her selflessness and passion for putting the needs of others in the spotlight is unmatched. We can’t think of a better person to honor as our inaugural ‘Country Champion’ and to celebrate the holidays with across these two major country music events.”

As the first Country Champion Award recipient,...

Wynonna Judd (Photo Credit: Jim Wright)

Grammy Award winner Wynonna Judd is confirmed as host of Christmas at the Opry, a two-hour Country music special airing on December 7, 2023 on NBC. (Streaming December 8th on Peacock.) The holiday special will feature classic tunes as well as Christmas favorites performed in front of a live audience at the Opry on October 3rd.

The lineup of artists participating in the holiday event hasn’t been announced.

In August, Judd announced her 15-city tour “Back to Wy” which kicks off on October 26th in Indianapolis and finishes up on December 1st in Knoxville. Commenting on the upcoming tour, Judd said, “Getting to share this tour with the fans who have been with me for 40 years means the world to me. Deep diving into my first two solo albums, Wynonna and Tell Me Why, track by track, will be a trip down memory lane. As...

Lionsgate plans to premiere the very first bit of footage from director Gary Ross‘ (Pleasantville) big-screen adaptation of the first novel in Suzanne Collins’ best selling trilogy, The Hunger Games. on the forthcoming MTV Video Music Awards. The first glimpse at the hotly anticipated movie will be introduced by the film’s Katniss Everdeen, Jennifer Lawrence.

Check out the press release below for more details!

Official Press Release:

2011 MTV Video Music Awards” To Feature Exclusive First Glimpse At Highly-anticipated Film “The Hunger Games Jennifer Lawrence to Introduce

The 28th Annual Awards Show Airing Live From Nokia Theater In Los Angeles On Sunday, August 28 at 9:00Pm (Live Et/Tape Delayed Pt)

New York, NY (August 23, 2011) – MTV today revealed that ravenous fans of The Hunger Games need not look further than the “2011 MTV Video Music Awards” for an exclusive first glimpse at the film that will be introduced by the film...

Chicago – “Blue Valentine” director Derek Cianfrance is happily married now with two young children, but the road getting there was turbulent and sometimes still is. While that’s real life, romance films often end with the lucky guy getting the pretty girl and them living happily ever.

By contrast, “Blue Valentine” is often much more, well, blue. More important, it’s just genuinely real. The romantic drama feels somewhat like a fly-on-the-wall documentary (Cianfrance’s primary experience is in TV documentaries) even though it’s not billed or scripted that way. It understands the true dichotomy between our happy and heavy hearts. The film, which was released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 10, 2011, is one of the best movies of 2010 that didn’t win an Oscar.

Michelle Williams as Cindy in Derek Cianfrance’s “Blue Valentine”.

Photo credit: Davi Russo, The Weinstein Company

While Cianfrance says he sometimes felt like...

The South Australian Film Corporation has announced the teams that will participate in its factual content initiative The FACTory.

The teams are Mark Patterson and Kay Pavlou from Go Patterson Films; Matthew Bate, Sophie Hyde and Caroline Man from Closer Productions, Mike Piper and Corey Piper from Piper Films; David Ngo, Emily Griggs and Nick Matthews from Projector Films; Kristian Moliere, Julie Byrne, Vikki Sugars, Jen Jones and Colin Thrupp from Cineum; Quentin Kenihan and Shane McNeil from Q Productions; and Lindy Taylor and Justin O’Donoghue from The Snowglobe Factory.

The FACTory is a $2.1m initiative between the Safc and the ABC, to develop South Australian factual content for the broadcaster’s prime time slots.

“The FACTory initiative aims to provide a real shot in the arm to the local documentary sector. So many initiatives start with good intentions but ultimately fail to deliver – working with ABC TV and...