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Jason Aldean leads CMT nominations

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

The party just keeps rolling for country music star Jason Aldean. Long left out of major award consideration, Aldean’s recent tear continued Wednesday morning when he received a leading four 2011 CMT Music Awards nominations.

The singer’s video for “My Kinda Party” earned nods for CMT’s top award, video of the year, and male video of the year.

Six acts trail Aldean by one with three nominations apiece: Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Zac Brown Band, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and The Band Perry. All are nominees for video of the year. Seven others received two nominations apiece.

The nominations for the awards, which are in their 10th year, were announced Wednesday morning on NBC’s “Today” show. Fans can now decide the winners in 10 categories on the video channel’s website and will choose the video of the year winner during the June 8 awards telecast.

Joining Aldean’s “My Kinda Party” in the category are Kenny Chesney’s “The Boys of Fall,” Lady Antebellum’s “Hello World,” Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me,” Rascal Flatts’ “Why Wait,” Sugarland’s “Stuck Like Glue,” Taylor Swift’s “Mine,” The Band Perry’s “If I Die Young,” Carrie Underwood’s “Undo It” and Zac Brown Band’s “Colder Weather.”

Fans will narrow the video-of-the-year field down to final nominees through June 7, then will choose a winner during the show.

Kate Hudson engaged to singer for Muse

WASHINGTON

It took a week, but someone finally noticed Kate Hudson’s engagement ring. It happened on NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday when Matt Lauer was starting to interview Hudson about her upcoming movie, “Something Borrowed.”

He noticed a huge diamond ring on her finger and she revealed she’d gotten engaged to Matt Bellamy, lead singer of the British rock band Muse, a week ago. She said she was waiting for someone to notice. No wedding date has been set.

Hudson and Bellamy are expecting their first child. Thirty-two-year-old Hudson said she believes she’s having a girl. Hudson has a 7-year-old son, Ryder, from her marriage to Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes.

Vindicator wire reports