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Faith Hill won’t do ‘SNF’ theme this year

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Faith Hill is out of the football game.

The country star announced Monday morning on Twitter that she won’t be doing the “Sunday Night Football” theme song this year.

She’s been featured at the top of the broadcast for six years now.

Hill says in her tweet it’s been an honor to appear on the NBC show, but that it’s time to “let someone else rock the open. Difficult decision. Kinda emotional.”

Caroline Shaw wins Pulitzer for music

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Caroline Shaw has won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for music for her “Partita for 8 Voices.”

The award, one of seven given in the arts, was announced Monday by the Pulitzer foundation. Shaw says on her website she wrote the piece for the vocal octet Roomful of Teeth. It was released on Roomful of Teeth’s self-titled debut release last October on New Amsterdam Records.

Shaw writes of the four-part suite: “Partita is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music ...”

It is the first Pulitzer for Shaw and breaks a string of two-straight opera winners.

Ke$ha aims for worst-dressed list

LOS ANGELES

While many stars arrived to the MTV Movie awards dressed to impress, Ke$ha had another goal in mind—topping the worst-dressed lists.

The “Tik Tok” singer paired sheer, lace bell bottoms with a black fringe vest and severe makeup, including black lipstick. She described the look as “’70s Manson child” on the red carpet before Sunday’s show.

Her new documentary series, “Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life,” premieres next Tuesday on MTV.

Aubrey Plaza asked to leave awards show

LOS ANGELES

Aubrey Plaza interrupted Will Ferrell’s acceptance speech at the MTV Movie Awards, then left.

MTV officials confirmed Monday that the “Parks and Recreation” actress was asked to leave the ceremony after unexpectedly walking on stage and trying to take Ferrell’s trophy as he accepted the Comedic Genius Award.

The irreverent awards show took place Sunday at Sony Pictures Studios. It’s known for its quirky stunts, but it’s unclear whether the actress’ stage-crashing move was planned.

Cameron Douglas’ sentence is upheld

NEW YORK

A federal appeals court in New York has upheld a judge’s decision to nearly double the five-year prison sentence given to the son of actor Michael Douglas.

Cameron Douglas had been sentenced in 2010 to five years in prison in a cooperation deal after pleading guilty to narcotics distribution. But Douglas committed several drug infractions in prison, and Judge Richard Berman boosted the sentence in late 2011.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that Berman gave adequate reasons to justify the “unusually long sentence.”

The 34-year-old Douglas is scheduled for release in 2018.

Wire reports