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La vida has provided many good raticos for Juanes.

The Colombian rocker took home a leading five trophies Thursday at the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards, including Album, Song and Record of the Year, to bring his all-time win total to 17 and shatter the previous record of 14 held by Alejandro Sanz.

In addition to top album, Juanes' La Vida...Es Un Ratico (Life Is a Moment) was also named Best Male Pop Vocal Album, while wins for Best Song, Record and Short-Form Music Video came for the tune "Me Enamora."

"This is incredible. A million thanks, truly," the artist said in thanks. "I have to thank my father, who is in heaven, God, my children. Since I was very young, my family taught me to listen to Latin-American music...They have all been an influence."

The influences transcended borders tonight in Houston, where the Latin Grammys (in 49 categories!) were handed out in the Lone Star state for the first time.

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Everything old was new again in Nashville tonight.

While Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles injected a much-needed jolt of femininity into the Entertainer of the Year category, it was still Kenny Chesney who was tippin' his hat to the audience at the end of the 42nd Annual Country Music Association Awards.

"As much as tonight is about awards, I really believe that being able to stand up here is more about great songs, it's more about the fans," said the touring dynamo and now four-time Entertainer of the Year.

"It's more about being onstage every night in front of a lot of people that really make it happen for me and the band out here...I'm really humbled tonight and I really appreciate it."

Chesney accepted the honor from Shania Twain, who told a pleasantly surprised audience, "It's good to see you, too. I hope to be seeing a lot more of you."

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George Carlin may not have been around to accept the award in bodily form, but some of the big names who were inspired by his sharp brand of funny made sure he was there in spirit.

Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Denis Leary, Garry Shandling, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin and Margaret Cho were among the laughmakers who showed up Monday to honor the pioneering comic at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., where the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was awarded posthumously for the first time.

Carlin died of heart failure June 22, barely a week after learning he was the recipient of this year's prize, which in the past has gone to such luminaries as Steve Martin and Billy Crystal.

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John McCain and Barack Obama have nothing on James Marshall.

Not only is he once again America's favorite big-screen hero following the latest Indiana Jones adventure, but Harrison Ford has topped AOL Moviefone's list of the best fictional movie presidents Americans would like to see in the real-life Oval Office.

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Aerosmith is finally getting back in the saddle, eight long years since the release of their last studio album.

After being hobbled by various health problems, the Bad Boys of Boston are planning to return to the studio to finish up work on their first batch of original material since 2001's platinum-selling Just Push Play.

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The Boss and the Piano Man are in a campaigning state of mind.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel are teaming up in New York City next month for their first-ever joint concert to raise dough for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, his campaign confirmed to E! News. The news was first reported by the Huffington Post.

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As if the company that Tom Hanks keeps isn't illustrious enough, he's about to join a group that includes Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Audrey Hepburn, Laurence Olivier and Alfred Hitchcock.

The Film Society at Lincoln Center has chosen the two-time Oscar winner for its 36th Gala Tribute, to take place April 27 at Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan.

"There are so few actors who have been able to make the struggle and drama of being a good man compelling," Kent Jones, the Film Society's associate director of programming, said Monday. "With his talent, his presence, his versatility, his sense of humor, he has set a very high standard for his fellow actors."

Last year's gala featured a star-studded tribute to Meryl Streep, and honorees feted this decade have included Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton, Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Caine.

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The Library of Congress just called to say it loves Stevie Wonder.

The Washington, D.C., instutition has tapped the 26-time Grammy winner to receive the second-ever Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which was established to honor the career achievements of singers, songwriters and composers whose work has helped champion popular music as an art form while serving as a cultural touchstone that unites disparate groups around the world.

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For Bob Dylan fans, the answers these days are blowin' in the keys of C, G, D, F, A, B and E.

Yes, for a small price, you can buy a Dylan signature harmonica from the harpmeisters at Hohner. And for a slightly larger fee (a mere $25,000), you can have a presumably saliva-free model played by the Rock and Hall of Famer himself.

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Brad Pitt thought his luggage felt a little light when he left Italy last summer.

In town to do some good and herald the premiere of his new film, Burn After Reading, the actor was unexpectedly presented Wednesday with the Best Actor trophy he won last year for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford during the opening ceremony of the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

"You can run but you can't hide," Pitt said, accepting the engraved gold cup from the mistress of ceremonies, who also congratulated him on the twin additions to his family.

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One of these Highland flingers popped, leapt and emoted his/her way into the hearts of America and waltzed off with the title on tonight's So You Think You Can Dance finale. But that wasn't the only surprise...

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The guys may have been running on fumes, but it was full steam ahead nonetheless.

Joshua Allen and Stephen "Twitch" Boss, neither of whom has any formal training and both of whom needed a weekend hospital visit to treat dehydration, joined fellow finalists Courtney Galiano and Katee Shean for the first night of So You Think You Can Dance's two-part finale and…

Well, if we knew exactly how to spell that sound Mary Murphy makes when she's super excited—that's how we would describe it.

The fab foursome performed five dances apiece, including a solo and a contemporary group number choreographed by Mia Michaels (and costumed by Braveheart), and kept—as they say in hip-hop speak—hittin' it all night.

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