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| Topic Started: Sep 8 2008, 06:01 PM (19 Views) | |
| trisha | Sep 8 2008, 06:01 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54311 Alberta's Terri Clark won't be swapping her 10-gallon hat for a tiara when she hosts the CCMAs tonight September 8th, 2008 With the Canadian Country Music Awards set to roll out the red carpet in Winnipeg tonight, country divas have been deciding which diamonds go best with their gowns. But host Terri Clark has firmer priorities. "I need to get myself a girdle," declares the diehard tomboy from Medicine Hat, Alta. "I just turned 40. Things need to be sucked in a little bit." Clark is multi-tasking, talking on her cellphone from Nashville four days before the awards. She's shopping in the underwear department of Macy's ("It's like The Bay," she translates for Canadians) while doing the interview. Despite a current publicity photo in which she's wearing a skirt and flashing acres of thigh, Clark says it'll be pants and a cowboy hat as usual for tonight's nationally televised awards gala from the MTS Centre. The show starts at 6 p.m. and airs, tape-delayed, at 7 p.m. on CBC-TV. In addition to hosting, Clark is a nominee for best female vocalist. And she is expected to perform In My Next Life, a song that celebrates fast living while promising that in her next incarnation she won't cuss, do body shots or take off her shirt at Mardi Gras. The funny and forthright singer has won 13 CCMAs since she first hit the charts in 1995 with the hit Better Things To Do. She has captured the fans' choice award seven times -- more than any other artist. Why won't she shake things up by strutting out in a gown? "If anyone ever saw me try and walk in a dress, they wouldn't ask me that question," says the five-foot-11 performer. "It ain't pretty. I just don't walk well in heels... "I do like my legs. But no one ever sees them because I'm a jeans and T-shirt person." She recalls one time when she hosted the CCMA show and superstar Shania Twain, who had just won an award, was trying to leave the stage. "I didn't realize I was standing on the train of her dress!" laughs Clark. "I made a joke about 'I'm standing on her twain!'" The klutzy moment sums up the contrast between the two stars. "She's the regal beauty queen," says Clark, "and I'm the one who wouldn't even make cheerleading tryouts." Twain is far from the spotlight these days. She's going through a divorce and hasn't released an album of new material since 2002. Clark, who split with her second husband, left her longtime record label and helped her mother battle cancer last year, is also in a career lull after such major hits as You're Easy on the Eyes, I Just Wanna Be Mad and Girls Lie Too. In My Next Life is the first single from a disc that was supposed to come out in April but has been delayed. Though Clark is such a proud Canuck that she has a maple leaf tattooed on her shoulder, she has lived in Nashville since she was 18. In 2004, she became the first Canadian female inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Suddenly, in a moment that could only happen in Music City, Clark runs into Reba McEntire among the bras and body shapers. "I'm lookin' for a girdle!" she informs the country queen, whose unmistakable voice can be heard over Clark's phone. When this reporter tries to segue into a question about how the seasoned Clark regards Canadian country newcomers like Crystal Shawanda and Jessie Farrell, Clark complains to Reba, "Oh, God! I'm being called a senior veteran now!" Turning serious, though, she says her advice to those younger nominees would be: "Enjoy every step of the way, and don't worry so much about what other people think of you. As you get older, that (worry) really kind of mellows. Put that energy into being creatively genius-like." Having bought the foundation garment she came for, Clark wraps up the interview. But a few minutes later she calls back from a different floor of Macy's. "I'm picking out jewelry for the show, and guess who I run right into? Michelle Wright!" The Ontario-bred Wright -- also a longtime Nashville resident -- is appearing as a presenter at tonight's awards. "We were talking about the show and sharing painful footwear memories," says Clark, amazed at the coincidence of running into two fellow performers in one department store. "Damn! It just goes to show, you should never leave the house lookin' like crap." |
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