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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 8 June 2018
Underwood makes history again, Shelton wins top CMT Award

By MESFIN FEKADU performance of the year
Carrie Underwood contin- for the Florida Georgia Line-
ued to make history as the featured version of their
most decorated act at the classic hit, "Everybody,"
CMT Music Awards with from the "CMT Crossroads"
18 wins, while Blake Shel- TV special.
ton walked away with the "Seriously, so who would
night's top prize. have thought?" BSB's Brian
Shelton, the only person to Littrell said of winning an
win two awards Wednes- award for their 20-year-old
day, won video of the year song. "We're everything be-
for "I'll Name the Dogs" at cause of y'all," FGL's Brian
the Bridgestone Arena in Kelley said to the fans.
Nashville, Tennessee. Another duet — Kane
"I've been doing this for 18 Brown and Lauran Alaina's
years. I have been making "What Ifs" — won the former
records and luckily enough classmates collaborative
you guys have accepted video of the year.
them," said Shelton, who "This is my first award I've
also won male video of ever won. It's an amazing
the year. "It's been a crazy feeling," Brown said.
ride." Carrie Underwood performs " Cry Pretty" at the CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on Little Big Town — who host-
Underwood won female Wednesday, June 6, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. ed the show for the first
video of the year for the Associated Press time — won group video
Ludacris-assisted song, "The of the year and performed
Champion," also giving the guys — the fans," Under- the show, but others from Boys, who both performed their funky single, "Summer
rapper-actor his first CMT wood said. "Thank you Lud- outside of country music at the show. Fever," which featured col-
Award. acris for wanting to inspire." were in the house, from The boy band also picked orful lights and disco balls
"Thank you God for you Ludacris didn't attend Kelly Clarkson to Backstreet up an award, winning CMT onstage.q

Theater club at NASA center gives scientists creative outlet

COURTNEY COLUMBUS ity." Making the show was
Associated Press what led her to take a job
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Su- at Goddard.
san Breon wears two hats: "It really helped improve
scientist and musician. my chances, even in my
By day, she's a cryogenics career," Weaver said. "I met
engineer at NASA's God- some more senior astrono-
dard Space Flight Center, mers who later on down
where she works on what the line were able to help
she calls a "baby step to- steer me and guide me in
ward a mission to Mars." my career path."
By night, she participates "Weird Romance" com-
in Goddard's Music and bines science and drama.
Drama Club, often known In the first act, "The Girl Who
as MAD. She played key- Was Plugged In," a corpo-
board for the club's spring rate mogul creates his own
musical. celebrity using a beautiful,
"The work here can get artificial body that is con-
very intense," said Breon, a trolled by a homeless wom-
30-year NASA veteran. "We an.
did our thermal vacuum The second, "Her Pilgrim
testing a couple of months Soul," was adapted from
ago, and it was an around- a "Twilight Zone" episode.
the-clock, 24/7 operation." In this April 12, 2018 photo, director Randy Booth, right, reviews notes as performers Shawn Perry, In it, a projector shows
The club members include left, and Sara Collins pause during a Music and Drama Club rehearsal for the musical "Weird holographic images of a
Romance" at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
scientists, engineers and Associated Press woman that were not pro-
managers who work for grammed into it, to the
NASA on projects includ- mance." northeast of Washington. I then say I also do theater, surprise of the scientists in-
ing weather satellites and MAD has staged at least Astrophysicist Kim Weaver is because that's the part that volved.
space telescopes, and one show a year at God- the club's president. Doing they think is cool," Weav- One of the production's
they say the club is a cre- dard since 1970, from "Okla- theater helps her connect er said. "You say you're a stage directions describes
ative outlet for them. homa!" and "The Sound of with people who aren't sci- scientist, and I think that a character as having "a
"We've got more engi- Music" to science-fiction entists, she says. scares people. They think smile that could melt frozen
neers per square foot than fare. Club members say it "When I say I'm an astro- they can't talk to you." methane."
any other theater group helps them with their day physicist, I usually get a She was a graduate stu- Breon considered that a
around," said Randy Barth, jobs and shows the public blank stare. So in order to dent intern when she saw good omen, since her job
who directed the club's another side of scientists at get (people) to actually a flyer about the club's actually involves melting
latest musical, "Weird Ro- the sprawling flight center open up and smile at me, auditions for "Sweet Char- frozen methane.q