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FOR the 11th year, country music superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will reunite to host the 2018 CMA Awards.

Referred to as country music’s biggest night, the award show will broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and is expected to feature all of your favorite singers, bands and acts from the popular genre.

As for the two hosts, viewers know that they never disappoint once they take the main stage.

Whether performing their big-gest hits, delivering LOL-worthy jokes in the opening monologue or participating in goat yoga — yes that defi nitely happened last year — these two keep get-ting invited back for all the right reasons.

For those wondering who will be nominated in all the big cate-gories, E! News can confi rm Luke Bryan will take a break from his “What Makes You Country” tour to deliver some nominations on

“Good Morning America.”In fact, Dan + Shay and Sugar-

land will join the two-time CMA Awards Entertainer of the Year winner at his brand-new restau-rant and bar in Nashville to reveal the nominees Aug. 28.

This year’s nominations and winners are determined by more than 7,400 professional members of CMA, which is the fi rst trade organization formed to promote an individual genre of music.

(SD-Agencies)

Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley set to host 2018 CMA Awards

CHARLOTTE RAE, who endeared herself to a generation of TV fans as the affable Mrs. Garrett on the long-running NBC sitcom “The Facts of Life,” died Sunday at her home in Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll announced. She was 92.

Rae, who earlier earned two Tony nominations and played Woody Allen’s mother in “Bananas” (1971) and a long-suf-fering wife on the classic sitcom “Car 54, Where Are You?, ” revealed in April 2017 that she had been diagnosed with bone cancer, seven years after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

“Now, at the age of 91, I have to make up my mind,” she said in a statement at the time. “I’m not in any pain right now. I’m feeling so terrifi c and so glad to be above ground. Now I have to fi gure out whether I want to go have treatment again or opt for life. I love life. I’ve had a wonder-ful one already … I’ve had a great life, but I have so many wonder-ful things happening. I’d like to choose life. I’m grateful for the life I’ve already had.”

Rae originated the character of Edna Garrett in 1978 for NBC’s “Diff’rent Strokes” and then went on to play her for seven seasons on the “Facts of Life” spinoff. In 1982, she received an Emmy nomination for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series.

Debuting in 1979, “Facts of Life” revolved around a group of teenage girls attending a pri-vate New York boarding school. Guiding them through the trials and tribulations of adolescence was Edna Garrett, their no-non-sense, but always understanding, housemother. (A reboot is in the works at Sony.)

In a 1982 interview with the Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald, Rae refl ected on the character that had made her a star.

“I want to bring in as much humanity as possible, as well as the humor,” she said. “I’ve tried

to make her a human being with dimensions. The way they write her now is with a great deal of sensitivity and understand-ing. But I don’t want her to be Polly Perfect, because she must have human failings and make mistakes.

“She’s also a surrogate mother to the girls. I told them I wanted to be fi rm with the girls because I know it’s important. Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsi-bility for their actions. They must learn to stand on their own two feet.”

Born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in Milwaukee on April 22, 1926, she was one of three daughters of Russian Jewish immigrants.

Rae caught the acting bug early, performing with the Children’s Theater of Wauwa-tosa and acting on the radio. As a teenager, she won a summer apprenticeship with the Port Players, a professional summer theater company. She also was a regular on stage at Shorewood High School.

(SD-Agencies)

Charlotte Rae, Mrs. Garrett on ‘The Facts of Life,’

dies at 92

Charlotte Rae

DAVE BAUTISTA on Sunday said he would appear in the “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” but he is not happy about it.

A Twitter user asked the Drax actor if he would return to the Disney franchise after writer-director James Gunn was fi red weeks ago after old, offensive tweets were resurfaced by Trump supporters.

Bautista — who, along with the rest of the cast, penned an open letter asking Gunn be reinstated immediately — said he would play Drax once more, but simply because it is a con-tract obligation.

In the same post, he took a jab at Disney.

“It’s also pretty nauseating to work for someone who’d empower a smear campaign by fascists #cybernazis,” Bautista wrote. “That’s just how I feel.”

While all the main cast has commented on the situation, Bautista has been the most

vocal about his disgust, shar-ing numerous tweets on the matter.

After Disney announced Gunn would not be back for the Marvel fi lm, the director and writer of

the fi rst two “Guardians” fi lms said he accepted their decision.

A number of stars and a throng of fans came to Gunn’s defense and shared their outrage over his termination.

(SD-Agencies)

‘Guardians 3’ star says working for Disney is ‘pretty nauseating’

Dave Bautista as Drax in “Guardians of the Galaxy.” SD-Agencies

Brad Paisley (L) and Carrie Underwood .