CMAs tonight!

The CMAs will be starting in a few hours, so check back to the Envelope for arrival and show galleries, as well as some live blogging here. Winners and any exciting moments will be updated throughout the evening.

As the countdown begins, here's a moment to look forward to: Reba McEntire performing with LeAnn Rimes. It's always a joy to hear the country vet sing.

And here's a moment to skip: Seeing smug mass-retail baby-boomers the Eagles celebrate the release of their Wal-Mart approved album with a performance this evening.

Earlier, I thought about running down the nominees for entertainer of the year with this post. They are as follows:

But previewing the entertainer of the year field seemed redundant. After all, this blog already previewed the male vocalist of the year category. Those nominees are as follows:

Swap your Josh Turner for your Rascal Flatts and you -- more or less -- have the same category.

That's why my pick is The Flatts. Keith Urban is certainly capable -- and deserving -- of sweeping, but The Flatts are coming off the massively successful "Me and My Gang," and its latest, "Still Feels Good," is still in top-10 on the U.S. pop chart.

Plus, Urban and The Flatts are both slated to perform tonight, and I have a feeling neither will go home without a top trophy, especially considering that Urban has a good shot to walk away with the album of the year prize.

Nevertheless, all this speculation will cease in about three hours, anyway.

(Photos courtesy www.cmaawards.com)