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"Ashton Kutcher sung part of a George Straits song for the audience during Sunday night&amp;#039;s Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) in Las Vegas. The Two and a Half Men actor took to the stage dressed in a black hat, shirt and trousers with a red jacket and introduced two members of his &amp;#039;band&amp;#039;.  &amp;gt; ACM Awards: Couple marry seremaded by Martina McBride, Pat Monahan &amp;quot;You know, one of the things about country is when you&amp;#039;re a country artist, you never forget your band,&amp;quot; Kutcher joked as he took to the stage to present the &amp;#039;Female Vocalist of the Year&amp;#039; award. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d like to pre-emptively say to whichever gal is about to step on this stage, congratulations. To all you ladies who aren&amp;#039;t about to step on this stage, I&amp;#039;d like to sing a little song.&amp;quot; One of Kutcher&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;bandmates&amp;#039; then blew a sustained harmonica note into the microphone before the actor sung a few bars of Straits&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;I Cross My Heart&amp;#039; acapella. Award winner Miranda Lambert - who had been waiting backstage ahead of her live performance - then accepted her award from Kutcher, saying: &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t believe it, I&amp;#039;m really so humbled. Thank you so much. I don&amp;#039;t know what to say. I&amp;#039;m really nervous, I&amp;#039;m about to perform now.&amp;quot;  &amp;gt; ACM Awards 2012: Winners and nominees in full Expressing her pride in country music, she then added: &amp;quot;Thank you to the industry for loving me and believing in me through everything.&amp;quot; Other winners at the Las Vegas ceremony included Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, Scotty McCreery, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Eli Young Band, Thompson Square and Lady Antebellum. &amp;gt; ACM Awards 2012 in pictures: Nicole Kidman, Lionel Richie join country stars &amp;gt; Academy of Country Music Awards to stay on CBS until 2021 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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