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8— November 10 - 16, 2018 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN By Jay Bobbin Even if fans were surprised by his most recent album, Keith Urban knew exactly what he wanted to do. The result — "Graffiti U" — has made the superstar singer- songwriter-guitarist a nominee again in three of the top cat- egories in the CMA Awards. He'll also perform as ABC airs the 52nd annual edition of the Country Music Association's honors Wednesday, Nov. 14, from Nashville's Bridgestone Are- na. Teaming with Brad Paisley to host for the 11th consecutive year, Carrie Underwood will be in the same condition she was at the 2014 event, expecting a child (her second with hockey-veteran husband Mike Fisher). Last year's single of the year winner for "Blue Ain't Your Col- or," Urban surely is no stranger to the CMA Awards. Having re- ceived 11 of the awards thus far, he now has his 11th nomination for entertainer of the year and his 14th bid for male vocalist of the year, and the personally signifi- cant "Graffiti U" has yielded his sixth try for album of the year. "It's a groundbreaking record in a lot of ways," the friendly Ur- ban says, "I think a lot of people thought it was kind of risky when they heard it, but for me as an artist, it felt true and au- thentic. What's been interesting about it is watching the record take hold as we've been touring. I've met people who have been like, 'I saw you play live, then I went back and heard the record, and I 'get' this.' I love that." Still, Urban admits he omitted one of its tunes from his concerts for a while: "There are a lot of things I love about the song 'Female,' including the fact that it's posed as questions, which is a beautiful way to write a song that's going to bring out points for discussion. When you hear a song saying that you run the world, do you believe it? "I was devastated, though, when it got picked up by the the media as just being some song about Harvey Weinstein. I was gutted to my core, because that's not why I recorded it and that's not what it's about. I stopped playing it for a moment, because it was being completely misrep- resented. Then I put it back in, because I knew why I recorded it and what it means to me. It will always be in my set now." After spending much of 2018 touring to support "Graffiti U," Urban will resume live perfor- mances in January in Australia — after wife Nicole Kidman's movie "Destroyer" opens for Christmas, and before he heads to Europe to play even more dates. "It's fertile fields right now," he reflects, "and I'm very grateful for it." 8 — November 10 - 16, 2018 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop 2 x 2" ad (a) client will fill (b) modern woodmen Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood reunite to host The 52nd Annual CMA Awards, airing Wednesday on ABC. Keith Urban could add several more CMA Awards to his 11 Cover Story Cover Story By George Dickie In playing a woman with a troubled past struggling to survive on a spaceship bound for a distant planet on YouTube Premium's sci-fi thriller "Origin," Natalia Tena found a role that challenged her not only mentally but physically. Each day before filming the series that begins streaming Wednesday, Nov. 14, the 34-year-old British actress would rise at 4 a.m. to work out and undergo Krav Maga train- ing for the fight scenes she had to perform before heading to set, a regi- men that left her feeling incredibly fit and exhilarated. But her character of Lana is Amer- ican, which required the appropriate accent and some mental calisthenics on her part. "I'd never played an American character," Tena explains, "and I was quite scared I was going to screw up so I basically only spoke in an American accent from like February to July. Even when I was ringing my boyfriend and when my friends came out, I just stayed an American. "And it was very interesting," she continues, "when I stopped filming, for like three days the muscles In my mouth were completely weird, so I was speaking in a British accent that was very bizarre. I thought I'd broken my accent but actually I'm OK now." And once filming ended, the accent wasn't the only thing that changed. Krav Maga stopped and old routines returned. "As soon as (filming wrapped) I was like, 'Right, I'm now gonna drink some wine and I'm gonna eat some cheese,' " Tena says with a laugh. "... It's kind of a settling back into yourself." Full name: Natalia Gastiain Tena Birth date: Nov. 1, 1984 Birthplace: London Checking in with Natalia Tena Family ties: Single; the daughter of Jesus and Maria, a carpenter and a painter Other talents: Sings in a band called Molotov Jukebox, plays ac- cordion and piano TV credits include: "The Murder Room," "Shameless" (U.K. ver- sion), "Battleground: The Art of War," "Black Mirror," "Game of Thrones," "Wisdom of the Crowd" Movie credits include: "About a Boy" (2002), "Delusions of Gran- deur" (2004), "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007), "Womb" (2010), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (2010), "Tonight You're Mine" (2011), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (2011), "Bel Ami" (2012), "10,000 Km" (2014), "Residue" (2015), "Anchor and Hope" (2017) We Have Issues! The Greeneville Sun The Greeneville Sun Start Your Subscription Today by calling 423-638-4182

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