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Photos: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill preview Venetian show at CMAs

Posted November 5, 2012 • 1:02 p.m.

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw perform at the 46th Annual County Music Association Awards in Nashville on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012.

Photo: Katherine Bomboy-Thornton

There couldn’t have been a better and smarter way to promote their upcoming mini-residency at the Venetian. Country king and queen Tim McGraw and Faith Hill previewed new songs at the 2012 Country Music Association Awards last Thursday in Nashville, and more than 13.5 million viewers tuned into the 3-hour ABC special, giving the Alphabet Network the night’s big win.

The platinum pair joined forces to duet for a tribute to legendary Willie Nelson. They are so much in love, you just know they’re flirting while singing together. We’ll get to experience that emotional, loving magic when they start their residency Dec. 7 in the former theater of “Phantom -- the Las Vegas Spectacular.” “Soul2Soul” has a preliminary 10-week run.

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Faith performed “American Heart” solo on the 46th annual CMA Awards, and Tim performed his new single “One of Those Nights.”

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Also on the red carpet in Nashville, 2012 Miss America Laura Kaeppeler, who won the pageant at Planet Hollywood last January. The Wisconsin beauty is back to crown her successor Jan. 12 at the 86th annual pageant. She won raves in a gold Joseph Ribkoff dress.

Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/The Associated Press

2012 Miss America Laura Kaeppeler arrives at the 2012 CMA Awards in Nashville on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012.

Laura was the guest of ABC, Miss America’s TV partner, as was 2012 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Rachel Wyatt. ABC airs the pageant from PH Live! (formerly the Theater for the Performing Arts).

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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