from Brad Schmidt of The Tennessean
Renee plays a new role: missing bride
As you can imagine, reporters and country music industry types were straining their necks every time Kenny Chesney walked around Tuesday night's ACM Awards to catch a glimpse of his new wife, Renee Zellweger. Instead, Kenny was seated next to his manager, Clint Higham, who, by the way, did not wear a Carolina Herrera dress. (Clint, a nice guy, doesn't have the legs to pull it off.) Renee turned up with Kenny at his record label party, a swanky affair at a private golf club, soon after he won ACM Entertainer of the Year. Renee was in a classy designer dress, gathered in front with a tie in the back. Several partyers said Renee made the rounds, chatting with celebrities and non-celebrities alike, being a genuinely sweet engaging First Lady of Country Music. Renee spent quite a bit of time with Barbara Mandrell, who gave Kenny his Entertainer of the Year trophy, and with Dr. Phil and his wife, Robin, before mixing and mingling with the rest of the crowd.

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