The 2010 CMAs promise to build on last year's awards with more categories and a glamourous 1960s theme inspired by Mad Men.  The awards will be taking place April 23 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto. Nominations for the awards are open until January 14, 2010, so have a say in who gets recognized by getting your nominations in soon.

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2010 Awards Host

Canadian comedy star Jessica Holmes is set to host the 2010 Canadian Mortgage awards.

Jessica Holmes, a favourite on CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce, has brought the house down opening for such comedians as Jerry Seinfeld and Leslie Nielsen. She is Canada's fastest rising comedy star and always leaves audiences in stitches with her interactive humour and vivacious energy. She recently performed in two televised comedy specials at Just for Laughs and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival.

Her one-hour comedy special, “Holmes Alone” won a 2001 Platinum Award at the Worldfest International Film Festival and was nominated for a Gemini Award. Her work on the Second City production “The Best of the Very Last” earned her a nomination for the prestigious Tim Sims Scholarship. Holmes is also known for her work on The Comedy Network and CTV’s hilarious, edgy, Carol Burnett-style sketch comedy, The Holmes Show.  She has appeared in such films as Welcome to Mooseport and Citizen Duane. Additionally, Holmes is working on her first comedic/motivational book, I Love Your Laugh, due out in 2010.

Holmes’s comedic high jinks and crazy antics, her knack for skewering celebrities such as Céline Dion, Liza Minelli and Britney Spears, along with her original creations, amuse even the most straight-faced audiences.  Her grace, bilingualism, and ability to react on the fly make her a natural choice for M.C.  Whether hosting or performing her hilarious characters, Holmes always leaves the audience in stitches.