Billboard Music Awards 2011 Performers

Sunday will mark the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. There should be a good variety of performers on hand from hip hop music to celebrate this latest show in Vegas. There will be a Lil Wayne Billboard appearance. He'll team up with singer Mary J Blige to perform a duet together on stage. This will be their song from the Diddy-Dirty Money album, also scheduled to appear on Blige's upcoming solo album. Nicki Minaj, Cee Lo Green and Snoop Dogg are among the other performers scheduled for the show. Among the presenters will be everyone's favorite young couple of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. The 2011 Billboard Music Awards will also award Jay-Z's wife, Beyonce Knowles, with a special Millenium award. The show airs Sunday night starting at 8PM EST on ABC. Check local listings for appropriate channel in your area. See the official website for more details on Sunday's awards show. Also check out the "Fan Favorite" award voting here.

Grammy Winners 2011: Arcade Fire engulfs Eminem

There may have been some intense special effect fire during Eminem's performance at the 2011 Grammy Awards Sunday night, but another type of fire spoiled his party. The Detroit rapper, nominated for ten awards, lost out to Arcade Fire for the highly-coveted Album of the Year award. Eminem had been nominated for "Recovery" for Album of the Year, and was competing against Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Lady Antebellum and Arcade Fire. In a major shocker or upset, it was Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs" which rocked the decision makers enough to garner the win. Still, Eminem won several awards on the night including the consolation prize of Best Rap Album. He beat out Jay-Z, Drake and B.o.B for the trophy. Also, Eminem rocked the stage with Rihanna and Adam Levine for "Love the Way You Lie," then assisted his mentor, Dr. Dre, in the new track "I Need a Doctor." Other winners on the night included Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum, Muse, Miranda Lambert and Lady Gaga. Newcomer Justin Bieber saw himself shut out in two major categories, falling to Gaga for the Pop Album award and in a shocking loss, losing Best New Artist to Esperanza Spalding? (That's right, who?!) A complete list of the 2011 Grammy Winners can be seen here.

Golden Globe Awards 2011 Winners & Show Recap

The Golden Globes went down Sunday night, as host Ricky Gervais took shots at everyone from Angelina Jolie to Bruce Willis to the hosting FHPA. One remark later in the night may have even cost Ricky Gervais further qualifications, as the HFPA president responded to Gervais' remark that the HFPA took bribes for "The Tourist" to be nominated for anything. Nonetheless, despite some of the jabs at Angelina, Bruce and Downey Jr., the show went on and Golden Globe award winners were made for the 68th annual edition. Winning the Best Picture awards were "The Social Network" for a Drama and "The Kids Are All Right" for Best Musical or Comedy. Aaron Sorkin won an award for his "Social Network" screenplay while its director also grabbed an award. Colin Firth picked up the Best Actor in a Drama award for "The King's Speech." Natalie Portman won the Best Actress Award for a Drama for her dark performance in "Black Swan." In television, "Glee" won a slew of awards, while "Boardwalk Empire" saw Steve Buscemi win his first ever Golden Globe. Also on the night, Robert DeNiro was given an achievement award presented by Matt Damon. DeNiro joked that he enjoyed Damon's appearance in "The Fighter," after Damon's introduction included Matt recalling various DeNiro films and then delivering lines by other actors in the movie. A who's who in Hollywood made up the audience which featured Clint Eastwood, Brad and Angelina, Tom Hanks and an interesting table arrangement where Jimmy Fallon sat with LL Cool J and Diddy. As for presenters, everyone from Megan Fox to Justin Bieber to Robert Pattinson and even Jane Fonda were on stage. Fonda made her first appearance there in over 25 years. Also upcoming superhero stars "Captain America" and "Thor" shared the stage as well as Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans presented. All-in-all, it was standard format for the Golden Globes 2011 award winners, as they followed suit from the Critics Choice Awards and will likely carry over to Oscar wins. Ricky Gervais certainly made his share of remarks to keep people buzzing after the event, but he may have to wonder about his friendships and potential work in the wake of some of those quips. See all of the Golden Globes winners for 2011 at the official website here.

2011 Golden Globe Nominations for Best Picture

The night of Sunday, January 16, 2011, the stars of Hollywood will assemble for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The major award show will honor the brightest and best achievements for the past year in movies and television. It could be a big night for several actors and specific shows/movies. One category that many people will be particularly interested in will be the Best Picture for Drama. The contenders for this award include "The Social Network" which recently won the Critics Choice Award. The movie tells the tale of Facebook's creation and it's young CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield co-star in the film which only was second in ratings to "Toy Story 3" from critics in 2010. Competing with "Social Network" will be "The Fighter" which features Mark Wahlberg as boxer 'Irish' Micky Ward. Christian Bale recently won a Critics Choice Award for this film as the crack addict brother/trainer of Micky, named Dicky. Bale may be taking home the Globe as well. News: Sofia Vergara nothing fits her for Golden Globes?! Natalie Portman also won an award for her dark performance in "Black Swan" at Critics Choice 2011. Portman may repeat with a win Sunday night, and hopes that "Black Swan" can become the "Golden Swan" by winning best picture. Also in competition for this category are "The King's Speech" starring Colin Firth and "Inception" starring Leo DiCaprio. "Inception" scored big at the box office, but has received mix reviews from critics. The films is considered an epic sci-fi/action/drama masterpiece which was directed by Christopher Nolan of "Dark Knight" fame. "King's Speech" is currently in rotation at theaters along with most of the other nominees. The expectation though is that the story of Facebook will get the "Like" tonight when it comes to Best Picture of 2010. Golden Globe Awards 2011 will start at 8PM EST on NBC in hi-definition!

Taylor Swift & T-Pain - Thug Story Lyrics & Video

The 2009 CMT Music Awards kicked off with a most unlikely pairing as Country/Pop and Hip-hop/R&B worlds collided. The opening video was entitled "Thug Story" by country star Taylor Swift and the master of the autotune, T-Pain. That's right it was T-Swizzle and T-Pizzle with Taylor delivering some "swift" lyrics backed by the crooning of T-Pain. Here's the Thug Story video featuring Taylor Swift and T-Pain. Find Taylor Swift Ringtones at Funtonia! Find T-Pain Ringtones at Funtonia! Thug Story Lyrics Taylor Swift & T-Pain ey ey T-Swizzle (T-Swizzle) T-Pizzle (T-Pizzle) I'm like 8 foot 4 blond hair to the floor You shorties never thought I dreamed about rappin' hardcore! No I ain't gotta gun, no I never really been in a club Still live with my parents but I'm still a thug I'm so gangsta you can find me bakin cookies at night You out clubbin? well I just made caramel delight! T-Swift & T-Pain rappin' on the same track It's a thug story tell me can you handle that? I had a dream last night, I had hi-top Nikes I had diamonds in my mouth and diamonds on my mic By the time I woke I was singin - I'm on a boa---t (T-Pain) Cuz I'm a signature rapper (Swift) Shorty I'ma make ya (T-Pain) Straight to the top yo (Swift) Shorty I'ma take ya (T-Pain) Call me T-Sweezy now I'm a rap star (Swift) It's a Thug Story now tell em who you are (T-Pain) Say ya turned gangsta (T-Pain) You don't wanna fight me (Swift) Straight to the top (T-Pain) In my xtra-small white tee (Swift) T-Swift & T-Pain on the same track, now it's a Thug Story now can you gimme that? (T-Pain) What?! What?! I knit sweaters yo! What?! What?! Don't test me (bleep) Swift talking: Hey hold on, hold on I didn't even say anything I said yo You guys bleeped me and I didn't even say anything, I didn't swear T-Pain sings: She didn't even swear- Swift: Hello? ugh! Get Taylor Swift Music at Amazon.com! Get Taylor Swift Tickets! Another interesting collaborative effort later in the show saw the duo Sugarland singing the B-52's classic "Love Shack" right before the group joined them on stage to finish the track out. Taylor Swift was one of the CMT Awards big winners of the night as winner of Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for "Love Story". Possibly "Thug Story" will be up for a BET award? Think not, but still a creative little comedic skit to merge country with rap, similar to the radio hit Nelly did years back.

MTV Movie Awards: Eminem meets Bruno!

(Eminem with Crack a Bruno?) Rapper-Comedian Stunt: Eminem leaves Mtv Movie awards! The 2009 MTV movie awards hosted by Andy Samberg definitely was entertaining this year. Host Samberg had some great bits including a digital short music video "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions (video/lyrics)" which also featured a cameo from SNL alum Will Ferrell as Neil Diamond. His intro was a montage of Samberg in various films such as "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Twilight". Another segment featured the likes of Leanne Rhimes, Chris Isaak and Forrest Whittaker performing various songs Samberg made famous. Presenters included the likes of Vanessa Hudgens, Jonah Hill, Sandra Bullock, Will Ferrell, Anna Farris and yes even Denzel Washington. Ben Stiller was presented an achievement award by Zac Effron, Kiefer Sutherland and Triumph the insult comic dog. A musical medley performance was given by rapper Eminem, who did his recent hits "Crack a Bottle" and "We Made You" on stage. Later in the show, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed as the follow up character to Borat named Bruno made his crazy entrance from the ceiling as a white angel, wearing a jock strap with large wings, hanging from the ceiling. As he swooped over the audience he "accidentally" became tangled in his cables and harness and was lowered down into the audience, perfectly on top of Eminem. Eminem seemed less than enthused with the character's ass in his face and began letting out expletives to his entourage to "get this m-----a off me". After his crew had pushed Bruno around and off Em, the rapper got up and seemed to storm out of the audience saying "this is stupid. As always anything involving the guy who plays Borat (Sasha Baron Cohen) and Slim Shady is going to get crazy. Check out the clip below of Eminem teabagged by Bruno! Twilight was the big winner of the night picking up the majority of the awards including Best Movie (voted on by MTV viewers), beating out High School Musical 3, the Dark Knight and Slumdog Millionaire. In another crazy unplanned moment Twilight actress Kristen Stewart drops her award as she nervously made it through her acceptance speech. Stewart and her co-star, rumored off-screen love interest Robert Pattinson also won the award for "Best Kiss" then teased the audience with a near kiss on stage. Sneak peak clips & trailers were also shown for both "Transformers 2" and the sequel to Twilight, New Moon. All in all this was probably one of the more entertaining MTV Movie Awards in recent times. If you get the opportunity, make sure to TIVO, DVR or tape it (if people still use tapes).

Carie Underwood's Red Dress a hit at CMA 2009

(Carrie Underwood & her infamous red dress, CMA 2009) Sexy country singer and former American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood, made headlines at this past Sunday's Country Music Awards (CMA 2009), in more ways than one, as she and her outfit took over the awards ceremony. Underwood won two awards including Entertainer of the Year, an award won by only six other females in the history of the CMA's. The Dixie Chicks were the last females to receive the honor back at CMA 2000. Even though Miss Underwood won Entertainer of the Year and Top Female Vocalist at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, it was her enormous flowing ballgown style red dress that Carrie Underwood wore which has people talking. The dress reportedly seemed to consume the stage and was ready to take over the entire venue. Carrie Underwood's red dress at CMA 2009 was described as a "cascading russet strapless ballgown", which she performed the song "I Told You So" in, live on stage. According to the Associated Press which was sworn to secrecy at the dress rehearsal, Carrie revealed some hints about her outfit prior to the CMA 2009 show. Miss Underwood described the dress as - "It's big," she continued. It's big. There's a lot — a lot of dress. Kind of like water, maybe? Like red water? That sounds scary, doesn't it? Maybe like lava. It's like lava. Or icing. Red icing." Underwood loves the fashion game, but as for the dating game she was recently spotted at a NHL Hockey game for the Ottawa Senators. Reportedly Carrie Underwood's boyfriend is the Senators center Mike Fisher. (Source: AP)

51st Grammy Winners & No Shows

(Plant & Kraus score big at 51st Grammys) The 51st annual Grammy awards showcased a true melting pot of music, merging all sorts of genres and performers up on stage. This year's Grammy award show featured a slew of performers doing double duty, not just performing once but in collab mode with other artists. Justin Timberlake held his own as he went into a duet with Al Green on "Let's Stay Together", then joined rapper T.I. for their current single. Jay-Z lent a hand to Coldplay with his guest rap on "Lost", then joined a pregnant M.I.A., T.I., Lil' Wayne and Kanye West for "Swagga Like Us" which brought the house down. Kanye also joined Estelle on stage for her pop hit "American Boy". Wayne also performed his heartfelt tribute dedicated to the many homeless and displaced individuals affected by the New Orleans tragedy. Robin Thicke provided the singing, while Weezy also performed "Big Chief" and "Tie My Hands". Wayne picked up a total of 4 awards including Best Rap Song (Lollipop), Best Rap Solo Performance (A Milli), and Best Rap Collab (Swagga Like Us). He soon won the Grammy for Best Rap album, but then fell short in the Album of the Year category to Robert Plant and Allison Krauss who won a host of awards. Coldplay also picked up 3 awards despite 7 total nominations. Jennifer Hudson won the R&B Album of the Year award in a touching moment. The award was presented by longtime diva, Whitney Houston, who received a standing ovation. Hudson, who had recently been in the news due to the tragic murder of several of her family members, thanked all her family, both those in heaven and those still on earth. Hudson later went on to perform one of her soulful ballads, ending teary eyed. Other performers included Katy Perry, The Jonas Brothers, Carrie Underwood, Paul McCartney with Dave Grohl, and a duet between teen sensations Taylor Swift & Miley Cyrus. See full list of Grammy Award Winners Chris Brown Arrested (Brown & girlfriend Rihanna No Shows) An incident which has just been coming to many people's attention is the no-shows by both Chris Brown and Rihanna at the awards show. Both singers were expected to be performers and were also nominated for awards. Reportedly, Brown and Rihanna were involved in a car accident, and Brown was also charged for a domestic incident in which he struck an unidentified woman. Brown later turned himself in for the altercation and Los Angeles police are investigating. Read more about the incident here.

Katie Couric Grills Lil' Wayne

CBS had a Grammy Special on Wednesday night as a precursor to the big awards show coming this Sunday night. On the special, CBS Evening News anchor, Katie Couric, interviewed several Grammy hopefuls including Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Lil' Wayne. Couric also participated in various activities with the artists, including bowling against Lil' Wayne and golfing with Justin Timberlake. Justin Timberlake discussed his various endeavors including acting in Independent Films (Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan), his comedy sketches on SNL (the famous box skit), and most recently his foray into fashion. JT's fashion line, William Rast has ads that feature Timberlake playing a renegade character on the run which he fully created. Timberlake also helped coach Couric to play some golf, and it was revealed that Justin's been named the #15 musician golfer. Lil' Wayne has been nominated for the most Grammys of any artist at the awards show and discussed what it is to be "gangsta". Basically he doesn't take anything from anyone and plans to die before he ever does. Wanye discussed his start writing rap songs while growing up in New Orleans as well as the song he'll be doing at the Grammys which is dedicated to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Lil' Wayne also revealed his real name is Dwayne, but he dropped the D due to the fact he's a "Junior". His father wasn't part of his life, so Wayne made the choice to not associate his name in that way. Wayne also revealed his numerous tattoos, and discussed his drug habits. Wayne talked of being previously addicted to prescription cough syrup, and his love of weed. The rapper said he'll stand up for marijuana any day, and currently uses it for medicinal purposes. Apparently he suffers from migraine headaches and the marijuana eases the pain. Lil' Wayne is scheduled to perform this Sunday for the annual Grammy Awards. The LA Times has an interesting article discussing the Grammy Awards slow recognition of the hip hop genre. Read "Grammy's Slow Hip-hop embrace"