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!

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"

Jay-Z & Beyonce's New Year 2009

Jay-Z and Beyonce spent New Years just like any other power couple capable of doing whatever they want whenever they want. The married superstar duo reportedly rented a $200,000 a week yacht named "The Galaxy" and headed for some fun in the sun. During the trip Jay-Z took digital pictures of his wife while she posed for him on board. Beyonce also enjoyed her time on a jet ski and water trampoline during their outing to St. Barts in the Caribbean. Entertainmentwise.com has 20 photos posted from their sea voyage here. Beyonce can definitely help afford the yacht trip, since she recently won the prestigious title of "Richest Young Star" during Forbes naming of the richest stars under 30. Knowles at age 27 currently has an estimated $80 million in her bank account. She edged out #2 singer Justin Timberlake and #3 NBA star Kobe Bryant, showing the solo sensation Beyonce has the ability to pay her "Bills". In other Jay-Z news, the recession has apparently hurt his plans for a new luxury hotel. The hotel supposed to launch in New York's West side early this year has been delayed. According to allhiphop.com the plans to break bround are "postponed indefinitely". The reason? The J Hotels line is reportedly just delayed and not canceled, however the current economic climate “can no longer support the $370 million in loans and investment” needed to make the planned five-star hotel a reality. According to experts it may take up to 2 years for any new buildings to appear in the city's skyline. Read more about Jay-Z's luxury hotel story here.

Timberlake Leads, Rihanna Rehabs

A brand new Justin Timberlake single has been debuted on Myspace Music called "Follow my Lead". The uptempo new single is released in an effort to raise funds for the Shriners Hospital for Children. The official announcement on JT's Myspace blog: MySpace has joined forces with Justin to raise money for Shriners Hospitals for Children by offering the exclusive song "Follow My Lead" as a download. MySpace Music allows users to buy the exclusive live song recorded at his recent concert, "Justin Timberlake and Friends, a Special Evening Benefiting the Shriners Hospitals for Children." Beginning November 18th, users can purchase the song featuring Tennman Records' recording artist, Esmée Denters, as well as watch video footage and interviews from the concert. To listen to and purchase "Follow My Lead," visit Justin's official MySpace Music profile! To listen to or purchase the song, head over to Justin Timberlake's Official Myspace profile. Timberlake also makes a cameo appearance in Rihanna's latest steamy music video entitled "Rehab". The song can be found on Rihanna's latest album, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded View the video for Rehab at YouTube.com.

Beyonce & Justin Timberlake's SNL Skit

You may have missed it this past Saturday night, but there was a hilarious spoof done of Beyonce Knowles' latest video "Single Ladies". On Saturday Night Live, Beyonce was the scheduled musical guest, and also did a skit to parody her video. Her current video features a black and white scene with Beyonce and three dancers showin their stuff. However, in the SNL video, Beyonce had a different set of dancers. Appearing as the dancers were SNL cast member Andy Samberg, a newer SNL cast member this season, and a surprise cameo from R&B/Pop singer Justin Timberlake. Catch the YouTube video from SNL here.

JT Gets Bashed for B-Day!

Happy belated B-Day to Justin Timberlake! The pop star turned 27 on Thursday. Unfortunately for Justin his fans don't just throw him a party. They really throw him around, as seen in this sneak peak Superbowl ad. The commercial is for a new Pepsi contest which includes music giveaways. You'll also notice JT's good buddy in the video, Andy Samberg. The duo is famous and won an award for their "D--k in a Box" music video skit on Saturday Night Live last year, and its YouTube video quickly spread around the web. Despite being so beat up for his birthday, Justin did get a few gifts such as a cupcake and Happy Birthday sung to him by Madonna.