Country singer Taylor Swift and the late Michael Jackson lead the nominees for the 2009 American Music Awards, which were announced Tuesday.
Swift garnered six nominations, including...
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DJ AM and T.I. were winners at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
The late celebrity spinner won the DJ of the Year prize while the imprisoned rapper took home two trophies Saturday night -- the best collaboration award with Rihanna for the song "Live Your Life" and the album of the year award for "Paper Trail."
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More acts are lining up to rock the MTV Video Music Awards.Rihanna, Paramore, Pink and T.I. have been added to the roster of VMA performers, The Associated Press reports.They join the already-announced Kid Rock, Lil' Wayne and the Jonas Brothers.Rihanna, whose "Take a Bow" is up for Best Female Video, will perform her No. 1 summer hit "Disturbia," while Best Rock Video nominee Paramore will belt out "Misery Business." Pink, a past VMA winner, will entertain the crowd with "So What," the first single off her upcoming album Funhouse.No word on what T.I., who's up for Best Male Video, will perform, but his presence will be significant for another reason. It will be his first award show appearance since his arrest at last year's BET Hip-Hop Awards for trying to purchase machine guns and silencers. The rapper will serve a year in jail after completing 1,000 hours of community service.The 2008 Video Music Awards, hosted by British comedian Russell Brand, will air Sept. 7 on MTV. — Jo...
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Remember when you wanted your music television Youre not alone The nets introduction of MTV2 somehow didnt stem the tide of rumored malaise and longing for truly youthful rawness and MTV apparently got the message Their answer FNMTVHosted by newlywed and soon-to-be dad Pete Wentz the visually spastic weekly show unveils artists brand-new videos and encourages multi-platform audience participation With super-saturated colors and graphics a studio audience and live musical performances the show is part concert part critics discussion part Facebook-in-a-show-experiment and most surprisingly part education forum Seriously For FNs third episode to air June 27 I joined the fan corps to check out a taping that included Rihanna TI Maroon 5 and newbies No Age along with Making the Band alums Boys to Men whoops Day 26Perhaps the most unique aspect of the show is the way that each artist introduces their video premieres For TI an usually
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Dreamgirls cast mates Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson were the big winners at Tuesday night's BET Awards, grabbing a pair of statues each. Beyoncé was named best female R&B artist and won video of the year (for "Irreplaceable"), while J-Hud topped the new-artist and female-actress categories. Among the other winners were Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), who took home male-actor honors, Ne-Yo, who was named best male R&Ber, Gnarls Barkley, who was best group, and T.I., who repeated as best hip-hopper.
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