AP - Taylor Swift was relishing her unlikely win of best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 19-year-old knew that the network doesn't exactly make a habit out of giving their moonman trophies to country music stars.
AP - Taylor Swift was relishing her unlikely win of best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 19-year-old knew that the network doesn't exactly make a habit out of giving their moonman trophies to country music stars.
Reuters - So far, so impressive. After only a handful of fall premieres, broadcasters already have two reasons to celebrate: Fox's "Glee" and the CW's "The Vampire Diaries" debuted to strong numbers last week, suggesting that perhaps the coming weeks won't be a repeat of last fall's disappointing returns.
 E! Online | Smooth landing for Reitman's "Air" in Toronto Reuters TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - One of Hollywood's big fall hopes screened at the Toronto International Film Festival during the weekend to a high warm reaction that sets the movie as one of the awards-season's early frontrunners. ... Oscar hopes heighten for 'Up in the Air' Lido buzz heats titles in Toronto Clooney's the big buzz at Toronto film fest |
 E! Online | True Blood Finale Redux: There's a Reason They Call It Blood and Gore E! Online True Blood is over for the season, but wipe away your blood tears, because at least we have one last post-show discussion to cherish before we put away the jambalaya and Mountain Dew for another year. If you haven't seen the season finale of True Blood ... Nelsan Ellis talks about 'True Blood's' finale and what's next for ... True Blood: Thoughts on the finale? Michelle Forbes: True Blood's Orgy Scenes Can Be 'Just Another Day ... |
Reuters - Prolific producer Jerry Bruckheimer has bought the rights to Derek Haas' short story "Shake" and hired the writer to expand it into a feature screenplay. The deal was for more than seven figures.
By now, most of you have seen firsthand and/or read about Kanye West’s unbelievably childish and rude interruption of Taylor Swift’s Award Acceptance for Best Female Video. These antics actually got Kanye kicked out of the VMAs. If you missed it, here is video of the occurrence:
Here are 6 Theories:
6. HE’S GONE FULL RETARD We’re actually serious about this. Only a few hours after the incident, Kanye blogged a sort of non-pology, saying that he’s sorry for what he did, but still believing that the action was completely and totally necessary BECAUSE BEYONCE DESERVED IT YEEZY. Read this and cry a blood tear that this man is definitely wealthier than you are:
Top 5 Theories Ahead.
5. HAIR WARNING: Kanye was still a little zonked and light-headed after the Ghost of Keith Haring visited him with a buzzsaw (much like he once did to an unsuspecting Grace Jones) as evidenced here:
4. HUG LIFE: Kelly Clarkson — one of this year’s VH1 Divas, and now we know why — wonders aloud on her blog I Am Kelly if Kanye is acting out following a less than warm childhood:
Dear Kanye,
What happened to you as a child?? Did you not get hugged enough??… I mean, I’ve seen you do some pretty sh*tty things, but you just keep amazing me with your tactless, asshole ways. It’s absolutely fascinating how much I don’t like you. I like everyone. I even like my asshole ex that cheated on me over you…which is pretty odd since I don’t even personally know you. The best part of this evening is that you weren’t even up for THIS award and yet you still have a problem with the outcome. Is winning a moon man that much of a life goal?? You can have mine if it will shut you up. Is it that important, really??…
On a side note, Beyonce has always been a class act and proved again tonight that she still is. Go TEXAS!!Taylor Swift, you outsell him ….that’s why he’s bitter. You know I love your work! Keep it up girl!
KC :)
If we come across Kelly at the event this Thursday, we will high five her for the world.
3. #1 SH*T RECORD:
Singer Pink thinks it might have something to do with the fact that Kanye is a Guinness World Record holder as “World’s Largest Piece of Dookie”:
@Pink: Kanye west is the biggest piece of sh*t on earth. Quote me.
You can see more Celebrity Twitter reactions here.
2. WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME: Kanye thought for a brief moment that he was at an event that was much, much, much, much more important than the VMAs:
1. BLAME IT ON THE ALCOHOL: Kanye was not in his right mind, as he had just downed a bottle and a half of Henny. He was so drunk, in fact, that he insisted he would not leave the show until security found his date, who just happened to be a Giant Bootysnake from Planet Androgynintonic whom he also hallucinated:
This blog post seems to confirm this theory:
Kanye was drunk. When he came into the Hall he was chugging on a handle of what looked like Hennessy. He was mingling with everyone (I cannot stress that enough) and preening for Amber Rose as he passed the bottle around
That’s a Bingo, folks.
Also… Amber Rose? Is that Booty Starship’s name?? No, really, look at this profile and tell me the girl isn’t from Outer Space:
What’s your theory behind Kanye’s wildly inappropriate outburst? Hint: “He’s an assh*le” counts as a theory.
This season’s Y-3 show was attended by all of that brand’s usual suspects: Rufus Wainwright, Perry Ferrell, Devon Aoki, Leigh Lezark, yadda yadda yadda. This time, though, the show itself proved far more memorable than almost anyone sitting the audience.
The whole thing kicked off with a rousing instrumental rendition of the national anthem that, frankly, had everyone in the audience flummoxed as to the proper protocol: should we stand? Take off our hats? Sing along? Instead, we collectively compromised by applauding wildly at the end. “What are we clapping for?” the guy next to me asked his seatmate. “America,” she snapped.
The show itself proceeded normally, although the usual rock runway music was interspersed with selections from a variety of other national anthems — almost all of which the dude behind us was somehow able to identify for his neighbors. That guy must love the Olympics. At the end of the show, five models strode across the floor of the Armory toward the photographers pit, each holding a Y-3-branded soccer ball. They stopped, and an enormous net unfurled a very long way from the ceiling all the way to the floor. A model stomped over to the photographers and hand-picked one, bringing him out to play goalie as each of the women shot a penalty kick right at him. The photographer (and the audience) was tickled — even if the lensman would make a terrible soccer player, given that he was unwilling to put down his camera in favor of continuing to document the moment. Not that we can blame him. Surely having five models kicking balls toward your face is a fetish come true for someone out there.
The models eventually scampered off, to delighted applause, and the photog-goalie took his curtain call and went back to manning his station. Naturally, we all assumed this was the end of the show, and started thinking ahead to dinner. But it was really just an appetizer. Next, designer Yohji Yamamoto emerged, holding two soccer balls of his own. He dramatically turned toward a nearby seat, and gestured. French footballer and worldwide hottie Zinedine Zidane slowly unfolded himself from his seat. The music was practically drowned out by the sound of everyone in the audience gasping and reaching for their camera phones in unison, as we all realized exactly what was about to go down, and also how badly we were going to want to post the photos of it on Facebook.
Yohji plucked the same photographer out of the scrum. This time, the guy smartly put down his equipment, so as to better handle Zidane’s moves. Zidane lined up and shot, right into the photographer’s belly. Somewhere in the crowd, someone was frustrated that he was denied the opportunity to yell, “goooooooooooaaaaal!” After Zidane showed us all what he was made of, Yohji took his own penalty kick. We’d provide more details about his form, but we were too busy asking each other if we just saw what we thought we just saw to pay too much attention. And we thought the most exciting thing about this show would be watching Madonna’s boyfriend, Jesus Luz, earning a living. Honestly, now we can’t even remember if we saw him.
Earlier: Y-3 Show Ends With Penalty Kicks
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The night was supposed to belong to Michael Jackson. The MTV Video Music Awards certainly started out that way.
But after Madonna's heartfelt speech about the fallen star and...
Taylor Swift's fans aren't the only people outraged by Kanye West's outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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The claws were out tonight at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
First, there were the ones Kanye West dug into Taylor Swift's big moment, then there was whatever caused Lady Gaga...
Reuters - Designer Tom Ford makes a surprisingly successful leap from the fashion industry to the big screen with "A Single Man," a standout directing debut about a gay college professor who loses his longtime partner.
Well, this certainly didn't take long. Enjoy! [via @jodyrosen]
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In case you were watching True Blood or cleaning your apartment or something, it may interest you to know that hilarious hip-hop star Kanye West made quite the spectacle of himself at MTV's silly awards thing this evening. A few seconds into Taylor Swift's acceptance speech after winning the award for Best Female Video, Kanye bounded onstage, took the microphone, and informed a stunned crowd that Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies" was more deserving (we'd probably go along with that). So, he was ejected from the awards and he's been taking a beating on Twitter all night. But later in the show, "Single Ladies" scored the award for Video of the Year, which does make its loss in the Best Female Video category seem a little weird, right? Anyway, Kanye has already said sorry on his blog, so water under the bridge. Video and an all-caps apology after the jump.
Here's the video:
And here's Kanye's blogged apology (his site seems to be down right now):
I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD'VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE'S IN THE BLEACHERS! ........................ I'M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!................. BEYONCE'S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I'M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN' THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE ... WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I'M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME... THAT'S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I'M NOT CRAZY YALL, I'M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I'M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!
What a class act.
Kanye West: “I’M IN THE WRONG” [Idolator]
Kanye West Asked To Leave VMAs After Rant Against Taylor Swift [MTV]
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 CanMag | Twilighters React To 'New Moon' Trailer Unveiled At VMAs MTV.com Cullens and Volturi and Felix, oh my! As every Twilighter worth their "Bite Me, Edward" T-shirt knows, the latest and greatest "New Moon" trailer was unveiled at the Video Music Awards tonight — and as quickly as you can say, "So, ... Third 'New Moon' Trailer Revealed New Moon Feature Trailer Arrives for New Moon |
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Mischa Barton caused the second frenzy in as many days when she made a front-row appearance at Hervé Léger on Sunday. As she walked out from backstage, we literally saw a woman drop her jaw so vigorously that her gum fell into her lap. If that doesn’t boost a girl’s self-esteem, nothing will.
Regardless of self-confidence, Mischa doesn’t seem to be doing interviews, which means that no one can report anything beyond the basics. Which are namely that (a) as rumored, she does appear less bloated than usual, and (b) she actually looked kind of great in a cleav-tastic black dress. Given her recent hospitalization — which she now claims was due to a really, really bad wisdom-tooth extraction, a far more creative excuse than “exhaustion” — we can understand why she doesn’t want to snuggle up to a bunch of reporters who might not be able to resist the temptation to ask her, you know, what was up with that.
More forthcoming was Hilary Duff, whom we overheard dishing that she’s “a big shopper,” who “loves shoes.” Groundbreaking! We suspect Hilary actually gave all the good gossip to her seatmate, Amanda Bynes. Although we predicted on Thursday that we were eventually going to get so sick of Bynes that we’d vomit all over ourselves (or something along those lines), that’s proved to be a total exaggeration. In fact, Amanda looked downright refreshing, if only because her oversize blazer downplayed the agonizing ubiquity of yet another bandage dress. Once the reporters skedaddled, she and Hilary cozied up and had what looked like a seriously juicy chat, complete with multiple eye rolls and gesticulations from Amanda. Apparently, we’re easily wooed. All it takes is good accessorizing.
Also all bandage-dress-ed-up: Victoria’s Secret model Marissa Miller, who has a lot of hair, in case you were wondering; Peaches Geldof, who could not have looked more bored if she were trapped under a pile of geometry homework; and Mischa’s The Beautiful Life co-star Ashley Madekwe. We didn’t notice Mischa chatting much with her co-worker, either, now that we think of it. Maybe she just isn’t speaking to anyone.
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Even with stellar performances by performers such as Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Pink and more, the King of Pop closed the show at the VMAs.
The MTV awards show previewed This is It, the...
AP - "Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation" (William Morrow, 200 pages, $27.50), by Gregory Maguire:
AP - "Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation" (William Morrow, 200 pages, $27.50), by Gregory Maguire:
AP - "Under This Unbroken Sky" (Harper, 341 pages, $25.99), by Shandi Mitchell: In 1933, Theo Mykolayenko and his family fled to Canada from their home in the Ukraine, a land ravaged by starvation under Stalin's regime.
AP - "Level 26: Dark Origins" (Dutton, 406 pages. $26.95), by Anthony E. Zuiker with Duane Swierczynski: Serial killers are categorized by levels 1-25. In Anthony E. Zuiker's thriller series debut, "Level 26: Dark Origins," there is one so vicious, the FBI has given him his own category.
AP - "Home Boy" (Crown Publishing, 274 pages, $23), by H.M. Naqvi: In the first days after 9/11, many immigrants found themselves in a harsh new spotlight, with a little extra wattage reserved for Pakistanis and other Muslims.
AP - "Little Bird of Heaven" (HarperCollins, 448 pages, $25.99), by Joyce Carol Oates: In February 1983, alluring songstress and part-time heroin addict Zoe Kruller is found murdered in her home in the dying Rust Belt town of Sparta, N.Y. When the police hunt for suspects, they come up with her mechanic husband Delray and her lover, construction worker Eddy Diehl.
LeAnn Rimes may be the new woman in Eddie Cibrian's life, but his ex Brandi Glanville isn't interested in speaking to her.
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Moments before Erin Fetherston was to show her collection, a model decided she was uncomfortable wearing just a sheer top. "We had to come up with a wardrobe adjustment," said the designer, who solved the problem with a camisole. Another model braved the flashbulbs in a gauzy blouse, and while nipples are okay on Fetherston's runway, butt cheeks aren't welcome. "I hate that," Fetherston said of the burgeoning no-pants trend. "I really believe in people not forgetting their pants."
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To borrow a phrase from the woman herself, we met Victoria Beckham today and it was MAJOR. It was the best thing that has happened to us so far this Fashion Week, and is probably, in fact, the best thing that has ever happened in the entire history of fashion. Um, have we ever mentioned that we kind of love her?
So we may be biased, but the truth is that Posh is kind of a genius. She’s approaching her new career as a fashion mogul with the exactness of a politician. Although we never personally subscribed to the idea that Victoria is dumb just because she used to be a pop star, or because she is very tan, or has a famous athlete husband — having read all of her books, we know better than that. But because she is, by definition, a celebrity with a fashion line, she risks being lumped in with the rest of those dimwit dilettantes. By giving very intimate showings rather than a big, splashy show or a crammed presentation, Posh has created an opportunity to quite literally prove that she knows what she’s talking about. And, frankly, it’s hard to believe that anyone could come away from a presentation like Sunday’s believing otherwise. Girlfriend is totally on the ball.
Victoria — wearing an adorable frock that made her legs look about a mile long — kicked off the event by personally greeting each guest. As usual, we were completely incapable of being suave and instead stammered something idiotic about how much we love her. Posh was nice enough not to kick us out on the grounds of being unimportant, and instead politely replied that being loved was a nice change. Or something like that. Honestly, we barely heard her. Our brains were collectively screaming, “OH MY GOD, I SAW SPICE WORLD IN THE THEATER!”
After Vicky — we feel like we can call her that now — finished making the rounds, we all sat down to check out her latest. La Beckham essentially narrated the show, providing copious details about each dress: its tailoring and fabric, its inspiration, how it was different from the previous season’s efforts, and what made it particularly special. When the model who was wearing the dress that Victoria herself was also modeling appeared, Posh cracked that “it’s never good to wear the same thing as the model.” She then explained she was demonstrating that “a normal girl” could look as smart in her designs as a model. One of the attendees kindly — and aptly — pointed out that Victoria is hardly a normal girl. She laughed off this remark, but the truth of the matter is that while Posh’s life (and her figure) is certainly exceptional, she does act like someone you could go out for drinks and gossip with: funny and self-deprecating. Sure, this could be a front, maintained for maximum positive PR impact, but we doubt it. Like we said, we saw Spice World in the theater: She’s not that good of an actress. But she certainly is an excellent host. And now that we’re BFFs, we can’t wait to see what else she’s got in her closet.
Earlier: Our Exclusive Interview With Victoria Beckham
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AP - Victoria Beckham knows fashion, not just how to wear it or how to buy it but also how to make it and that's pretty impressive.
AP - Designers at New York Fashion Week had a new tactic to woo back wary customers: flowers.
Not to be outdone by the male models at Duckie Brown, models Frida Gustavsson and Dorthea Barth Jorgensen had their own staring contest. Watch Jeremy Kost's video to see how fast those masks fall off.
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"I have been supporting the economy, people!" stylist Mary Alice Stephenson told Video Look Book at the tents this weekend. "I buy!" Watch the video to see her I.D. every piece she's wearing, including her new favorite handbag from Victor Hugo.
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It's becoming quite clear that the color of the season is yellow. Yes, sunny, muted, neon, mustard, marigold, golden yellow. All shades of it have popped up on the runway. Before you bemoan that you can't possibly pull off this color, realize there's a shade out there that's perfect for you. Monique Lhuillier sent out a canary-hued flapper frock, Jenni Kayne had intense-lemon dresses, and Lacoste's entire show was practically dipped in sunshine. Click ahead to see all these looks and more.
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Filed Under: adam, jason wu, jenni kayne, karen walker, lacoste, slideshow, three's a trend, united bamboo, yellow
Last night, the Creative Arts Emmys, which seem to get bigger every year, took place in L.A. (they'll be broadcast Friday night on E!). Winners of note include Intervention (Reality Program), Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (Website), Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Special Class Award and, notably, Joss Whedon's first and only Emmy win), Justin Timberlake (Guest Actor, SNL), and South Park (Animated Program Under One Hour). But the star of the show was Tina Fey, who showed up looking smashing, and who gave credit to her SNL muse, Sarah Palin, in her acceptance speech for Guest Actress on SNL:
“Mrs. Palin is an inspiration to working mothers everywhere because she bailed on her job right before Fourth of July weekend. You are living my dream. Thank you, Mrs. Palin.”
The BBC has video of the first part of Tina's speech (in which Tina forcibly makes out with Jack McBrayer!), but we'll have to wait until Friday to see the rest.
Creative Arts Emmys 2009! [Pregnant Cornbread]
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Filed Under: emmy awards, emmys, jack macbrayer, justin timberlake, sarah palin, snl, tina fey
A very tired but calm and happy Jason Wu visited the American Express skybox in the tents today for a quick talk. "I'm running on coffee at this point," he said. Even though he showed on Friday and feels "relaxed" now, he's still working all day every day, getting ready to fill what will probably be his brand's largest orders in its short but already storied three-year history. He is the kind of designer who eagerly reads the reviews the morning after the show. This season, those of his collection were mostly glowing. He's about to launch eyewear, but that's not all. "A few things are under wraps right now, a few products," he revealed. "You're going to see Jason Wu grow in a much bigger way in 2010." He wouldn't go into specifics but added, perhaps to Barack Obama's chagrin, that menswear won't come anytime soon.
Although Wu makes very pretty, refined clothes, he has a wild side. "My hair used to be a different color every week," he said. Calling his style of yore "questionable," he said he even had piercings. Currently, he's obsessed with Lady Gaga. "I always love the bow in the hair. I think it's so cool. I think it's so campy, but it's fun," Wu said. Did he have a favorite Gaga moment? "It's hard to name just one — I have the album, and I listened to it throughout fittings." As for her favored pantsless fashions, he said, "I think if you got it, why not flaunt it?" All the same, he would like to see women wearing dresses — in pretty colors — this fall.
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Filed Under: designers, jason wu, lady gaga, new york fashion week, spring 2010
Top 3: Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself: $24 million; 9: $10.8 million; Inglourious Basterds: $6.5 million. Disappointments: Sorority Row: $5.2 million; Whiteout: $5.1 million. Doing gangbusters in limited-release: The September Issue: up 399 percent; Big Fan: up 80 percent. [Box Office Mojo]
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Filed Under: big fan, box office, i can do bad all by myself, inglourious basterds, sorority row, the september issue, tyler perry, whiteout
People, even athletes, even female athletes, lose their temper sometimes, when they feel like something that just happened is total fucking bullshit. As fun as it was to watch Serena Williams lose it a little at what she perceived to be a bad call, the ensuing press conference — in which Serena appeared calm, self-aware, reflective, and totally reasonable — was even better. We can all just simmer down now!
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In yet another New York Post exclusive, Ashley Dupré claims to be "the poster child for redemption" and still wants us to make her a singing sensation. Hey, isn't "redemption" reserved for people who were in some sort of state of grace in the first place? [NYP]
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The "signs in poor taste" at yesterday's tea-bagger march on Washington have already inspired a new Tumblr photo site in the tradition of the hugely popular site Look at This Fucking Hipster: lookathisfuckingteabagger.tumblr.com. It seems to focus more on the signs than on the tea-baggers themselves, and it's pretty entertaining! A book deal should be imminent. [via Twitter]
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Über-hottie Megan Fox got oodles of good bad press recently when she compared her Transformers director Michael Bay to Hitler (and said sundry other crazy things). But now a few crew members...
A scanned-in memo on MTV letterhead has leaked, purporting to show the winners of tonight's Video Music Awards. It's probably fake, because even an organization as famously disorganized and inefficient as MTV would most likely label its top-secret memos with something more, um, English-as-a-first-language than:
Attention is not allowed to copy this list, and this list should not leave the headquarters of MTV until the day on which the VMA 2009.
Yeah, that's totally not how they label things like that. However, with a heavy sigh, we've transcribed the supposed winners in each category after the jump, as a service. If you have money on tonight's outcome, well, that's sad! But you might at least want to be aware of this.
Final List of Winners of the Video Music Awards 2009
Public Vote:
Best New Artist: Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"
Best Female Video: Béyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Best Male Video: Eminem — "We Made You"
Best Pop Video: Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"
Best Rock Video: Paramore — "Decode"
Best Hip-hop Video: Eminem — "We Made You"
Breakthrough Video: Matt and Kim — "Lesson Learned"
Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman): Radiohead — "Karma Police"
Video of the Year: Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"
Professional Vote:
Best Choreography: Best Female Video: Béyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Best Direction: Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi"
Best Editing: Britney Spears — "Circus"
Best Special Effects: Eminem — "We Made You"
Best Cinematography: Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi"
Best Art Direction: Lady Gaga — "Paparazzi"
The source of the leak also provided the supposed set list (yawn), which at least ends credibly with all the performers singing Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us." [Via ONTD]
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Deborah Solomon takes issue with Seth McFarlane's rape jokes, and she gives an example that proves conclusively that they're not unfunny because they're shocking, they're unfunny because they're unoriginal and hack. Which neatly sums up The Family Guy in a nutshell. [NYT]
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Tim Burton's 9 didn't have a chance at dominating the weekend box office—not against the mogul whose name really counts: Tyler Perry.
The latest Perry-branded dramedy, I...
Fashion Wire Daily - Christian Siriano has made a name for himself in the fashion world and, though a fine start, it extends beyond his victory on the television show "Project Runway." He proved his longevity as a designer and couturier of the stars at his fashion show in New York's Bryant Park on Saturday, Sept. 12.
For some reason, George Clooney wrote a scold-y essay called "How I Feel About Manners" in The Daily Mail yesterday, in which he recounts the story of the day he struck back against an undermining stranger:
The other day I was at a party and a woman I didn't know came up to me and said, "I hated your last movie." I said, "Oh. Okay. Uh, thank you for your opinion." She said, "And I don't agree with your politics." I said, "Okay. Well, we all have our own point of view, right?" She said, "And you're a lot older in person than you seem on screen."
She was just standing there, saying all these things to me, and at last I'd had enough. I smiled very politely and said, "You know ... those 35 extra pounds of weight you're carrying ... they look just fantastic on you."
She was astonished. She said, "What did you just say to me?" I said, "I'm paying you a compliment. I think all that extra weight looks terrific on you."
She was furious! Called me an a***hole. I said, "No, look here, I was just standing here, minding my own business, and you walked up to me and insulted me. Which one of us was out of line here?"
After relating this anecdote, Clooney goes on to say that people should stop "telling it like it is" and start following the golden rule (which he explains, just in case readers haven't heard of it) and being more polite to one another, and that it's not really himself he's defending, because as a public figure he has a thick skin, but he's seen his friends and family be hurt by this crass culture of unfiltered criticism in which he thinks we live. Blah blah blah. The real point is: When is this mystery lady going to step up and claim the book deal that is rightfully hers? We expect to see The George Clooney Diet: How an Insult From a Movie Star Helped Me to Lose 35 Pounds and Become a Better Person Along the Way at our local Barnes & Noble by fall 2010. [Daily Mail via Jezebel]
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Joe Wilson, the "You Lie!" guy, went on Fox News Sunday this morning to tell Chris Wallace that he ain't going to apologize for his outburst again, to anyone. Wilson is "proud" that he was able to draw attention to the issue of citizen verification and that the bill has been changed to reflect his wishes, but he still says he regrets his behavior because he "believes in civility." He said being publicly reprimanded by Congress is "going to be tough." But the most interesting part of the interview came when Wallace asked Wilson about Maureen Dowd's op-ed today, in which she alleges that Wilson's disrespect for the president was motivated by racism. Wilson came back with a surprising and absurd defense:
I respect President Obama. Actually, there's a relationship in a way ... his wife, ah, her family's from Georgetown [South Carolina], ah, my family's from next door, in McClellanville, so I, ah, have a great respect for the president.
Before saying this, Wilson paused, his left hand shaking, his voice hesitant. Maybe it's because he knows that in the historical culture of South Carolina, this kind of "relationship" is not necessarily, or even likely to be, a friendly one. (And if the two families were friendly, or even knew each other, wouldn't he have mentioned that salient fact?) And it certainly doesn't prove that Wilson's unprecedented act of disrespect wasn't racially motivated. If Joe Wilson thinks "our families lived near each other in a segregated area of the country" is his best defense against being called a racist, he's on very shaky ground.
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Filed Under: congress, health carnage, joe wilson, joe wilson's war
Christopher Kelly, Rod Blagojevich's former chief fund-raiser, died yesterday morning of what is being called an aspirin overdose. The married father of three was indicted for fraud along with Blagojevich in April and was supposed to report to authorities on Friday for incarceration in a separate tax-offense case. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that an unknown woman, identified as his "girlfriend," dropped him off at a hospital and that police are now searching for "Kelly's girl." [Chicago Sun-Times]
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Filed Under: christopher kelly, deaths, rod blagojevitch
The first trailer for Lars von Trier's Antichrist garnered complaints that it wasn't scary enough for the movie that's already a legend of genital-bashing horror. We can all shut up now, though, because there's a new one, and it's the scariest trailer we've seen, ever. Many will probably find while watching this that the emotional trauma it promises to inflict greatly outweighs any lingering curiosity about THE SCENE. As fans of A&E's Obsessed might put it: We have a nine or a ten on the "sex in a pile of bodies" scale. Antichrist has already leaked to the Internet, so if this trailer compels you, knock yourself out! We'll be in the corner rocking back and forth.
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Filed Under: antichrist, charlotte gainsbourg, lars von trier, movie, willem dafoe
The big winner at Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys?
. Tina Fey. The bespectacled funnylady's spot-on Saturday Night Live spoofin' of a certain veep wannabe earned her an Emmy...
Fashion Wire Daily - Lacoste, as a brand known most commonly identifiable for their sporty colorful polos and other leisurewear staples like cable knit sweaters and khakis, has much to offer to even those not athletically inclined for spring 2010.
Fashion Wire Daily - The best show we've seen in quite some time by a young American designer was surely that of Alexander Wang, whose sporty runway moment on Saturday, Sept. 12, in Manhattan was very much a mega triumph.
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