2010 AMAs

The 38th installment of the American Music Awards will broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Sunday, November 21, at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. This year’s presenters include Trey Songz, Christina Milian, John Legend, Keri Hilson, Mike Posner, Natasha Bedingfield, Seal, and Taio Cruz, plus some surprise guests.

Rihanna will open the 38th annual show, including other performances by Usher, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, Pink, Diddy-Dirty Money, Ne-Yo, the Black Eyed Peas, Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Kid Rock, and more. Will you be watching?

Take a look at this year's nominees:

Favorite Male Artist, Pop or Rock
Justin Bieber
Eminem
Usher

Favorite Female Artist, Pop or Rock
Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry

Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Pop or Rock
The Black Eyed Peas
Lady Antebellum
Train

Favorite Album, Pop or Rock
Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
Eminem - Recovery
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Favorite Male Artist, Country
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Brad Paisley

Favorite Female Artist, Country
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Country
Zac Brown Band
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts

Favorite Album, Country
Jason Aldean - Wide Open
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
Carrie Underwood - Play On

Favorite Male Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop
B.o.B.
Drake
Eminem

Favorite Album, Rap/Hip-Hop
B.o.B. - B.o.B. Presents
Drake - Thank Me Later
Eminem - Recovery

Favorite Male Artist - Soul/R&B
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Usher

Favorite Female Artist - Soul/R&B
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
Sade

Favorite Album, Soul/R&B
Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom
Sade - Soldier of Love
Usher - Raymond v. Raymond

Favorite Album, Soundtracks
AC/DC - Iron Man 2
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Favorite Artist, Alternative Rock Music
Muse
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend

Favorite Artist, Adult Contemporary Music
Michael Bublé
Lady Antebellum
Train

Favorite Artist, Latin Music
Daddy Yankee
Enrique Iglesias
Shakira

Favorite Artist, Contemporary Inspirational
Casting Crowns
MercyMe
TobyMac

Artist of the Year
Justin Bieber
Eminem
Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry

T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Nominations
B.o.B
Justin Bieber
Taio Cruz
Jason Derülo
Ke$ha
Lady Antebellum
Travie McCoy
Mike Posner

- Basquiat

Spread Love. Live life. Be Inspired.

Continue Entry»

VMA 2010 Commentary

From the pre-show to the big opening act. It's what is talked about every year on the second week of September, the MTV Video Music Awards. Here's ♥ t i f f a n y's dish on what's going down from the White Carpet, to the stage.

Nicki Minaj was the topic most talked about as her haters, "Barbz" & "Kens" anticipated her performance during the VMA pre-show. If you saw it, you may have been just as confused as I was from Nicki's Judy Jetson look, to Will.i.Am's black face - literally. Another woman who is always talked about - Lady Gaga took home two VMAs before the show even started. But of course, what was talked about even more than her winnings was, her outfit. She wore an Alexander McQueen gown from his last collection and looked as normal as she has ever been.

The show opened up with Eminem & Rihanna and what I have to say about that is, the set of the show looked wonderful. Don't get me wrong, I love their music, but the performance wasn't anything to talk about, besides Rihanna's red hair; which we showed you in our last Haute or Hate It post. I'm excited to see how funny Chelsea Handler is...and this picture says it all (Chelsea as Lady Gaga). She was completely hilarious!!!

Kim Kardashian was introduced as a "fashion icon" which made me screw up my face; but she did look pretty. She introduced heartthrob, Justin Beiber. His performance was cool. He brought the young dancers out on stage and had the hair going as usual. He let us see him play the drums; which was excited as seeing someone play the drums. Needless to say, the kid has talent.

Usher performed "OMG", and for me it was a mix between J. Lo's "Waiting for Tonight" video and a B2K performance. There were plenty of LED lights/rays to go around, accompanied by some dancing. Will.i.Am was in the audience and the performance was alright. At this point I am waiting to be impressed...

Here's something to wake you up, Florence + The Machines! Although some were confused about who she was and why she was performing, I enjoyed it. She delivered the most interesting/best performance thus far. Amber Riley & the cast of "Glee" announced the Best Pop Video award. Amber looked fabulous! Lady Gaga took another award in her heavy gown that she couldn't even walk in, but she looked fab!

And kudos to Taylor Swift for making headlines again with her "diss record" performance to Kanye West. Too bad the performance was bad on the vocal end. But she looked nice and the visuals were on point.

Drake's performance with Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz is just what I needed! He looked sexy, yes, I'm talking about Drake LOL. His set was on point and he woke me up from the dreadful award show I've been watching for the past 90 minutes. Best performance goes to Drake thus far!

Columbian actress, Sofia Vergara announced the award for "Best Hip-Hop" video, in which Eminem took home. I'm not too sure if anyone understood what she was saying lol, but Eminem and Lady Gaga are racking up!

B.o.B., Bruno Mars, and Haley Williams ft. Paramore hit the stage next. Bruno sounded great (as usual), Haley looked dope, and Bobby Ray's energy was on point. A great performance! Paramore performed "Only Exception" and it was beautiful -definitely in my list of top performances! Singer, Robyn, had her 30 second spotlight (as did Travie McCoy & Jason Deluro) and I truly wished she would've gotten to do a full performance, she's so cool!

Justin Beiber won the award for Best New Artist. It just wasn't a winning night for Young Money! Welcome to MTV!

Linkin Park performed, but I wasn't feeling it too much. The lyrics were sang too harsh, and it didn't feel like the LP I knew from a few years back. They did their performance LA's Griffith Observatory.

And for the time almost everyone has been waiting for...Video of the Year (introduced by Cher - who had Lady Gaga in tears); went to...Lady Gaga for "Bad Romance". She definitely was the winner of the night!



And the 2nd most anticipated moment of the night, Kanye West's performance! K. West set off his performance with a white column, a beat machine, a mic, and a red suit (and red sneakers to match). Next he brought out the Clipse, ballerina dancers, and an autotune microphone. "Let's have a toast for the assh***s, have a toast for the jerkoffs, let's have a toast for the scumbags. Baby I got a plan, runaway as fast as you can." He left the audience chanting his name.

Overall, I'll rate the 2010 VMAs a 6.5/10. What did you think of the show? Who was your favorite performer? COMMENT!!!
♥ t i f f a n y
Spread Love. Live life. Be Inspired.
Proud supporter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Continue Entry»

MTV VMAs 2010 Nominees

And the winner is....Well you'll have to wait until Sunday, September 12th to find that out. Without a doubt one of the most watched programs is coming your way again, the MTV Video Music Awards. The 4th quarter is almost upon us, and with that comes time to congratulate those who have given us what we've loved over the past year - GOOD MUSIC. To tease your taste buds we bring you, the 2010 VMA Nominees for some of your favorite categories. Atop the list we have Lady Gaga (with 13 nominations for everything imaginable), Beyoncé, (whom I don't remember putting out much of anything this past year - but hey when you're hot like her you get 5 nominations), and Marshall Mathers; Eminem (getting 8 nominations). See the rest of what's in store for you:

BEST COLLABORATION
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
Airplanes

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga
Video Phone (Extended Remix)

3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha
My First Kiss

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Empire State of Mind

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Lady Gaga
Bad Romance

Ke$ha
Tik Tok

Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
California Gurls

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga
Video Phone (Extended Remix)

Taylor Swift
Fifteen

BEST MALE VIDEO
Eminem
Not Afraid

Usher featuring Will.I.Am
OMG

B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
Airplanes

Drake
Find Your Love

Jason Derulo
In My Head

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams
Airplanes

Eminem
Not Afraid

Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem
Forever

Jay-Z & Swizz Beats
On To The Next One

Kid Cudi featuring MGMT & Ratatat
Pursuit Of Happiness

BEST NEW ARTIST
Ke$ha
Tik Tok

Jason Derulo
In My Head

Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris
Baby

Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett
Massive Attack

Broken Bells
The Ghost Inside

Dont forget to tune into music's second biggest night (to the Grammy's) LIVE September 12th on MTV.

- Basquiat
"Spread the love and live your life; while seeking to inspire and be inspired."
Proud supporter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Continue Entry»

::ring ring::

Telephone

The highly anticipate video is FINALLY here! "Telephone" by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé! The video is a short film and is super hot! Gaga is one of the smartest artists in the industry. I'll leave my thoughts on the video in a comment, as should you! Happy watching!


Video Link

What did you think of "Telephone"? Let us know...COMMENT!

Spread Love. Live Life. Be Inspired.

♥ t i f f a n y
Proud supporter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

JuNK FOOD OVeRLOAD

Happy Monday! What better way is there to start off your week than to see some of the latest celebrity gossip/news? None! So indulge in what we here at elleELLEeye like to call "JuNK FOOD"!




Ooo Gaga!

Lady Gaga covers one of UK's biggest magazine's, Q and she's spiked out! How does she look?

Yo Fabba Fabba

Rapper Fabolous celebrates his son's birthday party that was themED after the hit children's show "Yo Gabba Gabba". Fab dressed up as DJ Lance Rock. It's so nice to see what fathers will do for their children!

Vanessa Simmons' New Do

Rev Run's oldest daughter changed up her hair, giving us this new look. Some are saying that it's a shorter do, but I can't really tell since it is styled and curled. How do you like it?

Lil' Wayne's Dental Downgrade

If you didn't already know, Weezy is set to go to prison. His date was pushed back due to his dental plans where he had to remove his decked out $150,000 diamond grills, and replace them with these veneers. Both the top and bottom are veneers, the top is just covered.

Until your next craving...

Spread Love. Live Life. Be Inspired.

♥ t i f f a n y
Proud supporter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Continue Entry»

2010 Grammys Commentary + Winners

One of the biggest nights in music took place last night, the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, and let's just say that it was Ladies' Night. The biggest winners of the night were Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and the leader of the pact, Beyoncé - who made history by being the first to win six Grammys in one night. Check out the elleELLEeye commentary by ♥ t i f f a n y & DANiE, our favorite performance and the full list of the 2010 Grammy winners!

I was totally surprised that Lady Gaga opened the show with Elton John (and Elijah Kelley, commentator of the performance from the hit movie Hairspray), but I must say she put on a performance. The show continued with a comedic slot by Stephen Colbert who won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album.

"Song of the Year" went to the well deserved hard-working woman of show business, Beyoncé! I'll admit that I was a little disappointed that Bey didn't perform something else (considering I watch all of her performances and "If I Were A Boy" is old to me), but she delivered regardless. Did anyone peep Keri Hilson with her dead down while she was performing though? No comment...no Grammy =x

Green Day's performance was excellent!

Goldilocks herself, Taylor Swift, graced the stage and sang a total of three songs. The first song, she sang solo and remaining two songs she performed with country legend Stevie Nicks. She sounded pretty good, very mellow and chill, but I was looking forward to rocking out with her - which didn't happen...booo!

The "3D" Tribute to Michael Jackson was performed by Celine Dion, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Smokie Robinson.
I didn't have 3D glasses! If you watched this tribute with them, please let me know how it looked! There's no denying the talent these artist possess. I cant believe Michael's gone, but it was a little heart wrenching to hear his voice on the track as the artists sang with it. The tribute was dope.

I had 3D glasses, and it made no difference! If you think about it, it shouldn't have worked because it's really us (the people at home) watching someone else watch a 3D movie. I thought that the tribute was a bit creepy and that they could have done something else. I'm sure Michael would be flattered and taken back being honored, but if I was the King of Pop I would have wanted to see something else. I give that performance a thumbs down.

Prince and Paris Jackson once again showed their courage and spoke to the thousands of people in place of their late father Michael Jackson. What did you think about their short speeches?

I thought that Prince is very well-spoken and I appreciated Paris' little thank you. They are some brave kids.

Best Rap Collab: Rihanna and Jay-Z, "Run This Town". Their appearance with Juelz (Beyoncé's nephew) was the best part. The dapper little boy wore his tux with a fresh pair of Nike Dunks! When Rihanna picked him up and asked him if he had anything to say, he politely smiled and said "No, thanks". HOW CUTE! I AGREE!

Wyclef Jean stepped to the stage and reminded everyone of how strong the Haitian people are. I thought that was important because the news does portray some of the saddest images. That's a good take on it. I thought he looked a little too happy, but I see what you mean.

Pink's performance wasn't much different from that of the one she gave at the MTV VMAs. She did the whole gymnast/acrobatic thing, and though some were amazed, I was bored and confused at the part where she was dips in water and started spinning in the air. I would've been mad if I got wet!

The most random part of the night for me was when I missed the introduction to a performance. What performance? Jamie Foxx and T-Pain's "Blame It" with Doug E. Fresh. I thought it was so funny! Jamie is crazy.

Round of applause to Lil' Wayne, Eminem, and Drake! They graced the staged together and did a good job. Drake is growing as a performer, I actually enjoyed watching him.

The biggest awards of the night, Album of the Year, went to the American Sweetheart, Taylor Swift. She beat out Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and the Dave Matthews Band. Honestly, I wanted the B.E.P. to win, but I think all of those nominated deserved it.

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS

And my favorite performance was...Black Eyed Peas (who won three awards) doing "Imma Be" and "I Gotta Feeling". Happy Watching!

Video Link

What was your favorite part of the night? Let us know what you thought of the show! Who did you miss seeing, what was your favorite performance? COMMENT!

Spread Love. Live Life. Be Inspired.
Proud supporters of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Continue Entry»

When it all Falls Down

No matter who you are, rich, poor, popular, or socially disconnected, I'm sure you have been a victim to a bad trip, tumble or fall. The fall wasn't the bad part, it's the situation we're put in after we fall.

"I hope no one saw that! Ouch, that hurt. OMG I'm so embarrassed."

Don't worry, I've been there too. But compare your fall to someone who has hundreds of thousands of people watching their life on a daily basis...yes, the life of a celebrity. Take a look at some of Hollywood's stumbles, because it happens to the best of us.

J-Lo falls while performing at AMAs

Video Link

Beyoncé falls at Concert in Orlando

Video Link

Michelle from Destiny's Child falls on 106 & Park

Video Link

and most recently...

Lady Gaga falls on Monster Ball Tour

Video Link

You have any stories to share? What is your favorite celebrity tumble?

Spread Love. Live Life. Be Inspired.

♥ t i f f a n y
Proud supporter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society