May 22, 2013

Justin Bieber Booed During Billboard Speech (Watch)

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*It was a bittersweet night for the Biebs at the Billboard Music Awards. Justin Bieber got lots of love from the trade magazine itself, earning two trophies on Sunday, including the evening’s final Milestone Award – beating out Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift. However, he got considerably less love from Billboard’s live audience, where boos [...]




Nobody’s Buying: Rihanna Covers Don’t Sell Fashion Magazines

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*Rihanna’s been a big hit lately on the newsstands, but like her counterpart, Taylor Swift, who has also been plastered all over the place, fell a bit short when it came to sales. In a report compiled by WWD, Taylor Swift covered five magazines, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Haper’s Bazaar, Elle, and Glamour in the past years, but her [...]




Jay-Z, Kanye, Frank Ocean Lead 2013 Grammy Nominations

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*Jay-Z and his “Watch the Throne” partner Kanye West, join Frank Ocean Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, FUN and Mumford & Sons in leading this year’s crop of Grammy nominees with six each. Nominations for the 55th annual ceremony were announced Wednesday night by The Recording Academy in a one-hour CBS special hosted by [...]




LL Cool J Back to Co-Host Grammy Nominations Concert

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*LL Cool J will reunite with Taylor Swift to co-host the annual concert to reveal the Grammy nominations in December, CBS announced Monday. Maroon 5 and country singer Luke Bryan will also appear on the show, which has been dubbed The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! — Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night. The one-hour event will [...]




Nicki Minaj to Perform at the American Music Awards

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*Nicki Minaj has been announced as one of the performers set for the 40th annual American Music Awards, to take place Nov. 18 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Taylor Swift and Linkin Park were also named Wednesday as part of the performance lineup, joining previously announced artist Christina [...]




Alicia Keys to Appear on VH1’s ‘Storytellers’ in November

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*Alicia Keys, Pink and Taylor Swift have been booked to appear on VH1′s “Storytellers” in November. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The ladies’ specials will air three nights in a row: Swift on Nov. 11, followed by Keys on Nov. 12 and Pink on Nov. 13.  All three women have albums dropping later this year. [...]




Video: GOP Ad Uses ‘Fallon’ Clip to Label Obama ‘Celebrity Prez’

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*Right on cue, Mitt Romney backers have taken President Obama’s appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and put together an ad slamming him as the “the biggest celebrity in the world,” asking, “After four years with a celebrity President, is your life any better?” The ad – produced by the GOP Super PAC American [...]




Obama on Kanye: He’s A Jackass … with Talent

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*We think one of the reasons Obama’s enemies can’t handle him is because of his razor sharp wit. Such was the case a couple of years ago when he went in on Kanye West after the rapper went stupid by jumping on stage when Taylor Swift was giving her Grammy acceptance speech. When asked about [...]




KCAs: FLOTUS Honors Swift; Halle Berry, Will Smith Slimed (Video)

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*Michelle Obama managed to escape Nickelodeon’s 25th annual Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday hit with only a splattering of slime, but Halle Berry and Will Smith weren’t so lucky. The first lady, in attendance with her two daughters Sasha and Malia, presented Taylor Swift with the Big Help Award, which recognized her charity work with [...]




Oprah Beats Gaga, Bethenny Frankel on New Forbes List

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*While Oprah Winfrey remained the world’s top money maker in entertainment, Lady Gaga and reality star/businesswoman Bethenny Frankel are hot on her heels, according to Forbes.com. Winfrey held on to the top spot with $290 million in earnings from May 2010 to May 2011 and an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. But Winfrey’s daytime [...]




Video: Newly-Freed T.I. Joins Taylor Swift in Concert

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  *Rapper T.I. joined country star Taylor Swift for a surprise duet at her concert in Atlanta. Toward the end of Swift’s set on Sunday night, she introduced T.I. by singing the opening chorus of his hit song “Live Your Life,” according to the AP. The packed house at Philips Arena screamed once he stepped [...]




Video: Rihanna Covers Vogue; Backs UNICEF Push to Sell Tap Water

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*Rihanna, who covers the new April 2011 issue of Vogue, is joining Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez in a campaign to force restaurant owners to charge for tap water to help fund clean drinking fluid around the world. The singers have added their name to UNICEF’s Tap Project, which urges restaurants to ask diners to [...]




Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday’ Reaches No. 1 on Billboard

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*Nicki Minaj tops the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time, as her “Pink Friday” set moves 3-1 in its 11th week on the list, according to Nielsen SoundScan. “Pink” also pushes past the 1 million total sales mark this week — 1,035,000 total since its Nov. 22, 2010 release, reports Billboard.com. “Pink Friday” [...]




Kanye Defends Twitter Joke Against Britney Spears

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*Kanye West is standing by a joke he made on his Twitter page over the weekend about Britney Spears and her new No. 1 single, “Hold It Against Me.” Referencing his past controversy with Taylor Swift, when he told the country star that she didn’t deserve an MTV Video Music Award over fellow nominee Beyoncé, [...]




Kanye West is MTV News’ Man of the Year

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*A year ago, he was interrupting their awards show to complain about a Taylor Swift win. Today, MTV’s news division has chosen Kanye West as its Man of the Year. The network says he was chosen because his comeback was a “compelling story’ and while coming into 2010 as a villain for his run-in with [...]