People's Choice Awards Tonight

People's Choice Awards will have all the stars in attendance:

We have Malin Akerman, Julie Bowen, Michael Chiklis, Miranda Cosgrove, Kaley Cuoco, Taye Diggs, Lisa Edelstein, Zac Efron, Elton John, Neil Patrick Harris, the
Kardashians, Minka Kelly, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Taylor Lautner,
Zachary Levi, Jane Lynch, AnnaLynne McCord, Leighton Meester, Stephen
Moyer, Conan O’Brien, Jerry O’Connell, Jim Parsons, Robert Pattinson,
Pauley Perrette, Katy Perry, Natalie Portman, Emma Roberts, Kristen
Stewart, Taylor Swift and Kate Walsh. How’s that for a roster of A-List
Hollywood talent and then some. Plus, they’ll all be decked out to the
nines, and if you want to see for yourself who’s wearing what before
Queen Latifah gets the ball rolling, simply tune into our exclusive live
Red Carpet webcast 7:30-9:00 PM live ET/4:30-6:00 live PT. Plus, you
get musical numbers from Kid Rock and Selena Gomez and The Scene. As far
as star-studded evenings go, this is the only game in town

Front Row is said to heave our Twilight Trio:

I wonder who else will be there? And just how many awards will Twilight pick up?

See all nominees here.

My picks:

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Favorite MOVIE - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Favorite MOVIE ACTOR - Robert Pattinson
Favorite MOVIE ACTRESS - Kristen Stewart
Favorite ACTION MOVIE - Iron Man 2
Favorite ACTION STAR - Angelina Jolie
Favorite DRAMA MOVIE - Dear John
Favorite FAMILY MOVIE Despicable Me or How to Train Your Dragon
Favorite COMEDY MOVIE - Easy A
Favorite COMEDIC STAR - Will Ferrell
Favorite ON SCREEN TEAM - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner
Favorite MOVIE STAR UNDER 25 - Robert Pattinson
Favorite HORROR MOVIE - The Crazies (Let Me In may win but I haven't seen it yet)
Favorite TV DRAMA - The Vampire Diaries (though I love Grey's)
Favorite TV DRAMA ACTOR - Chace Crawford or Ian Somerhalder
Favorite TV DRAMA ACTRESS - Sandra Oh
Favorite TV COMEDY - The Big Bang Theory, Glee, How I Met Your Mother,
Modern Family, Two and a Half Men

(I LIKE ALL OF THEM! Glee should win)
Favorite TV COMEDY ACTOR - Matthew Morrison
Favorite TV COMEDY ACTRESS - Jane Lynch
Favorite COMPETITION SHOW - So You Think You Can Dance (But I like them all)
Favorite TV CRIME DRAMA - NCIS
Favorite TV CRIME FIGHTER - Emily Deschanel
Bones
Favorite SCI-FI/FANTASY SHOW - True Blood
Favorite TALK SHOW HOST - Ellen DeGeneres
.. or Conan
Favorite TV OBSESSION - Dexter or True Blood. NOT PLL ha ha I am obsessed but not in the same way
Favorite TV GUILTY PLEASURE - Jersey Shore
Favorite TV GUEST STAR - Britney Spears
Glee for entertainment value. For actual skills
Demi Lovato on Grey's Anatomy or Neil Patrick Harris on Glee
Favorite TV DOCTOR - Cristina Yang on Sandra Oh
Favorite TV FAMILY - The Harpers
Two and a Half Men
Favorite FAMILY TV MOVIE - Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Favorite TV CHEF - Gordon Ramsay or Jamie Oliver
Favorite NEW TV DRAMA - I like them all but I will say Hellcats
Favorite NEW TV COMEDY - $#*! My Dad Says
Favorite MALE ARTIST - Eminem
Favorite FEMALE ARTIST - Lady GAGA or Taylor Swift
Favorite SONG -
Airplanes
by B.O.B featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore
Favorite ROCK BAND - Daughtry
Favorite BREAKOUT ARTIST - Bruno Mars but probably Justin Bieber
will win it
Favorite POP ARTIST - Lady Gaga
Favorite COUNTRY ARTIST - either Lady Antebellum or Taylor Swift
Favorite R&B ARTIST - Usher
Favorite HIP-HOP ARTIST - Drake or Eminem or SNoop
Favorite MUSIC VIDEO - I like all these videos
Baby by Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris
Love The Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna
Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
Telephone by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé
Waka Waka by Shakira featuring Frshlyground
Favorite ONLINE SENSATION - Betty White
Favorite VIRAL VIDEO STAR - Greyson Chance "Paparazzi"
or"Single Ladies" Devastation


Thoughts?

VMAS 2010

I posted Reasons to watch 2010 VMAs but really, they weren't all that entertaining.


On my list I was looking forward to a few things, so let's talk about those first and if they measured up to my expectations (not really) then I will discuss other things that happened.

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First Taylor vs Kanye

This was anti-climatic.

She sang a forgiveness song that was sweet and slow and had subtle burns but more in a "i feel sorry for you" kind of way. The lyrics are here.

Then Kanye closed the show with a song that made me laugh mostly, though admitedly I had a moment of heartfelt emotion toward him... pity!

He has been such a jerk and his song says "Let's toast to the douchebags, let's toast to the assholes, let's toast to the scumbags" and part of me was laughing at the fact he uses those lyrics while another part of me felt sad he actually feels that way about himself... then I realized he is an ego-maniac who needs medication and it's actually progressive that he can accurately identify himself as a scumbag, asshole douche...

ANYWAYS - - -

Performances...

Some were not memorable, others were amazing.. stand out for me was Eminem opening up the show.... it's a shame he had to leave right after for a show in NYC.. he won a few awards he couldn't accept, not even by video and it kinda sucked actually.

His performance, however, was awesome... really love him! Rihanna showed up to sing also which was a shocker, she was supposedly unable to make it ha ha.

all the other performances were great, especially Florence + the Machine and Usher... I even liked lil Justin Beiber or Bieber or Beaver or whatevs... interestingly enough Usher was out of breath while dancing and singing while the Beaver wasn't even as he was tossed into the air... and his drum solo miraculously kept going even when one stick broke - - - ha ha ha

Jersey Shore

The trash of 2010 - they were in the hot tub and Chelsea got ina nd came out preggers, hilarious, I love that they are the punchline of every joke, and they don't care, I mean even with that kind of money do ou not look in the mirror and wonder wtf am i?

Lady GaGa

I was looking forward to her outfits, and she did not disappoint... nor did her speeches to be honest...

"I never thought I'd be asking Cher to hold my meat purse"

Before Cher announced the winner she said something along the lines of her being "the oldest, biggest hair, smalles outfit" and having "shoes older than some nominees" it was awesome!

After winning video of the year she announced the title of her upcoming album and sang a line, live, randomly from it. She was even a bit emotional! So non-gaga but awesome, even in a meat dress.

Chelsea was a good host, some odd humour, some over the top humour (Ride Joe / Alcide's face home) a nice opening act with Lindsay Lohan saying tha tno one wants to work with a drunk, she should know ha ha a few funny clips I really love that the stars can make fun of themselves, it's awesome!





Overall nothing really too exciting... but I watched anyways ha ha

Thoughts?

VMAs - Reasons to watch even though Robert Pattinson is not attending... and an Ashley Greene rant..

There will be no ROb, no Kristen, no Taylor, not even a Kellan or Jackson at the VMAs (according to reports, though I am still hopeful someone will show up) The only one scheduled is ... Ms Greene.

I have no REAL issue with her, I promise, She just annoys me... ha ha - I just feel like she has personal papz and we see her everyday, shopping, or gassing up, or talking on the phone, or wandering or drinking coffee or (best of all) kissing various hot boys

Here she is after a fitting for the VMA's tomorrow...

Ashley Greene is the only Twi Star scheduled to attend the VMAs and perhaps that is why I haven't really been as psyched as usual by them.. then again, I have been so busy with life... *sigh*

Regardless she is presenting and there are some other really cool rumours going around such as a Taylor Swift revenge song... tee hee watchout Kanye

We all remember last year's "debacle" as they call it...

AP Reports:

NEW YORK — Be warned, Kanye: Taylor Swift has written a song about you, and she's singing it at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.

The country superstar's win for best female video last year was marred when Kanye West got on stage and said it should have gone to Beyonce.

Swift wrote a song about the experience earlier this year, and a source familiar with the show said Saturday the 20-year-old will sing the new song at the VMAs, which will be aired live on MTV. The source did not want to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.

The song is on Swift's upcoming album "Speak Now," due out in October. The source said Swift performed it during a secret rehearsal in Los Angeles for the VMAs on Friday.

Though the West-Swift moment only lasted but a few minutes, it has endured for what seems to be a lifetime. It became a cultural watershed moment and gave West the most intense backlash of his career, despite an apology delivered later.

Apparently Kanye is performing too, I will bet he sings his song he wrote for Taylor... his apology... hmmm... Both are also nominated for awards.

Speaking of Kanye did you see his tweets... he went on and on and on and I think he honestly needs medication...

Taylor had also tweeted something long the lines of: Even though Kanye said sorry on twitter I won't sing a song with him... it was gone when I went back to copy it...

At least there is something controversial and exciting planned for the VMAs ha ha

The performances. I got to see Travie McCoy on Leno when RPattz was on in June and I just loved Gym Class Heroes so I am excited to see them perform. Other performances I am excited about include:

BoB and Hayley Willians (who have never even MET despite their hit collaboration "airplanes" ha ha)

also Eminem's performance (although Rihanna can't be there). He is supposed to be opening the show and I am thrilled, something about him - rawr!

AND Florence + The Machine who was features on the Eclipse Soundtrack (Heavy in your arms) as well as Eat, Pray Love and a few awesome SYTYCD Routines as well. I am such a fan of their sound and of FLorence Welch's voice... Read 5 things you should know about Florence + the Machine.

Other performances include Jason Derulo, Drake, Usher, Outkast and G-Unit,

Other things to look forward to? What will Lady Gaga wear? also Chelsea Handler and Aziz Ansari... I imagine I will be giggling and "oh no they di-hint" - ing throughout the show.... Presenters.. well we have Ashley Greene representing Twilight (woo... sigh) and then the Glee Cast and Jersey Shore trash and who knows who else will show up, what they will wear and what they will SAY or DO!

Though I honestly forgot VMAs were on this weekend until tonight ha ha (Sorry was pre occupied with preparing for True Blood Finale) I am now excited to tune in tomorrow...

Will you Watch?

What are you looking forward to most?

Love the Way You Lie - Eminem and Rihanna music video starring Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox looks at Domestic Violence

When I first heard "Love the way you lie" I was shocked to hear Eminem rapping / collaborating with Rihanna. The lyrics are powerful and today when I saw the video for the first time I was overwhelmed.

It's a controversial video - some claim it glorifies domestic abuse, maybe so - but for me it is a powerful message of how the good can go bad and once it does there is no escape, just repetition. I have witnessed VERY close friends experience this cycle and it pains me to know so many women allow it to continue over and over.

Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox star in the video that showcases the downward spiral and repitious pattern domestic abuse too often takes.

Nilva said the video is especially potent because of Eminem's and Rihanna's personal histories with violence or abuse. "Eminem's history is ...as someone who sings a lot about violence," she said. "And Rihanna's experience [is] as someone who was abused by Chris Brown."

That history, she added, is what will make people look at the video and see "that the message is not 'Don't you want a relationship like mine?' The message is a warning sign."

During the four-minute span of "Love The Way You Lie," Rihanna alternately sneers in the frame and seems to physically diminish before finally crumbling to the ground in front of the burning house that serves as her backdrop throughout. The images may be melodramatic but symbolically, they are accurate, according to Nilva. "Someone who is victimized in a relationship does become smaller, does lose their power and their strength."

"I think we tried as hard as we could to not glorify the violence, to try and explain that this was a relationship that is by no means ideal and a relationship that probably should have ended a lot sooner than it did," Monaghan told MTV News recently. "The concept of 'Love the Way You Lie' was essentially a look at the relationship that Eminem was in with his wife, Kim, so I kind of felt like I was playing Eminem a little bit, and Megan Fox was kind of playing Kim.

"It's the story of them getting to know each other, and it's the story of their tumultuous relationship, and it was the story of the breakdown of their relationship," he continued. "Ultimately, what I think he's trying to say in the song ... is that he should have walked away a little bit quicker than he did and not let it get as messy as it did."

Personally, I can see how some may view it as glorification of domestic abuse since it stars two hot young actors with a lot of passion, however, the message they try to convey is strong and with discussion, young viewers will realize this is NOT a life to live and not acceptable behaviour... sadly, by the time relationships get to this stage, it is difficult to break free, as shown in the video and as witnessed and experienced by many people I know.

Here is the video if you haven't seen it:




Here are the lyrics if you need them:

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that's alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that's alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

I can't tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now there's a steel knife
In my windpipe
I can't breathe
But I still fight
While I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right
It's like I'm in flight
High of a love
Drunk from the hate
It's like I'm huffing paint
And I love it the more that I suffer
I sufficate
And right before im about to drown
She resuscitates me
She fucking hates me
And I love it
Wait
Where you going
I'm leaving you
No you ain't
Come back
We're running right back
Here we go again
It's so insane
Cause when it's going good
It's going great
I'm Superman
With the wind in his bag
She's Lois Lane
But when it's bad
It's awful
I feel so ashamed
I snap
Who's that dude
I don't even know his name
I laid hands on her
I'll never stoop so low again
I guess I don't know my own strength

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that's alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that's alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

You ever love somebody so much
You can barely breathe
When you're with them
You meet
And neither one of you
Even know what hit 'em
Got that warm fuzzy feeling
Yeah them chills
Used to get 'em
Now you're getting fucking sick
Of looking at 'em
You swore you've never hit 'em
Never do nothing to hurt 'em
Now you're in each other's face
Spewing venom
And these words
When you spit 'em
You push
Pull each other's hair
Scratch, claw, bit 'em
Throw 'em down


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"We are the World" re-make

Stars perform at the "We Are The World 25 Years for Haiti" recording session held at Jim Henson Studios on Feb. 1 in LA. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Handout)

How different is the "We are the World" remake from the original version, which shined a light on famine in Africa 25 years ago?

Well, Lil Wayne is singing Bob Dylan's verse this time around and Justin Bieber is singing Lionel Richie's opening line. And as far as the sound goes, mtv.com said it has a "modern Southern hip-hop bounce to it."

As if that isn't confusing enough for your grandparents, the video is being shot in 3-D.

Mandy's Mind - The Grammy's 3D was an epic fail - unless red/blue 3D glasses start coming with every television set it's just blurry and headachey to watch the 3D.

The remake has been in the works for a while but changed its focus last month after the earthquake in Haiti. "We Are The World - 25 for Haiti," recorded in a Hollywood studio on Monday (they wanted to take advantage of the star power in town for the Grammys), will now have a Haiti angle. All profits from the single will go to the earthquake victims.

The original song, which featured Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Ray Charles and Diana Ross, raised $63 million.

Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie brought back the "We Are the World" project 25 years after Richie wrote the song with Michael Jackson.

The very large cast of very large stars was surely hard to manage. Kanye West reportedly showed up to the Jim Henson Studios with an entourage complete with girlfriend Amber Rose and a film crew. In 1985, Quincy Jones did his best to get his talent in line by hanging a sign over the studio entrance that said, "Check Your Ego at the Door."

Mandy's Mind - I heard on the radio that Taylor Swift opted out... knowing Kanye West was there, I don't blame her. I would have rather had her than Kanye quite honestly! And the "Check your Ego at the Door" should have been enforced this time, 25 years later, when ego's are out of control from people such as Kanye and others on the list.

While the orginal recording was sold to raise money in the fight against world famine, the remake will be sold to benefit victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. Many stars have already started talking about the experience, and it sounds like it will match up to the original.

Nicole Richie was there with her father, Lionel Richie, when he worked on the original. This time she was there with husband Joel Madden and their son, Sparrow. She wrote on her Twitter Monday, "WOW. Brian Wilson stood next to me & I got to hear him sing right into my left ear. Can you say AWESOME!"

Quincy Jones, singer Lionel Richie and producer Rickey Minor at the "We Are The World 25 Years for Haiti" recording session held at Jim Henson Studios on February 1, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (January 31, 2010 - Photo by Handout/Getty Images North America)

Meanwhile young singer Justin Bieber said he could barely keep his eyes off Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls. He Tweeted, "Singing We Are The World right now with celine dion next to me!! Everyone is here!! I'm meeting everyone!! This is insane! Ok ok chill."

The full list of all 81 choir singers hasn't yet been released, but here are some of the stars we know were there.

-Celine Dion
-Jennifer Hudson
-Justin Bieber
-Vince Vaughn
-Kanye West and Amber Rose
-Julianne Hough
-will.i.am
-Wyclef Jean
-T-Pain
-Randy Jackson
-Gladys Knight
-Brandy
-Keri Hilson
-Faith Evans
-Rob Thomas
-Nancy Wilson
-Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls)
-Harry Connick Jr
-Katharine McPhee
-Robin Thicke
-Josh Groban
-India.arie
-Usher
-Carrie Underwood
-Fergie
-Jason Mraz
-Anthony Hamilton
-Trey Songz
-Musiq Soulchild
-Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland)
-Kristian Bush (Sugarland)
-Nicole Richie
-Joel Madden
-Snoop Dogg
-Tyrese
-Miley Cyrus
-Nick Jonas
-Joe Jonas
-Kevin Jonas
-Jordin Sparks
-Enrique Iglesias
-Jeff Bridges
-LL Cool Jnico
-Natalie Cole
-Toni Braxton
-Barbra Streisand
-Lady Gaga
-Jay-Z
-Eminem

The video for the song will debut Feb. 12 on NBC during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics.

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