GRAMMY AWARD NOMS ANNOUNCED
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
The nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards were announced during a special on CBS tonight. Cee Lo's "Fuck You" was too profane for the radio, but it got nominated for one of the Grammy's highest honors: song of the year. Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna), Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me" and "Beg Steal Or Borrow" by Ray LaMontagne are also up for song of the year.
BEST NEW ARTIST: Justin Bieber, Drake, Mumford & Sons, Florence & the Machine and Esperanza Spaulding
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Eminem, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Lady Antebellum
REDORD OF THE YEAR: Eminem "Love the Way You Lie," Jay-Z and Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind," Lady Antebellum "Need You Now," B.O.B. ft. Bruno Mars "Nothin on You," Cee Lo "Fuck You"
Eminem is up for 10 awards. Bruno Mars is nominated for seven. Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and Lady Antebellum are all up for 6.
The Grammys will be awarded Sunday, February 13 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS.
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 10:22 PM,
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AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The American Music Awards were held in Los Angeles tonight. Justin Bieber was the big winner taking home four awards. The 16-year-old also walked away with the Artist of the Year award, becoming the youngest person ever to win it. Other high and low-lights: Ke$ha looked like she had just come from the trailer park, Taylor Swift wore a weave and Rihanna wore practically nothing to open the show.
-- Soul/R&B Album: Usher, "Raymond v. Raymond"
-- Soul/R&B Female Artist: Rihanna
-- Soul/R&B Male Artist: Usher
-- Pop/Rock Album: Justin Bieber, "My World 2.0"
-- Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group: The Black Eyed Peas
-- Pop/Rock Female Artist: Lady Gaga
-- Pop/Rock Male Artist: Justin Bieber
-- Rap/Hip-Hop Album: Eminem, "Recovery"
-- Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist: Eminem
-- Country Band, Duo or Group: Lady Antebellum
-- Country Album: Carrie Underwood, "Play On"
-- Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
-- Country Male Artist: Brad Paisley
-- Contemporary Inspirational Artist: MercyMe
-- Soundtrack: "Glee: The Music, Volume 3 -- Showstoppers"
-- Latin Music Artist: Shakira
-- Alternative Rock Artist: Muse
-- Adult Contemporary Artist: Michael Buble
-- Breakthrough Artist: Justin Bieber
-- Artist of the Year: Justin Bieber
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 11:14 PM,
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RECAP OF THE 2010 VMA'S
Monday, September 13, 2010
The bar was set very high. In 2009, Lady Gaga had a killer performance, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys closed the show with "Empire State of Mind" and, oh yeah, Kanye West stole Taylor Swift's thunder. The 2010 MTV Music Video Awards had a lot to live up to, but proved fairly tame compared to last year's show.
The show opened with Eminem performing his anthem, "Not Afraid." He was joined by Rihanna for a performance of their summer smash, "Love the Way You Lie." There was potential for creating a really moving, unforgettable performance here. Instead, Rihanna was wearing an ugly tutu-like dress and it seemed like there just wasn't much time put into the performance.
The sometimes funny Chelsea Handler hosted the show. She came out trying to do her best Lady Gaga impression, with an over-the-top outfit. Her jokes seemed to fall flat on the audince for her open and throughout the show. Bring Chris Rock back.
The performances were so-so. Justin Bieber performed outside of the studio to a bunch of screaming girls. He tried showing off his drumming skills, which proved elementary at best. Back in studio, Bieber's buddy, Usher, performed the over-hyped "OMG." Florence and the Machine (I've never heard of them either) sang their hit song, whatever that is and Linkin Park delivered on a dramtic performance of their new single.
You were buzzing about them last year and this year there's probably plenty of water cooler talk about Taylor Swift and Kanye West. Once again, they stole the show. Taylor performed a not-yet-titled song about Kanye West. "32 and still growing up now. Who you are is not what you did You're still an innocent," Taylor sang. Really strong performace.
Kanye West closed the show. Wearing bright red on the black and white set, clearly Kanye felt like the devil in the room. He debuted his new song, "Runaway." It's catchy and ironic chorus, "Let's have a toast for the douchebags. Let's have a toast for the assholes. Let's have a toast for the scumbags." He may have been an outcast last year, but by the end of this song, Kanye had won over the room. All was forgiven.
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 9:52 AM,
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2009 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS
Monday, September 14, 2009
The MTV Video Music Awards were broadcast live tonight from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The show began with a surprise appearance from Madonna. Dressed in all black, she was one of the many who paid tribute to Michael Jackson. She called Jackson a "hero" who could make people believe that they could fly. A little much? It continued further downhill from there, as the material girl rambled on and on and on and on about the time she spent with him. She then she felt like we abandoned him when he died. She ended her seven-minute speech saying, "long live the king." When she finally finished, things got good. Big dance tribute to Jacko, which involved his sister, Janet. Really well done. The audience couldn't get enough of it.
Katy Perry and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry then took to the stage for a rendition of "We Will Rock You," that ushered in host Russell Brand.
The most talked about moment came just 25 minutes into the show. Taylor Swift won the moonman for best female video. As the teen made her acceptance speech, Kanye West stormed the stage and said Beyonce should have won. He's nuts!! Very rude and disrespectful. Taylor looked horrified. Beyonce looked shocked. What's worse, they cut her mic so she couldn't finish talking. It's being reported that Taylor Swift ran backstage and burst into tears in her mother's arms after the incident. Kanye's just a jerk. Trying doing that to Diddy and see how it goes.
Lady Gaga is out of her mind. She dresses like she doesn't own a mirror. Her performance of "Paparazzi" was way over the top. It ended with her covered in fake blood looking like she hanged herself. That's great for the young audience. Later on, Gaga was spotted wearing a huge bird's nest around her head and tight red lace covering her face. Just bizarre. The award for worst dressed goes to...
The big award - video of the year - went to Beyonce for "Single Ladies." After Beyonce thanked everyone for the award, she showed the world just how classy she is. She invited Taylor Swift back on stage to re-do her speech.
"I remember being 17 years old up for my first MTV award with Destiny's Child, and it was the most exciting moment in my life. So I'd like for Taylor to come out and have her moment," Beyonce said.
A very moving moment to cap of a wild and unpredictable night.
WINNERS...
Best Female Video - Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me"
Best Male Video - TI, "Live Your Life"
Best Rock Video - Green Day, "21 Guns"
Best Pop Video - Britney Spears, "Womanizer"
Best Hip Hop Video - Eminem, "We Made You"
Best New Artist - Lady Gaga
Breakthrough Video - Matt & Kim, "Lessons Learned"
Best Video (that should have won a moonman) - Beastie Boys, "Sabotage"
Video of the year - Beyonce, "SIngle Ladies"
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 8:54 AM,
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VMA PRE-SHOW: WHAT IS LADY GAGA WEARING?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Thoughts on the MTV VMA's pre-show...
* What the hell is Lady Gaga wearing? Also, why was she paired with Kermit the Frog?
* What is Buzz Alrin doing there? Not the right demo.
* Can any of MTV's talent read a TelePrompTer?
* There is no need to re-make "Fame."
* Jermaine Jackson is a media whore.
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 8:50 PM,
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VMA AWARDS RECAP
Monday, September 08, 2008
Despite all the controversy in last night's VMA, there were plenty of good moments. Britney Spears proved she is still in the game, winning all three awards she was nominated for. She even took home the coveted "Video of the Year" moonman for "Piece of Me."
Some of the performances were good. Others not so much. Paramore rocked the house with their hit, "Misery Business." Pink's performance of her new single, "So What," was nothing short of amazing. It included pyrotechnics and was sung live, unlike Christina's Aguilera's performance, which was obviously lipsynched. Kanye West's much hoopla-ed closing song was quite forgettable. No one had ever heard the song he performed. Lil Wayne, Rhianna, The Jonas Brothers, T.I., LL Cool J, The Ting Tings, Katy Perry and Kid Rock also took to the stage.
Oh, yeah. There were also some awards handed out...
Best female video - Britney Spears, "Piece of Me"
Best male video - Chris Brown, "With You"
Best dancing in a video - Pussycat Dolls, "When I Grow Up"
Best rock video - Linkin Park, "Shadow of the Day"
Best hip hop video - Lil Wayne, "Lollipop"
Best new artist - Tokio Hotel, "Ready, Set, Go!"
Best pop video - Britney Spears, "Piece of Me"
Video of the year - Britney Spears, "Piece of Me"
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 11:51 AM,
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PROMISE RINGS CONTROVERSY AT VMA'S
For once, MTV's Video Music Awards were not a snooze. Everyone's buzzing about last night's show because of several comments made by host Russell Brand. The relatively unknown comedian from the UK started the show by telling everyone to vote for Barack Obama. He also referred to President Bush as a "retarded cowboy."
Brand also made a bunch of lewd jokes about the teen band The Jonas Brothers. He also made fun of their promise rings throughout the show and joked about how they've pledged to remain virgins until marriage.
His comments upset Jordin Sparks so much, that she fired back. She came out to present a performance with John Legend, but before she did, she had some words to say about promise rings.
"I just want to say, it's not bad to wear a promise ring because not every guy and girl wants to be a slut, OK?" Sparks said. She also wears a promise ring.
Later on, Brand jokingly apologized for his remarks, saying he didn't want to upset his teen fans. He said he was planning to wear one and abstain from sex. By the way, The Jonas Brothers were sitting in the audience, just feet away from Brand, as he made fun of their lifestyle.
Labels: award shows, fights and feuds
posted by jc @ 11:44 AM,
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GRAMMY'S 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The Grammy Awards celebrated 50 years tonight and put on an amazing show. The Grammy's have sucked in recent years, but producers made up for it big time this year. The live show from the Staples Center in Los Angeles featured an amazing mix of today's top artists with legendary musicians of years past.
The performances were mind-blowing. Alicia Keys opened the show with a high-tech performance with Frank Sinatra. Tina Turner and Beyonce sang "Proud Mary" together and Kanye West performed a very moving tribute to his mother. West also took home a Grammy for best rap album. They tried to cut him off with music when he was accepting, but when West started paying tribute to his mother he said it would be in "poor taste" to keep playing the music. Go Kanye!
SONG OF THE YEAR: Rehab, Amy Winehouse
RECORD OF THE YEAR: Amy Winehouse
BEST NEW ARTIST: Amy Winehouse
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Rehab, Amy Winehouse
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: What Goes Around... Comes Around, Justin Timberlake
BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE: Stronger, Kanye West
BEST RAP ALBUM: Graduation, Kanye West
BEST FEMALE COUNTRY PERFORMANCE: Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood
BEST POP PERFORMANCE DUO/GROUP: Makes Me Wonder, Maroon Five
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION: Umbrella, Rhianna ft. Jay-Z
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 10:19 PM,
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AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
The American Music Awards were broadcast live on ABC tonight. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the big event. Here's a look at some of the winners:
BREAKTHOUGHT ARIST - Daughtry
COUNTRY BAND -- Rascal Flatts
SOUL R&B MALE ARTIST: Akon
POP/ROCK MALE: Justin Timberlake
SOUNTRACK ALBUM: High School Musical 2
COUNTRY FEMALE: Carrie Underwood
POP/ROCK ALBUM: Daughtry
RAP/HIP HOP BAND/ DUO/ GROUP: Bone, Thugs and Harmony
SOUL/R&B FEMALE ARTIST: Rihanna
Plenty of decent performances from tonight from Duran Duran, Beyonce, Celine Dion and Chris Brown. Usher was also in the house, getting all serious before presenting an award to Beyonce. He expressed his sorrow over the death of Kanye West's mother. The moment of the night came when one of the Jonas Brothers tripped on stage in front of a crowd of screaming girls. Serves them right for being tools.
Labels: award shows
posted by jc @ 8:19 PM,
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Emmy's 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
A week after the VMA's bombed, the Emmy's scored big. Ryan Seacrest proved a good host. The ultra-modern in-the-round set looked amazing. And, unlike the VMA's, this awards show actually handed out some awards!
There were plenty of funny moments. Lewis Black and Kanye West killed when they took to the stage. Best of all: sweet and innocent Sally Field was censored! When she came up to accept the award for lead actress in a drama series she said, "If mother's ruled the world there'd be no goddamned war!" The show cut away and lost audio for a good 10 seconds. Classic.
Here's a look at the big winners of the night:
Supporting actor in a comedy: Jeremy Piven "Entourage"
Supporting actress in a comedy: Jaime Pressly "My Name Is Earl"
Supporting actor in a drama: Terry O'Quinn "Lost"
Supporting actress in a dramatic series: Katherine Heigl "Grey's Anatomy"
Variety, music or comedy series: "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
Outstanding reality/competition: "The Amazing Race"
Lead actor in a comedy series: Ricky Gervais, "The Office"
Lead actress drama series: Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters"
Lead actress in a comedy series: America Ferrera "Ugly Betty"
Lead actor in a drama series: James Spader "Boston Legal"
Comedy series: "30 Rock"
Drama series: "The Sopranos"
Labels: award shows
posted by jc @ 11:13 PM,
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THE VMA's Were Horrible
Monday, September 10, 2007
There was a time when the MTV Video Music Awards were the most talked about music awards show on television. There were tons of performances, plenty of awards and you could always expect the outrageous. Things have changed.
The 2007 VMA's were garbage. The show was only two hours, instead of the normal three. Instead of jam-packing the shorter show with as much content as possible, the show was a sloppy mess that only those with ADD could enjoy. There were far fewer onstage performances. Instead, producers opted to fill hotel rooms with artists who performed on and off all night. Going back to these so-called "parties" got tired quick. Did we really need to see Kanye West perform several times?
The show's big get was Britney Spears, who was supposed to stage her comeback performance. But the night's most talked about moment was a disaster. The thicker-than-usual Spears looked a mess. She was out of shape, but the mother of two still wore next to nothing. She looked exhausted, barely danced and seemed to forget the words to her lip-synched track.
Britney's ex, Justin Timberlake, was the big winner of the night. The singer took home four moonmen. He also hit the nail on the head when he twice commented on how MTV should play more music videos.
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 3:24 PM,
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Paris Hilton Gets Slammed at MTV Awards
Monday, June 04, 2007
Paris Hilton may be going to jail this week, but that didn't stop her from attending last night's MTV Movie Awards. Before the show, she spilled her guts to the press, saying she's scared about going to jail, but she's hoping to set an example to young people.
While Paris may have gotten a warm reception before the awards, she was given a verbal smackdown by host Sarah Silverman once inside. As soon as the comedian brought up the fact that Paris was going to jail, the audience burst into applause. The camera panned to Paris, who was looking none too thrilled. But that was only the beginning of the fun.
Silverman went on to joke that the guards are going to paint the prison bars to look like penises to make her look more comfortable. "I just worry she's going to break her teeth on those things," Silverman joked. The crowd, including Jack Nicholson, roared with laughter. The camera once again panned over to Paris, who looked more pissed than ever.
Gotta love live teleivison. Good for Sarah Silverman for having the balls to give it to Paris right in front of her face. No one deserves to be made an ass of more than Paris.
Labels: award shows, fights and feuds, paris hilton
posted by jc @ 2:20 AM,
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Oscars Recap
Monday, February 26, 2007
There were no huge surprises at the Oscars this year. "The Departed" picked up the best picture of the year, while its director, Martin Scorsese, finally picked up his first Oscar after 26 years. Here's a look at all the other big winners:
Best Picture: "The Departed"
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for directing "The Departed"
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for her role in "The Queen"
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for his role in "The Last King of Scotland."
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for her role in "Dreamgirls"
Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for his role in "Little Miss Sunshine"
Feature-length Animation: "Happy Feet"
Best Documentary: former vice president Al Gore for "An Inconvenient Truth"
Labels: award shows
posted by jc @ 1:18 AM,
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People's Choice Awards 2007
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
The People's Choice Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles tonight. Queen Latifah hosted as awards were handed out for television, movies and music. Here's a look at the winners:
Funny Male Star: Robin Williams
Funny Female Star: Ellen Degeneres
Leading Lady: Cameron Diaz
Leading Man: Vince Vaughn
Talk Show Host: Ellen Degeneres (beat out Oprah)
Female Movie Star: Jennifer Aniston
Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
On-screen Matchup: Johnny Depp and Keira Knightly in Pirates of the Caribbean
Female Action Star: Halle Berry
Music Group: Nickelback
R&B Song: "Sexyback" by Justin Timberlake
Song Remake: "Life is a Highway" by Rascal Flatts
TV Comedy: Two and a Half Men
Animated TV Comedy: The Simpsons
New TV Drama: Heroes
Competition/Reality Show: American Idol
Female TV Star: Eva Longoria
New TV Comedy: The Class
Labels: award shows
posted by jc @ 11:02 PM,
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Billboard Music Awards 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Another night. Another awards show. Tonight, it was the Billboard Music Awards on FOX. The show started off with a lip-synched performance by Janet Jackson. Intertestingly, she performed very poorly on Billboard this year. Her album flopped, as did her performance on this show. Since Britney Spears and Paris Hilton dropped out of the show at the last second, there was no host. A show like this definitely needs a host to set the tone and to get people to tune in, so things didn't flow well without one. Performances were rather dull and repetitive if you'd recently seen the American Music Wards or VH1's Big in '06. This year's Billboard Awards were a snooze. By the way, could there be a worse song ever written than Fergalicious?
Pop Single of the Year: Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland - "Promiscuous"
Male Country Artist: Kenny Chesney
R&B Hip Hop Artist: Mary J. Blige (who also took home a bunch of awards before the show)
Rock Album: "All the Right reasons" Nickelback
Soundtrack Album: High School Musical
Rap Artist: T.I.
Female Artist: Rihanna
Rock Single: "Animal I Have Become" Three Days Grace
Century Award: Tony Bennett
Album of the Year: "Some Hearts" Carrie Underwood
Artist of the Year: Chris Brown
Labels: award shows, music, television
posted by jc @ 9:58 PM,
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VH1 Big in '06 Awards
Sunday, December 03, 2006
The "VH1 Big in '06 Awards" are a great way to look back at the year that was, even though they air about a month early. Tonight's show was hosted by D. L. Hughley and featured appearances by many of Vh1's reality show stars including Danny Bonaduce, Brooke Hogan and Flavor Flav. Fergie, The Killers, Wierd Al Yankovic, and The Fray performed. Here's a look at the winners:
Big Music Artist: Justin Timberlake
Big Comeback: David Hasselhoff
Big Web Hit: Lonely Girl15 (actress who faked everyone out by pretending she was a teen girl in a Internet video diary.)
Big Breakthrough: Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report")
Big Reality Star: Janelle from Big Brother (who?)
Big "It" Girl: Katharine McPhee
Big Outlaw: Paris Hilton (Just when we thought this stupid bitch wouldn't make an appearance in an awards show...)
Big Entertainer: Dane Cook
Big TV Star: Keifer Sutherland
Labels: award shows, pop culture, television
posted by jc @ 10:58 PM,
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American Music Awards 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Britney Spears has made her very first very public appearance since she kicked K-Hole to the curb. She presented the first award on the American Music Awards tonight. She has lost a bunch of weight and is starting to look like the old Britney, but she was still chomping on gum. You can take the girl out of the trailer park but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl. Lose the freakin' gum!
Some commentary on the big show:
- Nelly Furtado looked like she stole her wig from a drag queen.
- The Snow Patrol performance seemed to put everyone to sleep including the band.
- Billy Ray Cyrus had a lot of balls to compare himself to famous fathers Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
- Does Gwen Stefani need to have a high school band in all of her songs?
- Tenacious D is as bad and unfunny as it gets.
- Lionel Richie made a triumphant return to the AMA stage, singing his 80's hit "All Night Long."
- The Black Eyed Peas won three and appeared via satellite to accept their awards. Twice, they plugged their website. Is that really necessary?
- Carrie Underwood picked up her first AMA, proving some American Idols are still idols.
- Clay Aiken introduced John Mayer with Tori Spelling. As he spoke, Tori Spelling covered his mouth in reference to his feud with Kelly Ripa.
- Moment of the night: when host Jimmy Kimmel brought out a big baby carriage to show us his son, who turned out to be Flavor Flav.
Labels: award shows, music, television
posted by jc @ 10:55 PM,
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MTV VMA'S 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
In a word, this year's MTV Video Music Awards were BLAH.
First, the high points. The show had a house band for the first time. The Raconteurs performed throughout the show, getting to sing many of the songs from their album. Enjoyed Lil Kim's first public appearance since she was released from jail. She wore an orange prison jumpsuit and was escorted out by two "police officers." Honoring video director Hype Williams was long overdue. Having Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliott perform songs from two classic Hype videos was great. In fact, their old school hits were much better than most of the other performances of the night. Except The Killers. Their show closer brought down the house.
Now, the low points. Jack Black hosting anything is a terrible idea. He's about as funny as watching a grenade drop on a daycare center. What a shocker, another over-the-top Beyonce performance. Yawn. Also could have done without Al Gore's environmental lecture. The biggest problem: censorship. The show used to air relatively uncensored but since Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfuction, the show has been on a delay. Case in point: Panic At The Disco's performance. "I chimed in. Haven't you ever heard of Closing the aaaahhhh-damned door." Lose the bleeps and blurs, bring back Chris Rock and then you'll have a VMA's worth watching.
Labels: award shows, music
posted by jc @ 2:20 PM,
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