Billboard Award Nominees Announced

The Billboard Music Awards are coming up next month on ABC. So far there have been some performers announced for this year’s show including The Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, and more to come. This morning the official nominations came out for this year’s awards during a press conference. Who’s on top with a total of 18 nominations?

Rihanna is the leader as for as nominations at this year’s show with a total of 18. Wow!!! You go girl. Some of her nominations are Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Female Artist, Top R&B Artist and Top Dance/Electronic Artist, with her “Love the Way You Lie” collaboration with Eminem scoring six nominations on its own. And Eminem isn’t far behind Rihanna with 16 nominations of his own. Coming in 3rd with 12 nominations is Lady Gaga. Other front-runners include Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars with 11 each.

The show airs on ABC May 22nd. Check out the full list of nominees below.

Per EW:

Top Artist: Justin Bieber, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Taylor Swift

Top New Artist: Justin Bieber, Taio Cruz, Ke$ha, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj

Top Male Artist: Justin Bieber, Drake, Eminem, Bruno Mars, Usher

Top Female Artist: Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Taylor Swift

Top Duo/Group: The Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, Lady Antebellum, Linkin Park, U2

Top Billboard 200 Artist: Justin Bieber, Susan Boyle, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Artist: Ke$ha, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Usher

Top Digital Songs Artist Eminem, Ke$ha, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Rihanna

Top Radio Songs Artist: Drake, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Usher

Top Touring Artist: Bon Jovi, Michael Buble, Lady Gaga, U2, Roger Waters

Top Social Artist: Akon, Justin Bieber, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Rihanna

Top Streaming Artist: Justin Bieber, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Shakira

Top Digital Media Artist: Akon, Justin Bieber, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Rihanna

Top Pop Artist:, Justin Bieber, The Black Eyed Peas, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry

Top R&B Artist: Alicia Keys, Monica, Rihanna, Trey Songz, Usher

Top Rap Artist: Drake, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Nicki Minaj

Top Country Artist: Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, Zac Brown Band

Top Rock Artist: Kings of Leon, Linkin Park, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Train

Top Alternative Artist: The Black Keys, Kings of Leon, Linkin Park, Mumford & Sons, Muse

Top Latin Artist: Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Prince Royce, Shakira, Wisin & Yandel

Top Dance Artist: The Black Eyed Peas, David Guetta, Lady Gaga, La Roux, Rihanna

Top Christian Artist: Casting Crowns, MercyMe, Skillet, tobyMac, Chris Tomlin

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Rosie O’Donnell: Chris Brown Haters are Racist

Remember when Rosie was a lovable tv show flinging toys at her audience? Remember her subsequent morph into lesbian rage filled wildebeest? Yeah, that is still going on. This time she is basically calling Chris Brown haters racist.

During her Sirius XM show, ‘Rosie Radio,’ the former funny lady tackled the topic of Chris Brown. O’Donnell felt that Good Morning America was responsible for Chris’ breakdown and abuse of chair/window/cooler (despite his camp pre-approving the questions and Robin Roberts attempt at being delicate).

Via PopEater:

“I felt mildly angry at Robin Roberts. I felt like writing her and going: ‘Can you take a look at this again and see if maybe you find — in any way — your responsibility in this?’”

She furthers her support for Chris by justifying his violent behavior after the interview didn’t go the way he wanted it to.

“Part of me wanted to take a chair and throw it through the window at The View after all that happened. But, you know, there are no windows down there in that rat-infested cellar. Remember that cellar we were in?” O’Donnell said to her radio producer. There were no windows. It was like a prison.”

As if that weren’t enough, she prefaced all of her notions with the race card and the inevitable comparison to Charlie Sheen.

“I don’t know why this kid seems to be held to a different standard than anybody else.” When Rosie’s executive producer implied there is a racial aspect at play, Rosie replied: “I totally think there is, and I also think it’s why he felt he was safer with Robin Roberts.”

I am all about intelligent arguments and different points of view. I get that her point is that Chris is still being dragged out for his past actions. Understood. But, once again, his violent behavior surfaces and we are expected to just ignore that? It’s obvious I am not a Chris Brown fan, but it has nothing to do with race/gender/religion or any other reason other than the fact that he is an egotistical, self centered, lady beater who will fake tears for a Michael Jackson tribute to regain popularity and only seems “sorry” that his violent behavior affected his career. The fact the he launched into a Twitter tirade/feud with Raz-B using gay references to attack him is the icing on the hate cake.

As for the comparisons to Charlie Sheen…I don’t get it. Charlie is getting boo-ed out of shows because people are finally getting that this is just a sad, troubled man high on his ego and whatever he found under the kitchen sink suffering from delusions of grandeur. People are laughing at him. Not with him. Chris beat up a green room and made himself look like a janky Hulk with a case of daddy issues and he has the #1 album. Really…who is “winning” here?

Either way, I am sure Chris is stamping a “no, thanks” on Rosie’s support while backing away slowly and forcing a smile.

Academy of Country Music Awards 2011 Winners and Performances – PICS and VIDEOS

Fans and industry members voted Taylor Swift as the Academy of Country Music’s entertainer of the year at Sunday night’s 46th annual ACM Awards, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, while televised on CBS. Swift played her new single, “Mean,” the sharp-tongued response to some of her haters, playing on a fake backwoods front porch with accompaniment from an old-style string band with fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar and a six-string banjo.

Per People:

“For me, with the entertainer of the year award, I see the face of Shania [Twain] and Garth [Brooks] and my heroes,” she told PEOPLE after snagging the honor. “To be among them – it just means so much.”

Lady Antebellum also took major ACM awards with top vocal group and album of the year for the multiplatinum song “Need You Now.” The Band Perry, a bluegrass-rooted family trio, was voted in as overall best new artist over best new solo artist winner Eric Church.

For his part, Brad Paisley seemed genuinely surprised when he won best male vocalist over Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, George Strait and Keith Urban. In the moments after the announcement he seemed taken aback by being named as country’s top male voice, as if the award was too much. (Paisley opened the show with “Old Alabama,” a song that found him borrowing lines from Alabama’s “Mountain Music.”)

“I am honestly shocked. This is way too many of these for me,” he said of his fifth consecutive trophy in the category. “I don’t want to know who got paid what,” he quipped, quickly adding, “No, it’s all very fair.”

Award shows tend to be as much about the performances as the actual awards — or even more so. The ACM awards pushed the envelope more than most… at the 45-minute mark there had been seven songs without a single award being handed out. Hoping a genre-crossing appeal will improve ratings and possibly expose non-country fans to the music, producers paired Rihanna with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles for a performance of Rihanna’s latest single, “California King Bed.” While the two had obvious chemistry, their voices didn’t blend so well.

The crowd at the MGM arena jumped to its feet when Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler joined Carrie Underwood for a rendition of her heavy rock tune “Undo It” and Aerosmith’s classic “Walk This Way.” But when Tyler sang, “So I gave her just a little kiss, like this,” she pulled away at the last second and grinned.

The show also teamed veteran singer-songwriter James Taylor with the Zac Brown Band for a performance segment and lined up Ryan Seacrest, actress Reese Witherspoon and “Twilight” actor Robert Pattinson to be among the award presenters. Miranda Lambert made the most trips to the podium, earning four awards last night, honored as best female vocalist, and her hit single “The House That Built Me” was named both single and song of the year. The song snagged video of the year as well.

Entertainer of the year nominee Aldean even worked a couple of country rap interludes into his “Dirt Road Anthem.” Among the awards handed out before Sunday’s telecast, Reba McEntire was honored for career achievement and Swift collected the Jim Reeves International Award, which recognizes country performers who spread the music worldwide. The Tex Ritter Award that goes to movies that emphasize country music went to the Gwyneth Paltrow starring “Country Strong.” Garth Brooks took another ACM Award, even though he released no new recordings during the eligibility period, as one of two recipients of the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award, which also was given to Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers.

McEntire hosted the show for the 13th time, bringing Blake Shelton on to co-host with her. Much of the pair’s banter during the show centered on Shelton learning to do the job, which he handled for the most part with ease and humor, while taking a jab at Miley Cyrus.

“Eric Church has a big hit this year with ‘Smoke a Little Smoke,’” Shelton, 34, told the audience. His punch line? “I heard it was about Miley Cyrus.”

Shelton also poked fun at Swift’s breakup with Jake Gyllenhaal, and made low blows to LeAnn Rimes’ marriage issues. However, a Charlie Sheen joke did sneak its way in there eventually when Blake said that the MGM Grand was so big it would take Sheen forever to trash it. He then noted that since that statement was “not a joke,” he didn’t break the “no Charlie Sheen” rule that was playfully put into effect at the beginning of the ceremony.

Full list of 2011 ACM Winners:

- Entertainer of the Year: Taylor Swift
- Top Male Vocalist of the Year: Brad Paisley
- Top Female Vocalist of the Year: Miranda Lambert
- Top Vocal Duo of the Year: Sugarland
- Top Vocal Group of the Year: Lady Antebellum
- Album of the Year: Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
- Single of the Year: “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
- Song of the Year: “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
- Video of the Year: “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
- Vocal Event of the Year: “As She’s Walking Away,” Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson
- Top New Artist: The Band Perry
- Career Achievement Award: Reba McEntire
- Jim Reeves International Award: Taylor Swift
- Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award: Garth Brooks, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers

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Rihanna Spills Sex Secrets in ‘Rolling Stone’

Some people talk a BIG game when it comes to what they’re into in the bedroom. The saying “all talk no action” isn’t popular for no reason. We’ve all met the big talkers. Maybe it’s not about their bedroom skills, but about how much money they have or all the cool friends they have. The show off, the show boat, etc… But is Rihanna all talk no action when it comes to some of the freaky things she sings about – Whips, chains and latex? Her video for ‘S&M‘ was banned in some countries because it was too provocative. But is this all just an act?

Rihanna’s on the cover of ‘Rolling Stone‘ looking fierce (See the cover HERE.) Inside the magazine she opens up about her life including her sex life.

“Being submissive in the bedroom is really fun. You get to be a little lady, to have somebody be macho and in charge of your s**t. That’s fun to me … I like to be spanked. Being tied up is fun. I like to keep it spontaneous. Sometimes whips and chains can be overly planned — you gotta stop, get the whip from the drawer downstairs. I’d rather have him use his hands.”

Clearly the lyrics from S&M aren’t just talk. It’s what she likes!! But what about those rumors a few weeks ago that she was dating Colin Farrell? Well she addresses those as well. Rihanna says that she is single right now.

“I’m not dating,” she said. “I’m not sexing, I’m not even sexting. It’s on complete nil.”

She also admits that she has been celibate for the past 4 months.

“You think you’re disappointed?” she says. “Try being in this body. When you’re not with the person you want to be intimate with, a picture is the next best thing,” Rihanna continues. “Well, Skype is safer. But a picture lasts a long time. When you’re alone, and those horny moments come up, pictures can be very handy. I haven’t gotten a d**k picture in a long time,” she adds. “I think people are a little afraid. It can turn out bad.”

Rihanna’s ex Chris Brown knows all about sending pictures of his junk. He sent one to a lady friend and she leaked it on the internet! Oppps.

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Chris Brown Performs on ‘Dancing With The Stars’; Rihanna Reunion Next?

After the whole ‘Good Morning America’ freak out, Chris Brown still performed live on last night’s ‘Dancing With the Stars‘. It had been rumored after what went down last week that his performance on DWTS would be cancelled. Truthfully I was all for him being cut from last night’s show, but executives decided to still allow Chris to perform. Hmmmm.. I bet that decision had something to do with boosting ratings!

There’s no debating it! Brown is super talented. The boy can sing and he has moves. He just really needs to get his anger under control before he does something stupid again. After the whole Rihanna incident in 2009 Chris’ career hit the crapper. Radio stations, MTV, etc all stopped playing his music. Finally it seemed that people were warming back up to Brown and beginning to forgive him for his past. Some people are upset about his behavior on GMA others believe he was provoked. Will he be making a return to GMA to sit back down with Robin Roberts, as offered?

Meanwhile, Brown‘s backstage temper tantrum might end up leading to his reunion with Rihanna. Insiders at ABC claim that Roberts is scheming to reconnect the two in a television event that’s sure to be ratings gold! ABC insiders are calling it a plan to simply “milk this event for everything it’s worth,” a televised meeting between the pop stars which would be moderated by Roberts. But what’s the likelihood of this actually happening?

Per National Post:

If any of this actually goes forward, it’s unclear as to who exactly will be sending ABC Brown’s so-called “talking points.” According to the New York Post‘s Page Six, Brown’s publicist, Tammy Brook, stopped representing the pop star following his GMA tantrum.

It would be interesting to see the two talk for the first time in two years. But considering the restraining order against Brown was lifted just last month and he is still exhibiting violent behavior – this is all too soon for Rihanna! Hopefully he can keep his nose clean and can attempt to redeem himself. It’s like 3 strikes you’re out and he already has two!

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Rihanna’s Bootylicious On ‘Rolling Stone’ Cover – PIC

Jennifer Lopez‘s booty really put her on the map. She has a booty many men dream of and one many woman would pay top dollar to have! Well perhaps J-Lo’s booty has been dethroned because Rihanna is rocking the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine and I think most men will now have a new favorite celebrity booty! I’m still not a huge fan of Riri’s redish orange hair or her sense of style, but I can give props when they are due. You go girl with your amazing butt!

While her ex struggles to maintain his reputation, Rihanna seems to be keeping her’s untarnished. In next month’s issue, she’ll be talking bad boys and dirty texts, as
she makes her appearance as the cover star in some short, sexy shorts. The shorts
appear almost painted on but Rihanna wears them well!

Per PopEater:

Her barely there booty shorts, fantastically short, shredded and silver, are eye-catching to say the least. Rihanna has been sporting her Kool-Aid-red locks for some time now, but especially voluminous curls make this cover shot ever-so-sultry.

Now if you can make it past the hotness on the cover you will also catch a new interview with Britney Spears and a previously unpublished interview with Elizabeth Taylor. As for Rihanna’s interview, more details will be released on Wednesday. Until then you can enjoy the cover image!

So does Rihanna have the top celebrity booty or is J-Lo still on top?

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Rihanna to Tour with Chris Brown !?

Rihanna’s concert ticket sales are so sluggish, reports say, she may have to call off some dates — Or join Chris Brown on tour. At least according to the *cough* ever-so reliable *cough* website MediaTakeOut who claim that Brown and Rihanna will embark on a joint tour according to so-called industry insiders, who says Rihanna would ‘definitely do it’ but doesn’t know whether her management RocNationJay’Z's company – would be on board. Yeah, right! Over Jay-Z’s cold, dead body! This isn’t as interesting as MTO suggests it is, it’s just plain stupid – and untrue!

Per GossipCop:

It’s a NONSENSE rumor.

Thank goodness! That would be a bigger career mistake than Lindsay Lohan’s case of the sticky fingers! After the way Brown acted on GMA, we are to believe that he is not angry with Rhianna and doesn’t blame her for his troubles. She should stay as far away from him as possible – and never, ever entertain the idea of touring, collaborating, etc… with Brown ever again!

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Chris Brown Breaks Window During Violent Outburst on ‘Good Morning America’ – PHOTOS, VIDEO

Making his ridiculous bleached blonde hair debut, Chris Brown made a further fool of himself on ‘Good Morning America.’

Robin Roberts interviewed Brown and asked about Rihanna and the restraining order being lifted. Brown seemed to have his anger under control for a moment and tried to aim the focus back to pimping his new album.

“It’s not really a big deal to me now. I am past that in my life. Today is the album’s day so that’s what I’m going to focus on so everyone go get that album.”

Robin then went back into talking about his album for a moment. Of course the topic circled back to the Rihanna incident after Chris talked about his album title F.A.M.E. being aimed at “forgiving all my enemies” which include the “haters and the naysayers.” (I.E. people who aren’t fans of lady beaters.) Roberts then asked how he felt he was dealing with the repercussions and he was obviously beyond irritated and once again asserted that he just wanted to focus on his album.

After the cameras cut, Brown turned violent. He stormed off set and into his dressing room where he started yelling and screaming. This is when concerned staff called the security. He became violent and started throwing furniture which broke a window. (The picture in the thumbnails shows the broken glass from the studios at GMA.)

“We’re told Brown was out of control, and one source present tells us he smashed a window in his dressing room, and the glass shattered and some shards fell onto 43rd and Broadway. ABC security tells TMZ … the window was shattered with a chair.”

Chris then ripped off his shirt and stormed out of the building, but on his way out he got in the face of one of the show’s producers and started yelling while staring him down. Security and fellow employees separated Brown. Following the show he took to Twitter to further vent his uncontrolled rage…

“I’m so over people bringing this past s**t up!!! Yet we praise Charlie sheen and other celebs for there bulls**t.”

He deleted that Tweet and replaced it with more album shilling.

“All my fans!!! This album is for you and only you!!! I’m so tired of everyone else!! Honestly!! I love team breezy!!”

The site also points out that Brown is still on probation. While I get that constantly rehashing the Rihanna incident is aggravating and even old news…beating up a window was NOT the way to prove you are a stable person in control of your anger.

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Justin Timberlake Cheated on Jessica Biel With…LIST

Every mag is jumping on the circus pony that is the Justin Timberlake/Jessica Biel break up story. Justin had been rumored to be cheating on Biel for years. There were even a few repeat mistresses that he reportedly hooked up with behind her back along with multiple barflies. Us Weekly compiled some of his rumored bouts of infidelity.

List of Who Justin Timberlake Cheated With:

Kate Hudson – Justin and Kate reportedly hooked up in December of 2009. This was before Hudson finally broke off relations with Alex Rodriguez. Goldie Hawn was also said to be trying to set up a “friendly date” between her daughter and JT. (Click HERE for those details…)

Olivia Munn – This is one hook up I believe happened. He was linked to her on multiple occasions and this rumor made it’s rounds on several different occasion. Most convincing story was that Justin told Munn that he and Biel were breaking up and hoped to see more of Olivia. Friends squealed about this just a few weeks before the announcement came that Justin and Jessica officially broke up. (Click HERE for those details…)

Rihanna – They did, they didn’t. Multiple stories ran that Rihanna and Justin hooked up while shooting their video for “Rehab.” A blind item ran in NY Daily News that fit their affair rumor at Fashion Week. Then they reportedly were sexting each other “non-stop” after the 2009 VMA’s. (Click HERE for those details…)

Go-Go Dancer – Photos accompany this story. Justin was snapped getting extremely close with a curly haired and scantily clad dancer at Tao. Later he was seen taking her and another dancer back to his hotel suite. (Click HERE for those details…)

A barfly – Justin merely has to walk into a bar and women swarm looking to get a piece of the action. A source spilled to Us, ““He found her Southern accent irresistible, the woman bragged to a friend, also revealing that she picked him up, and that he was an amazing kisser. According to the source, she and Timberlake dashed off to her apartment around the corner for a quick interlude, then he returned to the bar to rejoin his friends.”

Another barfly as witnessed by Lindsay Lohan – In spring of 2009 Lindsay Lohan claimed to have witnessed Justin making out with a brunette at Avenue. She tried to covertly call him out by Tweeting “…where’s jb [Jessica Biel] cheater?” Of course, Lindsay might have drunk/high/confused and actually saw well dressed lesbian kiss a friend hello. This one you have to base on how much you trust Lohan. (Click HERE for those details…)

Rumored But NOT Likely True:

Mila Kunis – They just cranked out “Friends With Benefits” and the rumors of their hook up are coinciding with the film’s press wagon. Too coincidental. Mila’s friends also insist that while they have great chemistry, Kunis did not indulge in an affair with Justin. It wasn’t from a lack of trying by Timberlake though. Sources said he threw out every hint that he was open for a hook up. (Click HERE for those details…)

Ciara – She had little interest beyond their collaboration for “Love, Sex, Magic.” However the rumors still flew. Most likely to heat up interest in the video.

Scarlett Johansson – They were rumored to be getting “hot and heavy” just before ScarJo fell for Ryan Reynolds. Since her divorce from Ryan she has been reportedly dating Sean Penn. (Click HERE for those details…)

Ryan Phillippe to Be a Dad Again !?!

Ryan Phillippe reportedly has baby #3 is on the way! And no, it’s not with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon, current girlfriend Amanda Seyfried, or rumored fling Rihanna. According to People Magazine, Alexis Knapp, who dated Phillippe last summer, is pregnant and claiming he’s the daddy.

Alexis Knapp, 26, an actress who dated Phillippe last summer, is pregnant and, a source says, “Alexis has told friends that the child is Ryan’s.” The baby is said to be due in June.

Despite what we hope are her best intentions however, Phillippe is not certain if the baby Knapp is carrying is his, but claims if so that he will take full responsibility for raising the child. Radar Online reports Phillippe’s mom doesn’t believe the baby is her son’s. Quick – somebody call Maury!

“I don’t think Alexis has been around for a long time. I don’t think it can be true. He’s been dating someone else since October. If she is pregnant I’m sure it’s not my son’s. Good luck to her.”

Knapp was sporting a noticeable baby bump as she left a cafe in Los Angeles with a friend last week. Phillippe dated Knapp for several months after he split from long-time girlfriend Abbie Cornish last year before splitting in late September/early October – So… yeah… it makes sense, but this still comes out of nowhere. A source says the two had been together for a while before he met Seyfried and at one point they were pretty serious. Phillippe already has two children – Ava and Deacon – with Witherspoon, and has always had a good reputation when it comes to parenting, having been fully present for his children since their split. In other words: he’s no deadbeat.

Click here to see who just became a grandfather!

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