day 3.346

victoria's secret fashion show 2011

or as i like to call it, the body issues and boners special. i'm not reviewing the fashions. actually, i'm not reviewing anything- just watch these awesome performances from tonight's broadcast. kanye, jay-z, maroon 5 and nicki minaj all shut it down on stage.

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what i love (this week)

the song

this plus the justin bieber "freestyle" are really working for me this week.

the show

they're baaaaaaaaaaaaack (tonight).

the movie

here's my mini-review for justin timberlake and amanda seyfried's in time: go see it. it's bonnie and clyde meets robin hood meets the matrix meets the island meets ... i don't know, just go watch it, ok?

the look

so it's not really a look, just a glee-tastic viral video worth sharing. you have to watch the whole :43 second clip. i know, tough duty. suck it up.

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the vmas, 2011

here are the highlights, the winners and the what just happened moments.

gaga opened the show. as a man. and then continued to act as this man (jo calderone) for the remainder of the show. she's special. really special.

these two can do no wrong. ok, kanye can. but never, never jay.

if "shutting it down" were in the dictionary, this performance would be next to it.

this was great, but i have two questions: 1) why were children performing it? 2) why wasn't this a medley of britney songs performed by today's younger pop stars?

best vma performance ever? i mean she's currently carrying jay-z's baby. or is it destiny's child? (see what i did there?)

rip amy.

because it makes so much sense to perform a song that requires 95% bleeping.

as far as the winners:

• video of the year- katy perry, "firework"
• best female video- lady gaga, "born this way"
• best new artist- tyler, the creator
• video vanguard- britney spears
• best male video- justin bieber, "u smile"
• best collaboration- katy perry ft. kanye west, "e.t."
• best hip hop video- nicki minaj, "super bass"
• best rock video- foo fighters, "walk"
• best pop video- britney spears, "till the world ends"
• best video with a message- lady gaga, "born this way"

day 2.6

the american music awards

i don't ever recall really watching the american music awards. they're kind of the ugly step-cousin to the grammy's/vmas/every other music award show. but, this year, i actually sat down to catch them. the awards show stepped up their performance game this year, booking janet jackson, rihanna, carrie underwood, lady gaga, jay-z and more all to perform. if you think back a couple of years a go, the show's biggest names were lindsay lohan and hilary duff. janet jackson opened the show with a "medly" of her "greatest hits." other than being confusing and hard to understand, it was a solid performance.

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my biggest issue with the ama's is that they're fan-voted. i never feel like the public chooses right (hello, taylor hicks) and big decisions are better left to the professionals. however, this year, i thought america got it right. the nominees weren't all that great and it seemed like the show's organizers had problems picking out what to nominate. what i really didn't understand was the amount of noms michael jackson had. i understand he died, but the man put out no new music during the nomination window (and the only "new" song since has been "this is it," which was penned in the 80s). just honor the man with a lifetime achievement award and a big, show-stopping celeb-filled performance of his greatest hits. here's a breakdown of who won what:

artist of the year: taylor swift - people seem to have a big issue with this, but why? the people chose her! even if she beat out michael jackson, why was he more deserving than her? now i agree that taylor is getting a lot of praise in a short amount of time, but she's the only artist who everyone seems to agree on. she just need not burn out too fast and evolve. you can't sing songs about high school forever. especially when you're almost 20. i'm talking to you, kevin jonas.

favorite male artist (pop/rock): michael jackson - surprise, surprise.

favorite female artist (pop/rock): taylor swift - the second of 5 awards taylor won last night. she stayed awake live via satellite from london to accept her trophies.

favorite band, duo or group (pop/rock): the black eyed peas - the beps also performed last night and, well, it seemed like they didn't realize they were on air. it was like they were just jamming out in someone's basement. and why did will.i.am decide to don a toupee?

country male artist: keith urban

country female artist: taylor swift - i understand cross over appeal, but should artists really be nominated in both categories?

favorite male artist (rap/hip hop): jay-z - mr. beyonce also performed last night with alicia keys to their mega-hit "empire state of mind."

favorite male artist (soul/r&b): michael jackson - don't even get me started...again.

favorite female artist (soul/r&b): beyonce

international artist of the year: whitney houston - miss houston also got the chance to perform on the show. needless to say, it was a bit of a mess.

last night was also the night of falls. after lady gaga performed, her set left pieces of sugar glass all over the stage. the sugary dust apparently left the performance area quite slick, leading to tumbles during jennifer lopez, alicia keys and adam lambert's performances. check them out below.

day 348

are you in an "empire state of mind?"

remember the vmas finale performance? the one where lil mama popped out of no where in the middle of jay z and alicia key's performance? yeah. well the music video for that song ("empire state of mind") has finally premiered.

happy halloween!