If the goal of the celebrity profile is to learn something we didn't know about a person we know far too much about, GQ contributor Amy Wallace did her job when she interviewed Katy Perry for the February issue of the magazine. We now have details about GeishaGate 2013, Katy's breasts, and aliens.
All hail the recipient of the AMA icon award.
My eight-year-old niece is visiting and she heard Miley and came running and no joke said "Seriously, that girl is so wild child OMG CATS!!!" So, there you have it.
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Justin Timberlake does a better Taylor Swift than Taylor Swift. OMG GIRL!!!
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"I appreciate all the other awards shows for what they are," Perry said. "Some are just kind of shock jock shows. Some are just like, `Hey, let's see how many celebrities we can get together.' Some are actually legitimate like the Grammys, and the AMAs is a very legitimate show with musicality to it."
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Last night at the 40th American Music Awards, the stars were shiny and bright, with gold being one of the most popular colors on the red carpet.
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Singer Christina Aguilera announces nominations for the 2012 American Music Awards at the J.W. Marriott L.A. Live on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Los Angeles. The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards will be held on November 18 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Last night, pop stars and celebrities attended the American Music Awards in LA. Trust a music awards ceremony to bring out the big guns, and of course by bringing out the big guns, I mean being praised for dressing in a way that is not socially acceptable anywhere or anytime else, which only makes social convention…
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[Los Angeles, January 26, 1987. Image via Getty]
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Good Morning America has canceled an Adam Lambert appearance scheduled for tomorrow. An ABC News spokesperson explained: "Given his controversial live performance on the AMAs we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning." [Mediabistro]
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Last night's American Music Awards was all about the ladies, with performances by Lady GaGa, Rihanna, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez (who fell on her celebrated rear), and International Artist of the Year Whitney Houston.
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The 2009 American Music Awards, at Nokia Theatre L.A., had the boldfaces: Rihanna, Reba, Paula, Shakira, Alicia, Kelly and hundreds more. And it had clothes: amazing and bizarre. And, oh yeah, it had Bobby Trendy.
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[Los Angeles, November 22. Image via Getty.]
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Though nobody will ever beat this Spears/Timberlake circa 2001 combo on the American Music Awards red carpet, tonight's show does promise performances from the likes of Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, and Kelly Clarkson. Let's all watch together.
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If you're thinking of watching Lady Gaga and Janet Jackson perform during the American Music Awards tonight, you should come on back and watch them with your fellow commenters during our live thread tonight at 8pmEST. Good times (hopefully)!
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The American Music Awards were last night, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. We caught about 30 minutes of it, and that was more than enough. Once we heard Kimmel make an ill-placed joke about his 14-year old son wanting to lose his virginity, we had to change the channel. (And whatever, Pretty Woman was on TBS at the same…
