Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Adele, Beyoncé, Katy Perry and Jennifer Lopez all went home with at least one award, with Swift winning artist of the year! Continue reading
Nicki Minaj just revealed that the way to her heart is not through hard cold cash. Or expensive gifts.
“I may be smiling in their face, but my antenna is up. When they’re trying to show off their cash or their watch, it’s an immediate turn-off.
“I’m around millionaires and athletes every day who think, ‘All I need to do is get in a room with Nicki Minaj,’ and they’re gonna leave with my number. You can’t run a game on a rapper. I’m always 10 steps ahead of them.”
What will do the trick with this smart cookie beauty?
Last week, the YouTube video of two little girls singing and dancing to Nicki Minaj‘s Super Bass went viral. Today, Ellen DeGeneres had the kids appear on her show and gave them the surprise of their lives: Nicki Minaj in person! Continue reading
Nicki Minaj has had a breakout year in 2011. Her debut album Pink Friday has 7 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts at the same time–a feat never accomplished by any other artist. She is also the first female rapper to top the Hot Rap Songs charts since 2002.
“It was one dead-end after another. At one point, I was like, ‘What would happen if I just didn’t wake up?’ That’s how I felt–like maybe I should just take my life.”
The Queens native says it was her horrible childhood, growing up with a violent substance-abusing father, which made her crave fame and wealth.
“I would pray to God to make me famous, so I could buy my mother a huge house,” she admits.
When asked by the mag where she sees herself five or ten years down the line, the star rapper said,
“I’ll have hundreds of millions of dollars. I will have put out five albums and will have an Oscar and Grammys. And I will be getting married and, a couple of years after that, [I] will have a bun in the oven.”
Willow Smith no longer whips her hair. She’s also not a 21st Century Girl anymore.
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Hollywood has taken to Twitter to voice its collective sadness and goodbyes for Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple who lost his battle to pancreatic cancer today. He was 56.
Nominees for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards were announced Wednesday night by Katy Perry, who also leads the nominees with nine VMA nods, including “Video of the Year” and “Best Female Video,” for her massive hit, Firework.
The 2011 VMAs will be held August 28th at 9 PM EST.
Here is the full list of nominees:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
Tyler, The Creator, “Yonkers”
Katy Perry, “Firework”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Beastie Boys, “Make Some Noise”
BEST POP VIDEO
Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack, “Give Me Everything”
Katy Perry, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Britney Spears, “Till The World Ends”
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz, “6’7’”
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi, “All Of The Lights”
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, “Look At Me Now”
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
Lupe Fiasco, “The Show Goes On”
BEST NEW ARTIST
Foster The People, “Pumped Up Kicks”
Wiz Khalifa, “Black and Yellow”
Tyler, The Creator, “Yonkers”
Big Sean feat. Chris Brown, “My Last”
Kreayshawn, “Gucci Gucci”
BEST POP VIDEO
Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack, “Give Me Everything”
Katy Perry, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Britney Spears, “Till The World Ends”
BEST ROCK VIDEO
The Black Keys, “Howlin For You”
Foo Fighters, “Walk”
Foster The People, “Pumped Up Kicks”
Mumford & Sons, “The Cave”
Cage The Elephant, “Shake Me Down”
BEST COLLABORATION
Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack, Give Me Everything
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, “Look At Me Now”
Rihanna & Kid Cudi, “All Of The Lights”
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, “E.T.”
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, “Moment 4 Life”
BEST ART DIRECTION
Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
Katy Perry, “Firework”
Lady Gaga, “Judas”
Kanye West, “Power”
Death Cab For Cutie, “You Are A Tourist”
Nicki Minaj is mourning the loss of her cousin, Nicholas Telemaque, who was shot and killed early Monday morning in Brooklyn, NY.
MTV News reports that police responded to a call in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, at 2:40 a.m. Monday morning and found Telemaque, 27, with multiple gunshot wounds. Telemaque was pronounced dead on arrival at Kings County Hospital.
The BET Awards were broadcast live Sunday night from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Big winner of the night? 22-year-old Chris Brown who walked away with five trophies, including male R&B artist, video of the year and collaboration for Look at Me Now.
If that weren’t bad and strange enough, BET later tweeted a congratulations to Chris Brown for winning the Coca Cola Viewers Choice Award. So, the fan was right the first time but we have no idea why the mistake was made.
Best Female R&B Artist- Rihanna
Young Stars- Jaden and Willow Smith (tie)
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist- Kanye West
Best Group- Diddy Dirty Money
Best Collaboration- Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes for Look At Me Now
Sportsman of the Year- Michael Vick
Sportswoman of the Year- Serena Williams
Best New Artist- Wiz Khalifa
State Farm Humanitarian Award- Steve Harvey
Best Gospel – Mary Mary
Best Actress- Taraji P. Henson
Best Actor- Idris Elba
Best Movie- For Colored Girls
Best International Act, U.K.- Tinie Tempah
Best International Act, Africa- 2Face Idibia and D’Banj (tie)
Video Director of the Year- Chris Robinson
BET Lifetime Achievement Award- Patti LaBelle
Coca-Cola Viewer’s Choice – Chris Brown for Look At Me Now
Centric Award- Marsha Ambrosius
FANdemonium- Chris Brown
“It’s opening night, bitch!!!!” Britney Spears tweeted before her Femme Fatale tour kicked off in Sacramento, Calif. Thursday.
The good news for Britney is that early reviews of the tour are glowing! Performing a mix of her greatest hits (Toxic, I’m a Slave 4 U) and new songs (I wanna Go, Big Fat Bass), Spears razzle dazzled in one brilliant and skimpy costume after another.
Rolling Stone described the opener as “her flashiest, fastest moving, and most entertaining production yet.” The mag also said tour-opener Nicki Minaj brought her A-game. But, “the night belonged to Britney: She managed to prove that she’s still progressing as a showgirl. Not only that, she’s doing it better than even die-hard defenders would’ve predicted.”
