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American Music Awards Afterparty Sounds Almost As Bad As The Show Itself

According to Page Six, not only was the afterparty for Sunday night's American Music Awards in the parking lot of Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, the door was being policed by someone who apparently hadn't done their TRL homework. Or maybe she didn't recognize Chris Brown out of Tron mode? More »

8:46 AM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By mjohnston
817 views, Comment

last night's party

Alicia Keys Breaks Out The Air Horns

Downing many beers during the first hour of the American Music Awards live-blog last night to dull the pain made me a little sleepy, even if I was in no way as out of it as 90 percent of the performers and presenters. But I snapped back during the only real highlight-cum-spectacle of the evening that didn't involve boggling at Chris Brown's Tron costume, where Alicia Keys proved that the best way to sell ersatz reggae during one of the cheesiest events of the year is by turning your performance into a celebration of late '80s and '90s dancehall, squeezing in Junior Reid, Chaka Demus and Pliers, and Beenie Man for an air-horn happy medley of their most iconic hits. Probably the first time "Murder She Wrote" has been heard on American awards show in some time, and sadly probably the last, since you could almost hear the rest of the country wondering where Daughtry was already.

12:30 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By jharv
829 views, 7 comments

Latest by dutchtwista: @Halfwit: Murder She Wrote is legit, which is why AK chose to include Chaka Demus & Pliers. @mkemp: try again...it was the only part of the show worth watching. more »

last night's party

Jonas Brother Sends An S.O.S. Out To The American Music Awards' Set Designer

If you missed the American Music Awards performance by Disney Channel stars-in-waiting the Jonas Brothers, not only did you miss the one moment of the show where the audience seemed excited to be watching—thanks to a truckload of hormonal preteens being shuttled in for the duration of the Brothers' spunky "S.O.S."—you missed its one spontaneous moment, which was brought to you by Joe "The Middle One" Jonas tripping and falling on the shattered glass that heralded his and his brothers' arrival onstage. Not only should Joe be proud of his pretty much instantaneous recovery—he didn't even have to drop his tambourine to spring up!—he should be very, very thankful that his brother's lyrics didn't compare his bad relationships to walking into a pit of poisonous snakes.

11:00 AM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By mjohnston
1,411 views, 4 comments

Latest by catdirt: all i'll say is that as i was walking to work a few saturday's ago, i passed by the san diego house of blues that was having a mid day jonas brothers concert and it was the most batshit crazy more »

putting the pseudo in pseudo-event

Idolator Live-Blogs The American Music Awards: You Don't Have To Be Good, You Just Have To Be Popular

Or, in the case of this guy, you just have to have your Sunday night open. Anyway, welcome to Idolator's second liveblog of the American Music Awards, the Dick Clark-helmed celebration of musical "favorites" that inspired this site's first live blog almost exactly one year ago. Back then, I was cranky about Rascal Flatts and Nicole Scherzinger's Pussycat Dolls and Jimmy Kimmel, all of whom are back to make my zingers flow once again. (I actually read an AMA preview that used as its hook the fact that the AMAs are Kimmel's first post-writers'-strike TV appearance, which should tell you about the caliber of talent on tonight's show.) After the jump, we find out just which musicians will inspire the people of America to get clicking on a Web site. More »

11:06 PM on Sun Nov 18 2007
By mjohnston
5,365 views, 100 comments

Latest by bedpan: omg, simon lebon had the tightest tightest jeans package ever tonight. i think he stuffed. more »

putting the pseudo in pseudo-event

Idolator's American Music Awards Live-Blog: Because It's Still Better Sunday Night TV Than American Dad

Just a reminder: Idolator will be live-blogging the American Music Awards this Sunday night starting at 8 p.m. EST. That's only two days from now! Barely enough time to prepare for all the Daughtry. Like you needed to see that new episode of The Amazing Race anyway. Maura will be at the keyboard, the rest of Idolator (which is me and possibly Kate) will be riding shotgun/backseat driving on the couch (or whatever plastic milkcrate setup she's got in her new apartment), and America will be the ones deciding whether Carrie Underwood is really better than Taylor Swift. Also, if you watch this video clip closely, you can actually see Kate and Maura hard at work live-blogging at the mtvU Woodie Awards. More »

2:30 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By jharv
488 views, 3 comments

Latest by Maura Johnston: @maura: Although come to think of it, I have slept in that dress. more »

putting the pseudo in pseudo-event

America Prepares To Get Nicole Scherzinger Shoved Down Its Throat Yet Again

This Sunday, the American Music Awards—the annual popularity contest where being the "best" in music isn't as important as being the American public's "favorite"—are back, and ready to show the people just who's important in music right now. Like Nicole Scherzinger, whose album won't be out for another three months because no one in America has been willing to pay attention to her non-Pussycat Dolls-branded recorded output so far, and will.i.am, who, we hope, will unveil "the fuckin' shits on the radio" that may save his oh-so-floppy Songs About Girls. But wait, there's more! More »

5:05 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By mjohnston
603 views, 3 comments

Latest by pantsonfireliarliar: Wait, so America is okay with Fergie's leather face but not ok with Nicole? Their music is equally bad so I don't get it. more »