Willow Smith, Lady Gaga's Digital Triumphs Touted at MTV O Awards

Willow Smith and Lady Gaga were digital divas who won big at last night's MTV O Music Awards -- the inaugural awards show celebrating web-savvy recording artists and digital music accomplishments.

Willow, age 10, won Most Viral Dance award for her hit 'Whip My Hair.' Lady Gaga, who holds the record for largest Twitter following (although she's tailed closely by Justin Bieber) won Must-Follow Artist on Twitter. The 'Judas' singer recently lashed out out at hackers for breaking into her Twitter account, threatening to sic her massive fanbase of monsters on the perps.

Gaga, 25, also won an award called Innovative Artist. There's her wild 'Born This Way' video, GagaVision webisodes and her 2011 Grammys entrance in an egg for evidence.

MTV O Music Award Winners were voted by fans online and via social media platforms. The event was seen online Thursday night via live streams from multiple venues in Las Vegas.

Another noteworthy winner was Kanye West, who won Best Tweet. Yeezy's hilarious, winning tweet (from Oct. 2010) reads, "I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle." Check out more MTV O Music Award winners after the jump.

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Eddie Murphy, David Letterman, Tina Fey Win Big at Star-Studded Comedy Awards

It was a night off this weekend for 'Saturday Night Live,' as nearly all the funniest folks in show business, 'SNL'-related and otherwise, were trading jokes and picking up prizes at the inaugural Comedy Awards. Producing network Comedy Central expects the awards to be an annual event. The ceremony this weekend was taped for broadcast April 10.

No joke: A wealth of comedy stars crowded the red carpet in New York City, including Garry Shandling, Jon Stewart, Will Ferrell, Andy Samberg, Tracy Jordan, Stephen Colbert, Andy Richter, Kristen Schaal, and 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Jon Cryer of 'Two and Half Men' performed a musical number with backup dancers, cracking wise about the Charlie Sheen debacle.

Eddie Murphy turned up to accept the Comedy Icon award, and Bill Murray presented the first Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence to David Letterman.

Tina Fey and Zach Galifianakis won awards for their movie work in 'Date Night' and 'Dinner for Schmucks,' respectively. Meanwhile, Alec Baldwin and Kristen Wiig were named best TV actor and actress.

'Toy Story 3' was named best animated comedy film, and 'South Park' won best animated comedy series. 'Louis C.K.: Hilarious' took the prize for best standup special. Daniel Tosh, of 'Tosh 2.0' was honored with the breakthrough performer award.

Perhaps least surprising among all the picks: 'Auto-Tune the News: Bed Intruder Song' was voted by fans as the best viral original video of the year. And what a year it was.

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Recording Academy Makes Series of Sweeping Changes to the Grammy Awards

In a shocking move, the Recording Academy has announced a series of broad and sweeping changes to the Grammy Awards that will see the number of prizes presented reduced from 109 to 78 and gender-based categories in pop, R&B, rock and country stripped away entirely with awards for "solo performance" in each genre being awarded instead.

"Every year, we diligently examine our awards structure to develop an overall guiding vision and ensure that it remains a balanced and viable process," Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said in a statement. "After careful and extensive review and analysis of all categories and fields, it was objectively determined that our Grammy categories be restructured to the continued competition and prestige of the highest and only peer-recognized award in music."

The General Field categories -- Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist -- were not affected by today's announcement.

The Academy has also amended its rules on entries and voting. For a category to move forward with five nominations, it must receive no less than 40 artist, album or song submissions. If a category receives between 25 and 39 entries, only three nominations will be announced.

If less than 25 submissions are received for any given category, an award will not be presented that year, and if the category continues to receive fewer than 25 entries for three consecutive years it will be discontinued.

Next year's ceremony will mark the first time since 1991 that fewer than 80 Grammys will be awarded. (A vast majority of prizes are handed out during a non-televised ceremony that immediately precedes CBS' broadcast; only 10 awards were handed out during the televised event.)

The reason why so few awards are handed out during the televised ceremony: performances.

"The part that not everybody will be happy about at first is getting their heads around the fact that things have changed," Portnow told Billboard. "But the fact is: Everybody [who] releases a record within the standards and the qualification elements is going to be eligible for a Grammy. It's just going to look a little different, fit in a different place than they may have. They may be facing other nominees or nominations differently than they had in the past. But at the end of the day, we think excellence will prevail."

The Recording Academy makes frequent changes to its rules and categories on a case-by-case basis when flaws in its eligibility requirements are brought to the Academy's attention. Last summer, the guidelines for the Best New Artist category were altered when Gaga was deemed ineligible for the 2009 prize because she had been nominated the previous year for Best Dance Recording. The Academy altered its rules to provide eligibility to previous Grammy nominees who have not released a full-length album and have not won.

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Who showed up to the Appy Awards last night?

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Facebook is such a good time-wasting site that we wonder why it hasn’t ever got an award for best time waster at some sort of new media awards event. OH WAIT, it just has got an award for best time waster! At a real ceremony! That a bunch of slebs turned up to!
 
Dom Joly, who doesn’t seem to be doing very much (maybe he’s too busy on Facebook) awarded the website with its best time waster accolade at the very first Carphone Warehouse Appy awards last night. But that wasn’t all - a very pregnant and very gorgeous Jodie Kidd presented Adobe Photoshop with the best photography award. And Peaches Geldof turned up to present eBay Fashion with the best fashion prize. Reggie Yates was there to give Spotify the best music award, James Cracknell gave Sky Sports News the best sport award, and the whole thing was hosted by Top Gear’s Richard Hammond and Total Wipeout’s Amanda Byram.
 
The nominees were selected by Carphone Warehouse employees and voted for by the general public over the past six weeks. Other winners include Skype for best money saver and Angry Birds for best game.

 

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Recording Academy Makes Series of Sweeping Changes to the Grammy Awards

In a shocking move, the Recording Academy has announced a series of broad and sweeping changes to the Grammy Awards that will see the number of prizes presented reduced from 109 to 78 and gender-based categories in pop, R&B, rock and country stripped away entirely with awards for "solo performance" in each genre being awarded instead.

"Every year, we diligently examine our awards structure to develop an overall guiding vision and ensure that it remains a balanced and viable process," Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said in a statement. "After careful and extensive review and analysis of all categories and fields, it was objectively determined that our Grammy categories be restructured to the continued competition and prestige of the highest and only peer-recognized award in music."
A number of instrumental categories have been dropped, and many other categories have been folded in an effort to consolidate. For example, Best Contemporary R&B Album has been eliminated as a stand-alone category, though sets that would have qualified for the prize will remain eligible in the broader category of Best R&B Album. All told, four R&B awards will now be handed out instead of eight. Rock, country and pop will also hand out four prizes, down from the seven each genre awarded at last year's 53rd Grammy Awards.

The General Field categories -- Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist -- were not affected by today's announcement.

The Academy has also amended its rules on entries and voting. For a category to move forward with five nominations, it must receive no less than 40 artist, album or song submissions. If a category receives between 25 and 39 entries, only three nominations will be announced.

If less than 25 submissions are received for any given category, an award will not be presented that year, and if the category continues to receive fewer than 25 entries for three consecutive years it will be discontinued.

Next year's ceremony will mark the first time since 1991 that fewer than 80 Grammys will be awarded. (A vast majority of prizes are handed out during a non-televised ceremony that immediately precedes CBS' broadcast; only 10 awards were handed out during the televised event.)

The reason why so few awards are handed out during the televised ceremony: performances.

Relive Lady Gaga's show-stopping take on 'Born This Way' below:



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Mel B's Bold Style at the Kids' Choice Awards

A Nickelodeon-sponsored event where the hottest stars may get dowsed in green goo at any moment certainly seems like a fine place to throw caution to the wind and be bold with your outfit choice.

Mel B didn't just throw caution to the wind, she drop-kicked it.

The former Spice Girl hit made a bold statement on the orange carpet at the 24th Annual Kids' Choice Awards over the weekend in a brightly colored, geometric-patterned mini dress and bright orange pumps.

The soon-to-be mom announced late last month that she and husband Stephen Belafonte are expecting. This will be her third child, but her first with Belafonte.



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All the gossip from Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2011: part one

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Josh Duhamel steals Justin Bieber’s style for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Justin Beiber was sort-of at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award, as Josh Duhamel decided to dress up as the teen pop star for the day.

The real Bieber couldn’t attend the awards because he’s on tour in Europe, but kind Josh didn’t want Justin’s legions of fans to go home without at least a little hint of Bieberness. We’d like to commend Mr Fergie for the effort and attention to detail he’s gone to here, his outfit is spot on. Everything from the trainers, to the bowtie to the sunglasses

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All the gossip from Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2011: part two

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Taylor Momsen is super happy to be at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

While most celebrities who attend red carpet events smile and actually look happy to be out in public and in front of their adoring fans (or they at least do a good job of pretending to look happy), Taylor Momsen didn’t confound expectation by looking thoroughly miserable at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

The Gossip Girl/Pretty Reckless star did her best grumpy teen impression (oh wait, she IS a grumpy teen) as she posed for the paps and the waiting fans. Come on Taylor, next time you’re out at a fan event try to crack smile, eh? It won’t hurt, we promise.

 

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Heidi Klum, Miley Cyrus, Russell Brand Get Silly at Kids' Choice Awards

Heidi Klum found herself going green, so to speak, as she took the mic on Saturday wearing Dolce & Gabbana (alongside Nick Cannon). And Jim Carrey, making a surprise appearance, reportedly almost slipped in green goo backstage before even more of it was dumped on his head onstage.

As always, the 2011 Nickelodean's Kids' Choice Awards, a live and very slimy 90-minute ceremony (hosted for the third time by Jack Black), was teeming with stars, including: Steven Tyler, Eddie Murphy, Jane Lynch, Snoop Dogg, Taylor Momsen, Star Jones, Sofia Vergara, Paris Hilton, Miranda Cosgrove, Randy Jackson, Jason Segel, Kim Kardashian, Rosario Dawson and more.

Outrageous 'Arthur' star Russell Brand was targeted by gobs of green slime from kids in the mosh pit, and threw a faux hissy fit (alongside co-presenter Rico Rodriguez of 'Modern Family'), shouting, "I'm never having children!"

Willow Smith was on hand to perform 'Whip My Hair,' while Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas (who were named Favorite Music Group) opened the show. After the jump, check out the highlights.
Fans vote on the winners, and according to MTV.com, big awards this year went to Justin Timberlake (Big Help Award for charitable work), Selena Gomez and Dylan Sprouse (Favorite TV Actress and Actor), Jackie Chan (Favorite Buttkicker) and Josh Duhamel, who wore a Justin Bieber-like purple bow tie for the festivities and claimed victory -- over Kaley Cuoco of 'The Big Bang Theory' and Kevin James -- in the category of Best Armpit Fart.

Miley Cyrus and Johnny Depp picked up awards for Favorite Movie Actress and Actor. Meanwhile, Katy Perry won Favorite Female Singer, but is on the road touring and did not attend the ceremony.


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Taylor Momsen is super happy to be at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

While most celebrities who attend red carpet events smile and actually look happy to be out in public and in front of their adoring fans (or they at least do a good job of pretending to look happy), Taylor Momsen didn’t confound expectation by looking thoroughly miserable at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

The Gossip Girl/Pretty Reckless star did her best grumpy teen impression (oh wait, she IS a grumpy teen) as she posed for the paps and the waiting fans. Come on Taylor, next time you’re out at a fan event try to crack smile, eh? It won’t hurt, we promoise.

 

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'The King's Speech,' Colin Firth, Natalie Portman Take Top Honors at 2011 Academy Awards

Scarlett's New Oscar Man?The 83rd Annual Academy Awards awarded Best Picture to 'The King's Speech,' giving the period piece its fourth win of the night. Tom Hooper's film tied fellow Best Picture nominee 'Inception' in total Oscars, as the latter took home Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects.

Much to the surprise of no one, Natalie Portman took the stage to graciously accept the award for Best Actress for her performance as the insane ballet dancer Nina Sayers in 'Black Swan.' Shortly thereafter, Colin Firth bounced up the stairs to receive the award for Best Actor in 'The King's Speech.' Watch 'The King's Speech' win the coveted Best Picture prize after the jump.


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Tom Hooper took home the award for Best Director for 'The King's Speech.' Despite winning the Directors Guild of America award, many expected fellow nominee David Fincher to win for 'The Social Network' instead, especially after he took home the BAFTA.

Christian Bale won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 'The Fighter.' Not only did Bale deliver a heartfelt and emotional speech, but he also managed to get the crowd laughing while throwing out a plug to Dicky Eklund, the real-life boxer his role was based on.

Meanwhile, Bale's 'Fighter' co-star Melissa Leo won the first major award of the evening, Best Supporting Actress. Screen legend Kirk Douglas had the audience in tears of laughter, extending the presentation as long as he could, before handing Leo her award. For her part, Leo gave ABC's censors a startle with a surprise (and hilarious) F-bomb during her acceptance speech.

Celine Dion sang during this year's In Memorium segment, followed by Halle Berry introducing a tribute to trailblazing actress Lena Horne.

Randy Newman, the man with the sexiest singing voice in the industry, took home the statue for Best Original Song for 'Toy Story 3' while simultaneously pointing out how stupid it is that the Academy couldn't be bothered to find a fifth song worth nominating.

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law took jabs at each other before presenting 'Inception' with the award for Best Visual Effects. The Oscar for Best Film Editing then went to 'The Social Network.'

Earlier in the show, Oprah took the stage to present the award for Best Documentary Feature, which went to the eye-opening financial crisis doc, 'Inside Job.'

Best Documentary, Short Subject, went to 'Strangers No More,' while Best Live Action Short Film went to 'God of Love.' Best giant head of hair also went to 'God of Love' director Luke Matheny.

After Cate Blanchett proclaimed it was "gross," 'The Wolfman' took home the gold for Best Makeup. Immediately following that, 'Alice in Wonderland' won its second award of the night for Best Costume Design.

A duo of Aussies, Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, presented the award for Best Original Score to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for 'The Social Network.' Sticking with audio, the awards for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing both went to 'Inception.'

Co-host James Franco -- wearing a beautiful pink dress -- handed off to presenters Helen Mirren and Russell Brand, who in turn handed Best Foreign Language Film to Denmark's 'In A Better World.'

As expected by all, Aaron Sorkin took home Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on 'The Social Network.' Sorkin wisely tipped his hat to the great film 'Network' in his speech. Adapted Screenplay was followed immediately by Best Original Screenplay, which was awarded to David Seidler for 'The King's Speech.'

Justin Timberlake jokingly revealed that he is, in fact, Banksy, though Mila Kunis quickly corrected him before giving out the award for Best Animated Short Film to 'The Lost Thing.' The two remained on stage to give Best Animated Feature Film to, of course, Best Picture nominee 'Toy Story 3.'

The very first award of the night went to 'Alice in Wonderland' for Best Art Direction. Presenter Tom Hanks remained on stage to hand 'Inception' with Best Cinematography.

WINNERS LIST:

Best Film: 'The King's Speech'
Best Actor: Colin Firth, 'The King's Speech'
Best Actress: Natalie Portman, 'Black Swan'
Best Director: Tom Hooper, 'The King's Speech'
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, 'The Fighter'
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, 'The Fighter'
Best Original Song: We Belong Together, 'Toy Story 3'
Best Editing: 'The Social Network'
Best Visual Effects: 'Inception'
Best Documentary: 'Inside Job'
Best Live Action Short Film: 'God of Love'
Best Documentary Short Subject: 'Strangers No More'
Best Costume Design: 'Alice in Wonderland'
Best Makeup: 'The Wolfman'
Best Sound Editing: 'Inception'
Best Sound Mixing: 'Inception'
Best Original Score: 'The Social Network'
Best Foreign Language Film: 'In A Better World'
Best Original Screenplay: 'The King's Speech'
Best Adapted Screenplay: 'The Social Network'
Best Animated Feature Film: 'Toy Story 3'
Best Animated Short Film: 'The Lost Thing'
Best Cinematography: 'Inception'
Best Art Direction: 'Alice in Wonderland'

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Ricky Martin Among Top Winners at 2011 GLAAD Media Awards

Ricky Martin's interview with Oprah last year -- during which he talked about coming out of the closet to set an example for his twin sons about the importance of telling the truth -- helped earn him two big honors at the 22nd annual GLAAD Media Awards.

The prizes were presented in 25 categories by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation on Saturday, during a ceremony in New York City hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen.

Martin won the Vito Russo Award, named for the late GLAAD co-founder, and bestowed on high-profile members of the LGBT community for contributions in combating homophobia. The singer, 39, was also cited for Outstanding Talk Show Episode for his appearance on Oprah's daytime series.

"Ricky coming out was a game changer for many gay and transgender Latino children, who for too long, did not have many out gay people to look up to," GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios said.

Russell Simmons won the Excellence in Media Award; among his contributions to LGBT rights, the hip-hop mogul wrote an open letter to the U.S. Senate urging the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' and implored New York's governor to keep supporting marriage equality.
TV shows that won accolades included '30 Rock' (praised for 'Outstanding Episode' in a series without a regular LGBT character), 'True Blood' (named 'Outstanding Drama Series') and 'Anderson Cooper 360' (winner of 'Outstanding TV Journalist-Newsmagazine,' for its series 'Gay Teen Suicides).

There are 32 categories in all, and the remainder of the prizes will be awarded in ceremonies later this spring in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

For her guest role on 'Glee,' and her outspoken support of Sean Hayes (whose ability to succeed in a heterosexual role was doubted by a Newsweek columnist in 2010), Kristin Chenoweth will receive the Vanguard Award in May. The prize is for media stars who demonstrate tolerance and increase understanding of the gay community; past winners include Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, Antonio Banderas, Eric McCormack, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli and Kathy Griffin.


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