Posts Tagged ‘awards’

Analysis: Kanye West a Twittered “jackass”

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Kayne West jumps onstage after Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video award and takes over the microphone

Kayne West jumps onstage after Taylor Swift won the "Best Female Video" award and takes over the microphone

Kanye West provoked harsh reactions after he interrupted Taylor Swift’s Award acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards obviously to declare that the award should have gone to Beyonce!!

But the story of Kanye’s delima didn’t stop there. The guy was critisized by almost everyone who attended the event as well as those who watched it later on TV. His own apology statement on the “Jay Leno Show” included his intention to approach Taylot Swift with a more personal apology. In his own words Kanye added; “I’m just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else’s hurt,” “and I don’t try to justify it because I was just in the wrong.”

Later, we’ve heard that Taylor’s mother had her own share of confronting Kanye West backstage at the Radio City Music Hall during the MTV Video Music Awards, where Kanye described the conversation as “she said the same thing my mother would have said”. And while that all took place on stage and backstage, Beyonce looked extremely embarrassed and later gave her own acceptance speech microphone to Swift  as a reconciliation. Both girls were smiling while Taylor had the time “which West cut short” to thank her fans.

Taylor Swift speaks after Beyonce allows her to finish her speech that was cut short by Kanye West after Beyonce won Best Video of the Year

Taylor Swift speaks after Beyonce allows her to finish her speech that was cut short by Kanye West after Beyonce won "Best Video of the Year"

Now, lets come to the point where Kanye becomes a Jackass. According to an ABC News reporter Twittering page; US President Barack Obama expressed his own disapproval of rapper Kanye West’s action by calling him a “jackass”. This incident occured in an off-the-record conversation during a CNBC interview at the White House on September 14th 2009. NBC and ABC share a fiber optic line which allowed some ABC employees overhear the taped interview between the president and CNBC’s reporter and accordingly reported an off the record innocent comment which was tweeted to one million followers before they got deleted after less than an hour. ABC News, which by this short sentence, attracted much attention over presidential verses entertainment news and later issued an apology; “This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.”

Jesus Luz and Madonna are out for Dinner

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Madonna speaks during the Michael Jackson tribute the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13th 2009 in New York City

Madonna speaks during the Michael Jackson tribute at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards

On Sunday’s night, September 13th 2009, Jesus Luz held Madonna’s hand as they entered the Boom Boom Room Grill restaurant at the Standard Hotel in New York where they enjoyed dinner with the hotel’s owner Andre Balazs. They arrived together for the Fashion Week launch, both wearing black, and seemed relaxed and enjoying the moment.

Madonna, who was the first on stage at the 2009 Video Music Awards, gave a touching speech about the late “equally famous pop artist” Michael Jackson. She expressed her own respect for Michael and described him as being unique and original.

Michael Jackson’s death, a standard death investigation or is there more to it?

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

It was reported that investigators and two police detectives were collecting evidence in Michael Jackson’s home. After several hours spend inside the late pop icon mansion, they were seen leaving with two large bags! Some expect that those were medications that were essential to complete the investigation of Michael’s death. A second autopsy is also scedualed in the coming week, taking Michael Jackson’s family wish into consideration.

Just days before, the 2009 BET Annual Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, where Jamie Foxx as well as Ne-yo and Janet Jackson have been on stage as a tribute to the late king of pop. Foxx and Neyo performed, while Janet Jackson gave a speech honoring her brother.

Jamie Foxx with NeYo on stage for the tribute to the late singer Michael Jackson during the 2009 BET Awards

Jamie Foxx with NeYo on stage for the tribute to the late singer Michael Jackson during the 2009 BET Awards

2009 Oscars Accessories

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

The red carpet of the 81st academy awards witnessed a great deal of celebrities living up to the latest fashionable standards. Some thought about their earrings before their dresses. Interesting jewelry pieces designed by some famous names in the fashion industry were worn to complete the looks of the divas. We couldn’t ignore some of the most astonishing accessories that took our breath away.

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Knowels
Halle
Berry
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Klum

Heidi Klum wore colorful diamond bangle bracelets and coral rings. Beyonce had a huge flower yellow diamond floral ring by Lorraine Schwartz that went well with her golden black gown. Halle Berry carried a glam Jimmy Choo golden purse.

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Lane
Taraji P.
Henson
Amy
Adams

Taraji P. Henson completed her extra-feminine look with a shiny diamond necklace from Fred Leighton jewels colection. While Amy Adams chose a colorful blue and red beaded necklace that caught the photographers eyes. Diane Lane was glam enough with her hairstyle and dress, but added to that with maching necklace and diamond drop earrings.

Gowns that left us dazzled!

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

On the red carpet of the 81st Academy Awards there were two kinds of dresses. Ones we won’t forget, and ones we can’t forget! You decide which falls under which category. All I can do is post the ones that left an impression on me. Below are eight celebrities best fit for this issue;

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Klum
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Henson
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Heidi Klum arrived with Seal wearing a bright red dress with matched high heels. She completed the look with extra-beautiful beaded jewelry. The dress is said to be by the french designer Roland Mouret. Taraji P. Henson arrived on the red carpet of the 81st Academy Awards in a dazzling strapless creamy dress designed by Roberto Cavalli. Her makeup was simple and trendy, and she chose to match the dress with a mini dark red purse by Mary Norton.

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Leo
Miley
Cyrus
Evan Rachel
Wood
Whoopi
Goldberg

Miley Cyrus atttended the 2009 Oscars wearing a huge silver dress with multi-blue-beaded petals by the Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad. Evan Rachel Wood chose a dress that matched her fair skin color, an ivory strapless swan-like dress by Elie Saab.

Red Carpetostraphy : red carpet disasters

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

The last couple of days were full of major events from BAFTA Awards to  Elle fashion Awards, Grammy Awards, and Berlin Film Festive. And as you we all know, such formal gatherings of celebs require a minimum amount of preparations, specially that celebrities do their best to meet the media icon-stereotype expectations. Some even might concentrate on minor details like searching for perfect jewelry brands, dress or/and suit designers,  makeup artists reservations and hair dressers appointments. Though it might sound overwhelming to some, some find joy in reading their names the next day under a blog or/and newspaper headline like “Gorgeous outfit” “perfect glam”.

On the other hand , or on the other red carpet, some made an unforgettable disastrous arrival. Like the rock star Courtney Love who ultimately never fails to shock us every time. The consistency of her out-of this world fashion wardrobe was reported again on the red carpet of the 2009 Elle Style Awards which was held at Big Sky London in England yesterday. Love seemed either sleepy or sick with that unjustified hair mess and home-made like dress. She posed continuously with half-opened eyes to the cameras who kept taking multiple pictures of her. After she attended the fashion awards she was spotted leaving a private party 5 hours later looking worse than she came. Her black eye shadow was all over her face and she even looked as if sleep-walking.