Queen Adele and King Kanye Reign Over 54th Annual Grammy Nominations

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The Grammys are perhaps the biggest joke in the echelon of awards shows — only a step above in relevance from the People’s Choice Awards and battling it out with MTV’s Video Music Awards in terms of red carpet atrocities. Purporting to recognize the best of the year in music, the Grammys more often than not turn into a popularity contest where album sales, or career seniority, determine the winner. There have been many egregious mistakes in the past that do not even merit discussion and next year’s ceremony will doubtfully be any different. The 54th Grammy Awards nominations were announced Wednesday night with Kanye West leading the pack with seven and Adele nipping at his Louis Vuitton heels with six. 

RED CARPET REPORT CARD: 2011 American Music Awards

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

To my surprise as I sleepily browsed my Twitter feed this morning, the 2011 American Music Awards were on last night. I couldn’t care less about the crappy music being awarded, so I immediately searched for disappointing red carpet photos. And to neither my nor anyone’s surprise, I found some pretty disappointing red carpet photos. But what’s an awards show without a Red Carpet Report Card commentary? Check out the gallery below of the best, worst and most snooze-worthy looks from last night.

Lady Gaga to Open the VMAs, Blow Minds

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

In a wise decision made by MTV, Lady Gaga will open the 2011 Video Music Awards next Sunday, August 28. Nominated for four VMAs – Best Female Video and Best Video With a Message (really?) for Born This Way, as well as Best Art Direction and Best Choreography for Judas - it’s plain to see Mother Monster has been hard at work. Let these three video promos whet your palette for her opening performance.

Ra-Ra-Dino-Ga, Want Your Rex Romance

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

A preview of one of  Lady Gaga‘s 300 slated outfits for the MTV VMAs on Sept. 12.

I expect the shoe will be transformed into the heel-less variety and that Elton John will appear as a sequined clutch for the final look.

Dynasty Domination

Edited by Missa Stumpf, TrendSpotter/ Designer

I have to admit; I was a bit saddened when some of my favorite collections and designers—such as Marc by Marc Jacobs and even Diane Von Furstenberg—showed pieces for Spring 2010 with heavy 80’s flash-back incorporated into them. I’ve never been a big fan of that era, so seeing shoulder pads being accepted as fashionable once again will take some getting used to.

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Patterns you’ve really only seen in reruns of The Cosby Show have suddenly thrown themselves back into major fashion again, along with a kaleidoscope of colors. Beyonce even sported a dress at the MTV Video Music Awards that looked all too much like a dress Joan Collins once wore on the show Dynasty.

So, find your crimper and big, floppy bow and get ready to look like you stepped out of a classic John Hughes movie this upcoming spring.

Big Surprise Kanye Acts Like A Jackass

Edited by Corey Moran

Kanye strikes again, and as much as I hate him he is a bit smart.

We’ll start with what he did. Taylor Swift won an award at the VMA’s for best video. As she was giving her speech, Kanye jumped on stage, took the mic from the poor girl, and proceeded to say that it was terrible that Taylor won the award and that Beyonce had the best video of the year.

I’ll start off by saying thank you Kanye for letting us all know what you think, now if you could kindly sit down and shut your mouth that would be great. I will say however, with Kanye not being in the spotlight too much lately this really helps. He’s already a trending topic on Twitter, and you know he’ll be all over every gossip site in minutes.