I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you finish, but Michael Jackson was the Artist of the Year

I stayed up live chatting the AMA's with a group of folks from around the world. You would be surprised at how many international fans were trying to see this show. Some of my online friends in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Greece, the UK, and Scandanavia could not see the broadcast on television, so I kept up a stream of consciousness commentary on the show. I'm going to be honest with you: I haven't watched the AMA's in years and can't remember ever voting. That all changed this year with Michael Jackson's five nominations. I really wanted to see if he would be properly honored, so I tuned in. Spoiler alert: Michael won 4 of the 5 categories in which he was nominated.

Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
Favorite Pop/Rock Album
Favorite Soul/R&B Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Album

He lost out to Taylor Swift for Artist of the Year. Even those who didn't really listen to Michael's music know he is artist of the millennium, let alone artist of the year. Where was Kanye when you need him?

Overall, the show was pretty dull and the producers seemed to be stalling on the good stuff and incorporating as much filler as possible. Half the show was devoted to country music and the other half seemed to be teen pop. At one point I threatened to scream if I saw one more Disney "star" come up to present an award. Shouldn't they have been doing homework or something?

Anyway, here is some of what I wrote.


I would give it an 8. I didn't like Janet's pants and she seemed to be just going through the motions in places. I also don't think she put any live vocals into it. Her makeup was flawless. She looked good and it was nice to see her honored as the opener, but I have seen her do much better. She had more fire in her eyes at the VMA's.

Some things never change. I thought it was totally inappropriate for him to bring his various children up onto the stage, plus the youngsters looked totally uninterested. He omitted Randy and I don't think he mentioned MICHAEL's kids either! What an ass!


Black Eyed Peas! Love them! I was hoping for pump it up and I've Got A Feeling. Why is Fergie in lingerie? She doesn't have to shake her pum pum to get attention. I like her darker hair. will.i.am is so far out there. Great club music. Love Apl's mohawk. Oooh, Taboo's wearing a sparkly glove like Michael! Did you see it? His already high sexy factor just increased exponentially! I have to admit I squealed with delight when they incorporated Nirvana. Yes, folks, I am a Nirvana fan. We like all kinds of (good) music over here on Planet Jackson.


Whitney's vocals are back! Last night's performance was miles better than her Central Park performance last month. Whitney has also thickened up! I really thought it would never happen, but she had a bit of a tummy and hips in that fitted white dress. I wonder why she wore it? Her makeup was flawless, but the wig needed a brushing. I could have done without that bit of hollering towards the end. When Samuel L. Jackson came out to introduce her, I half expected him to just say "she's a bad mother fcuker". He looked quite distinguished with his salt and pepper hair and pewter dress shirt.


Timbaland is back! I really missed his beats in hip hop. It's like he has some sort of embargo against working with the genre that made him. Ooooh, his autotune doesn't seem to be working, he doesn't sound good. That lady in the black dress looks scary. I like Nelly Furtado's hair. Okay, they incorporated some of Thriller at the end! Did you catch it?


Rihanna's set was weird and spectacular. I thought it had shades of S & M and I ain't mad at that. It made me sit up and pay attention. I did NOT like the costume.at.all. Her vocals were...she should have left out the guns as well. Do I sense a subconscious death wish here? Russian Roulette, her gun tatts, and this set? That tat on her neck and throat=epic FAIL!!!!! So tacky! This girl is having a slow public breakdown. She, Lauryn Hill, and Cassie just need to go away to some island to recuperate. Oh, scratch that. Islands are what got Lauryn in trouble in the first place.

Lady GaGa

I didn't like the costumes at all and I didn't care for her legs cocked open at the piano either. Is she wearing some sort of modified jockstrap? That whole set looks so dangerous! Broken glass, fire, and smoke everywhere. How is anyone else going to perform? I hope she doesn't get glass in her eye. I'm totally confused. I love her voice. She is singing live and she is fantastic. I really don't understand why she does all the gimmicks. She doesn't have to be Marilyn Manson. She's Lady Ga Ga and that should be enough. I felt like I was watching one of those crazy late-night specials on HBO (some of y'all know what I mean), so FAIL.


Let's see if she lives up to the hype. (She didn't.) She's been on the mommy track for a minute now. She never was much of a live singer. She is going to get pilloried for her mommy thighs. Twins in your late thirties will do that, LOL. Well, I liked the second pair of shoes and I loved the walking up the dancers' backs, but my favorite part was when gravity took over and brought that mighty ass down! At least she had plenty of cushioning! That was mean, wasn't it?

I was also a bit taken aback when Jermaine thanked Allah. That would have been fine if that were his award but it was Michael's. Michael learned about Islam but he wasn't Muslim. I bet Katherine had a fit when she heard that, too. She's a devout Jehovah's Witness. I wonder how they managed to keep Joe from attending and accepting? You know he probably wanted to. He was probably outside with the bouncers tombout 'don't you know who I am?' Jermaine was exceptionally self-centered tonight. You would have thought it was his award. At least he mentioned Michael's message: "Start with love and let's love each other."

50 Cent and Eminem kind of phoned in their performance. It wasn't anything spectacular. Eminem has squandered his potential on senseless beefs, anger, and drugs. 50 was always just hype. By the way, when you have to bleep out a good solid 4 seconds of your performance at a time then your song is too profane. Jay-Z and Alicia Keys could have just cued up a video of their VMA performance for that New York song. I felt like I was watching the exact same thing. Alicia did a decent job on her solo. I liked the spinning piano in the air.

TAYLOR EMINEFFING SWIFT???
At least she is acknowledging the Jacksons. She does NOT deserve this award. There is no way. What happened to the other awards? I know I'm not crazy. They have only presented three of the five in which Michael was nominated. WTF???

Why are they having Adam Lambert hump that woman's face (I later realized that was a man)and feel up the crotch of that woman on the pole? He knows he did not like it one.bit. What's with the man-kiss? He knows good and well he wanted to wear some spangled Liberace suit. All the screaming! Freddie Mercury he is not. He sounds like I did when they announced TS as the winner over MJ. I'm still screaming.

Ryan Seacrest, this show sucked. I'm never watching again. I feel so let down. This is B.S. Taylor did NOT deserve to win that award and she knows it. I never thought I would say this, but where is Kanye? I'm pissed because
1. there was no tribute
2. Michael didn't win artist of the year. I refuse to believe his fans did not vote for him in droves. this is a conspiracy! Even if, by some glaring omission Michael were not nominated, Taylor Swift still should not have won. She just doesn't have the chops. What she apparently does have is an army of 2-year-old fans who texted and voted on-line ad nauseum.
3. the show was extremely boring
4. 2 of Michael's awards were presented off-air and they didn't even bother to tell us that during the show. People were left wondering what happened.
5. Adam Lambert's closing number was disgusting and vulgar. I have seen him in person and he has no personality or stage presence; I guess he went for the shock value so we wouldn't notice his stumbling (he tripped during his set) and screeching and general lack of real showmanship. I am officially through with him and the whole American Idol fakery machine.

Seacrest owes America an apology.

This is getting to be a bit much

I'm calling double fault on Serena Williams for her nude photo shoot for Glamour magazine. (I hope I don't get a beat down for this.) She is being honored as Woman of the Year along with First Lady Michelle Obama, poet and author Maya Angelou, and Rihanna (<--how did that happen?). I vehemently defended Serena for her ESPN Magazine nude photo shoot. I thought it was very appropriate for their body issue and she was not the only nude in the issue, however I see absolutely no good reason for her to be nude in the Woman of the Year Issue. It lacks taste to be ass out next to the FLOTUS and a Pulitzer Prize nominee. She needs to take that to King Smooth Magazine. Before I catch any flack for that Rihanna quip a few lines up, think about it. Mrs. Obama is an international role model who has championed many causes in the past year in the White House. Maya Angelou has more literary awards than I can remember as well as a number of Grammys. Rihanna, while I enjoy some of her songs, has done little more this year than look fetching.

Whoopi Goldberg doesn't believe in rape

Hollywood is deeply divided about whether or not to support embattled director Roman Polanski. Polanski was arrested last week by Swiss authorities working on behalf of the United States as a result of his flight 32 years ago after pleading guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor" in conjunction with his rape of a 13-year old girl. Polanski was 44 at the time of the rape.

According to testimony, Polanski invited an aspiring 13-year-old model to the home of Jack Nicholson (he was not home) to take pictures for French Vogue. He gave her champagne and quaaludes and had her undress. He photographed her in the house then made her get into the jacuuzi naked. He joined her without her clothes, held her, then took her in the house and initiated oral sex. She repeatedly told him "no" "get away" and the like. He sodomized her repeatedly. She said she was afraid of him the entire time.

Polanski plead guilty, did a little over a month, then fled the country because he said he thought the judge would give him more time than they had agreed upon. He has been living free and wealthy in Europe, making films, and attending film festivals for the past 32 years.

When news of his arrest spred, some in the film industry have ridden to his defense. The ever-controversial Whoopi Goldberg said on The View, “I know it wasn’t rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don’t believe it was rape-rape...We’re a different kind of society. We see things differently. The world sees 13-year-olds and 14-year-olds in the rest of Europe… not everybody agrees with the way we see things…”

Others, including Debra Winger, Angelica Houston, director Harvey Weinstein, and Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux have spoken out in his defense. While it may be true some countries think is is perfectly alright to marry off girls at the age of 7 or younger and many still rarely prosecute rape against females of any age, it is a point of pride that the United States is just a little more advanced in women's rights and prosecuting crimes against women.

I hope Whoopi and other Polanski defenders face a professional and social backlash as large or larger than the ones faced by Mel Gibson with his anti-Semitic comments, Michael Vick with his convictions for dog fighting, and Chris Brown with his guilty plea for domestic violence. People should be just as outraged at her suggestion that if your barely teenaged daughter/sister/cousin/friend were drugged, photographed naked, then repeatedly sodomized despite her resistance by a middle aged man it would not really be rape. These comments beg the question, what unspeakable horrors has her own daughter endured during her youth that were roundly dismissed by Ms. Goldberg?

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Hef wants to see Kate's naughty bits

Rumor has it Hugh Hefner sent Kate Gosselin, star of Jon & Kate Plus 8 and mother of 8 year old twins and 3 (?) year old sextuplets a letter inviting her to pose for Playboy. Ever the prude, despite her eight children, Kate is said to have been deeply embarassed and tore the letter into pieces. I for one am relieved. Kate has a decent enough mom-body in clothing--especially for someone who has had eight kids--but the post-childbirth stomach of a mother of multiple multiples should only be seen by her mate. Besides, when they are old enough the children will be mortified enough when they read about their father's attempts to regain his castrated balls by changing co-ed girlfriends every 10 days or so.

Traci Bingham needs volunteers to walk her pet weave

Traci Bingham recently made a celebrity appearance at the United Breast Cancer event in Beverly Hills and she brought along her Baywatch beachballs and pet weave. I can't possibly be the only one who thinks flaunting your giant inflatable bust in a bustier at a BREAST CANCER event is a tad bit inappropriate. Besides the bust, her hair looks like it repelled every comb and brush within a 5 mile radius like a hunk of kryptonite. She really is channelling a mixture of Pamela Anderson, Lil Kim, and Wendy Williams.

Lady Gaga is really Lord Gaga

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Rumors have been swirling around the blogosphere that Lady Gaga is really a man since video surfaced purportedly showing her peen in concert footage. I for one have seen the video several times. I tell ya, I can see something but it doesn't look like man parts to me. I'm not sure what it looks like. Skip to the 1:00 part and watch until she finishes getting off the motorcycle. Gaga released this shocking statement:

"Its not something that I’m ashamed of, just isn’t something that I go around telling everyone. Yes. I have both male and female genitalia, but I consider myself a female. Its just a little bit of a penis and really doesn’t interfere much with my life. The reason I haven’t talked about it is that its not a big deal to me. Like come on. It's not like we all go around talking about our vags. I think this is a great opportunity to make other multiple gendered people feel more comfortable with their bodies. I’m sexy, I’m hot. I have both a poon and a peener. Big fucking deal."

So....yeah...apparently she has a Peter and can do both Paul and Mary. Honestly, Gaga is so fame hungry and since nothing's shocking in 2009, this was the one stunt she could pull to get people's attention--you know, since people don't seem to care about the whole no pants thing.

Cassie Twittered another cry for help

Cassie twittered yet another cry for help. The half-shaved head wasn't enough so she took the gyno shots. You all still lost interest, so no she has to remind herself she has no regrets. Of course we know she does. SMH

Ne-Yo has PMS

Ne-Yo recently gave a concert in which he announced he was not feeling well. Several songs in he began crying then walked off the stage. He came back after the band played another song, explained that he couldn't sing that song, but that he would return. He never did.

I think I need a drink after this...

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Heir McNair

Steve McNair reportedly died with no Last Will and Testament, leaving his estate in a shambles. McNair's wife, Mechelle, petitioned a probate court judge for control over his estate so she could meet the day-to-day needs of herself and their two children. The judge granted her petition and gave her 60 days to give an accounting of the estate. Mechelle listed herself and their two children as heirs to the estate and omitted any mention of Steve's two sons from a previous relationship.

La La Just Shaved Her Head

Carmelo Anthony's babymama and former BET host La La Vasquez just shaved her head and posted her pictures on Twitter. Maybe it was the stress of trying to sell that Godawful pink Land Rover on eBAY.