They can do a lot more than merely judge a reality competition together. At last night’s American Music Awards, Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera anchored a rendition of their hit, “Moves Like Jagger,” which had famous faces in the crowd up and dancing. Watch this duo belt out the track on stage now, as Jaden Smith, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and others groove to it while watching from the audience: Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger (American Music Awards) For a look at other performances from the show – including Nicki Minaj and her butt speakers – visit our AMA video section and enjoy these artists !
The AMAs were this weekend, allowing celebrities to throw on their Sunday bests. But sometimes “bests” can turn to “worst” pretty easily. We take a look at the craziest, most unforgettable, slore-y red carpet looks of all time.
Nicki Minaj is the apple of Drake’s eye! He recently released his sophomore album Take Care which features the single “Proud Of You” with the head Barb in charge. He tells The Daily Beast : “If there’s any woman in my life that’s the ideal woman for me, it’s definitely Nicki. I like the stripped-down Nicki. I like Nicki with no makeup, black hair, some casual clothes in a recording booth rapping an amazing verse. That’s sexy to me. I know some great women, but all jokes aside, Nicki is somebody I could spend my life with because I think we understand each other.” Ludacris On His Drake & Big Sean Diss Track: “I Don’t Start These Things, I Finish Them” [AUDIO] Drake Talks Being Biracial: “I Don’t Even Notice Color”
The 2011 American Music Awards, held at Nokia Theatre in L.A., have drawn in the likes of Jennifer Hudson, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and more. From Selena’s gold gown to Miguel’s blue suit, celebs put on their finest garments for a huge night in music and entertainment! 2011 American Music Awards Performances
During her second acceptance speech at the American Music Awards , rapper Nicki Minaj revealed that her mother was going to be releasing a Gospel album. Nicki Minaj won the AMA award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album, and mentioned that her mother had already found a publicist. Despite her racy image, Nicki Minaj did thank God for her award. No word if Nicki will make an appearance on her mother’s forthcoming project. RELATED POSTS: New Gospel Songs How To Cope When You Don’t Like Your Daughter’s Boyfriend
Nicki Minaj beat out Jay-Z, Kanye West and mentor, Lil Wayne for the Best Hip Hop album at the 2011 American Music Awards! The Barb thanked her mother, Lil Wayne and every female rapper–past, present and future, especially acknowledging Queen Latifah. As Nicki almost cried giving thanks, she plugged the fact that her mother is planning to do a Gospel album. Congrats Nicki! 2011 American Music Awards Red Carpet Photos Watch Nicki’s performance, here !
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Box-office analyst Jeff Bock tells MTV News the ‘Twilight’ flick could earn $150 million during opening weekend. By Kevin P. Sullivan Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in “Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” Photo: Summit Anyone who is at least vaguely familiar with the “Twilight Saga” and the phenomenon that it is could tell you that “Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” the penultimate entry in the series, is going to be big at the box office. Just how big? Deadline reported Wednesday (November 16) that Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the paranormal romance films, expects a domestic opening-weekend gross of anywhere from $110 million to $125 million. An opening weekend within that range could put it in the top 10 highest-grossing debuts ever. As large as those figures may be, they are still a far cry from the biggest domestic opening for a “Twilight” film. In 2009, “New Moon” earned a whopping $142 million during its three-day opening, beating the series’ second best debut, “Eclipse,” by $22 million. Jeff Bock, box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations , thinks “Breaking Dawn” could outperform Summit’s expectations. “Expect ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 1’ to suck the life out of the box office to the tune of $150 million this weekend,” Bock wrote in an email to MTV News. That would put the film within the top five all-time weekends, but Bock doubts it will break any records. “It’s doubtful it can top ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ ‘s record-breaking $169 million debut ,” Bock said. “But it’s certainly not out of the question for ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 2’ to hit that mark.” Bock’s predictions are more along the lines of what rival studios expect from the film, according to Deadline. Despite Summit’s own lofty expectations, a more recent version of the same report claims that rival studios have accused Summit of low-balling the figures. The other studios expect “New Moon” to earn $142 million during its opening weekend. Check out everything we’ve got on “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos Live From The ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1’ Red Carpet MTV Rough Cut: ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 1’ Related Photos ‘Breaking Dawn’ Stars Sparkle At U.K. Premiere
‘I really don’t know what goes on behind closed doors with that,’ T-Minus tells MTV News. By Rob Markman, with reporting by Vanessa White Wolf Drake and Nicki Minaj Photo: WireImage Are they or aren’t they? Drake always talks about his love for Nicki Minaj , but whether it’s just an inside joke or something more serious, only they know. Their chemistry in the studio, however, is undeniable. “It’s kind of like a little joke I think that they play with each other,” Toronto producer T-Minus told MTV News. “I really don’t know what goes on behind closed doors with that. Definitely it could be something, but I personally don’t even know what goes on.” Aside from their current Take Care collaboration, “Make Me Proud,” T-Minus also produced last year’s Nicki/Drake duet “Moment 4 Life,” so he’s a bit of an authority on the pair’s in-studio magic. “Musically they go really well together. I think they’re a great contribution to Young Money. The chemistry is great,” he told MTV News. Drizzy has never been shy about his admiration for his curvy Young Money labelmate. On his 2010 track “Miss Me,” Drake famously rapped, “I love Nicki Minaj, I told her I’d admit it/ I hope one day we get married just to say we f—in’ did it.” A few months later, he playfully announced via Twitter that he and Minaj had gotten married . Maybe it was in those tweets that Drake found inspiration for his latest single. He wrote, “Baby I am never scared. PROUD is more the word I would use,” before making the faux wedding announcement. Whatever the case, a year and two months later we get “Make Me Proud.” “Whenever I make songs surrounding women, I always try to find refreshing stances to take, as opposed to just like, Oh, you’re sexy or Oh, I want you. The song, it really came up in passing conversation, just being like, I’m proud of you,” Drake told MTV News back in October when he first dropped the single. In order to bring his idea to life musically, the OVO general called on T-Minus. “Drake was looking for a record to put Nicki on for Take Care and we were debating about a lot of different records that we had,” the producer said. “He was like, ‘I want something that has a lot of energy, it sounds fast, but it’s got a slow tempo.’ ” After their powwow, “Make Me Proud” came together in no time. “It maybe took like 30 minutes. I sent it to him and he was like, OK, it’s a wrap, I got this,” T-Minus explained. “It took him like a day [to finish]. It was the craziest thing ever.” Related Artists Nicki Minaj Drake
Minaj, the new face of Versace for H&M, and the fashion icon chat with MTV News about brand’s enduring appeal. By Rebecca Thomas Nicki Minaj Photo: MTV News NEW YORK — Back in the late ’90s, Versace was to the Bad Boy camp what Supreme is to Odd Future — nothing less than a uniform. Of course, whereas Tyler and crew can set up shop at the Los Angeles outpost, the ultra high-end Italian label hadn’t exactly been marketing to new-money rappers from the ‘hood. But that didn’t ruin budding mogul Sean Combs ‘ (then Puff Daddy) appetite for the couture line. Espousing his “ghetto fabulous” ethos, Combs outfitted his roster in the colorful prints with those gold Madusa details, and an enduring hip-hop love affair was born. When MTV News heard that Nicki Minaj had teamed up with the house of Versace as they rolled out a collection for fast-fashion retailer H&M, we couldn’t wait to ask the Harajuku Barbie what the brand meant to her. We caught up with her on the red carpet of the launch last week, and it turned out one of Bedford-Stuyvesant’s finest was on her mind. “We can remember Biggie Smalls talking about Versace,” Nicki, dressed in a multicolor beaded pantsuit topped with a palm-frond accented wig, told us about the late Bad Boy MC. “It’s something that as a little girl, growing up in hip-hop, you never really think you’ll get a chance to — I never thought I’d get to model for Versace, you know what I mean?” Although Versace shades quickly became a status accessory among rising rappers in rap’s glossy, shiny-suit era, it was Diddy and Big who truly cemented the brand’s place, name-checking it in songs like the “One More Chance” remix and J.U.N.I.O.R. Mafia’s “Get Money” ( My Mo-schi-no ho, my Versace hottie, Big rapped on the Lil’ Kim collabo). Indeed, Biggie and Puff donned matching silk Versace shirts for ’97’s “Hypnotize” video, which would become the final visual offering from the late rapper. “It’s just a big deal because they’ve been clothing the hip-hop generation for a very, very long time,” Nicki added about the line founded in the late 1970s by Gianni Versace. “Whether we could afford it or not, we wanted it.” Fashion icon (and sister of the late Gianni) Donatella Versace told MTV News she was flattered by how right-now rappers and pop stars like Lady Gaga , Big Sean and “fantastic” Nicki continue to embrace the brand. And the platinum-blond designer had a theory about why. “I feel all the [artists like Gaga and Sean] … are people who like to dare and to take risks, and [it’s the same] in fashion so that combination works,” Versace said. Earlier this summer, Gaga announced to a U.K. style site that she planned to feed her fashionable fixation by wearing “only Versace for, like, the next two months.” Around the same time, G.O.O.D. Music breakout star Big Sean ordered up vintage Versace threads and shades on the Hype Williams set of his sexy “Marvin & Chardonnay” vid. “If we gonna have Versaces, it’s gonna be the OG Medusa-head Versace,” he insisted. Donatella could clearly sense nostalgia was in bloom. “It’s a moment that I felt was the right moment,” she said of launching the mass collection. “It’s a lot of requests for Versace iconic pieces like printed shirts, and everybody is doing homage to Versace so I decided to give them the real thing to H&M, to the kids!” she smiled. Related Artists Nicki Minaj
