American Music Awards

2013 Billboard Music Awards: Swift dominates, Bieber deflates

2013-05-20 07:53:00

LAS VEGAS -- On the Billboard stage, there’s not much room for surprises, at least not where the awards are concerned.�This is a ceremony dictated by radio, sales, streaming and fan voting. So it should be�expected that Taylor Swift and Justin...

Richard Thompson's Trio headed to Ford Amphitheatre on May 17

2013-05-16 12:55:00

Was there just a momentary reality check for English guitar hero, singer and songwriter Richard Thompson when he learned this week that he’s in the running for two major awards from the Americana Music Assn.? Is that tantamount to Jimi Hendrix being...

Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' on NBC

2013-04-23 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 21 -27, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Arrow Deadshot (Michael Rowe) is back,...

Album review: Blake Shelton's 'Based on a True Story ...'

2013-03-26 17:29:00

When Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green announced last fall that they'd sit out the current season of "The Voice" -- which premiered Monday night on NBC with Shakira and Usher as the new judges -- both singers said they planned to spend more time...

Is Barack Obama a Marxist? A reading list for Pat Boone

2013-03-15 11:49:00

Former pop singer Pat Boone appeared on Fox Business News and called President Obama a Marxist -- and he didn't mean it as a compliment. Now 78, Boone was the second-biggest chart-topper of the 1950s, behind Elvis Presley. Since then, he's been a...

Celebrity wardrobe hits and misses of 2012

2012-12-30 00:00:00

Strike a pose If you're Madonna and you plan to stage the most fashionable Super Bowl halftime show in years, there's only one way to kick it off: Perform the 1990 smash hit "Vogue" as classic Vogue covers are projected on stage. The Queen of Pop's...

Art Directors Guild announces nominees for production design

2013-01-02 21:33:00

The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations in nine categories for the 17th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. Theatrical film nominations are divided between period, fantasy and contemporary categories. Nominees in the period film...

One Direction's Niall Horan gets a Dustin Hoffman kiss

2012-12-07 16:44:00

In an appearance on Friday’s “Late Show,” British-Irish boy band One Direction got some serious love from an unexpected admirer – none other than acting legend (and recent Kennedy Center honoree) Dustin Hoffman, who laid a big,...

Manager Scooter Braun lets loose over Justin Bieber's Grammy snub

2012-12-06 10:31:00

Justin Bieber was not nominated for a Grammy Award on Wednesday night, and manager Scooter Braun was not happy, sharing his thoughts in a series of blunt, critical tweets after the nods were announced. In short, he said, the Grammys folks blew it....

Photographer killed taking pictures of Justin Bieber's sports car

2013-01-01 20:33:27

Grammys 2013: An early look at the new artist contenders

2012-12-03 12:50:00

When the nominations for the 55th Grammys are unveiled Wednesday night from Nashville, expect to see plenty of new faces dotted among the usual stars and heritage acts. With some superstar artists having missed the Sept. 30 eligibility cut-off with...

'Gossip Girl' finale: Blair weds Chuck in Elie Saab

2012-12-18 08:00:00

The "Gossip Girl" series came to an end Monday night, and costume designer Eric Daman didn't disappoint. Not only was Gossip Girl revealed, characters Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass married, with Waldorf in a blue-lace-and-sequin Elie Saab gown and...

Six Grammy Awards. Four American Music Awards. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Almost 100 million albums sold. Billions of booties shaken. Earth, Wind & Fire isn't just one of the top bands from Chicago--the funk group is one of the top American bands ever.

2013-04-22 13:28:52

Christina Aguilera poses after a news conference to announce the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards nominations in Los Angeles, California October 9, 2012.

2012-12-31 14:10:00

Carly Rae Jepsen performs at the 40th American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Her "Call Me Maybe" music video topped Vevo's list of the most-watched music videos of 2012.

2012-12-13 00:00:00