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Taylor Swift, Jason Derulo, Justin Bieber Score MTV VMA Noms!

Congrats to Taylor Swift, Jason Derulo and Justin Bieber!

The trio of artists have scored themselves multiple nominations at the 2010 MTV VMAs!

Viewers can vote for general VMA categories, including Best New Artist, by visiting vma.mtv.com beginning Tuesday, August 3. In addition, text voting for “Best New Artist” is open to all wireless carrier subscribers by texting BNA to 97979.

The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 12 @ 9PM ET/PT on MTV.

Check out the full list of nominees below…

2010 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES

BEST COLLABORATION

B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga – “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé – “Telephone
3OH!3 featuring Kesha – “My First Kiss”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg – “California Gurls”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga – “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Taylor Swift – “Fifteen”

BEST MALE VIDEO

Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Usher featuring Will.I.Am – “OMG”
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Drake – “Find Your Love”
Jason Derulo – “In My Head”

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

B.oB featuring Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – “Forever”
Jay-Z & Swizz Beats – “On To The Next One”
Kid Cudi featuring MGMT & Ratatat – “Pursuit Of Happiness”

BEST NEW ARTIST

Ke$ha
Jason Derulo
Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris
Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett
Broken Bells

BEST POP VIDEO

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dog – “California Gurls”
Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga – “Title: Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars – “Nothing on You”

BEST ROCK VIDEO

30 Seconds To Mars – “Kings and Queens”
MUSE – “Uprising”
Album: The Resistance
Paramore – “Ignorance”
Florence + the Machine – “Dog Days Are Over”
MGMT – “Flash Delirium”

BEST DANCE MUSIC VIDEO

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull – “I Like It”
Cascada – “Evacuate The Dancefloor”
David Guetta featuring Akon – “Sexy Chick”
Usher featuring Will.I.Am – “OMG”

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

30 Seconds To Mars – “Kings and Queens”
Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé – “Telephone”
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Florence + The Machine – “Dog Days Are Over”

BEST ART DIRECTION

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Florence + The Machine – “Dog Days Are Over”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga – “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé – “Telephone”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga – “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Usher featuring Will.I.Am – “OMG”
Janelle Monáe featuring Big Boi – “Tightrope”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Mumford and Sons – “Little Lion Man”
Florence + The Machine – “Dog Days Are Over”

BEST DIRECTION

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Pink – “Funhouse”
30 Seconds To Mars – “Kings and Queens”

BEST EDITING

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Rihanna – “Rude Boy”
Pink – “Funhouse”
Miike Snow – “Animal”

BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS)

Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
MUSE – “Uprising”
Green Day – “21st Century Breakdown”
Dan Black – “Symphonies”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO

Dan Black – “Symphonies”
Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack & Mos Def – “Stylo”
Coldplay – “Strawberry Swing”
The Black Keys – “Tighten Up”

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VMAs Nominations List 2010 Released!

Check out the nominations for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards!

Lady Gaga picked up thirteen nominations, while Eminem is the top nominated male artist with 8 nods.

The show airs Sunday, September 12 at 9/8c from Los Angeles! Vote for your favorite at MTV.com starting TODAY!

Here are the nominees:

Best Collaboration
B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce - “Telephone”
3OH!3 feat. Ke$ha – “My First Kiss”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

Best Female Video
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Ke$ha - “Tik Tok”
Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg – “California Gurls”
Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga - “Video Phone”
Taylor Swift – “Fifteen”

Best Male Video
Eminem - “Not Afraid”
Usher feat. Will.i.am – “OMG”
B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Drake – “Find Your Love”
Jason Derulo – “In My Head”

Best Hip Hop Video
B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Eminem - “Not Afraid”
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem - “Forever”
Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz – “On To The Next One”
Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat – “Pursuit of Happiness”

Best New Artist
Ke$ha
Jason Derulo
Justin Bieber
Nicki Minaj
Broken Bells

Best Pop Video
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - “California Gurls”
Ke$ha - “Tik Tok”
Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars - “Nothing on You”

Best Rock Video
30 Seconds To Mars – “Kings and Queens”
Muse – “Uprising”
Paramore – “Ignorance”
Florence + the Machine – “Dog Days Are Over”
MGMT - “Flash Delirium”

Best Dance Music Video
Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull – “I Like It”
Cascada – “Evacuate The Dancefloor”
David Guetta feat. Akon - “Sexy Chick”
Usher feat. Will.i.am - “OMG”

Video of the Year
Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Florence + the Machine – “Dog Days Are Over”
30 Seconds to Mars - “Kings and Queens”
Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce – “Telephone”
Eminem - “Not Afraid”
B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams - “Airplanes”

Best Art Direction
Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Florence + the Machine - “Dog Days Are Over”
30 Seconds to Mars - “Kings and Queens”
Eminem - “Not Afraid”
Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga - “Video Phone”

Best Choreography
Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce - “Telephone”
Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga - “Video Phone”
Usher feat. Will.i.am - “OMG”
Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi - “Tightrope”

Best Cinematography
Eminem - “Not Afraid”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind”
Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Mumford and Sons - “Little Lion Man”
Florence + the Machine - “Dog Days Are Over”

Best Direction
Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
30 Seconds to Mars - “Kings and Queens”
Eminem - “Not Afraid”
Pink - “Funhouse”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind”

Best Editing
Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Eminem - “Not Afraid”
Rihanna - “Rude Boy”
Pink - “Funhouse”
Miike Snow - “Animal”

Best SFX
Lady Gaga - “Bad Romance”
Eminem - “Not Afraid”
Muse - “Uprising”
Green Day – “21st Century Breakdown”
Dan Black - “Symphonies”

Breakthrough Video
Dan Black – “Symphonies”
Gorillaz feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def – “Stylo”
Coldplay – “Strawberry Swing”
The Black Keys - “Tighten Up”

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Justin Bieber To Be Honored At Variety’s Power Of Youth!

Justin Bieber is having the best week ever!

First there was a movie and a book, now Variety’s Power of Youth has picked the 16-year-old musician to honor for his work with Pencils of Promise.

Variety’s 2010 Power of Youth event, which will take place on October 24th this year, reaches out to the 25-and-under entertainment community, encouraging them to support philanthropic and charitable causes, and getting them to use their positions to encourage fans to do the same.

Justin is committed to working with Pencils of Promise, a philanthropic org that works with local communities to build schools and increase educational opportunities worldwide.

Past honorees include Keke Palmer, Jesse McCartney, Corbin Bleu, AnnaLynne McCord and Miranda Cosgrove.

WHO ELSE DO you think will be honored this year?

Source:

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/08/03/taylor-swift-jason-derulo-justin-bieber-score-mtv-vma-noms

- http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/08/03/vmas-nominations-list-2010-released

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/08/04/justin-bieber-to-be-honored-at-varietys-power-of-youth

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Justin Bieber – I’m Going To Be Really Short!

Check out these new shots of Justin Bieber from Seventeen mag and USA Today.

The 16-year-old musician joked with USA Today about his height, “It wasn’t overnight, I put in a lot of time on the road going to radio stations at 6 a.m. and singing, all in the middle of my growth spurt. Thanks to the music industry, I’m going to be really short.”

Justin also dished on putting all his faith in God and how close his family is to the church, saying, “[We] are really involved with God. He’s always been like, I don’t know, he’s held our family together. We grew up with not a lot of money, my mom and I. She was young when she had me. We struggled, but we never blamed him. Hey, all this serious stuff aside, I’m still young, I’m still trying to figure out who I am, and I’m just trying to have fun. I don’t know what I’m here to do yet.”

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Corbin Bleu Barks On Broadway!

Corbin Bleu carries a cute lil pup in his arm as he arrives at the 2010 Broadway Barks Adopt-a-thon held in Shubert Alley, NYC on Saturday afternoon (July 10).

Last year, more than 200 cats and dogs from 27 participating shelters and rescue groups were adopted on one glorious day. This year’s event was hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters.

Corbin recently launched a new social network on TODHD.com. The new network will allow his fans to connect with him in a whole new way. Check out the site and Corbin’s twitter for more information.

Source:

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/07/10/justin-bieber-im-going-to-be-really-short

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2010/07/11/corbin-bleu-barks-on-broadway

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Corbin Bleu & Andrea Bowen – L.A. Mission Mates!

Andrea Bowen and Corbin Bleu snap a pic together as they serve up some homecooked Thanksgiving meals to the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission and Anne Douglas Center on Wednesday afternoon (November 25).

The duo joined forces with Kirk Douglas, Stephanie Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Olesya Rulin and Kayla Ewell, among others, to spread the holiday cheer.

Andrea tweeted, “Because of the current state of our economy there are more people than ever finding themselves without a home or place to go, Los Angeles has the highest homelessness rate in the entire country, and now is a great time to make a monetary donation, but I also highly recommend donating your time to go volunteer, especially this time of year! Every little bit can mean a huge difference to someone’s life, and spirit.”

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Debby Ryan & Olesya Rulin Serve Thanksgiving Meals!

Debby Ryan and Olesya Rulin lend a hand serving Thanksgiving meals to the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission and Anne Douglas Center on Wednesday afternoon (November 25).

The twosome joined Debby’s brother Chase, Corbin Bleu and Tania Gunadi in the effort.

If you’d like to choice the cause just follow Debby’s instructions: “Heyy! If you’d like to help our LA neighbors, text MEALS to 40579 to donate $5 to the Los Angeles Mission.”

Source:

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2009/11/25/corbin-bleu-andrea-bowen-la-mission-mates

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2009/11/25/debby-ryan-olesya-rulin-serve-thanksgiving-meals

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Kyle Massey & Allen Evangelista Mend Childrens Hearts!

Kyle Massey and Allen Evangelista hang out together as they arrive at the Children Mending Hearts “Please Mr. President” workshop at the Prince George Ballroom in NYC on Sunday afternoon (November 15).

The duo joined Kyle’s big bro Christopher and Corbin Bleu during the event.

The 10-city event series features professional writers, artists, teachers, celebrities and VIPs that help at-risk and disadvantaged youth with artistic projects and writing personal letters to the U.S. President. For more information, check out ChildrenMendingHearts.org.

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Corbin Bleu – Please, Mr. President!

Corbin Bleu wears his Please Mr. President t-shirt proud as he attends the Children Mending Hearts “Please Mr. President” workshop held at the Prince George Ballroom in NYC on Sunday afternoon (November 15).

The 20-year-old actor joined Allen Evangelista and Kyle Massey during the 10-city event series that features professional writers, artists, teachers, celebrities and VIPs that help at-risk and disadvantaged youth with artistic projects and writing personal letters to the U.S. President.

During the workshop, each child will paint a t-shirt for a refugee child in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which CMH founder and executive director Lysa Heslov will personally deliver during the organization’s 2nd Annual Arts Exchange Program in Africa, January 2010.

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Justin Bieber – Good Morning America!

Justin Bieber strums on his guitar during his performance on Good Morning America on Sunday morning (November 15) in NYC.

The 15-year-old musician’s new album My World drops THIS WEEK on Tuesday, November 17.

Justin shared during his interview, saying, “Usher and my manager were watching music videos on YouTube and he [Usher] flew me back to Atlanta where I got to sing for him.”

Usher echoed, “He had two million viewers before I even said hello. It was truly his talent, truly on spot.”

Source:

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2009/11/15/kyle-massey-allen-evangelista-mend-childrens-hearts

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2009/11/15/corbin-bleu-please-mr-president

- http://justjaredjr.buzznet.com/2009/11/15/justin-bieber-good-morning-america

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