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'Game of Thrones' Season 3 episode 8 recap: 'Second Sons'
2 hours ago
If Sansa ever had any hope that a knight in shining armor would save her from all her troubles, that should have been duly quashed in "Second Sons." "Game of Thrones" followed through on one of four promised weddings in this week's episode, making Sansa go from a Stark to a Lannister in one sad affair.
Now that Sansa has tied the knot with Tyrion, it remains to be seen if Cersei can somehow get out of her marriage with Loras, if Margaery still walks down the aisle with Joffrey and if Edmure will be able to successfully marry one of Walder Frey's daughters. With only two episodes left to go in Season 3, there are still a lot of loose ends to tie up and apparently no happy marriages in store for anyone.
Here's what happened in "Game of Thrones" Season 3, episode 8, "Second Sons."
Off the Kingsroad
"Second Sons" opens »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Miguel injures fan during 'Adorn' performance
4 hours ago
The 2013 Billboard Music Awards did not go off without a hitch -- or an injury. Miguel took the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to perform his hit song "Adorn," and three minutes in decided to take a running leap across a pit full of fans onto a separate stage runway.
Only he didn't make it to the second stage area without hooking a woman's head with his crotch. Miguel landed on his behind, slamming the unsuspecting fan's head into the stage.
The video below shows the incident, but don't watch it if you're squeamish. The singer seems unaware of the woman's injury, as she is escorted away while he continues his performance. Miguel later met the woman, who was interviewed backstage while holding an ice pack, and sent out a tweet.
got caught up in the moment, thank goodness Khyati is okay
-- Miguel (@MiguelUnlimited »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Taylor Swift wins Artist of the Year
4 hours ago
It was the top prize of the night: Artist of the Year. Based on year-end chart performance according to Neilsen data for sales, number of downloads and total airplay, the field was narrowed to five: Maroon 5, Justin Bieber, One Direction, Rihanna and Taylor Swift.
And Swift took it, handily.
The affable artist took the stage at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards to accept her award and joked about her overly-emotional music, telling the audience (which included beaming best friend Selena Gomez in the front row), "I try to be kind of self-aware about the music I make and I realize that my album is on the opposite ends of the love spectrum ... I just want to thank you guys for making my music the soundtrack to your crazy emotions."
Dedicating her award (one of eight Swift won during the night) to her fans, while poking fun at her very public love life, »
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'All-Star Celebrity Apprentice' winner: Trace Adkins or Penn Jillette, who took home the prize?
5 hours ago
Donald Trump launched his 13th season of "The Apprentice" on NBC in 2013 with another celebrity version -- but this one was an all-star season. Which former contestant came out on top this time around?
It was Trace Adkins, who previously finished as runner-up to Piers Morgan on the original season of "Celebrity Apprentice." He ended up raising over $1.3 million for the American Red Cross.
Penn Jillette came in second, after previously finishing seventh during the fifth season of the show. He ended up raising over $700,000 for Opportunity Village, a charity that serves people in southern Nevada who have developmental disabilities.
The final task, the first part of which aired a week ago, was to create a new flavor of ice cream for Walgreens, along with making a promotional video and raising money for a launch event. In the end, Jillette said he was no match for Adkins' super-human fundraising abilities. »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Full winners list
5 hours ago
There are many Billboard Music Awards -- far too many to give out on the live show. You may, however, still want to learn who won each of the top prizes. Check out the 2013 Billboard Music Awards winners list here.
It's not just Nicki Minaj, Carly Rae Jepsen and Madonna -- although each of these artists did win.
The winner in each category has been bolded.
Milestone Award
Top Artist
Rihanna
Top Hot 100 Song
Fun. -- "Some Nights"
Gotye feat. Kimbra -- "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Carly Rae Jepsen -- "Call Me Maybe"
Maroon 5 -- "One More Night"
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa -- "Payphone"
Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele -- "21"
Mumford & Sons -- "Babel"
One Direction -- "Take Me Home"
One Direction -- "Up All Night"
Taylor Swift -- "Red"
Top Duo/Group
Coldplay
Fun. »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Prince was an Icon before he got the award
5 hours ago
Enigmatic, independent, eclectic, massively successful, beloved worldwide by fans and peers, and yet never overexposed, Prince, the pride of Minneapolis, closed out the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on ABC tonight (May 19) in high style, accepting the Icon award with music instead of words.
The diminutive singer took the fire-themed stage rocking a '60s look, with a short Afro, round sunglasses and fringed jacket, electric guitar slung around him, bringing Jimi Hendrix to mind -- at least for folks his own age (54) and older -- as he sang his 1984 hit "Let's Go Crazy."
Never as renowned as a guitarist as he has been as a singer and songwriter, Prince demonstrated that he can always hold his own with the best on the axe, including his band for the awards performance, talented proteges 3rd Eye Girl.
(Let's not forget, Prince has long been a promoter of female artists, from Apollonia to Sheena Easton to Wendy & Lisa. »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Tracy Morgan is a good but ill-fitting host
5 hours ago
Anyone who's watched an episode of "30 Rock" should know the brand of humor that Tracy Morgan brings with him. The comedian didn't disappoint when he hosted the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, cracking jokes about listing off the black artists at the awards show first and having no one look quite as attractive as Condoleeza Rice. And when he stumbled in his introductions of presenters like Chloe Moretz and gave a strange but well-meant shout out to Michael Jackson, it was in line with the type of personality Morgan has developed over the years.
All in all, Morgan actually did a pretty decent job hosting the Billboard Music Awards -- or at least as good as could have been expected. But who thought that Morgan would be the right comedian to host an awards show that honors musicians? Morgan isn't in the same generation as Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, »
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Justin Bieber booed for Billboard's Milestone Award speech: 'I should be taken seriously'
5 hours ago
Justin Bieber didn't show a whole lot humility when he accepted the 2013 Billboard Music Awards' fan-voted Milestone Award, which is given to an artist who shows the most musical ingenuity and innovation. The Canadian pop star beat out Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars to be the first recipient of the award, and he made it clear that he feels he deserves it.
Related: Justin Bieber performs "Take You" At Billboard Music Awards
"I'm 19 years old. I think I'm doing a pretty good job," Bieber says in his speech. "Basically from my heart I really just want to say it really should be about to music. It should be about the craft that I'm making. This is not a gimmick and I'm an artist and I should be taken seriously."
Related: 2013 Billboard Award best and worst moments
The crowd in attendance actually booed for Bieber because of those comments as he »
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Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night: John Fogerty highlights a star-studded music fest
6 hours ago
Country superstar Tim McGraw assembled a cavalcade of stars for his "Acm Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night" special that aired on CBS Sunday night (May 19). Check out this behind-the-scenes video for footage of the fun collaborations they put together.
Current country artists Jason Aldean, Keith Urban and Luke Bryan took the stage with Creedence Clearwater Revival's legendary frontman John Fogerty, plus Taylor Swift, Ne-Yo, Faith Hill, Lady Antebellum and new group Florida Georgia Line were on hand to perform as well.
All proceeds from the event will benefit Acm Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music, and an organization that McGraw was closely affiliated with over his last tour. »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Chris Brown performs 'Fine China,' is a train wreck
6 hours ago
Well, one thing that can be said for Chris Brown's performance at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards? He definitely wasn't lip-syncing.
When Brown took the stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to perform his new single "Fine China," it was clear that he was singing live. How was it clear? It sounded awful.
Brown was dancing heavily, which may shoulder some of the blame, but there wasn't a single note that the singer hit correctly. He sounded out of breath and out of practice. And then the fight choreography began.
When the one thing you're largely associated with is a violent attack on your girlfriend, no matter how long ago it took place, it's probably not wise to incorporate violence into a performance. Just saying.
About an hour after taking the stage, Brown tweeted an excuse for his poor performance: "Lil hoarse for the performance but it happens. Good s--t otherwise. »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Taylor Swift gives Martin Scorsese style performance
6 hours ago
Credit the cameraman who can keep up with Taylor Swift.
The hugely popular singer-songwriter isn't one to remain stationary when she can avoid it, as she proved again at Sunday's (May 19) 2013 Billboard Music Awards by staying in motion as much as possible in her live television debut of performing her current hit, "22."
In a sequence worthy of such movie directors as Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma -- both of whom are famous for using the technique -- Swift started the tune in one prolonged, single-camera shot that saw her pushed around on chairs, walking through hallways and up a staircase, riding on the back of a bicycle, and ultimately making her way through the crowd at Las Vegas' MGM Grand up to the stage.
It's not the first time Swift has tried, and succeeded at, such complicated choreography: She also pulled it off in 2009, for the first time she »
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Justin Bieber performs 'Take You' At Billboard Music Awards 2013
6 hours ago
All aboard Bieber Air. Justin Bieber took to the 2013 Billboard Music Awards stage to perform his single "Take You" off of his 2012 album "Believe" using an airport-inspired set.
Beyond performing, Bieber had been noticeable absent at the awards show. That all changed when he made his performance very known while singing "Take You." Considering Bieber's various issues in airports recently, it was an interesting choice to have the performance set in that location.
Bieber clearly seems to have been taking advantage of his time off from Selena Gomez and wanted to show it. The leather jacket the pop star wore had one arm ripped entirely off to show off his muscular arms. Bieber completed the leather ensemble with a pair of black leather harem pants, his new fashion staple.
Earlier in the night, Bieber's ex Gomez also performed at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards. Fans hoping for a run-in between the on-again, »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Selena Gomez hits the stage with bindi in place
6 hours ago
To those offended by Selena Gomez's appropriation of the bindi into her costumes as of late, we hope you avoided the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.
At the event, held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Gomez was on hand to perform her hit single "Come & Get It" and she trotted out the same Bollywood-inspired choreography and costume -- replete with the aforementioned bindi.
It may be time for Gomez to switch up how she performs this song, or better yet, release a new single. At the very least, lose the bindi. The stubbornness to remove that from the look is beginning to border on the rude side.
What did you think about Gomez's performance? »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis win Best Rap Song, get stuck in different hotel
6 hours ago
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis performed at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards and then later won the award for Best Rap Song for "Thrift Shop," but they were nowhere to be seen at MGM Grand Garden Arena where the awards show was taking place. Instead, the rap duo was relegated to the Wynn Las Vegas for both their performance and their win.
"Got to thank Goodwill, got to thank Value Village," Macklemore (real name Ben Haggerty) says in his acceptance speech, adding to their fans, "We love you, we appreciate you."
Macklemore and Lewis have made the rounds ever since "Thrift Shop" burst on to the music scene, performing both at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards and on "Saturday Night Live." That's why it was so strange to see the performers relegated to a different hotel while everyone else up until that point in the show performed in the MGM. They even were shafted »
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Full winners list
6 hours ago
There are many Billboard Music Awards -- far too many to give out on the live show. You may, however, still want to learn who won each of the top prizes. Check out the 2013 Billboard Music Awards winners list here.
It's not just Nicki Minaj, Carly Rae Jepsen and Madonna -- although each of these artists did win.
The winner in each category has been bolded.
Top Artist
Rihanna
Top Hot 100 Song
Fun. -- "Some Nights"
Gotye feat. Kimbra -- "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Carly Rae Jepsen -- "Call Me Maybe"
Maroon 5 -- "One More Night"
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa -- "Payphone"
Top Billboard 200 Album
Adele -- "21"
Mumford & Sons -- "Babel"
One Direction -- "Take Me Home"
One Direction -- "Up All Night"
Taylor Swift -- "Red"
Top Duo/Group
Coldplay
Fun.
Mumford & Sons
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Billboard Music Awards 2013: The Band Perry do Goth marital fidelity
7 hours ago
Punked out in black, surrounded by lights and dry-ice fog, with Kimberly Perry flaunting Stevie Nicks-esque fringe and big hair, The Band Perry took the stage at the MGM Grand during the 2013 Billboard Music Awards to blend country twang with a big propulsive beat to perform its hit single "Better Dig Two."
With rock attitude -- and banging on some big drums -- Mississippi-born siblings Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry, plus a guest fiddler, swaggered through a song about a woman who made her husband wait until his wedding night -- "That's the first and the last time I'll ever wear white" -- for sex and swears she'll never be with anybody else.
It's not everyday in modern music that a hard-edged song celebrated crazy passionate marital love.
"I told you on the day we wed, I was gonna love you 'til I's dead."
Preach it »
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