Young Hollywood Attends The 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Here at iMusicDaily.com we had the opportunity to attend The 82nd Annual Academy Awards. We had a fun position on the red carpet and we were able to get some great shots.

Apparently booking stars like Zac Efron, and Miley Cyrus helped give the show their highest ratings since 2005.

I think they need to have at least a couple singers perform during the live show, what do you think?

Also in attendance was Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Lenny Kravitz, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden.

Elton John’s Oscar Party Raises Millions Of Dollars

Elton John’s 2010 18th annual post-Oscars AIDS Foundation party raised over $3.7 million dollars on March 7th, all to raise money for the fight against AIDS.

Elton had a bunch of celebrities that hit up his party that included: Betty White, Victoria Beckham, Perez Hilton, and Nicole Richie.

Grace Jones performed during the party and there was an auction held that included items such as a photo of President Barack Obama in college, and private tennis lessons from tennis star, Andre Agassi.

Elton John was very pleased with the outcome, here’s what he had to say.

“I’m so blown away this year. We’re supposedly struggling though a recession and yet it keeps getting better every year.”

Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, And Miranda Lambert Lead ACM Nominations

The Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced yesterday and Lady Antebellum leads the pack with seven nominations. It has been an incredible awards show run for the country trio and, with the success of their latest album, it’s sure to continue. Their journey started last July when the band’s single ‘I Run To You’ hit No. 1. Lady Antebellum went on to win two Country Music Association Awards and a Grammy.

Lady Antebellum received five nominations their current hit “Need You Now,” including single record, song and video of the year, and is up for top vocal group and album of the year for its debut, Lady Antebellum.

Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood are next with six nominations, Taylor Swift has five and Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley each have four.

Underwood, Chesney, Swift, Paisley, the Zac Brown Band, George Strait, Keith Urban and Toby Keith are nominated for entertainer of the year. Underwood’s going for her second straight entertainer award, one of five categories voted on by fans. She would become the first woman to win two entertainer awards if she wins again.

Justin Bieber and Rihanna To Perform At Kids’ Choice Awards

Nickelodeon has picked the hottest young star in music to headline the upcoming Kids’ Choice Awards. Justin Bieber is set to headline the upcoming awards show guaranteeing ratings gold for Nickelodeon.

Headlining along with Bieber will be Rihanna, who comes as a bit of a surprise. Her image isn’t very kid friendly since the release of her album Rated R.

The Kids’ Choice Awards will take place on March 27th, just a few days after the release of Bieber’s upcoming album My World, 2.0.

Bieber Fever has swept the nation and fans can get up close and personal with Bieber by entering to win an all access pass for four to see the show, walk the orange carpet, see Bieber soundcheck and meet him before the show.

For more info on the contest, check out the Kids’ Choice Awards Official Site.

Lady Antebellum Perform ‘I Run To You’ and ‘Need You Now’ Medley On Oprah

The hottest act in Country Music, Lady Antebellum, made an appearance on the Oprah Show and performed a medley of their current hits ‘I Run To You’ and ‘Need You Now’.

The Grammy Award winning act has already sold over 900k copies of their album Need You Now in just four weeks and, after appearing on Oprah, they’re sure to see a surge in sales guaranteeing they’ll go platinum in the next week.

Lady Antebellum also debuted their new music video for ‘American Honey’ exclusively on Oprah’s official website. Click HERE to check it out.

Check out Lady Antebellum’s performance of ‘I Run To You’ and ‘Need You Now’ on Oprah –

Lady Gaga Dedicates Brit Awards Performance To Alexander McQueen

Lady Gaga performed a medley of her current hit ‘Telephone’ and ‘Dance In The Dark’ at the Brit Awards. Gaga dedicated her performance to the late designer Alexander McQueen.

Gaga started her performance at the piano with a stripped down ballad version of ‘Telephone’, much like she has done with her previous hits ‘Poker Face’ and ‘Bad Romance’.

Check out Gaga’s performance –

Lady Gaga’s Emotional Reaction To Grammy Wins

Lady Gaga won two Grammys for best dance recording (Poker Face) and electronic/dance album (The Fame) during the pre-telecast, so we were unable to see her reaction, but, thanks to Twitter, Gaga tweeted this photo to show her little monsters just how moved she was by the news.

Along with the photo, Gaga tweeted:

“beautiful photo taken of me the moment I found out i won my grammys. All the hundreds of songs I wrote, the thousands of shows, the fans, all the blood and tears flashing instantly. photo by haus member the famous “Dada” Williams.”

Kelly Clarkson Chimes In On The Taylor Swift Grammy Controversy

Kelly Clarkson has written an open letter to a record executive who defended Taylor Swift’s off-key performance at the 2010 Grammy Awards by declaring. Scott Borchetta came to Swift’s aid on Thursday after critics picked apart her duet with Stevie Nicks at the Los Angeles ceremony last Sunday. Scott Borchetta felt that Swift should be excused for the slip.

He said, “This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

Kelly Clarkson took this quite personal, here’s what she had to say.

In a post on her official blog, she writes, “Wow… Dear Scott Borchetta, I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why it’s upsetting to read you attacking American Idol for producing simply vocalists that hit ‘the high notes’… You know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well. Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better.”

“I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is ‘I’ll kick butt next time’ or ‘every performance isn’t going to be perfect’. I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your ‘humble’ opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won’t go according to plan or work out and that’s okay.”

The pop star then signed her message, “Sincerely, One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes.”

So there you have it! What side are you on? Hahaha

Lady Antebellum’s Big Debut

Lady Antebellum has quickly made quite a name for themselves. Leading into 2010, the country trio won vocal group and single of the year at the Country Music Awards in November. At the 2010 Grammys, the band won the award for Best Country Performance by a duo or group with vocals for their single ‘I Run To You’. And now, Lady Antebellum’s sophomore album Need You Now has debuted on top of the Billboard 200 chart by selling 481,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

This is the biggest debut for a country album since November 2008 and it’s also the biggest debut sales week for any album since Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream topped the Billboard 200 with 701,000 in November 2009.

Congratulations!

Jennifer Hudson Performs ‘I Will Always Love You’ For Whitney Houston At BET Honors

Whitney Houston was honored at the third annual BET Honors on Monday night and Jennifer Hudson was on hand to perform the diva’s classic ‘I Will Always Always Love You’.

Hudson gave one of the best, if not the best performance of her career. So many singers have butchered this song, so the pressure was definitely weighing heavy on Hudson and she knocked it out of the park.

Whitney was visibly moved by Hudson’s performance.

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