Leona Lewis To Win An Oscar?

She’s already a talent show sensation, but songbird Leona Lewis is hoping she’ll soon be a double Oscar winner. The Grammy-nominated Brit has two soundtrack tunes in the running for the Best Original Song category.

Leona’s current single “Happy” is featured in the critically-acclaimed Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey-produced film Precious, the story of an overweight, illiterate teen who goes to an alternative school in search of a better life.

“I’m just so proud of it cos I wrote it, and to be associated with a film like Precious, which is about trying to overcome troubles and trials in your life,” Leona, 24, said of the song. “I’m glad that someone got that message.”

Leona’s “I See You” is also tapped for an Oscar nod. The song is featured in Titanic director James Cameron’s new sci-fi adventure Avatar.

“I only saw a half-hour clip of the film,” said Leona. “It’s not finished yet, and it’s insane, awesome. I heard the song – great lyrics, very, very epic. So I went in and I did it. And then they played it to James and he phoned me up and said: ‘Oh, my God. I love you!’ He’s so cool.”

“I had this perception that he was going to be totally untouchable and unreach-able. But he’s just like your nice uncle. He’s lovely.”

Leona could perform both songs at the 2010 Academy Awards bash in Tinseltown next March.

Lady Gaga Ineligible For Best New Artist Grammy

Controversy’s a’comin’: Due to a loophole in the Grammy eligibility guidelines, quirky pop star Lady Gaga — the unspoken leading contender for a Best New Artist statue at the 2010 Grammys next February — has been deemed ineligible for nomination in that category.

The singer’s debut album, The Fame, spawned a handful of Number One hits, earning the New York-born Gaga comparisions to Pop Queen Madonna. The Fame has sold more than 1 million copies to date.

So what gives?

According to Variety, the charttopper with questionable fashion sense earned her first Grammy nod when her hit single “Just Dance” was honored in the Best Dance Recording category at the 2009 ceremony in Los Angeles — therefore rendering Gaga unable to be nominated for Best New Artist this year by Grammy regulations.

Taylor Swift And Michael Jackson Lead AMA Nominations

Country sweetheart Taylor Swift leads the pack with the most nominations for the upcoming 37th annual American Music Awards.

Swift has been nominated for 6 awards including Artist Of The Year. Her album Fearless was one of the biggest selling albums of the year, so it’s no surprise that she’s on top with the most nominations.

Swift has some stiff competition for Artist Of The Year as the late Michael Jackson is also nominated in the same category.

Jackson is right behind Swift with 5 nominations, followed by Eminem with 4. Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Kings Of Leon, and T.I. each have 3 nominations.

The nominees are determined by radio airplay and retail sales, while members of the public determine the winners through online voting.

The awards ceremony will take place at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on November 22 and will be broadcast on ABC.

The first batch of confirmed performers includes Alicia Keys, the Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Lopez and “American Idol” runner-up Adam Lambert.

Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley To Perform @ CMA Awards

A power-packed lineup of country stars including Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban will perform at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards show, the Country Music Association tells People.com.

The list of stars – which also includes Brooks & Dunn (the vocal duo, winners of 14 CMAs, have announced they will be parting ways after a farewell tour next year), Reba McEntire, George Strait, Sugarland and first-time nominee Darius Rucker – is the first round of performers announced for the show.

MTV Loves Perez Hilton Artist Sliimy

Looks like Perez Hilton’s first official artist on his newly formed label is gearing up to be a huge success.

Sliimy is EVERYWHERE! And MTV is the latest to fall in love with the artist.

Check out their review –

“Sliimy’s music has a sunny, literate charm, imbued with an innate tunefulness that shines through in his buoyant pop arrangements and lovely singing. All this buzz has resulted in Sliimy being nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Artist (along with former Buzz On subject David Guetta). If you like Phoenix, Lily Allen or Mika, you need to find out who Sliimy is ASAP”.

Here is Sliimy’s debut single ‘Wake Up’ –

Lady GaGa and Kings Of Leon Dominate The MTV Europe Music Awards

Lady Gaga and Kings of Leon led the nominations for November’s MTV Europe Music Awards with five apiece, one ahead of compatriot Beyonce.

Underlining the dominance of U.S. pop this year, rapper Eminem and punk rockers Green Day are shortlisted for three awards each.

Confirmed to perform at the show, which takes place in Berlin on November 5, are Green Day, British singer Leona Lewis and German band Tokio Hotel, MTV said on Monday.

Of the 13 categories, 11 are chosen by MTV viewers via the website www.mtvema.com. The music channel said the competition attracted more than 100 million online votes last year and the website had four million visitors during the show.

Lady Gaga was nominated for best song (”Pokerface”), best live act, best new act, best female and best world stage performance. Kings of Leon are up for best song (”Use Somebody”), best live act, best group, best rock and best world stage performance.

Ozzy Osbourne to receive legend award

Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne will be honoured with the Legend of Live award at this year’s Billboard Touring Awards in the US.

Other artists that received this award include the Allman Brothers Band, Frank Barsalona, and Sir Elton John. He will collect the award on November 5th in New York.

“Ozzy has altered the course of rock music and live performance through his work with Black Sabbath and as a hugely popular solo artist,” said Billboard’s Ray Waddell.

Ozzy Osbourne has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, is being recognised for his “significant and lasting contributions to live music”.

B.E.T. Still Loves Kanye

Kanye may have pissed a lot of people off with his actions at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, but that didn’t stop him from getting 9 nominations for the fourth annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, which will air on October 27th.

Kanye should be thankful for the year he’s had leading up to the VMAs. Hopefully, he’s taking a big bite of the humble pie everyone’s telling him to eat.

Will Kanye’s proven track record survive the recent VMA incident?