The nominees for Best Female Video have been announced for the 2008 MTV Music Video Awards, which will air September 7, 2008. This post will outline not-so-obvious things that come in threes in each of the nominated videos.

1) Rihanna “Take A Bow” – Three Sexy Outfits

Before Rihanna torches what appears to be some of her boyfriend’s possessions at the end of the video, she wears three different sexy outfits. Moral of the story: If you are going to exact revenge on your cheating snake of a boyfriend, you should do it in style. Committing arson never looked so good.

2) Britney Spears “Piece of Me” – Three Dangerous Head Spins

Britney Spears does her patented 360 degree nun-chuck hair whirl three times in the music video for “Piece of Me.” However, I think she needs to be careful. She hasn’t been too stable as of late, and rattling around what’s in her skull would probably be ill-advised. … continue reading

The 2008 Black Entertainment Television Awards were last night and, as expected, it was quite a spectacle. In what BET promised to be the “hottest ticket on television,” musicians, actors, athletes and others gathered to celebrate the achievements of the most accomplished black celebrities of the past year.

They arrived in droves, and they arrived in style. (Well, all except for Lil Mama, but I won’t even get into that.) Behold, some of the most fashionable ladies to attend the awards:

Gabrielle Union, Keri Hilson, Rihanna

Once inside, the festivities began, though not quite as smoothly as some would have liked. If you happened to tune in late (or not at all) don’t worry about missing Usher’s opening performance; it appears as though he slipped and fell during his dance sequence. Oh well, karma’s a bi-yatch, isn’t she?

Other than the homophobe du jour, there were performers who actually deserved some recognition. Alicia Keys brought the women of SWV, En Vogue, and TLC on stage with her, and they managed to completely bring down the house with TLC’s hit “Waterfalls,” and I was simultaneously reminded of why I miss '90s music so much. (Seriously, you want to watch that video. It was totally badass.)

T-Pain led all nominees with five, but females were actually fairly well represented; several were nominated for at least two awards and all gender-neutral categories contained at least one female nominee. That is more than can be said for the Grammy Awards, the CMT Awards, or the ACM Awards. But, out of the eight categories shared by men and women, only one woman prevailed: Erykah Badu (with Mr. Roboto) for Best Video Director.

A full list of nominees and winners can be found here, but I’ll (happily) round out the list of victorious women for you. … continue reading

Yesterday I saw a lot of headlines about the BET Awards. I skimmed a few stories, noted the winners and glanced at a few blog posts, but I refused to really absorb any of it. I wanted to wait and see it for myself. I finally watched the show last night, and I'm glad I saw it without any preconceived notions. I was able to let the Jennifer Holliday-Jennifer Hudson duet of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" wash over me and give me goosebumps. And did it ever! I think I had an aural orgasm. (An aurgasm?)

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Last night's episode of American Idol was pretty lame. But did you really expect "Bon Jovi night" to be brilliant? Actually, Jon Bon Jovi himself was one of the best things about the show. But I don't know why he still looks exactly like he did when I was 15 and rushing out to buy Slippery When Wet. Hey, come to think of it, he kind of qualifies as a lesbian-ish man, don'tcha think?

That's still no reason to give his music an entire night. I miss the days of disco night and big band night and the on-set vocal coach. Anyway, since they're going to get rid of two contestants tonight, here are my two-by-two assessments of last night's performances:

1. Chris Richardson and Phil Stacey: Come on. It's not American Karaoke. Or, in Chris' case, American Whine-o-rama. … continue reading