Here we have some of the lesser fashion from last night’s Billboard Awards. We’ll have more coming up for you shortly. Taylor Swift was the big winner and took home eight awards! She won for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Female Artist of the Year among others. In this post we’re talking about some of the lesser celebrities and musicians, and who better to start with than engaged Canadian couple Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger? Neither of these two was nominated for anything, although Avril was a presenter. She wore her best black leather strapless mini-dress paired with ridiculous black gladiator shoes and a few extra applications of liquid eyeliner. She accessorized with stacks of rhinestone (I’m guessing) bracelets and a giant cocktail ring to balance out her huge pear-shaped engagement ring. These two look perfect for each other, don’t they?

Also in black we have Hayden Panettiere, who was unfortunately not accompanied by her hulk of a man, boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko. We’ve heard for weeks that Hayden and Wladimir are engaged and yet she hasn’t been wearing a ring. They were just spotted together last week, so I’m not suggesting there’s trouble, just that I bet Wladimir isn’t as gung-ho about getting married as sources would like us to believe.

Hayden is in Halston Heritage. That’s a gorgeous dress that flatters her but it’s a little conservative for this event. I love her styling! Check out the little gems in her hair and her very understated blush-colored makeup accented with green eyeshadow. She’s so pretty.

Jennifer Morrison is also in black, in one of the unfortunate trends of the night – see through gowns. She’s in a designer I’ve never heard of before, Kristian Aadnevik, and this dress is just awful. It looks like something out of the Fredericks catalog. It’s little more than lingerie with a mesh skirt overlay. Morrison rarely gets it right and needs a new stylist. Something nice – her hair and makeup are well done.

Here’s another see through dress, although this certainly isn’t the last of them – Emmy Rossum in polkadot Zuhair Murad. This long fishtail gown is too fancy and fussy, and it looks bizarre with the mesh paneling. Plus her matronly updo is dragging this look down. She looks hot despite all that though, and I really like her makeup.

Jenny McCarthy wore her best black cotton tank top with a blue cut-out glitter skirt paired with platform ankle boots. Trash to the E. This is actually a whole “look” by Tom Ford. Maybe he’s letting his interns design now that he has a baby at home.

Finally Chloe Moretz, 16, was cute in a Fendi minidress. This dress reminds me of some of Emma Watson’s looks and I really like the bold mix of patterns. It would have worked better with some neutral shoes, those clunky checkerboard shoes are overkill.

photo credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

Here are some photos from the Wango Tango event in LA over the weekend. Britney Spears was co-host of the event, and quite honestly, I think this is the best she looked in a long time. Britney’s styling/hair/vibe can be hit-or-miss, and for every time she showed up at an American Idol X Factor event looking really good, there were times where she seemed out of sorts too. Britney’s been training and working ahead of her new Las Vegas gig (is that official? I think so), and I guess her new boyfriend is having a great effect on her. Britney wore a little Cavalli dress and one of the better-quality weaves I’ve ever seen on her. Of course it still looks like Barbie hair, but it’s QUALITY Barbie hair, and it looks clean. Well done, Brit!

Here are Kylie and Kendall Jenner, also at the event. Don’t ask me which is which. I try to ignore them, and I’m not really sure why they were at Wango Tango.

Avril Lavigne needs to rethink her whole look. YIKES.

Demi Lovato dramatically lightened her hair last week. I kind of like it, although I’m not crazy about how she’s styled it here.

Crap, Wilmer Valderrama was there. Do you think he and Demi Lovato are still… involved with each other? Or do you think he’s moved on to someone younger? Ten bucks says that he was hitting on one (or both) of the Jenner girls.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I understand that “Back to Black” was one of Amy Winehouse’s most famous and most loved songs, but my favorite was always “You Know I’m No Good”. I will shed a tear when some teenage pop star decides that he or she can do “You Know I’m No Good” better than the original. But for fans of “Back to Black,” this is perhaps a dark day. So, when director Baz Luhrmann decided to direct a new version of The Great Gatsby, he chose Jay-Z as the producer of the soundtrack. Jay in turn grabbed his wife to do a cover of Amy’s “Back to Black”. Beyonce and Andre 3000, to be more specific. We already heard a small snippet of the song in one of the Gatsby trailers, but here’s an extended version. It’s super-annoying because the radio station that got first dibs on it decided to throw their radio promo all over it AND they’re talking over it. But this is the only version we have:

Quite honestly, if I had never heard Amy Winehouse’s original, I would probably be into this. It has a cool sound, and I like the anticipatory tingles, like it’s going to be used for some really great, anxious moment in the film. Maybe the youngsters who see this film will be into this version because they really don’t have any grasp of the flash of brilliance in Winehouse’s “Back to Black”. Shall we listen to the original too? I think we should.

Mark Ronson produced Amy’s Back to Black song and album, and when asked about Beyonce’s cover, Ronson said “It’s a wonderful… take on our song. I’m flattered and honoured, I know Amy would be too.” But! Amy’s father Mitch tweeted: “I just heard the Andre part of Back to Black. Terrible. He should have let Beyonce do it all.” Reportedly, Beyonce and Jay-Z had to pay six-figures for the rights to Amy’s song. I don’t know… maybe they should have just bought the song and used the original version, you know?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

As you can see from the photo above, Miranda Lambert was one of the big winners at last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards. She took home Female Vocalist of the Year, Single Record of the Year, and Song of The Year for “Over You,” which she wrote with with her husband, Blake Shelton. (These two also won the CMA Song of The Year award for “Over You” back in November.) Other winners included Luke Bryan for Entertainer of The Year and Jason Aldean for Male Vocalist. A complete list of winners is here.

We’re focusing on the fashion in this post. Kaiser has already covered some big names and Bedhead will have more shortly. First off is Miranda’s look for the press room. She’s in a plunging little black dress showing a lot of cleavage. (I don’t have a designer ID on her dress yet.) I do like this dress and find it sexy and flattering, if a bit predictable, but I wish she would have gone with some daintier shoes. Those cage shoes are kind of dominating the look. Miranda wore two other gowns last night: one of those short black sequin dresses she loves along with a leather corset and fringed skirt combo which was killer. You can see those dresses along with her performance here.

In contrast, Shania Twain was firmly stuck in the 90s in this bizarre black strapless tiered mullet gown with a cutout back. She paired it with some awful knee high boots with a floral print. Hideous. Plus check out her too-long curly extensions. I had hair like this in the 90s and I would have thought that gown was hot back in 1991. Something nice: I like her cool cuff bracelet. The logical choice would have been to go with silver jewelry to match this outfit, but she came up with “gold” so I guess that’s somewhat creative. Poor Shania needs a stylist.

Finally, I’m adding Dog The Bounty Hunter and Beth Chapman for obvious reasons. This lady needs a boob reduction. That looks really painful. If Shania is stuck in the 90s, these people are stuck in the 80s, but even back then this would have been incredibly trashy. It’s like she’s emulating Dolly Parton but thought she needed to take it up a few notches.

Photo credit: Judy Eddy/WENN.com

Rumorfix got a new red carpet interview with Courtney Stodden, which they parceled out into a couple of bite size quotes, each hysterical in their own right. I’m having fun imagining I’m the woman interviewing Courtney, because she’s got a smirk on her face the whole time and I can guess what she’s thinking while she strives to be friendly and not break out into a laughing fit. Courtney is of course the 18 year-old girl who became famous for marrying a now 52 year-old washed up character actor, Doug Hutchison, when she was just 16. She’s trying for some kind of singing career, and refuses to do the multiple p0rn roles she’s been offered, and for which she insists on dressing the part.

In these photos Courtney is out “jogging” with Doug (or walking or something, the photo agency says they’re “jogging), and at least she’s wearing somewhat sensible shoes instead of those lucite stripper heels she’s so often seen in. We can get a clear view of her fake boobs and day glow orange spray tan. She looks especially ridiculous next to her husband, who’s dressed like he’s about to work in the garden. What is it with these people and horrible footwear?

Getting back to Courtney’s interview with RumorFix, here are her quotes:

On why she compares herself to Marilyn Monroe
I look back to the pin-up days, to Jayne Mansfield, Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe and those beautiful, iconic women. So I want to be iconic, you know, and I feel like I am. I’m different, I married young. Those women were old souls, and I feel like I can connect with them. We’re both old souls and we’re having fun, and being glamorous and flirty.

On who she wants to sing with
If I could sing with anybody… maybe Maroon 5, Britney Spears.

Who she would compare her voice to
I would say Britney Spears maybe. I mean my voice is kind of like Cher believe it or not. One of these days I’m going to record a song that really shows my talent.

If you have a very high tolerance for bullsh*t you can watch Courtney’s latest video yourself and see if she sounds like Cher. The girl chipmunks put out better, less annoying music than this, and I’m sorry for insulting The Chipettes, they didn’t deserve the comparison.

Anyway here’s your daily dose of “iconic” Courtney. I used to think she was in on the joke, but I seriously doubt it. We also have some photos of her music video release party on February 10th. We already covered these and yes, she is wearing light up panties and working a pole.

Photo credit: FameFlynet

First of all, I want to praise Kelly Clarkson for absolutely killing it at the Grammys. She did a medley of Teneesee Waltz and Natural Woman that was just amazing. Also, Kelly won Best Pop Vocal Album, for Stronger, and her exuberant acceptance speech was so cute.

Kelly may be on top of the charts now but she’s had her trials and setbacks since shooting to fame as the first winner of Idol in 2002. She’s also had a longstanding feud with record producer Clive Davis, in which they’ve butted heads over the direction Kelly wanted to take with her music. Davis was CEO of Kelly’s label, RCA records, up until April, 2008. He then moved to head up Sony records. So Kelly worked under him for her first three CDs, up until 2007′s My December.

In his new memoir, Clive tells some stories about professional disagreements with Kelly, but Kelly wants us to know that he’s getting the details wrong. She also includes some additional information she claims Clive left out, in which it sounds like he demeaned and bullied her and did not give her credit for her successes. Kelly posted this on WhoSay:

So I just heard Clive Davis is releasing a memoir and spreading false information about me and my music. I refuse to be bullied and I just have to clear up his memory lapses and misinformation for myself and for my fans. It feels like a violation. Growing up is awesome because you learn you don’t have to cower to anyone – even Clive Davis.

First, he says I burst into “hysterical sobbing” in his office when he demanded Since You Been Gone be on my album. Not true at all. His stories and songs are mixed up. I did want more guitars added to the original demo and Clive did not. Max, Luke and I still fought for the bigger sound and we prevailed and I couldn’t be more proud of the life of that song. I resent him dampening that song in any way.

But, yes, I did cry in his office once. I cried after I played him a song I had written about my life called “Because Of You.” I cried because he hated it and told me verbatim that I was a “sh*tty writer who should be grateful for the gifts that he bestows upon me.” He continued on about how the song didn’t rhyme and how I should just shut up and sing. This was devastating coming from a man who I, as a young girl, considered a musical hero and was so honored to work with. But I continued to fight for the song and the label relented. And it became a worldwide hit. He didn’t include that in the book.

He also goes on to say My December wasn’t successful because I co-penned the album and it didn’t have “pop hits”. Well, first let me say, I’ve co-penned many of my “pop hits.” Secondly, My December went platinum (It sold 20,000 less than All I Ever Wanted which followed My December.) Hardly a huge failure. Never Again, the ONLY single they released in the US from that record was a Top 10 hit. I am very proud of that and I have my fans to thank. But, again, what’s most interesting about his story is what he leaves out: He doesn’t mention how he stood up in front of his company at a convention and belittled me and my music and completely sabotaged the entire project. It never had a chance to reach it’s full potential. My December was an album I needed to make for myself for many reasons and the fact that I was so completely disregarded and disrespected was so disheartening, there really aren’t words to explain….

Anyway, I love my job. I love my music. I love my fans. I love my label and all of my professional relationships… now. And I am grateful for Clive for teaching me to know the difference.

Cheers to another amazing year! And, as always, thanks for listening!

[From WhoSay]

Damn I love how she just smacks those stories down and makes her case bluntly. She is one tough cookie and she will stand up for herself and for her music. It really shows in her songs, and her industry and the marketplace have recognized that. Kelly is so talented and I love that she isn’t taking this laying down.

Update: Clive has responded to Kelly’s criticism of his book. He apologized but says his claims are accurate. He said, in part “I am truly very sorry that she has decided to take issue with what I know to be an accurate depiction of our time together. Before the book was published, I had every fact checked with five independent individuals who were present on a daily basis throughout it all.” You can read his whole statement here.

Kelly is shown on 12-5-12 and on 2-9-13, when she was the Grand Marshal at the Krewe Of Endymion Mardi Gras Parade. Credit: Pompo/FameFlynet

It’s slower than usual for a Monday, which I should take as a nice sign that everyone is gearing down for the big food holiday in the US this Thursday. Still, it makes our jobs as professional gossips a little harder as we struggle for who to talk about. Let’s stretch out the AMA Fashion into this one last post of a few stragglers.

Here’s Heidi Klum in her signature look: sexy ridiculous fug. This woman doesn’t care what she wears as long as she shows off her hot body. To prove my point: this, this, this and this.

Heidi is in Alexandre Vauthier, who was responsible for her equally awful and ill-fitting Emmys gown. This time she’s in a very tight, very short, very see-through gold lacy brocade gown with cap sleeves, shoulder pads and matching f’ing shoes. Matching f’ing shoes! That actually makes me angry for some reason I can’t properly explain. These look like Louboutins, so I want to know if they were custom made to mimic the dress, or if the dress was designed to match the shoes. Either way, awful! (This material is something called guipure lace if you’re interested, but you probably won’t be after seeing it on Heidi.) I used to like Heidi when I barely paid attention to her, but lately she’s on my sh*t list.

In contrast, Jordin Sparks is a sweetie with bad fashion sense. That’s just the impression I get of her, she seems perfectly nice and harmless. She’s in a mess of a patchwork and fishnet Etro dress that’s supposed to be contemporary but just looks cacophonous. (Sorry for that $10 word, I couldn’t come up with anything else and it is a music event after all.) It’s not very flattering to her great figure, either. Red Carpet Fashion Awards claims that Sparks is pulling off this look, but I disagree. I don’t think anyone could wear that dress well, apart from maybe Cate Blanchett.

Jordin was with her boyfriend, singer Jason Derulo. Huffington Post has a nice article about these two along with some quotes from Jordin saying she hopes he proposes. Play it closer to your chest, Jordin!

Lucy Hale from “Pretty Little Liars: was cute in a simple black cocktail dress with red heels and a statement necklace. It’s a very young, innocent look. She’s 23 though and I would put her at 17 or 18 in this outfit. She’s got a baby face I guess.

And finally Elisha Cuthbert of “Happy Endings” was looking like she was at the Oscars in a strapless, formfitting gold Georges Chakra gown. This dress is amazing, but I wonder if it’s a little too formal for this event. Still, she looked incredible. Her hair and makeup were so well done too.

Photo credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

We’re splitting the AMAs fashion coverage into a few posts, (Kaiser’s previous coverage is here and here) and Christina Aguilera takes the lead today for several reasons. I have mixed feelings about this look. First off, this ombre purple Pamella Roland dress is an impressive choice for her. Her tits and/or ass aren’t hanging out, it fits properly, and it’s actually quite flattering. The dress, coupled with that very obvious pageboy wig, give a kind of “Barbie” effect, but that’s a minor complaint compared to her past looks. Her makeup is still very heavy-handed but it’s classier, and I really like the nude lip. That said, the wig is very cheap-looking and obvious, but it’s a real improvement from the Fraggle dip-dye hair she’s been sporting in various shades of awful. The style seems dated to me, I had that exact same hair in the early 90s, but again for her it’s decent. If only she could lay off the dayglow orange tanner and the body sparkle. Baby steps.

Next up, Ginnifer Goodwin, who has ruined any affection I had for her sweet as pie “Once Upon a Time” character by looking so consistently humorless and smug on the red carpet. She bugs me, and today is no exception. She’s wearing a peach Oscar de La Renta resort 2013 cocktail dress with sequins. They love this dress over at Red Carpet Fashion Awards, but I just find it more of the same from her. She wears something fashion-forward, puts on her best model face and thinks she’s avant garde. At least she dresses modestly and isn’t wearing Stella McCartney or Marchesa.

Jennifer Morrison was in a v-neck sparkly black Abed Mahfouz gown with cap sleeves and a high leg slit. Look at her working that leg like Jolie. This is an underwhelming dress, but she wears it well. I love her braided updo (she’s gone back to blonde!) and her makeup. See how far a smile goes to completing a look?

I can’t get a designer ID on Hayden Panettiere’s sparkly little dress, but it’s not all that different from what she wore to the CMA Awards earlier this month. Her matchy shoes are not cute. Hayden’s styling is pretty bad. Her hair looks like she didn’t wash it and just pulled it back, and those bright pink lips and gold eyes just look amateurish. Hayden was there with her latest boyfriend, a football player named Scotty McKnight. He looks like a boy bander. Downgrade from Klitschko!

Photo credit: WENN.com

Here are some of the fashion photos from last night’s CMA Awards in Nashville. I only watched a few minutes of the live broadcast last night, during commercial breaks of the Rachel Maddow Show (What? Maddow is my Forever Biscuit!). You can see the list of winners and losers here – from what I gather, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert had a big night, and it increasingly feels like they’re the “First Couple of Country Music” – a title which used to belong to Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Little Big Town, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney and several other acts walked away with big prizes too.

Miranda Lambert wore Maria Lucia Hohan… I don’t like it. At all. She’s a short girl with curves, but she dresses like she’s a tall girl with no curves. I don’t get it. This dress makes her look stumpy, and I don’t think it’s the right color for her either.

Colbie Caillat looks fantastic. Great black dress, totally wearable. Miranda Lambert might want to try this style.

Here’s Carrie Underwood, who was the co-host of the show (with Brad Paisley). She wore Reem Acra, and it looked like the same kind of pageant dress she always wears. Maybe it’s Carrie who makes all of these dresses look like pageant-wear.

Hayden Panettiere in Georges Chakra Couture. Hayden was there because of cross-promotion for her show Nashville. Connie Britton was there too, we just don’t have those pics. Anyway… I think Hayden looks cute. Kind of a Jazz Age throwback vibe.

Here’s Kellie Pickler in a Pamella Roland. The dress is flattering and Kellie has a great figure. Her hair looks like that because she shaved her head a few months ago in solidarity with a friend who has breast cancer, which is a really sweet and lovely thing to do. Her hair’s in kind of an awkward stage right now, but it’s sort of cute too.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I had heard the rumors months ago, that producers of the James Bond franchise were interested in getting Adele to sing the main song for the new James Bond film, Skyfall. Then last week, an entertainment writer got the scoop, and now Adele has confirmed it. And they’ve released a snippet of the song, which is called “When the Sky Falls”. I want to marry this song. I LOVE HER VOICE. It’s so moody and evocative and sad and passionate. If Adele doesn’t get an Oscar nomination for “Best Song” for this, I will eat my hat:

Amazing, right?

Adele may be giving birth to her first child later this fall, but she’ll have another new baby to share with the world: “Skyfall,” the theme song for new James Bond film of the same name.

Confirming many months of speculation, the “Someone Like You” singer tweeted a photo on Monday Oct. 1 in which her manicured hand grazes the cover page of sheet music for “Skyfall” (from the motion picture Skyfall), authored by “A. Adkins” (Adele Adkins) and “P. Epworth” (Paul Epworth, the singer’s go-to songwriting partner, who helped pen tracks on her legendary 21 album).

The news was then announced via press release from Columbia Records. “I was a little hesitant at first to be involved with the theme song for Skyfall. There’s a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song. But I fell in love with the script and Paul had some great ideas for the track and it ended up being a bit of a no brainer to do it in the end,” Adele said in a statement.

The son was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London with a 77-piece orchestra. “It was also a lot of fun writing to a brief, something I’ve never done which made it exciting. When we recorded the strings, it was one of the proudest moments of my life. I’ll be back combing my hair when I’m 60 telling people I was a Bond girl back in the day I’m sure,” she added.

he song will premiere on Adele’s site www.adele.tv this Friday Oct. 5, and will be available immediately for download and purchase on iTunes.

The track will be Adele’s first recording since 21′s early 2011 release; she and love Simon Konecki are set to welcome their first child later this fall, according to a source.

Adele’s “Skyfall” song — for the 23rd James Bond film, and the third starring Daniel Craig as the sexy British spy, will follow in the footsteps of such singers as Madonna, Tina Turner, Sheena Easton, Shirley Mansion, Shirley Bassey and others, all who have sang James Bond themes.

[From Us Weekly]

Adele IS a Bond girl. God, how much would you love that? Daniel Craig seducing Adele? I need that. I need Adele to make a cameo in a Bond film. I need Daniel Craig’s James Bond to have a chubby ginger girlfriend with a Cockney accent. GAH. What I really need to do is listen to the snippet again, for like the 20th time in a row. For this is the end… I’ve drowned and dreamt this moment…

Let the sky fall… When it crumbles… We will stand tall… And face it all together.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaah.

Photos courtesy of Vogue.