Is it just us or is hip-hop getting old?!

Rapper Fabolous turned 32 years old Wednesday (Nov 18) and everyone in New York City, including Rick Ross, Diddy, Amber Rose, Ryan Leslie, Adrienne Bailon and more, came out to party with him at the Hotel on Rivington that night.

Bossip says Fabo and Adrienne were extra close throughout the evening.

Adrienne Bailon appeared to be Fab’s right hand. Even with all of NY in the building, it appeared that the two were in arms reach of each other the whole night. Our spy didn’t see the two leave together but that’s normally what happens when you’re trying to keep things under wraps.

More pics from Fab’s birthday bash when you continue reading…

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R&B crooner Trey Songz performed on stage at Tuesday night’s (Oct 27) Power 105.1’s Powerhouse concert in East Rutherford, NJ. Right after Songz’ performance he stuck around to watch his friend Chris Brown make his big comeback:

“Chris is a performer. In spite of all that’s been going on in his personal life, he’s gonna get out there and perform,” Songz said before Brown hit the stage. “I’m confident in that. As a friend, as a brother, I wanna see him go out there and shut it down. I believe everybody deserves a second chance. In God’s eyes, none of us are perfect, and he forgives us every day. He deserves a second chance, and I commend Power 105 for giving it to him.”

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Rapper Fabolous was also among Tuesday night’s big list of performers at the concert. Continue reading for more!

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The 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards went down in Atlanta, GA Saturday (Oct 10). We hear Jay-Z and Young Jeezy opened the show in a big way with a surprise performance! Other tidbits from the show include the late DJ AM being the recipient of the “DJ of the Year” award, Kid & Play popping up during New Boyz‘ performance and Gucci Mane performing like 3 or 4 times. The show also featured performances from Soulja Boy, Ludacris, Jim Jones, Snoop Dogg and more.

The show, hosted by comedian Mike Epps, airs on BET on Tuesday, October 27th at 8/7c and we hear it was actually the best out of the few that have gone on over the past few years.

In the meantime, check out all of the photos/happenings from the events surrounding the show by hitting up our BET Hip-Hop Awards ‘09 section and continue reading below for more pics from inside the show!

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(01.) Jay-Z was given the honor of being the top emcee in the rap game for the year 2009, according to MTV. They give most of the credit due to his recent success with his latest album, The Blueprint 3.

Blueprint 3 is another Hov tour de force — and it destroys the myth that there’s an age limit on being a dope MC. At 39 years old, Jay is arguably still better than anybody on the mic today, rhyming with precision and grace. He throws buzzsaws right from the gate on the intro “What We Talking About,” where he raps about what he deems to be nonsense, like dwelling on rap beef.

Check out the full list after the break!

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Ashanti sure is looking good these days! It’s hard to believe Nelly let all of that go. She and Ja Rule reunited on stage at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors Wednesday night (Sep 23), which saw performances from Wale, Kid Rock, Method Man & Redman, Eminem and more. The ceremony honored the pioneers of Def Jam along with the people, past and present, who helped create the label and build it into what it is today. Hosted by comedian Tracy Morgan, the show is set to make its television debut only on VH1 on Tuesday, October 13th at 9 pm.

It’s only right that the first Def Jam artist to be honored was the label’s foundation and face for so many years, LL Cool J. The Roots started it off with “Rock the Bells.” Black Thought ripped the first verse of the record, then gave way for a special guest: Eminem. Last year, Slim Shady publicly expressed his love for LL during a phone prank on DJ Tony Touch’s Shade 45 radio show. Spitting the second verse of “Rock the Bells” on Wednesday night, Em sounded almost exactly like the legend who inspired him. “Now I’m worldwide known/ Whether you like it or not/ My one-man band is Cut Creator…/ When he’s on the fader/ What’s my DJ’s name?” “Cut Creator!” The crowd yelled. Later, Kid Rock paid tribute to LL with “I’m Bad.” The Kid also DJed during the show, as did Ed Lover.

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Rapper DMX walked the Red Carpet of the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors Wednesday night (Sep 23) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. His appearance at this year’s show marked his first public appearance/performance in at least three years. And we all know all of the drama he’s been getting himself into in the meantime.

Also on the red carpet were Wale, Ashanti, Fabolous, Ludacris, Eve, Trey Songz and more. The show, hosted by Tracy Morgan, airs October 13th at 9 pm on VH1. Continue reading for the rest of the pics from the Red Carpet.

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T-Pain says there’s no beef between him and rapper Jay-Z and the only reason he said what he made those comments at that club in Vegas was to get the New York rapper’s attention so that he could clarify exactly who he was targeting with his song, “D.O.A. (Death of Autotune).”

“Every time I saw his interviews, he just said, ‘T-Pain is a talented dude,’ ” Pain told New York radio station Power 105’s Ed Lover Wednesday morning (September 9). “But I will say the interview he did yesterday” — in which Jay said, “I made it very clear I wasn’t talking about him” — “that made me feel better.” T-Pain said his issue with Jay-Z stemmed from the two’s appearance onstage at Hot 97’s Summer Jam concert in New Jersey in June. T-Pain joined Jay-Z during his performance of “D.O.A.” just days after the rapper premiered the track. In the song, Jay-Z jabs at artists who have been relying on Auto-Tune too much for their vocals; he absolved Lil Wayne and Kanye West from his complaint, but wasn’t quite as vocal in defending T-Pain, who played a major role in bringing the vocal-enhancing device into the pop consciousness.

T-Pain said he was a fan of the song from the onset, and said he even reached out Jay-Z to join him onstage during Summer Jam. But Jay-Z told him he was overseas in Switzerland, he said, and wouldn’t be able to make it. When Jay-Z did make a surprise appearance at Summer Jam, T-Pain said he was shocked. Hov went onstage with Young Jeezy; T-Pain said he joined the pair onstage at the recommendation of one of Jay-Z’s associates. Afterward, though, according to T-Pain, Jay-Z snubbed him.

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Fabolous and Reebok hosted a meet and greet Thursday (Sep 3) at the Foot Locker in Atlanta’s Greenbriar Mall. The rapper met with fans, signed autographs and posed for pics in an effort to promote his new Classic Re-Mix sneaker.

LisaRaye did her best MJ impersonation on the red carpet of Norwood Young’s birthday party/Michael Jackson tribute at Yong’s Hancock Park home Saturday (Aug 29) in Los Angeles. Mario and Sean Garrett performed at the 2009 J&R Music Fest Friday (Aug 28) at City Hall Park in New York City. And Ice-T and his wife Coco hosted a party at Club Dream in Miami Saturday (Aug 29).

We also have recent pictures of Kourtney, Kim and Robert Kardashian, Letoya Luckett, Ashanti and more! Continue reading to check them all out and click each picture for more information.

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Rapper Fabolous recently premiered the official music video for “Money Goes, Honey Stay” featuring fellow rapper Jay-Z, the latest single from his fifth studio album, Loso’s Way, in stores and online now. Continue reading to peep the Def Jam artist’s new video!

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Actress/singer Christina Milian attended the premiere of her “Bring It On: Fight to the Finish” movie Friday (Jul 31) at at the 10th New York Latino Film Festival, rapper Young Jeezy celebrated his partnership with Belvedere Vodka in NYC later that night, and actress Vivica A. Fox celebrated her birthday in Toronto Saturday night (Aug 1).

Continue reading for brand new pics of Fabolous, Pharrell Williams, Chilli and more attending various events throughout the weekend!

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Here’s rapper Fabolous‘ new music video for “Everything, Everyday, Everywhere,” which features R&B singer Keri Hilson. The track’s producer, Ryan Leslie, also makes a few appearances in this new video. Be sure to pick up Fab’s latest album, Loso’s Way, in stores now! Continue reading to peep the video.

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Rapper Fabolous, singer Kristinia DeBarge, Def Jam head honcho Antonio “LA” Reid and actress/singer Adrienne Bailon hit up a special screening of Fabolous’ new album/DVD combo Loso’s Way (in stores today!) at the Tribeca Grand Hotel Monday night (Jul 27) in New York.

Continue reading for more pics from the screening and for pics from the screening’s after party, which was held at NYC’s The Griffin nightclub, and saw appearances from Keri Hilson, Tank, Ryan Leslie and more!

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Fabolous shot the video for “When the Money Goes,” the next single from the rapper’s forthcoming Loso’s Way album, this past weekend in New York City. We’re not sure if featured artist Jay-Z is going to make some kind of cameo appearance in the clip.

Continue reading for more pics and be sure to pick up Loso’s Way when it drops two weeks from today, July 28th!

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The 2009 BET Awards went down this past Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles and if you haven’t had a chance to peep the performances from the show (Keyshia Cole, Monica, Beyonce, Soulja Boy, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, and more!) and the pre-show yourself, then continue reading to get your fix, courtesy of Mr. Word Premiere.

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Here Jamie Foxx can be seen paying tribute to Michael Jackson (comedically, of course) as the host of the 2009 BET Awards, which aired live from Los Angeles Sunday night (Jun 28) on BET. Jamie Foxx is probably one of the few people who can make light of a sad situation and have everyone laughing and crying at the same time. The BET Awards was supposed to dedicate the entire show to Michael, per the press release sent out Friday, but failed to impress.

The show itself was pretty good, but they should have never mentioned dedicating the show to MIchael if they didn’t have the time to do it right. That said, we really hope they put together an entire special to honor the late King of Pop so they can at least try to save face. But for now, continue reading for photos of Soulja Boy, Jay-Z, Monica, Beyonce, Ne-Yo and many more celebrities who participated in this year’s BET Awards.

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Ne-Yo and his girlfriend Tenille Jiminez stopped for a quick pic in the audience as they watched the 2009 BET Awards go down at the Shrine Auditorium Sunday (Jun 28) in Los Angeles. Continue reading for lots of pics of celebrities like Beyonce, Kanye West, Soulja Boy, Keri Hilson, Monica, Keyshia Cole, Lil Wayne and much more chilling in the audience and backstage at the show.

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Supermodel Jessica White celebrated her 25th birthday with a party at Mr. West Monday (Jun 22) in New York City. The celebrity guest list included the likes of Russell Simmons, his new girlfriend (French model Noemie Lenoir), Fabolous and Adrienne Bailon. Continue reading for all of the pics from the shindig.

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Rappers Soulja Boy and Bow Wow were among the many performers who took the stage Saturday night (Jun 20) in Atlanta during the 2009 Birthday Bash at Philips Arena. Hip-Hop and R&B acts alike all performed short sets during the 14th annual event, hosted by popular Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9. Continue reading for pics of Keri Hilson, Trey Songz, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, and much more!

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R&B singer/songwriter The Dream, along with rapper Fabolous, already share the same Def Jam Records imprint, but now they both share the cover of the August 2009 issue of XXL Magazine, which also doubled as the “Hip-Hop Soul Issue.”

This special edition of the popular hip-hop magazine focuses on the connection between hip-hop and R&B and will feature interviews with “Loso” and “The American Dream,” in addition to an essay on the history of hip-hop soul and a package featuring the Top 10 Hip-Hop Soul singers, songwriters and producers to look out for in 2010. You get all of this and much more in the August issue of XXL, which hits stands July 7th.

BET Networks recently announced via press release that rappers Jay-Z, Fabolous and Young Jeezy and gospel duo Mary Mary have all been added to the official line-up of performers for the 2009 BET Awards. The annual ceremony’s star-studded line-up of performers already includes platinum-selling artists like Beyonce, Kanye West, The Dream, Soulja Boy, Ne-Yo and Maxwell so the new additions to the roster will no doubt be in good company.

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Singer/songwriter Terius Nash, best known for his stage name The Dream, was one of many hip-hop and r&b acts to perform Sunday (Jun 7) during the 2009 Hot 97 Summer Jam at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Other performers included Lil Kim, T-Pain, Mary J. Blige, Maino and others. Continue reading for much more!

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Here’s “It’s My Time” featuring R&B newcomer Jeremih, another new music video from rapper Fabolous. His upcoming album Loso’s Way drops June 30th.

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Brand new music video from Fabolous and The Dream. “Throw It In The Bag” comes from Fab’s upcoming album, Loso’s Way, which hits stores and online June 30th.

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Adrienne Bailon and Kim Kardashian stopped for a pic together on the red carpet of the “Done Different” launch for Hennessy Black, which went down Tuesday night at 7 World Trade Center in New York City. Ciara, Fabolous, Idris Elba, Donnie Klang, Lala Vazquez and more attended the star-studded event. Continue reading for more pics!

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Singer Adrienne Bailon and Kim Kardashian posed for a pic together at the ESPN Magazine 6th Annual pre-draft party at Espace Friday night in New York City. Other celebrity attendees were Idris Elba, Fabolous, D. Woods and more. Continue reading to peep the rest of the pics from the party.

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R&B singer/songwriter The Dream hosted an exclusive black tie album release party for Love vs. Money at the Hiro Ballroom in New York Wednesday night (Mar. 11th). His girlfriend (yeah, we’re calling it) Christina Milian hit up the shindig, in addition to other celebs like Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, Fabolous and more. The Dream’s album is definitely one of the hottest releases of ‘09 to date, so if you haven’t picked up your own copy, you’re definitley missing out. Continue reading for more pics from the party.

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Rapper Juelz Santana and NBA player Tim Thomas celebrated their birthdays with a party at the Hiro Ballroom in New York on Wednesday (Feb. 25th). The guestlist included the likes of DJ Clue, Bobby Valentino, Toccara Jones, Fabolous and more. Continue reading for the rest of the pics.

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BET’s annual fashion show, Rip The Runway, was held Saturday (Feb. 21st) at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York and features appearances and performances from Toccara Jones, Bobby Valentino, The Dream, Joy Bryant (host), T.I. and more. The show airs on BET March 2nd at 9 PM EST. Continue reading for the rest of the pics!

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Ciroc Vodka and 944 Magazine hosted another NBA All-Star Weekend 2009 party at the W Hotel in Phoenix Friday night. The guest list inclued the likes of T.I., Fabolous (who also performed at the event), Akon and more. Continue reading to see who else hit up the party!

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The highly anticipated biopic of Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace hits theaters next Friday, January 16th 2008, and all of the celebrities came in droves to check out the premiere of Notorious at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City Wednesday night. Some of the celebs on the red carpet were Beyonce, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Ciara, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke and Jamal “Gravy” Woolard. Continue reading for the rest of the flix and to see who else hit up the big premiere!

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Cleveland Cavaliers frontman, Lebron James, celebrated his 24th birthday with a party at Karu&Y last night in Miami, Florida. Rappers Fabolous and Flo-Rida, who’s a native of Miami, attended the party, in addition to BET personality Big Tigger and Miami Heat basketball player Michael Beasley. Continue reading to peep all of the photos!

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Former 112 member Slim has recently gone solo. His album Love’s Crazy debuted last week (November 18th 2008). The second music video for the album, which follows “So Fly” can be seen above. Check out the GOT video premiere of “Good Lovin” featuring Ryan Leslie & Fabolous.

NEW YORK CITY // TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH 2008 » John Jackson aka Fabolous celebrated his 31st birthday with a party at Club Centurion in New York. He and rapper Rick Ross can be seen in the flick above. Continue reading see who else hit up the Brooklyn rapper’s birthday party.

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Here is the Gossip On This video premiere of Ne-Yo’s latest single Ft. Jamie Foxx and Fabolous, “She Got Her Own” (Miss Independent Remix), from the re-release of his album The Year of the Gentleman. Like the Miss. Independent Video, this one features celebrity cameos from EVE, Estelle, Keyshia Cole, Malika and Khadijah Haqq (The Twins from ATL), Teyana Taylor, and Jill Marie Jones (Toni from Girlfriends)! Check out the video above!

Here is the video premiere of Maino’s remix video of his latest single, “Hi Hater”, featuring T.I., Plies, Swizz Beatz, Jadakiss and Fabolous. The incredibly sexy Mya is also cameo’d in this video looking so good! Check this video out!

Jermaine Dupri uploaded another webisode of Living The Life on his channel and this time they decided to take a little break from recording and play some basketball. Fabolous was playing Bow Wow and it looks like Fabo won the match. Take a look at the webisode up top!

NEW YORK // SUNDAY, JUNE 29TH 2008 » The Michael Strahan/Dreier Charity Golf Tournament Pre-Party went down last night to help benefit Children’s Rights & Keep A Child Alive Organizations. Many celebs came out to help show support for the two organizations. A lot of people we haven’t seen in awhile too. LaToya Luckett, Ja Rule, Spike Lee, Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, and more showed up to the event.

More pics after the cut.

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{ Photos: Wire Image } XXL Magazine Editor-in-Chief Datwon Thomas was honored at the Hennessy Suite Spot event at Hotel on Rivington in New York. The guestlist for the event included Terrence Ja and Rocsi from 106 & Park, Fabolous, Melyssa Ford and more. Peep more flicks after the cut!

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(Photos: Getty Images / Wire Image) Rapper Jay-Z hosted an afterparty for the New York stop of his “Heart of the City” tour with Mary J. Blige at his 40/40 nightclub Tuesday night (May 6th). I swear, it’s been a hot minute since we’ve seen Beyonce & Jay photographed together. Anyhow, celebrities like Joy Bryant, Irv Gotti, Fabolous, and more showed up for the party.

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FABOLOUS TO RELEASE CONCEPT ALBUM BASED ON FILM » Rapper Fabolous is working hard on his next LP, which he plans to release this August, MTV News is reporting. He plans on basing the album on an upcoming film, similar to what Jay-Z did with American Gangster.

“I usually go around and just get with producers I feel I wanted to work with. This time I’m going off a theme,” he said. “I’mma put a theme together and just go off of that theme,” he said. “Sometimes producers get lost trying to figure out what they think is the best type of sh– for Fab. [They say,] ‘I got this commercial joint for you.’ So what I’m doing now, I seen a movie I want to theme the album after. Even take certain lines, different scenes out of the movie and make music behind that. At the same time, I can have the producer check the movie out, and he’ll have something he can take away from the movie and come back with some joints. I wanted to try that this time.”

“What Jay-Z did [with 'American Gangster'] … he took that Frank Lucas character and put it in the frame of his Jay character,” Fab opined. “That’s what I wanna do. I don’t wanna say I that I’m actually the character, but take some of his scenarios or some things I went through and tell it in my tone.”

Fabolous didn’t disclose the name of the movie, but he says that a warm-up single is due for a May release. He also mentioned a few big names for the producers he plans on working with: Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Polow Da Don, just to name a few. I’m definitely interested in seeing what movie this album will be modeled after. Jay-Z did his thing on American Gangster!

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Hip-hop king Jay-Z and R&B queen Mary J. Blige showed up and showed out (from what I hear) in Miami’s American Airlines Arena Saturday night! The two were there, along with Kanye West, Timbaland, and The Dream, to kick off their Heart of the City tour. Rappers Young Jeezy and Fabolous showed their support from the audience, and were photographed backstage. It looked like a pretty damn good show! Wish I could have been there.

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Here DJ Felli Fel, who is currently a signee to So So Def / Island Def Jam, can be heard with … hell, EVERYBODY! His second single ‘The Finer Things’ features Kanye West, Fabolous, Ne-Yo and Jermaine Dupri! I’m so excited for Felli, he finally blowing up and fast! Geeeeeeeeet ‘Em!

DJ Felli Fel ft. Kanye West, Fabolous, Ne-Yo + Jermaine Dupri – The Finer Things (Dirty) – page link

DJ Felli Fel ft. Kanye West, Fabolous, Ne-Yo + Jermaine Dupri – The Finer Things (Clean) – page link

Damn these rappers are getting old! Lol, anyhow, Fabolous and some of his celebrity friends hit up AZZA Restaurant and Lounge in NYC last night to celebrate his 30th birthday. Angie Martinez, Cassidy, and Danity Kane were a few of the celebrities on the guest list. And speaking of Danity Kane … am I the only one who feels sorry for them? Everytime I see them out somewhere and just sit and think, “Damn, Diddy did these girls so wrong!” And where the hell is “Making the Band 4?” Do they even have a friggin name yet??? Oh wait, this is supposed to be about Fabolous’ birthday … my bad!

The 2007 American Music Awards went down last night at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The show was telecast live on CBS and featured performances from Fergie, Chris Brown, Beyonce (and Sugarland), Rihanna & Ne-Yo, and more. Winners included Justin Timberlake, T.I., Akon, Rihanna, and Beyonce, who won the most prestigious honor of the night! Beyonce took home the “International Star of the Year” award, an honor only previously given to Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and Rod Stewart. This makes her the first female to ever win that award, which was presented by Usher (who fumbled through 95% of it I might add lol — what’s on his mind??). If you’re interested in checking out the full list of winners, check out this site. In this post, you’ll find photos from the Red Carpet, The Performances, and Random Candids from throughout the show.

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