Justin Bieber scored his first ever country music award earlier this week!

At the 2011 CMT Music Awards in Nashville Wednesday (Jun 8), the 17-year-old Pop sensation won the award for “Collaborative Video of the Year” for “That Should Be,” his collaboration with country group Rascal Flatts that also appeared on his Never Say Never: The Remixes album.

Other winners during the ceremony were Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and more. Click Here full the full list, and look below for pics of Justin at the CMT Music Awards!

Actress Anika Noni Rose attended the 65th Annual Tony Awards nominations announcement sponsored by IBM early yesterday (Tue. May 3) at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

Actor Idris Elba showed up at the Los Angeles premiere of his new movie “Thor” at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Cal. Monday (May 2).

Mechad Brooks came out to the 2011 USA Upfront presentation Monday afternoon at The Tent at Lincoln Center in New York City.

E! reality stars Holly Madison and Josh Strickland were in attendance at The Animal Foundation’s 8th Annual “Best in Show” Monday at Las Vegas’ Orleans Arena.

Famed actress Angela Basset attended the “Forks Over Knives” World Premiere at SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood Monday.

Co-stars Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon posed at a photocall for their new movie “Water for Elephants” in Barcelona, Spain on Monday afternoon.

And reality TV personality Star Jones and rocker Robert “Kid Rock” Ritchie were spotted backstage at the 56th Annual NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner Sunday (May 1) at the Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan.

If you were to say that rocker Kid Rock’s name is somewhat ridiculous for a grown man, then he’d slap you with a high-five and agree with you!

In a recent interview with Esquire Magazine for their May issue, the American Music Award winner dished his thoughts on his stage name. He made clear that he thinks that his name is “the worst name in the world.”

He continued: “The only person who had a dumber name than me was the Fresh Prince, Will Smith. Hey, it sounded like a cool rap name when I was 16. But it stuck, and now it’s me. I’ll be an 88-year-old man — Call me the Kid”.

Well we’re not sure if Will Smith would agree with you on your opinion of his name … but we can see where you’re coming from, Kid!

Kid Rock gave a peaceful and moving performance of “Times Like These” Sunday night (Nov 21) at the 2010 American Music Awards, held in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater. “Times Like These,” an ode to his beloved Detroit, is a track featured on Kid Rock’s just-released 8th studio album Born Free.

Check out a few pics (along with video footage) of the performance below…

The 2010 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors went down Thursday (Jun 3) in New York City and featured guest appearances and performances from Jermaine Dupri, Bow Wow, Drake, T.I., Fabolous, Nelly, Gucci Mane, Missy Elliott, Kelly Rowland, Lauren London and more.

This year’s show honored the Dirty South Hip-Hop movement. Check out 20+ pics from the 2010 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, set to air this coming Monday (Jun 7) at 9 pm, below and when you continue reading…

Big name stars like Beyonce, Madonna, Jay-Z, Rihanna and more are scheduled to perform in what’s beginning to look like a dress rehearsal for the upcoming 2010 Grammy Awards.

The stars mentioned, among others, will take part in a two-hour televised telethon today (Fri. Jan 22) called “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief.” The show will air on all major cable networks beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern and will feature musical performances from all over the world from folks like Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Shakira, Taylor Swift, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake and proud Haiti native Wyclef Jean.

The show, which in the United States will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time on all the major networks and on cable channels, is to feature musical performances from multiple locations: Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Shakira and Wyclef Jean will play in New York, while in London Bono and the Edge of U2 will collaborate with Jay-Z and Rihanna, with Coldplay also slated to perform. The program in Los Angeles is to include performances by Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake and a collaboration among Keith Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow. Songs from the telethon will be for sale on iTunes for 99 cents beginning Saturday, will all proceeds going to a number of relief organizations.

SOURCE: NY TIMES

Flavor Flav‘s big grown, 50 year old azz showed up at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors looking like this. It’s not outside of his usual character, but got dayum. And is that a tag on his jacket?

Flav, Kid Rock, Warren G, Wale and more attended the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors after party to benefit to the VH1 Save The Music Foundation at One Hanson Place Wednesday night (Sep 23) in New York City. Continue reading for the rest of the pics!

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.

The second performance was from one of Def Jam’s signature groups, Public Enemy. Chuck D was immediately electrifying with the opening words for “Rebel Without a Pause”: “Yes, the rhythm, the rebel.” Chuck still has one of the most recognizable and commanding voices in all of music, not just rap. Flavor Flav came out wearing a white tuxedo jacket, matching top hat and a black bow tie. PE arguably had the performance of the night with help from the Roots, S1W and Boots Riley. The Long Island-bred rap chiefs were just born for the stage. The entire crowd was on their feet cheering. After their performance, Flav was seen talking to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in the audience.

Another bricklaying squad for the house that Russell and Rick built was, undoubtedly, the Beastie Boys. KRS-One, Wale and the Gym Class Heroes did a rocking rendition of “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.” Travis McCoy, who wore a black T-shirt with the names “DJ AM” and “Roc Raida” in the shape of the Run-DMC logo, took on the first verse. The Blastmaster, who is a former HHH honoree himself, took verse two and ended by saying, “Adam, get well soon,” referring to Adam Yauch, who is currently battling cancer. Wale finished off the song and later paid tribute to Kanye West, wearing a backpack and rapping “Touch the Sky.”

When Onyx performed “Slam” it felt like the group had stepped out of a time capsule: They looked almost exactly the same and still had that insane energy that made them famous. During his verse, Sticky Fingaz climbed on top of a large speaker. Rather than climb down when he finished, Stick climbed into the balcony. Other performers included Rick Ross, Fabolous, Foxy Brown, Redman, Method Man, Mary J. Blige, EPMD, Ghostface Killah, Chrissette Michele, Warren G, Trey Songz, the reunion of Ashanti and Ja Rule, Ludacris and DMX — many of whom teamed up with the Roots for a show-closing medley of Def Jam hits.

Offstage, Ja Rule and DMX had their own reunion. The two came up together as close friends and later turned to bitter enemies, even dissing each other on records. As X was walking out, Ja was returning to his seat, and the pair saw each other, hugged and talked for a few moments.

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Check out these candid shots of Diddy, T.I., Kanye West, T-Pain and more chilling either backstage or in the audience at last night’s Grammy Awards. Continue reading for more!

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