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The Queen & The Saints Score, Pick Sunday’s Best Ads!

pcavote — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:01:54 +0000

Happy Monday! Are you fully recovered from your Super Bowl watching/supporting/partying/avoiding? Regardless of your rooting preferences, I’d have to say it’s still a nice victory for New Orleans – which has really been home of the raw deal these past few years. Speaking of cool things that benefit places facing genuine hardship, did you catch Queen Latifah, Diddy and Pharrell on Friday night, live from Miami? The SOS Haiti telethon was a huge success with everyone from Spike Lee, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige and Ludacris to Justin Bieber & Mike Tyson answering phones. And how about Bill Clinton and Busta Rhymes taking the stage? The whole thing was a slam-dunk, providing much-needed funds to help those affected by Haiti’s quake. In other weekend news – how about the fact that after 7 weekends at the top of the box office heap Avatar has finally been unseated? That’s right. Evidently while all the gentlemen spent their weekends focusing on The Game, all the single ladies took it upon themselves to hit cineplexes nationwide and to bring all of their ticket-buying friends, so that Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried had a #1 box office hit with their romantic drama Dear John. To the tune of $32.4 million which is music to the ears of anyone hoping to usurp James Cameron’s epic. (Avatar still took in $23 million this weekend, and remains the biggest box office champ ever, ever, but it’s nice to see another film give those Blue Cats a run for their (whoppingly amassed) money. The weekend of course culminated with the Super Bowl. Which was certainly a fun show featuring some some pretty wild commercials. Now, in terms of Super Bowl’s own box office numbers, let’s just say they estimated $90 million dollars was bet legally on the Colts/Saints showdown. And that’s the legit part. How about Carrie Underwood’s Super Bowl Star Spangled Banner (with her matching Star Spangled Outfit?) By the way, did you know that Carrie’s also scored her very first movie role? This one’s called “Soul Surfer”, and it’s the true story of an intrepid young surfer who lost her arm to a shark bite and recovered, to surf again. And in addition to Carrie, the stars were out in full force in Miami this weekend – with everyone from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to J.Lo, Kate Walsh, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Taylor Lautner and Kellen Lutz — just to name a few. So back to The Game – or at least my favorite part of The Game: the ads. Did you watch them? Did you enjoy them? Voice your choice in today’s featured poll and let us know which Super Bowl commercial was your favorite:

1) Megan Fox – Motorola

2) Betty White – Snickers

3) Tim Tebow & Mom

4) Doritos: “House Rules”

Tagged: Avatar, Blake Lively, Carrie Underwood, Chace Crawford, Channing Tatum, Chris Brwon, Colts, Diddy. Super Bowl 44, J.Lo, Justin Bieber, Kate Walsh, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Mike Tyson, Queen Latifah, Saints

Queen Latifah to Host All-Star Haiti Telethon

pcavote — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:43:29 +0000

Happy Super Bowl Weekend. (Now, be honest: are you actually planning to watch the game, or are you just in it for the commercials - or both?) Queen Latifah’s also got a pretty special gig going on tonight in Miami, but before we tell you all about that, we have an obit: one of TV’s Grande Dames has left us. Frances Reid, star of “Days of Our Lives” for over 40 years, has passed away at age 95. Reid also had roles on Broadway, in “As The World Turns” and “The Edge of Night”. A fond farewell to a daytime icon. And now, for something that’s going to bring more much-needed relief to lots of people who desperately need our help (turns out, Super Bowl XLIV isn’t the only event in Miami where the stars will be out in full force). Tonight, People’s Choice’s own Queen Latifah will be hosting a very special benefit concert to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The “SOS Saving Ourselves – Help For Haiti” telethon will air live from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, at 8PM ET, on BET, MTV, VH1 and other cable channels. Sean “Diddy” Combs and Pharrell Williams will share hosting duties with the Queen in what promises to be a spectacular evening of words & music. As I write this, performers are still being added to tonight’s roster (as well as a few surprise guests), but the acts already on board are mighty impressive, to say the least. As in: Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, Ne-Yo, Robin Thicke, Justin Bieber, and Wyclef Jean, as well as Nas and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley. Children’s Safe Drinking Water, the Yéle Haiti foundation, CARE, and Project Medishare will be some of the night’s beneficiaries . Want to help out and be a part of it? Tune in tonight and give them a call OR, if you happen to be in the Miami area, “SOS Saving Ourselves – Help For Haiti” tickets are available through Ticketmaster, although at press time they were going fast. It’s going to be a unique and very powerful show indeed, and a great example of what happens when genuine talent decides to take a stand for those who need it most. We’ll be talking about it on Monday, but for now, we want to know which acts you’re looking forward to catching. Voice your choice in today’s featured poll and let us know which of SOS Haiti’s performers you’re most excited about seeing tonight:

1) Queen Latifah

2) Pharrell

3) Mary J. Blige

4) Ludacris

Tagged: BET, Carrie Underwood, Damian Marley, Frances Reid, Justin Bieber, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, MTV, Nas, Ne-Yo, Queen Latifah, Robin Thicke, Sean Combs, SOS Haiti, Super Bowl, VH1, Wyclef Jean

Best of: The Worst Actors Ever?

pcavote — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:32:28 +0000

It’s Thursday…have you recovered from the NonFallout of the NonSurprising Oscar nominations? That’s cool because we’ve got lots of other topics. In TV news, all of you polygamy fans can rejoice because HBO has given the go-ahead for another season of “Big Love” …the one with Bill Paxton and his numerous, trouble making brides. In other TV news PCA’s own Queen Latifah is undertaking yet another very cool initiative (does this gal ever stop?), this time to help those in Haiti. More details tomorrow, but stay tuned, because she’s getting a little help from some of her more well-known friends and it’s one great gig. In legal news: remember Men At Work? Remember their song “Down Under”? Well, a court has determined that part of that zillion-selling hit was plagiarized from another, er, hit. According to the BBC, the flute part from the 1981 track was stolen from “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree”. Now that song, written in 1934, was – and is – extremely popular among Australian schoolchildren. Did you learn it as a kid? I did. Unfortunately now Men At Work are looking at some serious overtime, because they have to pay back tons of royalties. That’s a lot of vegemite. Now you know we rarely trade in gossip, but it does seem worth mentioning that Madonna has decided to call it quits with hunky beau Jesus Luz — citing their 28-year age difference. Can’t imagine what could have gone wrong there. Somehow, we know Madge will bounce back (she’s 50, by the way). If that’s not bad enough, the Material Girl’s also been nominated for yet another Razzie Award (that’s the Golden Raspberry Award – the anti-Oscars who celebrate the worst in entertainment). This time Madonna’s up for ‘The Worst Actress of the Decade’ (seems kinda harsh to me, but maybe I just like her music too much to be truly objective). Anyway, Madonna is competing for the Decade’s Worst against Paris, Lindsay, JLo, and Mariah. A quick check to the Razzie’s history revealed that in fact they’ve been razzing Hollywood since 1981. So today, for fun, let’s take a look at the stars with the most Razzie nominations. I found a sampling of the top contenders on Moviefone. Now voice your choice in today’s featured poll and tell us which of these Razzie Champs is your favorite…

1) Sylvester Stallone (30 noms)

2) Kevin Costner (14 noms)

3) Madonna (13 noms)

4) Eddie Murphy (12 noms)

Tagged: Big Love, Bill Paxton, Down Under, Eddie Murphy, Kevin Costner, Madonna, Men At Work, Queen Latifah, Razzies, SOS Haiti, Sylvester Stallone

Awards Recap # 1 – Pick Your Best Moments…

pcavote — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:44:24 +0000

Wow…what a show last night. The 2010 People’s Choice Awards pretty much owned the evening. Did you catch it? I was there, alongside a zillion other screaming fans and I have to say that, pretty much, the people got what they asked for. As in, two words: Johnny Depp. Among other things. I was there blogging in the audience and I have to say I was pretty blown away by the talent in attendance and on stage. Queen Latifah ran the thing beautifully, I thought.Twilight & New Moon’s Taylor Lautner & Kellan Lutz made sure nobody’s lungs were malfunctioning in the audience. Carrie Underwood was on fire, Cobra Starship RULED I felt (even though I was pretty unfamiliar with their work until somewhat recently) and the most embarrassing thing for me to admit? Mary J. Blige…what PIPES! (Duh). And then there’s Glee. Did we mention how great it was that the People Chose Glee?? I was over the moon with this. What were your highlights? Voice your choice in today’s featured poll and tell us which PCA 2010 moment was your own personal favorite. Was it:

1) Hugh Jackman

2) Sandra Bullock

3) Johnny Depp

4) Mary J. Blige

Tagged: Glee, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Depp, Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, Twilight, Underwood

Best of: Movies You Suggested…

pcavote — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:42:31 +0000

The People’s Choice Awards are here! Tune in tonight — 9/8C on CBS — to see Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Taylor Lautner, Ryan Reynolds, Carrie Underwood, Cobra Starship, Kellan Lutz,…and that’s just the beginning. The evening will — I promise — deliver some astonishing, blow-your-doors-off appearances by some PHENOMENAL surprise guests stars. Just wait and see…it’s going to be a great show. Plus, I’ll be there keeping you up to date with a live blog on all the goings-on and you can give us feedback all night. So stay tuned. Now, even though it’s hard for me to imagine too much else going on in the world of entertainment today, I should point out a few fun facts. First up, in place of a recent box office hit Matthew McConaughey and partner Camila Alves have delivered something else equally joyous: a brand new baby girl, named Vida. She joins big brother Levi (17 months old) in comprising what may be one of the more visually appealing families on earth. In other coupl-ey news, Katy Perry may have kissed a girl but she’s decided to make it official with dashing/controversial/funny/filthy/rogue/English comedian/actor Russell Brand.US Magazine reports the pair — who began dating in September — got engaged in India. So there’s that. So on to today’s poll. Now, over the past few months I’ve asked you about lots of stars and their movies — you voted on your favorites but in more than a few instances you emphatically pointed out the movies you thought we’d left out. So now, I’m creating a poll just for you — with the movies you suggested. Voice your choice in today’s featured poll and tell us which of these PCA stars’ films is your favorite:

1) Mama Mia

2) Bringing Down the House

3) Meet Joe Black

4) Hope Floats

Tagged: Camila Alves, Carrie Underwood, Kellan Lutz, Matthew McConaughey, Queen Latifah, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Lautner, Twilight

Best Of: Pick Your Favorite “Other” Awards Show…

pcavote — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:45:16 +0000

Tomorrow’s the DAY! This year’s People’s Choice Awards will be bigger and better than ever, so check us out live tomorrow on CBS. Plus, the lineup already looks pretty awesome. Just for starters, we have of course Queen Latifah running the show (and yes, yes, you were right…I should have included Bringing Down the House in her movie poll — next time, I promise!) So we have the Queen herself, and then how about a few Twilight/New Moon hunks? Along the lines of, say, Taylor Lautner and Kellan Lutz. They’re in. Not bad. Or perhaps you’re wondering what Ryan Reynolds, Carrie Underwood and Mary J. Blige are up to tomorrow? Turns out, they’ll be at the Nokia Theater too. Cobra Starship as well. And one more thing…these are the folks we KNOW will be there…I have it on pretty good authority that we can expect a few unbelievable surprise guests as well — and all I can say is you won’t be disappointed. I’ll be blogging live from the show, so you guys will get a complete play-by-play. I’ve decided I need to catch a glimpse of Carrie Underwood’s new diamond. Up close. Speaking of diamonds, Vince Vaughn got married this past weekend to real estate agent Kyla Weber in Chicago (sorry, ladies). Guess there’ll be no more swinging for that heartbreaking wedding crasher. Congrats, Vince. But let’s talk about tomorrow. As in, who else brings you the stars you actually want to see, and then gives them the awards you want them to get? Who else lets you guys pick the top dogs? I can’t think of another awards show that does just that. Although, to be fair, there are certainly some other fun ones out there. For years, there are the trusty other awards shows we’ve all watched, loved, hated, laughed at, cried along with, been shocked by, wanted to turn off, wished better & more deserving folks had been honored at, etc, and yet we still tune in because in the end, who doesn’t love entertainment? So now, with this in mind, voice your choice in today’s featured poll and tell us which one of these OTHER awards shows is your favorite?

1) Grammys

2) Oscars

3) Emmys

4) MTV Movie Awards

Tagged: Carrie Underwood, Emmys, Grammys, Kellan Lutz, Mary J. Blige, MTV Movie Awards, New Moon, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, Twilight, vince vaughn

Singers Who Act…or Shouldn’t They?

pcavote — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:05 +0000

It’s Wednesday. Halfway there. In TV news, you all were right, if how you voted yesterday was any indication of how Dancing With the Stars would turn out after another double elimination round. Appealing as they were, we had to say buh-bye to Michael Irvin and Mark Dacascos. But far more enlightening for many of us was the performance of the Ballas Hough Band, comprised of dancers Mark Ballas and Derek Hough, Did you see it? Should dancers be allowed to sing? This notion of crossovers is of course where we’re headed with today’s poll, but we’ll get to that in a minute. First up, some big award show news — it seems Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have both been tapped to host the Oscars…how do you feel about that? We will of course be asking you more pointed questions about your favorite Oscar hosts in the coming weeks. But for now it’s something to consider, and it’s probably a pairing, regardless of its success in terms of ratings, that will make more than a few of us laugh out loud. A lot. In other TV news, many of you were very, very pleased to learn that TNT has rescued Southland, but how do you feel about NBC’s decision not to keep going with Trauma, another brand new medical show barely on its feet before it got the axe? Now let’s get back to today’s business at hand, which is crossover talent. Because the appearance of the Ballas Hough Band made me wonder where genuine talent ends, and where skill — and vanity – begins. Although to be fair, there are a number of actors who have taken to song when we didn’t know they could, with excellent results. Meryl Streep can absolutely sing. Kevin Kline can entertain us with song and dance. Mandy Moore does everything. Hugh Jackman too. Billy Ray Cyrus had a series, and then some. Christopher Walken can totally dance. Patrick Swayze had real pipes. And so on. So now, while we’re on the subject of crossover talent, let’s go the other way and see which singers you think should act more. Herewith, four singer performers who have appeared in movies and TV. Of them, please voice your choice in today’s featured poll and tell us which of these singers who decided to act is your fave.

1) Madonna

2) LL Cool J

3) Bon Jovi

4) Queen Latifah

Tagged: Alec Baldwin, Billy Ray, Bon Jovi, Derek Hough, Hugh Jackman, Kevin Kline, LL Cool, Madonna, Mandy Moore, Mark Ballas, Meryl Streep, Michael Irvin, Patrick Swayze, Queen Latifah, Steve Martin

DWTS: Who Gets The Boot Tonite?

pcavote — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:17:10 +0000

Debi Mazar

Wow…lots of feedback from yesterday’s “most overrrated celeb poll” – didn’t know you guys cared so much! Great to hear your opinions. You seem to find those Gosselins about as irritating as I do. Now, let’s move to yet another reality TV phenomenon, ABC’s Dancing With The Stars. Monday’s show brought back the 13 remaining celebs and put them through their paces with the samba and the rumba. Neither is particularly easy, and now that they’ve said buh-bye to Kathy Ireland, it’s going to be another close one tonight for who gets the boot next. For one thing, the judges did hand out a few perfect tens AND there were injuries blamed for some of the less-than-stellar work Monday. So now what’ll happen on tonight’s show? Well, it’ll certainly be exciting — made even more so by a special DWTS appearance from none other than the People’s Choice’s own Queen Latifah.

So now…are you still thinking (as many our voters have) that either Donny, or Kelly or Mya might have what it takes to go all the way here? Will you tune in? Onward to our poll…today we’d like to know just who you think’ll get the boot tonight. The consensus and poor Monday scores seem to be pointing to three celebs who should probably be on deck to exit stage right. Voice your choice in today’s featured poll and let us know which of these three celeb hoofers will have to limp back to a day job…

Which DWTS Star Will Go Home Tonight?

1) Tom Delay

2) Michael Irvin

3) Debi Mazar

Tagged: Dancing with the Stars, Donny Osmond, Kelly Osborne, Mya, Queen Latifah, Tom DeLay

All Hail The Queen (and more new music)

pcavote — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:39:32 +0000

Queen Latifah "Persona"

Today we look at music…two big new releases (and one album from last week that’s getting so much buzz I thought I’d ask your opinion). First up, all hail People’s Choice Awards’ own Queen Latifah. Her latest solo record “Persona” hits stores today, and of course she rocked the first single at the American Idol season finale. Also lending a hand on this record we’ve got Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes and Mary J. Blige. (Be sure to check out this featured bonus track “Fair Weather Friend” exclusively on iTunes, written by People’s Choice member Ingrid Woode!) Next, the new record from another leading lady who’s no stranger to TV, Broadway and everything in between — Reba McEntire. The Oklahoma songstress made us wait 6 years for this one, entitled “Keep On Loving You,” and it’s already selling — will you check it out?And finally, we have a new record from one of music’s greatest living legends. Exactly 50 years since he scored his first Number One Hit as lead singer of the Miracles, Smokey Robinson is back — with a new solo release called “Time Flies When You’re Having Fun” (and Smokey gets a little help from his friends Joss Stone, India Arie and Carlos Santana). So what’ll it be, do any of these new titles tickle your fancy? If they do, voice your choice in today’s featured poll and tell us which one you’ll check out first!

1) Queen Latifah “Persona”
2) Reba McEntire “Keep On Loving You”
3) Smokey Robinson “Time Flies When You’re Having Fun”

Tagged: American Idol, Busta Rhymes, Carlos Santana, India Arie, Joss Stone, Mary J. Blige, Queen Latifah, Reba McEntire, Smokey Robinson

Michael Jackson Memorial

fredonelson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:33:35 +0000

20,000 fans filled the Staples Center yesterday for a star-studded tribute to the King of Pop. The ceremony lasted for hours and the world watched while friends and family paid their respects to Michael Jackson and his legacy.

Heartfelt, emotional speeches came from his daughter, Paris, and old friend Brooke Shields. Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson spoke, and Queen Latifah read a poem by Maya Angelou. And there were incredible music performances, including:

Jennifer Hudson: Will You Be There

Jermaine Jackson: Smile

John Mayer: Human Nature

Lionel Richie: Jesus is Love

Mariah Carey: I’ll Be There

Stevie Wonder: Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer

Usher: Gone Too Soon

Which performance was your favorite? Voice your choice in today’s featured poll.

Michael Jackson's Memorial Service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles

Tagged: Brooke Shields, Gone Too Soon, Human Nature, I'll Be There, Jennifer Hudson, Jermaine Jackson, Jesus is Love, John Mayer, King of Pop, Kobe Bryant, Lionel Richie, Magic Johnson, Mariah Carey, Maya Angelou, Michael Jackson, Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer, Paris Jackson, Queen Latifah, Smile, Staples Center, Stevie Wonder, Usher, Will You Be There