Shift Buzz It's a third tier sort of award show that audiences watch for the spectacle rather than the credibility. The good thing about this is that it gives everyone license to show up looking and acting crazy, without any attempt at being serious. (Those who try too hard to look serious and Oscars-y always end up looking the most out of place.) Ahead, Katy Perry and her grandma, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus and more photos of the crazy outfits/people at the 2012 Billboard Awards.
Shift Buzz Her management has reportedly “banned her from reuniting” with him, but she says she'll do whatever she wants.
Culture Buzz An Atlanta restaurant called Chops and Hops created a Carribean-spiced, bleu-cheese-topped sandwich based on Chris Brown and Rihanna's relationship for their menu, complemeneted by an insensitive and humorless joke. According to the restaurant's Facebook page, they wrote, “Chris Brown won’t beat you up for eating this unless your name starts with a R and ends with A.”
Celebrity Buzz American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis went to Twitter on Friday night to let the world know that he's writing a sequel and to theorize what Patrick Bateman might be up to these days.
Celebrity Buzz This is sad: Rihanna's father, who she became estranged from for over two years of her life, just gave an interview to Heat Magazine in which he refers to his daughter as “fat” and excuses Chris Brown's behavior toward her. What the hell?! Some choice quotes from his interview ahead. (via nypost.com)
TV Buzz During his opening monologue as host of the Independent Spirit Awards last night, Seth Rogen managed to put Brett Ratner, Chris Brown, and the Grammy Awards in their place in a single joke. He also really liked “Drive” because it made Jews look so scary that he thought Mel Gibson directed it. …Can Seth Rogen also host the Oscars tonight?
http://www.thesuperficial.com/chris-brown-strippers-hooke...
Those definitely aren't his girlfriend. And are pretty rough looking. You'd think a fine, upstanding gentlemen like himself would have the pick of…nope, can't even finish that.
Celebrity Buzz Rumor has it Chris Brown is going to be featured on a track with her. Thoughts? (via blog.martianleaks.com)
Celebrity Buzz Pardon me while I go vomit for the next five days. A woman told US Magazine that Chris Brown (allegedly) used this line on her at a Grammys party. Add this to the list.
TV Buzz Wait, what? On “The View” today, Sherri Shepherd expressed concern for the various girls who tweeted on Grammy night that they'd accept abuse from Chris Brown. So far, so good! Which is why it's too bad Shepherd then defended Brown (again), even suggesting he could serve as a role model for victims of domestic abuse.
Culture Buzz Today in jokes about abuse: The editors of Times Of India, the world's most circulated English language newspaper, apparently decided that this sparkling piece of wit about Chris Brown was a perfect fit for their funny pages.
Culture Buzz Yeah, the rapping is okay, but man, check out those pancakes!
Music Buzz Chris Brown's 'Look At Me Now' interpreted literally, rendered in Microsoft Paint. This is literally awesomely bad.
Chris Brown posted this photo for his Twitter followers on Halloween, saying “I don't think I can wear this costume tonight! Gonna change!”. You stay classy, Chris. (via twitter.com)
Maybe it's because Brown savagely beat up Jay-Z's friend and protege? Here's a compilation of Jay-Z conspicuously not reacting to Chris Brown's performance at the VMAs. Definitely on Team Hova with this one.
No. Stop that. This was at the VMAs. There were trampolines. You've done enough damage to our present, Chris Brown…leave our past alone.
Danny Zuker is the head writer for Modern Family. FYI, Chris Brown has since deleted his original “pray for Virginia” tweet.
Celebrity Buzz Picture is real. 100% not fake. (via life.com)
Culture Buzz From Nigel Thornberry and Transformers to Cee Lo Green's Patti LaBelle costume, we've got all the viral hits from the weekend and predictions for the week to come! It's the Weekly Viral Forecast for June 27th, 2011.
A live teleprompter fail Sunday night at the BET Awards. The presenter, a young woman who had won a contest to present at the awards, named the Viewers' Choice Award winner as Chris Brown, then mistakenly corrected herself and said Rihanna. Adding to the confusion, Drake took to the stage to accept the award. At the conclusion of the show, host Kevin Hart said that Chris Brown was the actual winner. BET later said the fault wasn't with the presenter, but with the teleprompter.
Celebrity Buzz Chris Brown is a douche. #REALSHIT. (via tmz.com)
Go ahead and tell me this is not one of the greatest Internet videos of all time. (via twitter.com)
Celebrity Buzz In the last 12 months we've seen at least four public figures involved in sexting scandals, to varying degrees of disgrace. We've got out our measuring sticks for a side-by-side comparison! Analysis and commentary by yours truly. Design by Amy Sly.
Celebrity Buzz Tyler The Creator is hilarious. Chris Brown is such a punk ass bitch.
Culture Buzz May the 5th is mostly remembered for that thing that happened in Mexico blah blah blah margaritas and Corona. Lucky for you there are even more boring facts about this great day to spice up those drunken conversations you are bound to have this evening.
Karmin are it again. If you enjoyed their Chris Brown cover, you should definitely check this out. She should just stick to rapping; forget that singing stuff.