Despite her dismal showing at the American Music Awards this weekend, Christina Aguilera pressed on with the promotion for her new movie ‘Burlesque’ – tonight stopping by the Late Night With Conan O’Brien Show. There the diva performed ‘Something’s Got A Hold On Me’ from the film’s soundtrack.

Check out her live showing below…

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It looks like the American Music Awards didn’t need an interruption from Kanye West to generate a scandal. It is being reported that both Chris Brown and Lady GaGa were snubbed at last evening’s event and not given their trophies because of their failure to attend the ceremony.

According to Neon Limelight, Brown’s award for ‘Best R&B/Soul Male’ was given to Usher instead, although his name was clearly written on the prompter as the winner. Furthermore, GaGa’s manager, reportedly Troy Carter, claimed that Justin Bieber was awarded her title of ‘Artist of the Year’.

Interestingly, during Usher’s peculiar acceptance speech after collecting trophy for ‘Best R&B/Soul Male’ he made sure to highlight that Brown was “home”. Check out all the details below:

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Following last night’s American Music Awards, R&B pals Brandy and Kelly Rowland headed over to VEVO’s “Ne-Yo And Friends” extravaganza at the Avalon in Hollywood.

Along with the likes of Diddy and Keri Hilson, the ladies soaked up the festivities along with Brandy’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy and brother Ray J. ‘Commander’ singer Rowland, 29, also performed at the event.

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With the eagerly anticipated American Music Awards 2010 set to get under-way live from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre in a few hours, That Grape Juice’s ‘AMA 2010: Your Shout!’ area goes live right now!

Tonight’s show boasts performances from Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Pink, Ne-Yo, the Black Eyed Peas and many more. Undeniably, one of popular music’s biggest calender night’s.

Here you can post your views on  anything and everything regarding the show. Pre-Show rumours…Who you’re looking forward to seeing… Who you feel rocked the red carpet, who should have skipped it altogether… Who deserved to win what…performances…and all that good stuff –  before, during, and after the show….

This is ‘Your Shout’!

Despite the continued efforts by Christina Aguilera’s camp to erase the commercial disaster that was ‘Bionic’ from her discography, there remains some speculation about what truly went wrong with the project.

One of the record’s main producers, Tricky Stewart, who also happens to be a close friend of the singer, believes that he has the answer – poor promotion. Check out what he had to say below:

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Ahead of it’s November release, the cover of Mariah Carey‘s ‘Merry Christmas II You’ LP has been unveiled. The former chart-topper will no doubt be pinning her hopes on the project being a success, after a string of commercial disasters (see: ‘E-MC2’ singles,  ‘Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel’, ‘Angel’s Advocate’).

In any case, check out the official press release for the album below, which reveals it’s lead single, the re-recording of an old favoruite, and more…

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Fantasia has been dealing with severe media criticism following accusations of adultery and her attempted suicide. However, the gifted performer has finally decided to fight back, noting that she is being unfairly sidelined because of her African features unlike her fellow R&B singer Alicia Keys. Check out what she had to say about the issue below:

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Fantasia continues to work tirelessly promoting her stellar new album ‘Back to Me’, most recently stopping by the Lopez Tonight. Peep her rousing performance of latest single ‘Man of the House’, as well her interview with host George Lopez, below….

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As Fantasia relayed to That Grape Juice in her interview with us earlier this year, her life has always been an “open book”. A statement which has proved itself resoundingly valid over the last few weeks. Indeed, the American Idol alum has found herself at the centre of scandal and (almost) tragedy as of late.

However, with an album hitting stores tomorrow, the 25 year old is picking up the pieces and fighting back. As well as a number of promotional appearances for the LP, the mother of one is set to feature on an episode of VH1’s ‘Behind The Music’ – which airs tomorrow.

Check out People Magazine‘s preview of the episode, which sees Fantasia reveal that she did indeed attempt to take her own life.

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Chris Brown‘s comeback bid was given a mammoth boost this week, after it was announced that the 21 year old had signed a lucrative deal with the Creative Arts Agency (CAA) –  the world’s leasing sports and entertainment agency. The deal will see Brown represented by the powerful firm in all areas.

Full press release after the jump…

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Popular stage walker Rihanna has been selected to be a judge at the upcoming International Songwriters Competition. The Competition results in 66 winners including a grand prize winner who will share more than $150k in cash and prizes, with the with the top scorer earning $25’k in cash and $20k in prizes. Rihanna joins a list of other artists and industry heads including Timbaland, Kings of Leon and Peter Gabriel. {Source}

Rihanna is not a talented singer in any sense of the word and she is definitely not a songwriter, so it is quite baffling that she could be expected to judge such a competition. In fact, most of the material included on her own projects is actually handed to her, along with the direction of her music and image. It’s all carefully calculated by her label.  What’s next for a Rihanna? A spot on the American Idol judging panel?

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That Grape Juice sat down with Pop phenom Alexandra Burke last week at her label HQ here in London.

The ever-bubbly 21 year old opened up to us about a number of topics including her rise to stardom, the darker side to fame, the status of her much talked about collaboration with Beyonce, her thoughts on whether Rihanna could win the X Factor, US plans, and much more. As ever, we ask the questions other interviewers won’t! Enjoy…

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Interviewer: Sam // Transcription: Bisi Kadejoh // Edited by: Trent

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