The Black Eyed Peas' American Music Awards Performance Welcomes Us to the Future

While Justin Bieber won Artist of the Year at last night's American Music Awards, the Black Eyed Peas proved themselves worthy of their Best Pop/Rock Group title as well. Their performance of "This Time (The Dirty Bit)" was ... something else.
Something else is the only way to put it.

There's no comparison to the flashy, glow-in-the-dark spectacle accompanying their new single, which borrows the chorus of the Dirty Dancing theme song, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," as will.i.am and Fergie crooned to throughout.
It was the freestyle dance moves and dancers wearing box-shaped headpieces that really stole the show, though. At the end, will.i.am plugged the band's new album, saying, "November 30, The Beginning. Welcome to the future!"

Dancing With the Stars Producers Deny Bristol Palin Conspiracy at Work

The fact that Bristol Palin made it into the finals has a lot of people scratching their heads (or mailing white powder to the set). But it's no conspiracy.
"She deserves it," Dancing With the Stars executive producer Conrad Green says. "A significant portion of our viewing audience believes that, too."
Week after week, as Bristol advances and superior talents like Audrina Patridge, Rick Fox, and Brandy have fallen, conspiracy theories have surfaced.

DANCING FINALIST: Like it or not, Bristol Palin (with partner Mark Ballas) will be competing for the MirrorBall trophy in this week's finals. Will she actually win it?

Speculation has arisen about whether the Tea Party, which strongly supports her mom Sarah, is involved in an organized effort to promote Bristol.
On one conservative Web site, Freerepublic (dot) com, some of the site's 300,000 users have used discussion threads to encourage votes for Palin.
Bristol Palin, that is.
One asked users to "make liberal heads explode and vote for Bristol" Nov. 8 to advance her to the semifinals. That's pretty much what happened.
But Green insists, "There's nothing in the voting system that looks at all strange."
He says that the entire process – text votes, call-in votes and email votes – "is all overseen by the Broadcast Standards team, independent of us and the network to make sure that everything is absolutely done scrupulously."
While some say the show's credibility is in question after this year, Green says this isn't the first time a less skilled dancer has made it this far.
Of Bristol's surprise run, he says, "You can argue whether or not she deserves to be there more than someone else who the judges have assigned to be a better dancer, but then make sure you vote for that person. It's not rocket science."
He also notes that plans to change the system to give the judges' scores more weight than audience votes are false, because that's already in place.
"Everyone is having a go at our system, but unlike American Idol, our professional judges count for half of the total for each couple each week, so there's already a built-in attempt to make the dance quality matter," Green says.
"We set the rules down and this is the game and if this is how it turns out, then this is how it turns out. I think it's absolutely fair."
What do you think? Does Bristol Palin deserve to be in the finals?

Malin Akerman Cast in Lindsay Lohan's Inferno Role

She says the decision to part ways was mutual, while our reports say Lindsay Lohan got fired from Inferno. Regardless, she's out of the Linda Lovelace biopic.
The filmmakers have already replaced her, too. Malin Akerman, best known for roles in Watchmen, Couples Retreat and The Heartbreak Kid, will star instead.
"Malin is passionate to take the challenge of the role to task," says Inferno producer Chris Hanley, "and we feel she has the talent to meet that challenge."
The downside? All the Lindsay Lohan pics to promote the film are wasted!

CHOKE ARTIST: A scene from Lindsay Lohan's bedroom Tuesday night Inferno.

Happy Birthday, Scarlett Johansson!

Scarlett Johansson turns 26 years old today and we're officially at a loss for what to get the actress. After all, she already possess two of the most meaningful items around:

1. A husband that looks like THIS.
2. A body that looks like THIS.

Therefore, we'll simply send our very best wishes to GQ's Babe of the Year and encourage readers to do the same. Ogle the photos below of this curvy beauty and try not to get any drool on your shirt, fellas...

 

AMA Fashion Face-Off: Fergie vs. Fergie

She's nothing if not versatile.
Fergie made quite an entrance at Sunday's American Music Awards. Then she changed into an even sexier number for the Black Eyed Peas' performance!
The Peas, along with Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, were among the big winners at the AMAs. Which one of Fergie's fashion choices was the winner? Vote:

Fergie's best dress at the AMAs was ...

Wesley Snipes: Finally Headed to Jail

He may have proven that white men can't jump, but Wesley Snipes has also made it clear that felons can't avoid jail time.
The actor - who was convicted of tax evasion in 2008, but spent years going to extreme lengths to avoid his sentence - had his latest appeal rejected by a federal judge this week.
Told he “had a fair trial” and that “the time has come for the judgment to be enforced,” Snipes will finally be heading to the clink.

“Wesley is very disappointed but staying strong and positive,” his lawyer told The Orlando Sentinel.
It’s unclear when or where Snipes will start serving the sentence. So much for always betting on black, though.

Anne Hathaway Makes Pitch to Glee Producers: Cast Me!

Anne Hathaway took a break from posing topless this week to make a pitch to Fox: the actress wants to be on Glee!
But Hathaway has already done the work for creator Ryan Murphy. She already knows what character she wants to portray:
"I would want to be Kurt's aunt," she told reporters this week. "I have thought about it... I would like to pitch to Murphy right now that I go on as Kurt's aunt, his mother who is deceased's younger sister."

Watch Hathaway and Gyllenhaal in the trailer for Love and Other Drugs NOW and then sound off: Do you wanna see Anne Hathaway on Glee?