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• Precious star, Gabourey Sibide is a hot mess. The Oscar nominee told Access Hollywood correspondent Billy Bush that 300 star Gerard Butler was sexy and she would “hit that”. Gabourey even went  so far as to suggest a possible “champagne induced” threesome. Gabourey tipped the ghetto scale when she confessed to Jimmy Kimmel that she wanted to “shank” fellow Best Actress nominee Sandra Bullock because she looked better in her gown. Gabby then admitted to “photo bombing” Maggie Gyllenhall’s brother Jake Gyllenhall while they were both on the red carpet. What is up with this chick? Was she acting much in Precious because she seems to be Looney Tunes…  Howard Stern has made controversial comments about the actress’ future in Hollywood.
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• Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade for $100 million dollars because they said one of their babies was a “milkohalic.”  We could see the need to the lawsuit if they said “Lilo” was a milk-o but this is a stretch to prove legally. It seems Lindsay is trying to stay busy and earn some new money now that her job at design house Ungaro has ended.
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There were many historic wins during last night’s Oscar ceremony.  Kathryn Bigelow was the first female director to win an Oscar for helming a film. Harvard and NYU alum Geoffrey Fletcher was the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Watch Fletcher’s heartfelt acceptance speech. Monique also won a gold statuette for her performance as an abusive mother in Precious. Sandra Bullock made history for winning an Oscar and a Worst actresss Razzie in the same year.  Congrats to all of the winners and nominees.  Some of our favorites winning and nominated films are available on DVD. We recommend you add movies like Precious, Up in The Air, The Cove, Food Inc., The Hurt Locker to your rental cue or Amazon shopping cart.

Sandra bullock Oscar acceptance speech 2010

OK reports she said “They’re going to sit side by side, as they should… we’re in the entertainment business. That’s what we’re supposed to do. You know, you take the good with the not so good.”

She said she enjoyed attending the Razzie ceremony saying “It is what it is and, you know, it probably means more that both of them happened at the same time because it’s the great equalizer.”

Bullock continued: “You know, nothing ever lets me get too full of myself. It quickly chops me off at the knees, and I like it that way because it just it keeps things stable and they’ll sit side by side in a nice little shelf somewhere, the Razzie maybe on a different shelf, lower.”

She is the first actress to win the two awards in the same year.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Picture
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

Best Director
James Cameron “Avatar”
Kathryn Bigelow “The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
Lee Daniels “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Quentin Tarantino “Inglourious Basterds”
Jason Reitman “Up in the Air”
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock “The Blind Side” WINNER!
Helen Mirren “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep “Julie & Julia”

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges “Crazy Heart” WINNER!
George Clooney “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth “A Single Man” AH
Morgan Freeman “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner “The Hurt Locker”

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz “Nine”
Vera Farmiga “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique “Precious” WINNER!

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz “Inglourious Basterds” WINNER!

Animated Feature
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Secret of Kells”
“Up” WINNER!
Original Screenplay

“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Messenger”
“A Serious Man” AH
“Up”

Adapted Screenplay
“District 9″
“An Education”
“In the Loop”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” WINNER!
“Up in the Air”

Art Direction
“Avatar” WINNER!
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“The Young Victoria”

Cinematography
“Avatar” WINNER!
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The White Ribbon”

Film Editing
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Foreign Language Film
“Ajami” (Israel)
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Argentina) WINNER!
“The Milk of Sorrow” (Peru)
“The Prophet” (France)
“The White Ribbon” (Germany)

Best Original Score
“Avatar”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“Up”WINNER!

Best Original Song
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″
“Take It All” from “Nine”
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” WINNER!

Costume Design
“Bright Star”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“The Young Victoria”WINNER!

Best Documentary
“Burma VJ”
“The Cove” WINNER!
“Food Inc.”
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
“Which Way Home”

Best Documentary (short subject)
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” JB
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
“Music by Prudence” WINNER!
“Rabbit à la Berlin”

Best Short Film (Animated)
“French Roast”
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)”
“Logorama” WINNER!
“A Matter of Loaf and Death”

Best Short Film (Live Action)
“The Door”
“Instead of Abracadabra”
“Kavi”
“Miracle Fish”
“The New Tenants” WINNER!

Makeup
“Il Divo”
“Star Trek” WINNER!
“The Young Victoria”

Sound Editing
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Up”

Sound Mixing
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Visual Effects

“Avatar” WINNER!
“District 9″
“Star Trek”

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Comedianne Monique  made history for her win as Best Supporting Actress in Precious.  Here are some of our predictions for the rest of the evening at the Oscars.

Jeff Bridges will win for his performance in Crazy Heart.  Katherine Bigelow may make history for her win as Best Director for the Hurt Locker. Sandra Bullock may earn more dramatic roles after her win in The Blindside. Jason Reitman will win Best Adapted screenplay for Up In The Air.  The Hurtlocker is already leading with wins in numerous categories.  Avatar has won technical awards along with Star Trek. We think that the Best Picture category is still  up in the air with Avatar and The Hurtlocker as front runners.   Congrats to all of the winners and nominees! We will have the full list of winners and a recap.

The 82nd Academy Awards telecast begins… with a total waste of time: introing the Best Actor nominees. This is how the show begins? Ohmygawd, what a long and boring night this will be.

TOLDJA! Deadline New York editor Mike Fleming already tipped you that Neil Patrick Harris (”What am I doing here?” the TV star asked aloud) would open the show with a musical number. Martin Short was supposed to join him, but a family emergency kept him away. Meanwhile, Harris lied to his fans by Tweeting that he wasn’t doing the Oscars.

Out come the two over-the-hill white guys who are hosting, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Meryl Streep jokes? Didn’t Saturday Night Live already exhaust that lame material?

Have you laughed yet? I haven’t. Not once. Kill me now.

So Meryl Streep is the new Jack Nicholson? The person every Oscars host has to personally address and point out to home audiences? Meryl can play anyone, but not even she can do Jack.

Steve Martin just made a reference to one of his movies that’s something like 45 years old. Nothing like staying relevant, Oscars.

Don’t you long for Billy Crystal’s witty movie clip reel that opened the Oscars? Instead of this stale stand-up? Not even a Catskills resort would hire these two.

Someone just IM’ed me: “Get the hook”.

Steve Martin to Zac Efron and Taylor Lautner: “Take a good look at us guys: this is you in 5 years.” No, Steve and Alec. Those two have FANS!

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

Waltz remembered to mention Harvey in his thank-you speech. That new kitchen the Weinsteins built for him certainly paid off bigtime, eh?

Best animated feature film of the year
“Up” (Walt Disney) Pete Docter

“Boy, never did I dream that making a flip-book out of my 3rd grade math book would lead to this,” said Pete Doctor. Why do the animated filmmakers always look like cartoon characters?

It’s already obvious that the Academy  has every winner’s first-born locked in a closet backstage to ensure no one goes over the 10-word maximum for speechifying. These people are terrified!

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“The Weary Kind” (Theme from “Crazy Heart”) (Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Forget that the song was great. Anyone named “T Bone” deserves the awards hands down.

How pathetic is this Oscars that neither Tina Fey nor Robert Downey Jr are given anything funny to say? I swear that Downey has used that “mole people” line at least 3 awards shows in a row.

Original screenplay
Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

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Precious won big at last night’s Independent Spirit Awards. The drama directed by Lee Daniels swept numerous categories including Best Director, Screenplay, Actress and Supporting Actress. Congrats to all of the winners and nominees.

We’re cheering for everyone to win big at the Oscars!

The harrowing drama “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” was the big winner Friday evening at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which was held in a tent on L.A. Live’s event deck in downtown Los Angeles.

The film about a pregnant African American teenager and her abusive mother won best feature, best director for Lee Daniels, best first screenplay for Geoffrey Fletcher, best female lead for Gabourey Sidibe and best supporting female for Mo’Nique.

Daniels basked in his win away from his fellow Oscar nominees. “Kathryn Bigelow’s not here tonight,” he said. “I am.”

“Precious” is nominated for Academy Awards in many of the same categories, with Mo’Nique considered the odds-on favorite to receive best supporting actress Sunday evening at the Kodak Theatre.

Mo’Nique’s acceptance speech wasn’t as emotional as some of her other winning speeches this awards season, but she did take a special moment to acknowledge her co-star Sidibe, telling her, “You are a special gift to the universe, baby.”

Presenter Ben Stiller, noting the ceremony’s late hour and the independent nature of the assembled crowd, brought half-naked porn stars onstage to writhe in sexual positions while he read the nominees for best film.

On Friday, best male lead went to Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges for his moving performance as a dissolute country singer in “Crazy Heart.” The role has won Bridges numerous awards this season, including honors from the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild.

Bridges gave a rambling speech in which he thanked many people and told the crowd, ” ‘Crazy Heart’ is a gem of an independent film.”

“Crazy Heart,” directed by Scott Cooper, also won the Spirit prize for best first feature. Robert Duvall, who came to the stage with Cooper, told the crowd that the latter hadn’t directed so much as a high school play before this film. “But,” Duvall added, “he does a great job.”

Woody Harrelson, also an Oscar contender, won for supporting male for “The Messenger.”

Screenplay honors went to Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “(500) Days of Summer.” Roger Deakins received the cinematography award for “A Serious Man.”

“An Education” won best foreign film, and “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” took documentary honors.

The John Cassavetes Award for best feature made under $500,000 went to Lynn Shelton, the writer-director-producer of “Humpday.” Kyle Patrick Alvarez, director of “Easier With Practice,” received the Acura Someone to Watch Award. Bill and Turner Ross, directors of the documentary “45365,” received the Chaz & Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction Award. And Karin Chien, producer of “The Exploding Girl” and “Santa Mesa,” received the Piaget Producers Award.

The third annual Robert Altman Award, which is given to a film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast, went to Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man.” 

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New York socialite, Tinsley Mortimer, celebrated the premiere of her upcoming reality docu series “High Society” at  Chelsea hotspot Juliet. Tinsley and her boyfriend American Idol singer, Constantine Maroulis were cozy in VIP.

Tinsley’s younger sister, Dabney Mercer (pictured on the right) informed Binside TV that the season features plenty of high drama unscripted moments that viewers will enjoy.

Some of the other party guests were designer Richie Rich and actress/model Lisa Marie.

We predict that Malik So Chic and PJC are going to be the reality star breakouts from the show.

Binside TV photos by Shani Harris

Have you seen the trailer for the series?

High Society Trailer – Cuckoo’s Nest

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Director, Lee Daniels, and the cast of Precious were big winners at the NAACP Image Awards. Congrats to all of the winners!

It was a winning night for “Precious” at the 41st NAACP Image Awards.

The heart-wrenching tale of an illiterate and abused teen who finds hope in a Harlem classroom was named outstanding motion picture and outstanding independent film at Friday’s ceremony. Stars Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher and director Lee Daniels also won.

Daniels excitedly accepted the best-picture prize, surrounded by his cast and fellow producers.

“No one in Hollywood told me they wanted to see a movie about a 350-pound black woman with HIV,” he said.

Sidibe objected, and Daniels corrected himself: “She’s not 350 pounds. This was before you were hired.”

The director twice told the orchestra to stop playing him off, but Daniels was ultimately cut off as gospel duo Mary Mary took the stage and the show came to a close.

Presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Image Awards honor diversity in the arts and outstanding achievements in film, television, music and literature.

Sidibe cried as she accepted the award for outstanding actress in a motion picture for her starring turn as Precious, the overweight, twice-pregnant teen who discovers her self-worth through reading and writing.

“It’s so awesome to win! I love winning,” said the Oscar nominee, who made her acting debut with this film. “I want to thank my God for ordering my steps, for everything that my life was and everything that it is now.”

Fellow Oscar nominee Mo’Nique, who has swept the supporting actress prize throughout Hollywood’s awards season for her moving turn as abusive mother Mary Jones, added another trophy to her collection with the Image Award for her role in “Precious.”

“For all the Mary Joneses, I love you unconditionally, baby,” she said. “For all the Preciouses, I love you unconditionally. Let’s start loving each other again.”

Other winners Friday included Keri Hilson, Maxwell, “Brothers” star Daryl “Chill” Mitchell and Chris Rock.

Hilson was named outstanding new artist, Maxwell won for male artist, Mitchell took the award for actor in a comedy series and Rock accepted the documentary award for his film “Good Hair.”

Mitchell was moved to tears as he accepted his trophy.

“As long as you all got legs, I’m going to always walk,” the wheelchair-bound actor said.

SOURCE

NAACP Image Awards Pre-Show Gala – HipHollywood.com
HipHollywood

Here is a list of winners:

Outstanding Comedy Series
§ “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
§ Daryl “Chill” Mitchell – “Brothers” (FOX)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
§ Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
§ Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
§ Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)

Outstanding Drama Series
§ “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
§ Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
§ Jada Pinkett Smith – “HawthoRNe” (TNT)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
§ Delroy Lindo – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
§ S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order” (NBC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
§ “Gifted Hands” (TNT)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
§ Cuba Gooding Jr. – “Gifted Hands” (TNT)

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On Thursday night, New Yorkers braved a snow storm to attend USA NETWORK’s CHARACTER APPROVED AWARDS reception. The invitation only event in partnership with Vanity Fair  was hosted by USA’s Mark Feuerstein who officially unveiled the 2010 honorees and their on-air vignettes.

The event was held at the iconic IAC Building, which was designed by Frank Gehry.

Guests were also treated to the first live appearance of Green Day’s “American “Idiot”  in New York City ahead of the show’s Broadway debut on Wednesday, March 24.

Attendees were treated to an Oscar Preview on the red carpet when nominees Maggie Gyllenhall and Gabourey Sibide posed for the press.  For more information on Character Approved, visit characterapproved.usanetwork.com.

The second annual Character Approved Awards is a multimedia campaign honoring individuals who are changing the face of American culture.  Inspired by USA’s Characters Welcome brand, the initiative is dedicated to celebrating the true trailblazers across a variety of disciplines such as art, philanthropy, new media and film.

“Character Approved is a celebration of the real Characters making an impact on our culture today,” said Chris McCumber, USA executive vice president, marketing, digital and brand strategy.  “Our honorees are all at the top of their game, and we’re thrilled to shine a light on their unique accomplishments.”

Character Approved honorees are innovators in their field who are influencing our opinions, our style and our view of the world. They surprise us and inspire us with fresh ideas. They are celebrated by their peers and have an authentic style. USA recognizes these ten individuals for their cultural impact, legacy and persona with the hallmark of recognition, the USA Network “seal of approval”:

* Green Day, Grammy Award-winning rock band (Music)
* Kathryn Bigelow, Academy Award-nominated film director, “The Hurt Locker” (Film/TV)
* Nora Ephron, best-selling novelist, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright (Writing)
* Narciso Rodriguez, multiple award-winning American fashion designer (Fashion)

* Angela Brooks, groundbreaking sustainable architect, principal of Pugh + Scarpa Architects (Architecture)
* Kehinde Wiley, revolutionary urban arts painter (Art)
* Yves Behar, innovative industrial designer of the Jawbone Bluetooth headset and the $100 XO laptop (Design)
* Dan Barber, renowned restaurateur, Blue Hill and Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture (Food)
* Jessica Jackley, social entrepreneur and microfinancier, co-founder Kiva.org (Giving)
* Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, game creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band (New Media/Technology)

Here is Binside TV’s scoop on the A list cocktail soiree.

Socialite Tinsley Mortimer was promoting her upcoming CW reality show by posing with her showmance  co-star American Idol alum Constantine Maroulis.   We also chatted with actress Saffron Burrows who looked beautiful in a clingy black Herve Leger dress. “The Law and Order Criminal Intent” actress was excited about working with Jeff Goldblum on their series.

“Psych” star Dule Hill and “White Collar” hottie  Matt Bomer were just some of the USA Network stars who  attended the network party.

Models have fun too!

One of our favorite moments of the evening was when  supermodels Tiuu Kuik and Michelle Buswell gave Binside TV producer Shani Harris modeling tips and posed for an impromptu photo.

Did we mention that we loved the chocolate cheesecake dessert on a stick?  Yummy…..

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A backlash has begun against Country singer Taylor Swift after the nation heard her lackluster live performance at the Grammys. Taylor won the sympathy of the country after Kanye West stormed the stage during her MTV VMA speech.  Now people are starting to debate whether Taylor earned her Grammys after she sang out of tune with Stevie Nicks.

Taylor Swift’s label head jumped to her defense today, telling the press Swift’s Grammy-night performance may not have been note-perfect, but it captured why the 20-year-old is the “voice of a generation.” Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta went on to say, “This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

His comments about Idol riled Season One champion Kelly Clarkson, who immediately responded in an open letter on her I Am Kelly blog. “Thank you for that ‘Captain Obvious’ sense of humor because you know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well,” Clarkson wrote. She signed her post “One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes.” Clarkson has two Grammy wins under her belt, and songwriting credits on some of her biggest hits, including “Because of You” and “Already Gone.”

Watch the Taylor Swift Grammy video before it disappears. It keeps getting pulled from youtube for copyright infringement.

Taylor Swift & Stevie Nicks – Full Live Performance at Grammy’s 2010

Ouch! Taylor Swift’s painfully weak, off-key vocal performance Sunday night at the Grammy Awards has become the subject of so much on-line controversy that some fans and music biz veterans alike are wondering if she’d have been better off not performing at all. At the very least, her karaoke-level singing made a good argument in favor of using Auto-Tune (the recording studio device that helps vocally challenged performers sound at least somewhat in in tune).

For the record, we winced through Swift’s similarly tone-deaf duet with Miley Cyrus during LAST year’s Grammys telecast. But since she wasn’t even nominated for an award, let alone the winner of four Grammys, including Album of the Year (as she was on Sunday), it apparently was less of an isssue.

Not so after her performance Sunday, which featured Swift opening with her own “Today Was A Fairytale,” then engaging in an alarmingly under-rehearsed duet on Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon” with Stevie Nicks, who appeared both alarmed and annoyed by her young partner’s eyebrow-raising warbling. By the time the performance concluded, with Nicks relegated to backing vocal duties for Swift on the Butch Walker-penned “You Belong With Me,” it was reaffirmed that Swift might really benefit from lip-syncing or using Auto-Tune (not that Auto-Tune helped T-Pain and Jamie Foxx, whose earlier vocal duet on “Blame It” rivaled Swift’s performance for sheer wretchedness).

There are now at least three trending topics on Twitter about the debacle, including: “Taylor Swift Can’t Sing,” “Taylor Swift Offkey” and “Taylor Swift Pitch.” One of our favorite blogs, borowitzreport.com, quickly weighed in with some tweets of its own, including: “Satan Chooses Taylor Swift Performance as Ringtone” and “God Hoping Taylor Swift Does Not Thank Him.”

Taylor Swift’s reps have attempted to defend her reputation against the backlash but the internet is buzzing about her rumored romance with John Mayer, the fact she didn’t thank her fellow nominees and some suggested she need autotune to hit a note.

After taking home four trophies, it’s hard to call Taylor Swift’s Grammys experience an off night.

Still, many critics—albeit not us!—panned her duet with Stevie Nicks. The New York Times called her “painfully out of tune” and the San Diego Union-Tribune said, “her karaoke-level singing made a good argument in favor of using Auto-Tune.” Ouch!

Well, Taylor’s label chief, Scott Borchetta, thinks such reviews are way harsh and he is coming to her defense.

“I think are missing the whole voice of a generation that is happening right in front of them,” he declares to The Tennessean. Borchetta is so fired up about the haters, he’s even challenging them to a duel!

“The critics are missing the bigger picture,” he says. “This is what always happens and is the unfortunate part of the American dream—that we build these people up to watch the critics tear them down. Well, you better have more than what you’ve got now if you think you’re going to get in the ring and fight with us.”

As for the specific, Taylor-can’t-sing complaints swirling around the interwebs, Borchetta says her success as an artist is not about that.

“The facts say she is the undisputed best communicator that we’ve got. When she says something, when she sings something, when she feels something, it affects more people than anybody else.”

Presumably, he’s not just referring to the monetary effect T.Swizzle’s had on the music industry as a whole, but we digress.

“Maybe she’s not the best technical singer, but she’s probably the best emotional singer because everybody else who gets up there and is technically perfect, people don’t seem to want more of it,” he continues. “Everybody is not perfect on any given day. If you pick any of those artists that performed, I’m sure you can go online and find something where you go, ‘Ew.’

“Maybe in that moment we didn’t have the best night. But in the same breath, maybe we did. And nobody is arguing with the awards.”

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