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Congrats to all of the winners and nominees at the 2010 Emmy Awards.

Emmy Winners Mad MEn

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Mad Men, Modern Family and the hit Glee took home big awards.

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Here is a list of winners and some highlights from the celebrity award ceremony including Betty White’s opening number if you missed it.

• Drama Series: Mad Men, AMC.
• Comedy Series: Modern Family, ABC.
• Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC.
• Actress, Drama Series: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer, TNT.
• Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory, CBS.
• Actress, Comedy Series: Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie, Showtime.
• Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, AMC.
• Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife, CBS.
• Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, ABC.
• Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, Glee, Fox.
• Miniseries: The Pacific, HBO.
• Made-for-TV Movie: Temple Grandin, HBO.
• Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack, HBO.
• Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin, HBO.
• Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: David Strathairn, Temple Grandin, HBO.
• Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin, HBO.
• Directing for a Comedy Series: Ryan Murphy, Glee, Fox.
• Directing, Drama Series: Steve Shill, Dexter, Showtime.
• Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Mick Jackson, Temple Grandin, HBO.
• Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: Bucky Gunts, Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremony, NBC.
• Variety, Music or Comedy Series: The Daily Show, Comedy Central.
• Reality Competition Program: Top Chef, Bravo.
• Writing for Comedy Series: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Modern Family, ABC.
• Writing, Drama Series: Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy, Mad Men, AMC.
• Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Adam Mazer, You Don’t Know Jack, HBO.
• Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: 63rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS.

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Director Spike Lee returns to New Orleans 5 years after the tragedy of  Hurricane Katrina.

Spike Lee Interview for ‘If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise’

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans remains one of the most troubled places in the United States. Its woes are a consequence of the civic collapse that preceded Katrina, the devastating levee failures following the storm, and most recently, the unrivaled environmental devastation from the BP oil disaster. But New Orleans also remains the heart of American culture. It’s a place unrivaled in vernacular richness where people come from world around to eat, drink, listen and see — to live for a few days like many of us here live every day. Is it possible that the national seat of American tragedy can also redeem this country by refusing to give up its bon temps while fighting for its survival?

Spike Lee gives his answer in a new documentary, “If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise,” a loosely structured, four-hour meditation on everything right and wrong with New Orleans five years after Katrina. It premieres Aug. 23 and 24 on HBO.

The tensions are on display from the film’s opening. Its first scenes include, in sequence, an angry and defiant poem (”No more use of our Gulf Coast waters, wetlands, heritage and soil/ No more ‘Up yours Louisiana,’ because we all know there’s blood in that BP oil/ If God is willing and the creek don’t rise”) read by the star of Lee’s earlier New Orleans documentary, Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc (now a star of David Simon’s “Treme”); images memorializing Katrina’s devastation; and the joyous celebrations of the Saints’ improbable 2009 Super Bowl victory. Interviewed in a throng of people following the Saints win, an unnamed woman sums it up, “Four and a half years ago we lost our home during the flood, and we are so privileged and honored to be here. Living in New Orleans is a privilege. It’s not easy, but it’s a privilege and a blessing.”

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American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino stopped by Good Morning America to give an interview with Robin Roberts. Fantasia spoke about her near fatal suicide attempt 2 weeks ago. Why is Fantasia not getting psychiatric counseling and help? A suicide attempt is a serious thing.  Fantasia has been busy promoting her new album, VH1  reality show, bankruptcy and her relationship with Antwuan Cook. Watch her interview and live performance of Bittersweet if you missed it.

When Fantasia Barrino told America that she had “been through some stuff” upon winning the “American Idol” crown in 2004, she was putting it mildly. That didn’t even include her most recent struggles with a drug overdose and being accused of breaking up a marriage.

On VH1’s latest episode of “Behind the Music,” which premiered Tuesday night (August 24), viewers learned that, although the spunky “Idol” winner has suffered several lows recently, she is on her way to a full recovery and proud of herself for being who she is.

The episode opened with a detailed account of Barrino’s shocking overdose, in which she said she made attempted to end her life because she “didn’t have any fight” in her. “At that moment I didn’t care about anything. I just wanted out,” she said, boldly admitting that the overdose wasn’t at all an accident and that she was not happy when she woke up in the hospital and realized her suicide attempt “didn’t work” — until her nurse, Melody, told her to get up and fulfill her destiny.

From there, the episode delves deep into Fantasia’s North Carolina roots — beginning with when she began singing (at age 5), then tracing her first love (ex-boyfriend Brandel Shouse, the father of her daughter, Zion), which would later turn into an abusive relationship. “He was somebody I was crazy about,” Barrino said. “The first guy who showed me attention.”

Barrino recounted how in high school she started to crave attention in other ways, by wearing tight clothing, acting like she was already an adult, until her world was turned upside down after she was raped at her high school at age 14. “I didn’t even cry my way home,” she said of her feelings after the assault. “I was numb, very numb, confused, I just felt nasty. Disgusting.”

Although she didn’t press charges, Barrino said she was unable to continue going to school because of the taunts and harassment from her classmates, so she dropped out and then “turned into a rebel,” until her hard-partying and careless ways landed her pregnant at 17. Unable to support herself and her daughter, Barrino began singing professionally, taking any gigs that paid, until she saw an episode of “American Idol” and fought her way into an audition.

The rest of Barrino’s story is familiar to “Idol” fans: She was crowned the winner of season three, which she called “the best day of my life,” signed to a record contract with Clive Davis and was the first new artist to have a single debut at #1.

Barrino’s post-”Idol” career path wasn’t smooth sailing, however. The young singer once again found herself nearly bankrupt after dealing with corrupt managers and legal woes, but she received new hope after being cast in “A Color Purple” on Broadway. From there, the episode delved into the star’s recent lows — a scare with throat tumors, which she had surgically removed — and her relationship with Antwaun Cook and the lawsuit from his ex-wife, Paula, which led to her suicide attempt last week.

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True Blood stars Anna Paquin,Alexander Skarsgard and Stephen Moyer have stripped down to their birthday suits to promote their bloody HBO hit with  racy Rolling Stone Cover.  Alan Ball talks about his popular show and the successful Twilight Vampire series.

The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous, True Blood creator Alan Ball says. “To me, vampires are sex,” he says. “I don’t get a vampire story about abstinence. I’m 53. I don’t care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.” On his show, every available orifice is used for intercourse: gay, straight, between humans and supernatural beings, and supernatural being on supernatural being, whether he be werewolf, dog or an enormous Minotaur-looking being called a maenad. None of the sex is quite as good as vampire sex, though, which can happen at the astonishing rhythm of 120 bpm while simultaneously devouring one’s neck and making your eyes roll back into your head. Says Stephen Moyer — who plays Bill Compton, the undead Southern Civil War Veteran — “If we go from a base level, vampires create a hole in the neck where there wasn’t one before. It’s a de-virginization — breaking the hymen, creating blood and then drinking the virginal blood. And there’s something sharp, the fang, which is probing and penetrating and moving into it. So that’s pretty sexy. I think that makes vampires attractive.” He laughs a little. “Plus, Robert Pattinson is just hot, right?”

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50 Cent stopped by the View on Wednesday to discuss his dramatic weight loss for the movie Things Fall Apart. The rapper claims he found inspiration studied Robert DeNiro to prepare for his acting role.

Isn’t it a shame that Fiddy lost the weight but he still doesn’t have the acting chops?  His latest film, Twelve, received mixed reviews after it debuted at Sundance earlier this year. Can you believe he stopped by the View a day before Barack Obama’s historic visit?

This reminds us of some  interesting points that were raised in the short documentary film Barack & Curtis Manhood, Power and Respect  directed by Byron Hurt.

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President Barack Obama made a historic visit to the View on Thursday to chat with the ladies of the popular daytime talk show.  The President spoke about the economy, Michelle Obama and the Shirley Sherrod controversy.  There were some outspoken comments from former View cast member Rosie O’Donnell and Sarah Palin about the President’s appearance on the show.

Former View co-host Rosie O’Donnell didn’t think it was a great idea for President Barack Obama to chat up The View ladies. “I have mixed feelings about that,” said O’Donnell, 48, on her Sirius XM radio show Wednesday, the day before Obama’s episode aired. “I don’t really think sitting presidents should go do fluffy daytime TV shows. Maybe an hour on Oprah or something,” said O’Donnell, adding, “although I’m happy for them. That’s a good booking.  USA TODAY

Watch a highlight clip and read an overview of the segment if you missed it.

Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to appear on a daytime television chat show, The View.

11.08am ET: “I was trying to find a show that Michelle actually watched,” says Obama, explaining why he’s coming on the show. Mmm. Michelle Obama’s got a degree from Princeton and was a hotshot lawyer.

Barbara is asking what “the rose and the thorn” of the last month has been. This is a regular feature.

The thorn? The economy is in a tough spot, says Obama, and it’s been a non-stop effort to turn things around, and ticks off “we’ve also had the oil spill, we’ve also had the two wars”.

“The truth is, it’s not tough for me,” says Obama, “but you think what the American people have gone through … those are the folks I draw inspiration from.”

The biggest thorn? Obama mentions signing letters to the parents of soldiers killed in battle.

11.12am ET: Joy Behar says that Obama has had many accomplishments but that the right is still hijacking the political narrative. “Where’s your attack dog?” she asks. “That’s your job,” Obama replies. Is it, though?

“There are legitimate differences between the parties, I’m not perfect and my administration isn’t perfect,” Obama allows, mildly.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Republican plant) asks why the country is so divided and that he hasn’t managed to bring it together. Obama goes into a wonky answer about banking bailouts being unpopular, and then blames the media for focusing on differences rather than partnerships. Yawn.

11.16am ET: Sherri now raises racial problems in America, specifically the Shirley Sherrod controversy. “Do you think America is still racist?” she asks.

Again, Obama blames the media for “generating a phony controversy. A lot of people overacted, including in my administration”.

Whoopi now brings up a scene from Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, and quotes a line. “Who are we?” asks Whoopi. “We are Americans,” says Obama, “Everyone here is connected.”

But “there’s a reptilian side of our brain” says Obama, and we have to fight against that. “There’s nobody in America who doesn’t have to think about their own racial attitudes.”

11.20am ET: “Your mother was white,” asks Barbara, “why don’t you describe yourself as bi-racial?” “When I was young, I wrote a whole book about this,” says Obama, gently.

“The thing about African Americans in this country, we are actually a mongrel people,” says Obama. “Yeah,” says Whoopi in agreement. “And that’s true of white people in this country too,” says Obama. (Glenn Beck will love this bit.)

Time for another ad break.

Well, be rude about daytime TV all you like, but they are asking some pretty pointed questions here, and Obama is the one giving the soft soap.

11.27am ET: Elisabeth is asking about the administration’s “saved jobs” metric for the success of the stimulus, implying that it’s rubbish, and that “saved jobs” isn’t much help for people. “It is if your job is one of the ones that got saved,” says Obama to a round of applause. That’s his best line so far.

He then launches into a long explanation of the state of the economy, and says the economy will slowly recover. That’s not very helpful.

The car industry, says Obama, is one example, of an industry that got bailed out and is now rehiring workers again.

11.34am ET: Barbara Walters now asks the hard question on Afghanistan. Referencing the Wikileaks logs, and mentioning reports that there are only 50 members of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, she asks bluntly: “Why don’t we get out?”

Well, replies Obama, “War is always tough.” You don’t say. He also makes a passing reference to the “Wikileaks thing”, saying: “In Afghanistan we have still got a lot of work to do.” More explanation of the porous AfPak border follows.

“July of 2011 next year, we’re hoping to start thinning out our troops,” is Obama’s conclusion. 

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The Essence Music Festival takes place this weekend from July 2nd-July 4th. Binside TV is happy to announce that we  are offering an exclusive gift to one of our lucky readers and viewers!

Here is  how you can win a copy of a special collector’s edition 15th Anniversary CD/DVD featuring live performances by Beyonce, Ne-Yo, John Legend and Robin Thicke.

It’s simple to enter. Here are the details:

1.Sign up on our email list.

2.Answer the giveaway contest question about how you feel about community volunteers.

3. Follow us on Twitter so you can be notified when the contest winner is announced. The winner will be announced on our website and via Twitter updates.

Good Luck! We hope you have a great 4th of July holiday weekend.

Check out a trailer of the special DVD prize below.

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The BET awards had it’s share of surprises and showstopping live performances.

Kanye West preached to the masses about “Power” while standing on a virtual mountaintop. Chris Brown dazzled the audience with his song and dance tribute to The King of Pop.

Bodying This: Chris Brown Gives An Epic Tribute To Michael Jackson & Cries On Stage At The 2010 Awards! video source

We never said Chris Brown wasn’t a good performer. We were surprised when the once squeeky clean crooner broke down during this rendition of “Man in the Mirror”. It seems like Michael Jacksons words and music touched Chris Brown’s heart.  CB was so choked up he couldn’t continue singing.  We miss you and will always love you MJ. RIP

Usher  BET awards

Here are some of our performance highlights from the show including Usher, Chris Brown Kanye West, Diddy, Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah, Drake and Young Jeezy.

Kanye West’s Performance At The 2010 Awards – POWER LIVE

The BET Awards, hosted by Queen Latifah, were broadcast on June 27, 2010. The late pop star Michael Jackson was honored by the tribute by Chris Brown. Prince received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Following are a list of BET winners and a pictures slideshow from the BET Awards.

Kanye West, notorious for grabbing the microphone from Taylor Swift at the MTV awards in 2009, opened the BET Awards.

Michael Jackson was paid tribute to at the The BET Awards broadcast on June 27, 2010. Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson, introduced Chris Brown, who has caused a lot of post show buzz by getting emotional when he was supposed to sing and dance to ‘Man in the Mirror.’

Chris Brown has been keeping a low profile since pleading guilty to felony assault for beating Rihnna in February, 2009. Brown made a comeback with the performance at the BET Awards. Brown mimicked Jackson’s signature dance moves as he work a fedora, and spangled glove as he moonwalked across the stage to Billie Jean. When it was time to sing ‘Man in the Mirror, Brown broke down.

Brown returned to the stage later to receive the AOL ‘fandennonium award.’
Drake & Young Jeezy Perform “Lose My Mind” (With New Verse Remix) At 2010 Awards!

BET Award Winners

Prince was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Viewers Choice: Rihanna Ft. Young Jeezy ‘Hard’
Best Female R&B Artist: Alicia Keyes
Best Male R&B Artist: Trey Songz
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj Wins Best Female Hip Hop Artist! “Thank You To All The Female Rappers That Paved The Way For Me”

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist: Drake

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Diddy, Dirty Money. Rick Ross, T.I. & Nicki Minaj Perform “Hello. Good Morning” At The 2010 Awards!

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Alicia Keys won big at last night’s BET Awards. The R&B singer took home the “Best Female R&B” statuette at LA’s Shrine auditorium.

AKeys was glowing during her stage performance. She is pregnant and engaged to hip hop producer Swizz Beatz.  The night was a big one for comebacks.

Kanye West gave a showstopping performance of his new hit “Power” while perched on top of a mountain.  The rapper has kept a low profile after his MTV VMA snafu with Taylor Swift. Eminem made a rare public appearance on the BET stage.

Chris Brown also attempted to resurrect his faltering career with a choreographed tribute to Michael Jackson.

CB got emotional during the tribute and  broke down in tears while singing about his idol.

The once popular singer has had a hard time selling albums after he admitting to beating up his ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Here is a  full list of winners:

Alicia Keys Performing “Unthinkable” At The 2010 Awards!-Medley

Best Female R&B Artist: Alicia Keys

Best Male R&B Artist: Trey Songz

Best Gospel: Marvin Sapp

Best Female Hip Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj

Best Male Hip Hop Artist: Drake

Best Group: Young Money

Best New Artist: Nicki Minaj

Best Collaboration: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind

Video of the Year: Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga – Video Phone

Best Actress: Mo’Nique

Best Actor: Idris Elba

YoungStars Award: Keke Palmer

Best Movie: Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Subway Sportswoman of the Year: Serena Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year: LeBron James

Viewers Choice Nominees: Rihanna featuring Young Jeezy – Hard

Centric Award: Monica

Best International Act: Dizzee Rascal (UK) source

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R&B hottie Maxwell stopped by the Today show to perform his hits live.  The Grammy Award winning crooner talked about the loyalty of his fans after an 8 year hiatus. WHat a difference a year makes…

Binside TV fondly remembers chatting with Maxwell before his album came out. Maxwell was happy that his fans were still loving his music.

Catch the performances if you missed them.

8 YEAR HIATUS

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ASCENSION

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PRETTY WINGS

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UPDATE: Due to scheduling conflicts with the venues, Maxwell’s additional tour dates with Melanie Fiona (scheduled to begin June 28th in Greensboro, NC) have been postponed to 2011. Refunds have been provided to ticket buyers. New dates will be announced later this year.

The following dates are unaffected:

Jun 18 – Verizon Center – Washington, DC (with Jill Scott)
Jun 19 – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA (with Jill Scott)
Jun 21 – Mohegan Sun – Uncasville, CT (with Jill Scott)
Jun 22 – Verizon Amphitheater – Virginia Beach, VA (with Jill Scott)
Jun 25 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY (with Jill Scott)
Jun 26 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY (with Erykah Badu)

For more info visit: www.musze.com

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