Denzel Washington is on the road to some sort of Oscar nomination, if the attention American Gangster and The Great Debaters have been getting is any indication. The two films were nominated for Best Motion Picture Golden Globes, and Washington received a nod for his portrayal of Frank Lucas.

Other notables nominations: Hairspray for Best Comedy/Drama, Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart for Best Actress (gag), and 30 Rock for Best Television Comedy. The show airs January 13th. Check out all the nominees after the jump.

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The American Music Award nominations are out, and Beyonce and Justin lead the group with 3 nominations each (so do Daughtry and Linkin Park, but that's beside the point). Not as entertaining as the VMAs (minus this awful year, of course) and the BET Awards, but not as stuffy and out of touch as the Grammys, the AMAs will probably get DVR'd, at least. Check out the full list of nominations after the jump.

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Remember when the VMAs were actually enjoyable to watch? More on that a little later… For now, let's focus on TLC's 1995 VMA Medley, which showcases their talents quite nicely. Also, they were actually singing and dancing, which is a feat many artists apparently can't manage to accomplish these days. If anything made me long for the MTV of yore, it was last night's debacle. I know I said "more on that later," but, as you can see, I'm a little hung up.

See the look on Nick Cannon's face as he hosted last night's Teen Choice Awards? I think we are witnessing the moment, captured for posterity by an ingenious photographer, when Nick Cannon officially realized he was too old for this shit.

And yet, the show had to go on. If you have even the slightest interest in who won what, you can find the list of winners here. If not, check out the stars in their teen-friendly award show gear after the jump.

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The nominees are out for this years VMAs, which MTV is relocating to Las Vegas next month to switch things up, and it should come as no surprise that Justin Timberlake and Beyonce lead the nominees with 7 each. Kanye is close behind with five (please vote for him to avoid any on-air tantrums), and Amy Winehouse has three.

There are also some new, extraneous categories like "Most Earthshattering Collaboration," which I can tell is an extreme overstatement without even looking at the nominees.

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The Emmy nominations are out, and to quote Isaiah Washington quoting the movie Network, "I'M MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

I'm mad as hell because the best show on television didn't get nominated for a single award. Not a writing award. Not a directing award. Certainly not an acting award or what it mainly deserves, which is Best Drama Series. And it's not just me pouting over my favorite show being ignored. Television critics who know far more about these things than I do routinely tout it as the best show television has seen in years. Maybe ever. And the one thing that sets it apart from the shows in the best drama category — Grey's Anatomy, House, Boston Legal, Heroes, and The Sopranos — is that the cast is almost entirely black, the show is set in poverty-stricken inner city Baltimore, and the writers and producers don't pull any punches or coddle the audience. Yeah, I'm talking about The Wire, and I shouldn't be surprised that its being ignored in its fourth season. It was ignored in the previous three. Not that I had a lot of respect for this particular award show in the past, but now I'm completely done. Done!

I will swallow my bitterness for a moment to congratulate Grey's Chandra Wilson, Ugly Betty's Vanessa Williams, and Life Support's Queen Latifah for their acting noms. Return of the bitterness: they probably won't win.

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The Espy Awards — where the celebrities of sports and entertainment meet and take hilarious pictures with one another (see above) — were last night. LaDainian Tomlinson was the big winner, and host LeBron James did a routine, with costume, to "My Prerogative," but you won't see any of that unless you watch the awards on ESPN this Sunday. For me, the pictures are quite enough. Check out Mary J. Blige, Shaq, Reggie Bush, Serena Williams, and more after the jump.

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Mary J Blige, Johnta Austin and Jermaine Dupri won songwriter of the year honors at last night's ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards in LA. Other winners include Sean Paul, Beyonce, Yung Joc, and Kirk Franklin. Check out the red carpet pics after the jump.

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It would have been asking too much to be spared a live performance from Rihanna (although I am interested to see what she's wearing on the red carpet), but I don't object to any of the other presenters and performers in the final lineup for next week's BET Awards. Oh, except for Al Sharpton, who has spent the better part of the last couple of months waging a half-assed war against some of the artists being honored by BET that night. Wouldn't the best form of protest be to stay away? Anyway, here's the lineup.

Newly-added big name celebs scheduled to appear or perform include: mega-star Beyonce’, hip-hop mogul Diddy, R&B divas Keyshia Cole, Kelly Rowland, and Alicia Keys, chart-topping ingénue Rihanna, legendary singers Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan, sultry crooners Robin Thicke and Mario, soul maven Erykah Badu, rap stars Nelly and Fabolous, actress Vivica A. Fox, funnyman Charlie Murphy, activist/political leader Al Sharpton, hip hop activist/rapper Chuck D, American Idol Jordin Sparks, writer/director/actor Tyler Perry, movie stars Nick Cannon, Michael Clark Duncan and Henry Simmons, and NFL superstar Reggie Bush.

They join previously announced show talent T.I., 50 Cent, Ne-Yo, Ciara, Terrence Howard, Queen Latifah, Yolanda Adams, Tyra Banks, Katt Williams, Big Boi of Outkast and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

With the list above, the majority of which are performers, I don't know when there is going to be time to hand out the awards. Actually, that's what makes the BET awards so much better than all the others. Still, since it is an award show, I've listed my admittedly Beyonce-heavy picks (in bold) after the jump. They're a combination of who I want to win and who I think is going to win. I'm interested to know yours.

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They Daytime Emmy Awards are really a chance for soap opera actors to get dressed up, walk the red carpet, and feel like actual celebrities. Too bad talk show hosts like Tyra and Ellen Degeneres, two of the most famous people at the awards, steal the show. Here she is with Elmo, who, I found out from looking at the pictures, is voiced by a black man. Check out some photos of the soap stars I actually recognized and compare Vivica Fox before and after shots after the jump.

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If I were famous, which I am obviously not, I might think long and hard about entering a "gifting suite" — you know, those rooms that are filled, usually in advance of some awards show, with equal parts swag and paparazzi. I would think twice because, although there is tons of free, expensive merchandise for the taking, the unspoken rule is that you have to pose with it before you bring it home with you. And there you are in a photo, forever immortalized as the kind of rich person who would give up a bit of their dignity for a fuzzy blanket and some pink boxing gloves. There you are, looking like Vivica Fox did yesterday at the On3 Daytime Emmy Awards Gifting Suite. Is it worth it?

This weird couple is everywhere. I can't tell if I will eventually get used to Tameka and Usher, the duo, or if I will be forever mystified by their seemingly happy union. They brought their big, mismatched smiles to the Tony Awards last night, where Usher presented and Fantasia performed. Check out some more pictures from the awards below.

Diddy is officially the first black person in history to win a FIFI. Is he proud? Bursting at the seams!

His fragrance, Unforgivable, won the top men's fragrance honor at last week's Fragrance Foundation Awards. According to him, random black men are coming up to him with tears in their eyes over this historic win. Me, I'm unmoved. But I will say that as many negative thoughts about I may have about Diddy, the man does look like he probably smells good. We all know how seriously he takes the preservation of his sexy.

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Oscar De La Renta and design duo Proenza Schouler tied for best womenswear designer at last night's Council of Fashion Designers of America awards. I don't have much of either in my closet, unless you count a silk kimono dress I managed to snag from Target before the entire Proenza Schouler Go International line flew off the shelves. But I digress. An eclectic mix of celebs, models, and designers showed for last night's awards.

Of course, Diddy threw the afterparty.

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From the picture, can you guess which song Rihanna sang at the MTV Movie Awards last night? Although the penultimate episode of the Soprano's series pulled me away from the awards early, I did get a chance to listen to Rihanna sing Um-ba-rella (not so well, if you ask me) and watch Sara Silverman try her hardest to make Paris Hilton cry. I've always felt that the MTV Movie Awards were too scripted and completely pointless. The snippet I saw last night validated this. The Chicago Tribune has a nice rundown of the event in case you missed it. Check out more pics from the awards below.