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The nominees for the 2nd annual A-List Awards have been announced. The awards air on Bravo and are hosted by self-proclaimed “D-List” celebrity Kathy Griffin. Last year, because the awards were so new, there were not nearly as many categories as this year. But now they seem to really be embracing the fun of the awards. (You know with Kathy as the host, they can’t be totally serious, right?)

Anyway, the wonderful news is that a number of VH1 stars and music stars have been nominated for this year’s A-List Awards. Here are the descriptions of the categories and the nominees:

A-LIST ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Awarded to the artist that kept us coming back for more.

• Beyonce
• No Doubt
• Katy Perry
• Britney Spears
• Kanye West

A-LIST ALBUM – Presented to the album that rocked our year.

• Beyonce – I Am…Sasha Fierce
• Coldplay – Viva La Vida
• MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
• Britney Spears – Circus
• Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak

A-LIST DOWNLOAD – Given to the song that kept you dancing.

• Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
• Britney Spears – Circus
• Coldplay – Viva La Vida
• Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes
• Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl

A-LIST CELEBRITY DESIGNER – Presented to the celebrity whose designs we can’t get enough of.

• Victoria Beckham – dVb Denim
• Sean Combs – Sean John
• Gwen Stefani – L.A.M.B.
• Justin Timberlake – William Rast
• Kanye West – Kanye Louis Vuitton Shoes

A-LIST CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY – Presented to the celebrity that most would like to read about.

• Eminem - The Way I Am
• Carrie Fisher – Wishful Drinking
• Steve Martin - Born Standing Up
• Maureen McCormack - Here’s The Story: Surviving Marcia Brady
• Tori Spelling - sToriTelling

REALITY’S GUILTIEST PLEASURE – Presented to the most popular and entertaining individual in a reality TV series.

• The Girls Next Door –”The Girls Next Door”
• Kim Kardashian – “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”
• NeNe Leakes –”The Real Housewives Of Atlanta”
• Bret Michaels – “Rock of Love”
• Gretchen Rossi - “The Real Housewives Of Orange County”

No matter what styl of music you like the best, there was probably a People’s Choice Award you were interested in. In last night’s award show, these were the nominations for music categories, with the winners in bold & blue:

Favorite MALE SINGER

• Chris Brown
• Brad Paisley
• Kenny Chesney

Favorite FEMALE SINGER

• Carrie Underwood
• Alicia Keys
• Rihanna

Favorite GROUP

• Rascal Flatts
• Coldplay
• Maroon 5

Favorite COMBINED FORCES

• “No Air” by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown
• “4 Minutes” by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
• “Love Like This” by Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston

Favorite HIP-HOP SONG

• “Low” by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
• “Good Life” by Kanye West
• “Lollipop” by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major

Favorite ROCK SONG

• “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock
• “Apologize” by OneRepublic & Timbaland
• “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay

Favorite COUNTRY SONG

• “Last Name” by Carrie Underwood
• “Love Story” by Taylor Swift
• “Take Me There” by Rascal Flatts

Favorite R & B SONG

• “No One”by Alicia Keys
• “Take a Bow” by Rihanna
• “With You” by Chris Brown

Favorite POP SONG

• “I Kissed A Girl” by Katy Perry
• “Disturbia” by Rihanna
• “No Air” by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown

Favorite SONG FROM A SOUNDTRACK

• “Mamma Mia” by Meryl Streep from Mamma Mia!
• “Another Way to Die” by Jack White & Alicia Keys from Quantum of Solace
• “Labels or Love” by Fergie from Sex and the City

Congratulations to all this year’s winners!

On January 11 at 9/8c, VH1 will broadcast the 14th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards Live. To get you excited about the program, here are the top nominees. I’ve listed them in their categories. If you haven’t seen these films, you might want to hurry and watch them before the awards start being given out. See if your choices match those of the critics!

Nominations for Best Picture:

• Changeling
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Doubt
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Wall-E
• The Wrestler

Nominations for Best Actor:

• Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
• Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
• Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn - Milk
• Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Nominations for Best Actress:

• Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But The Truth
• Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie - Changeling
• Melissa Leo - Frozen River
• Meryl Streep - Doubt

Nominations for Best Supporting Actor:

• Josh Brolin - Milk
• Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
• James Franco - Milk

Nominations for Best Supporting Actress:

• Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis - Doubt
• Vera Farmiga - Nothing But The Truth
• Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
• Kate Winslet - The Reader

You can go check out the entire list of nominees here.

Reality Star interviewer extraordinaire, Albert Lawrence sent me the tip about these terrific red carpet interviews from this year’s FOX Reality Channel Really Awards. The first clip is the Glam God herself, Vivica A. Fox talking about why she got involved in reality TV and there’s even some impromtu dancing…

And here, Albert talks to Jerry Springer about his craziest TV moments. Jerry has a lot of reality TV experience; hosting America’s Got Talent, his VH1 series The Springer Hustle and his season on Dancing With the Stars. I just love when he apologizes for his talk show and comments that he hopes that hell is not that hot…

Joanie Laurer, aka Chyna Doll, was at this year’s Really Awards and sparkled, all in silver. She was last on VH1’s season 1 of Celebrity Rehab.

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The FOX Reality Channel’s Really Awards airs on October 11th at 10/9c. Be sure to check back here for full coverage of the televised event!

Here’s a photo of talk show host, former Dancing With the Stars dancer and star of VH1’s Springer Hustle, Jerry Springer holding a realitini award he must have won at this year’s FOX Reality Channel Really Awards.

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The FOX Reality Channel’s Really Awards airs on October 11th at 10/9c. Be sure to check back here for full coverage of the televised event!

Fabulous Vivica A. Fox, star of VH1’s Glam God was looking totally glamorous on the red carpet at this year’s FOX Reality Channel’s Really Awards. I love the dress!!

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Here’s a fun photo of Saaphyri, winner of Charm School Season 1 and Erin Moran, guest star on Scott Baio’s VH1 series together on the red carpet at FOX Reality Channel’s Really Awards. They seem like an unlikely pair, but they look to be having a blast together.

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Get ready for the third year of FOX Reality Channel’s Really Awards where the most outrageous and noteworthy in the world of reality TV is honored each year. This year, the show will have a new host, the hilarious and charming Alonzo Bodden. (And I know he’s charming, because I’ve had the honor of interviewing him…) Watch for that interview in the next few days!

The FOX Reality Channel Really Awards will not air until October 11 at 10/9c, but the actual event has already taken place. I have a ton of great photos to share with you, but I will space them out over the next couple of days so you don’t get “spoiler overload”.

And don’t forget to check here on October 11th for full coverage of the televised event!

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As you all know if you’ve been watching I Love Money, former Rock of Love 2 contestant Megan Hauserman is a woman of many talents.

• She can manipulate just about anyone into doing what she wants them to do in order for her to get ahead.
• She is apparently a swimsuit model on the side since she clearly doesn’t own any other type of clothing.
• She can sort of take care of a small dog.
• She can cling to a stripper pole for ridiculously long time.
• And she can throw drinks on other girls like nobody’s business.

Now she can add award winner to her name. Wednesday evening she won the first award at the taping of the Fox Reality Channel Really Awards. She won for Favorite Awkward Moment for the way she just stood and stared at Bret Michaels after he eliminated her from Rock of Love 2.

When asked about the award she replied:

“I don’t know if anyone else won. I know White Boy lost. Brandi C., and Mary Carey came up to accept with me. It was the first award of the night, I said, “It didn’t happen like that, it was editing, but f*** it, thanks for the first award.” Then Brandi said thanks to Mark [Cronin] and Cris [Abrego] and VH1. They opened the show with me so that gave me pride. Then we all celebrated with several cocktails.”

Why am I not surprised that they celebrated with several cocktails? I don’t think Megan could celebrate anything without cocktails.

The Fox Reality Channel Really Awards will be aired October 11 so don’t forget to tune in.