New Poll!!

Since the Oscar Nominations were announced just yesterday, I thought it's be fun to see which movie you think should take home Best Picture!

This year the Academy has upped the nominees from 5 to 10, so there's way more options for you to choose from!

The nominees run the gamut of films this year, from the epic Avatar to the warm and fuzzy The Blindside, there's something in their for everyone.

So go cast your vote now!

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Gaga's Not the only 'Lady' Topping the Charts

One of my favorite country groups Lady Antebellum score a MASSIVE #1 debut this week, as their second album Need You Now sold 481,000 to debut at the top of the Billboard 200.

The group are relatively new to the country world, but have made a huge impact over the last two years, scoring multiple #1 singles and having their debut album sell over 1 million copies.

The sales of their latest set is the biggest opening for a country record since Taylor Swift debuted in 2008 with 592,000.

The lead single of the album, also titled "Need You Now" spent 5 weeks at #1 on the country singles chart, and the group took home their first Grammy Award over the weekend for Best Country Performance by a duo or group for "I Run to You."

Congrats on all the success!

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Simon Cowell Does Something Good

Simon Cowell's superstar cover of REM's "Everybody Hurts" has just been released. All proceeds will go to those affected by the earthquake in Haiti.

The song features Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle, Robbie Williams, Westlife, Rod Stewart, and Kylie Minogue.

It will go on sale February 8.

Take a listen

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She's a Freak of Nature and We Love It

Now I'm no fashionista, but Lady Gaga's outfit at the Grammy Awards was OUT OF THIS WORLD CRAZY. I loved it!

What would we do without her in the music industry? Things would be soo borring!

Gaga won two awards at the Grammys and arrived in top form wearing this bizarre gown with a 3-D star-type-thingy that she held while walking the red carpet.

Discuss.

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I Needed a Couple Days To Soak It All In

Well the Grammy Awards have come and gone, and after much thought and meditation regarding the show, here are my thoughts:

-Taylor Swift becomes the youngest person EVER to win Album of the Year, which is undoubtedly the biggest award of the night. I have mixed feelings about this. I love T-Swift, and her album Fearless was a critical and commercial hit this year, so I understand why voters would choose it as Album of the Year.

HOWEVER. I do not think that it was a better album that Lady Gaga's The Fame, which I felt should have taken home the top prize.

-Gaga won two awards that night; Best Dance Recording for "Poker Face" and Best Electronic Album, but she was shut out of all the big awards and didn't even make an awards appearance onstage during the live telecast.

Lame.

- Although Swift won the big prize, Beyonce won the most. Sasha Fierce took home a whopping 6 awards on Grammy night, breaking the record for most wins by a female in one night (Beyonce, Norah Jones, and Lauryn Hill all won 5 awards during past Grammys).

That's impressive, and I think that every award she won was well deserved, EXCEPT Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, which she won with her song "Halo."

I'm sorry, but Pink should have definitely taken home this prize. I think she is highly underrated (she's taken home 2 Grammys during her career, compared to Beyonce's 13), and "Sober" was a powerful pop song this year.

- The Black Eyed Peas somehow won 3 awards...W...T...F...?

I can't believe that people think that BEP's music is 'critically acclaimed'. IT'S NOT. It is complete pop fluff, and don't get me wrong, I enjoy fluff, but this is ridiculous.

That being said, the entire show was highly entertaining and fun to watch, which obviously was apparent to many people as this year's show was the highest rated one in 6 years!

And although Britney did not win (she lost Best Dance Recording to Gaga), and although she was named the Worst Dressed of the night, I was PUMPED that she even showed up!!!!

Can't wait for next year!

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You Love The Hangover

The polls are now closed and YOU chose The Hangover as your favorite movie of 2009!

The movie garnered 38% of the votes, beating out contenders Avatar (second place 23%), Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (3rd with 14%), Transformers, and New Moon.

I'm not surprised about The Hangover winning, but I was a little happy to see Harry Potter up there in the top 3! It was by far one of the Best films in the franchise so far.

Stay tuned to Morethanmusiq to see what poll we dish out next!

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Oscar Nominations: No Big Surprises

This morning the Oscar Nominations were announced and as expected, award favorites Avatar and the Hurt Locker both scored a leading 9 nominations, including nods for Best Picture and Best Director for James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow.

Following closely behind these two films was Inglourious Basterds, which snared 8 noms.

In the acting categories there was only one real surprise and it came in the form of one of my fave gal's Maggie Gyllhaal, who was nominated for her role in Crazy Heart.

I was soo excited to see her name on the list! Maggie is a fantastic actress...with a super hot brother!!!

But unfortunately for her, a nomination is all she's gonna get this year, because there is NO stopping Mo'Nique, who has literally picked up every supporting actress award this year for her role in Precious.

I think everyone knows she's going to win, and I think Mo'Nique knows it too!

Other familiar faces include Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep who are competing for Best Lead Actress for their roles in The Blind Side and Julie and Julia, and Jeff Bridges, who looks like a sure thing to win the Best Actor trophy for his role in Crazy Heart.

For a full list of nominees click here!

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