Oscars = Highly Predictable, Highly Entertaining

Well there were no surprises during last night's 82nd Academy Awards, unless you consider that the show was actually LESS than 3 hours this year.

Not to toot my own horn but I went 6 for 6 in this year's top categories, but then again I'm assuming most people were pretty accurate with their predictions this year.

The Hurt Locker won for Best Picture, beating out box office titan Avatar, while Hurt Locker Director Kathryn Bigelow became the first female ever to win the Best Director award. All-in-all the film earned 6 awards last night to lead everyone.

The acting categories were no-brainers, but the speeches themselves were pretty good. But I think Monique (winner for Best Supporting Actress for Precious) needs to tone down the seriousness a bit (remember girl, you were in Phat Girls not that long ago...).

Christopher Waltz took home the Best Supporting Actor trophy for his turn as a crazy-ass Nazi in Inglourious Basterds, while Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock finished their awards season sweep by winning lead actor and actress in a movie (for Crazy Heart and The Blindside.)

Hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were a hoot, which made the show shorter than it actually was (two and a half hours is still a long time), offering brotherly-like banter while they shared the stage.

Overall a very entertaining, be it predictable show!

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Alice Delivers HUGE Box Office Opener

Crazy stuff! The new Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland earned an estimated $116 million this weekend, WAY more than what Avatar pulled in during its opening weekend ($77 million.)

I'm actually shocked that the film was able to bring in such a huge sum; it's been getting only OK reviews, but then again Burton has a devoted following, and the 3-D movie is all the rage nowadays.

Today's a big day for movie because not only did Alice in Wonderland debut big, but the OSCARS ARE ON TONIGHT!!

So don't forget to tune in!!

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RiRi Continues to Deliver

Although her most recent album Rated R is not selling as briskly as her previous efforts, Rihanna continues to release some stellar singles.

This week she scores her 14th top ten hit with "Rude Boy," making her the female artist with the most top 10 hits since 2000 (yes, she beat out Beyonce!)

"Rude Boy" is a SICK song, with tons of percussion beats that make it a perfect party track. RiRi's been performing the song live everywhere lately, and her voice has been on point!

In the past Rihanna has not been very impressive when she sings live, (I saw her perform in Massachusetts in 2006, she kind of sucked...) but it sounds like she's been training those pipes!

Check out a recent performance of hers on the Ellen show!

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Pick Your Favorite Diva!

There's a new poll up at More Than Musiq! And it's an easy one!

Who is your favorite female artist? Is it Britney? Taylor? Rihanna? Gaga?

Well now you can go vote and make your choice!! Scroll down to the bottom of the page!!!

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Lady Antebellum Lead ACM Nominations

It's been a good 12 months for country trio Lady Antebellum. They've scored multiple #1 hit country singles, a platinum album, a Grammy, and now they're up for a leading 7 Academy of Country Music Awards.

The group scored 5 nominations for the cross-over hit "Need You Now", earning nods in the record, song, and video of the year categories, as well as vocal group and album of the year.

Not far behind Lady A is Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert who both scored 6 nods apiece. Underwood is up for Entertainer of the Year, which she won last year. If she pulls back-to-back wins she'd be the first woman in history to do so.

Others acts in the running for Entertainer of the year include Kenny Chesney (who's won 4 times already), Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, The Zac Brown Band, George Strait, Keith Urban, and Toby Keith (ugh.)

Look for the race to be between Underwood, Swift, and Chesney. I wouldn't be surprised if Taylor took the top prize!!

Check out this Billboard article for more of the nominees!

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It's a Tie!

For the first time in More Than Musiq's history, there is a 3-way tie in our poll results!

The Oscars are this Sunday, so the big questions for you followers was which movie you thought should win best picture.

And apparently you can't decide!

The three movies you picked to take home the top prize were Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, and Precious. Each film garnered 25% of the votes, while the animated film Up, was a distant second with 12%.

Tune in to the awards this Sunday to see which movie actually wins!

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Depp Loves to be Creepy

Johnny Depp graces the new cover of Entertainment Weekly dressed as his latest creepy role as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's new remake of Alice in Wonderland.

He loves to be the weird creepy guy!! And he's good at it!

The new movie opens this Friday, and I must say that it looks fantastic! I've always been a Burton fan and the CGI effects that I've seen in the preview look phenomenal! Plus, I really like that Avril Lavigne song from the soundtrack...