The iHeartRadio Music Awards were held last night. It wasn’t an amazing night for fashion or for awards or anything, but there were some notable appearances and performances, so let’s get to it. You can see the list of winners here. Rihanna performed her new single “Bitch Better Have My Money” wearing this Muppet-looking ensemble. The green coat is Versace and the black dress is Adam Selman. Is Rihanna bringing some Muppet Realness?

Taylor Swift wore this Kaufmanfranco minidress which… eh. I don’t like the dress all that much, but I might feel differently about it if Swifty had styled it differently. HER HAIR. My God. I really hope those are clip-in bangs because they are so, so bad. I feel like she back-combed the hell out of her hair too. Also: she looks really tiny. She’s lost a lot of weight in the past year.

Iggy Azalea looked nice. I’m not an Iggy Apologist or anything, but I like that she wears pants to a lot of events.

Madonna’s new face was there! She performed with Taylor Swift and presented an award to Swifty.

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I can’t say it enough, how proud I am of my friend Dan Levy who created Schitt’s Creek. And wrote it. And stars. And is the showrunner. PS. Dan is only 31. I hate him! While I obsessively watch him, week after week, because I need everything he wears in every f-cking episode. Next time you hear s…      

The iHeartRadio Awards were held last night and some big-name musical acts came out, which I guess means we have to start taking the IheartMusic Awards seriously. To me, the awards are pretty far down the list of “important” music shows, well below the Grammys, the VMAs, even the BRIT Awards. But iHeartRadio is trying to making this a bigger deal, which is why they got Jamie Foxx to do the opening monologue, which I guess was supposed to be “funny”. It ended up veering away from “awkward” into downright offensive when Jamie thought it would be great to make some jokes about Bruce Jenner’s transition.

Jamie Foxx got things off to an uncomfortable start at the iHeartRadio Awards on Sunday, March 29. After performances from Iggy Azalea, Jennifer Hudson, and Nick Jonas, the Annie star took the stage at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium to begin his hosting duties with a roast-like monologue. Foxx, 47, first took aim at rapper Suge Knight, who’s facing murder charges for a hit-and-run in January. He then turned the spotlight on Bruce Jenner, making a poorly received joke about the reality star’s transition from male to female.

“We got some groundbreaking performances here, too, tonight,” the Oscar winner began. “We got Bruce Jenner, who will be here doing some musical performances. He’s doing a his-and-her duet all by himself.”

He followed that with another jab at the former Olympian, saying, “Look, I’m just busting your balls while I still can.”

Viewers watching from home were quick to call out the actor on Twitter. Many accused him of transphobia, saying the joke was offensive and in poor taste.

[From Us Weekly]

You can see the video at Us Weekly. To the audience’s credit, the transphobic jokes fell flat. Like, barely anyone laughed and you could sort of see it on Jamie’s face, that the jokes didn’t go over the way he planned. I think we’ve come so far in the past five years or so towards greater understanding of trans issues and trans people, but there’s always going to be some caveman who thinks it’s totally cool to make “jokes” like this. Enough. There are kids watching and they see Jamie normalize that kind of bullying. Jamie should offer an apology, but I doubt he will.

I’m including some photos of Jamie and some of the other dudes in attendance last night, including Chris Brown, Jason Derulo, Boy George and Nick Jonas.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

To the travel partners Meg and Heather who are in London and then heading to Amsterdam – Michelle & Busy, Matt & Ben, like you, these best friends are attached.

And for Emily & Marti while you keep looking, here are Charlie Hunnam and Jim Sturgess to help on the search. Good luck!      

I covered Taraji P. Henson’s Uptown cover and interview last week – go here to read. The photoshoot was amazing and I thought Taraji’s interview was interesting too. But one part caused some controversy, for various reasons. Taraji was talking about her son, Marcel, who is college-aged. Taraji said she was making him transfer to Howard University, a historically black college/university (HBCU) in the heart of Washington, DC (which is also where Taraji grew up).

“My child has been racially profiled. He was in Glendale, California and did exactly everything the cops told him to do, including letting them illegally search his car. It was bogus because they didn’t give him the ticket for what he was pulled over for. Then he’s at University of Southern California, the school that I was going to transfer him to, when police stopped him for having his hands in his pockets. So guess where he’s going? Howard University. I’m not paying $50K so I can’t sleep at night wondering is this the night my son is getting racially profiled on campus.”

[Via Uptown]

Some people were offended that HBCUs still exist (really?) and some other people called the whole “racially profiled by the cops” thing into question. USC’s Department of Public Safety even made a statement about Taraji’s comments, with the chief of campus police asking for more information about what went down. The Los Angeles Times got into it too, and they ended up getting their hands on the dash-cam video of Marcel’s stop by the police – you can see the video here. It actually seems like the police officer went out of his way to cite Marcel with a lesser charge rather than a moving violation.

So, as it turns out, Taraji’s son was not really racially profiled. He was pulled over for a routine violation and the cop was sort of nice to him. Surprisingly, Taraji is now publicly admitting that she was wrong and she overreacted. She posted her apology to her Instagram, writing:

“I would like to publicly apologize to the officer and the Glendale Police Department. A mother’s job is not easy and neither is a police officer’s. Sometimes as humans WE overreact without gathering all of the facts. As a mother in this case I overreacted and for that I apologize. Thank you to that officer for being kind to my son.”

[From Instagram]

You know what I think happened? I think Marcel came home and told his mom what happened, only he spun the story to make it sound like he had done nothing wrong and he got busted for no reason other than his skin color. And Taraji believed her son. Then when the video came out, Taraji watched it and realized that Marcel had spun the story/lied outright. So she ended up taking the heat and apologizing. So… yeah, I’m still #TeamTaraji. I even like her more for owning up to her mistake and apologizing. Ooooh, I bet Marcel is in TROUBLE.

#TurningANegativeIntoAPositive #LoveTarajiPHenson ??????

A photo posted by taraji p henson (@tarajiphenson) on Mar 27, 2015 at 2:59pm PDT

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Dear Gossips,

We were thinking the same thing watching George Ezra perform on Saturday Night Live, right?

Why hasn’t Taylor Swift friend-collected him yet? And how long before she does? It’s inevitable, non? Although certainly not a priority on a night like last night, when she was friend…      

Last year, Raven-Symone caused a bit of a kerfuffle when she sat down for an interview with Oprah and they ended up talking about race. Raven declared: “I’m not an African American; I’m an American…And that’s a colorless person. I don’t label myself.” Which, I mean, more power to her. Race is a social construct more than anything else. Still, Raven got a lot of comments and she ended up clarifying her remarks, saying: “I never said I wasn’t black … I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American.”

In the midst of that Oprah interview, Raven mentioned that she didn’t really know much about her ancestry beyond the fact that her family mostly comes from Louisiana. In the past few months, it looks like ancestry.com got in touch with her and she agreed to do an entire DNA work-up. She mentioned this during an interview with Alicia Quarles for E! and #VIBELeague. Alicia asked Raven about her comments about not being African-American, and Raven ended up saying… (SMH)… “Thank you to ancestry.com for sending me my DNA test. I am from every continent in Africa except for one and I’m also from every continent in Europe except for one.”

As you can imagine, Twitter had a field day. Some of the tweets are really funny, some of them are a bit mean and some of them are just a pile-on. I totally make those kinds of mis-statements all the time, but I’d like to think I catch myself after a second. Like, she could have just said, “Wait, what did I just say? I meant country, not continent! Brain-fart, my bad.” The fact that she said it so proudly and without reservation… LOL. And she still hasn’t said anything about it on Twitter either.

http://t.co/BdFGD9PnrN looking at Raven Symone like pic.twitter.com/kqSc7iSWWk

— Action Swanson (@LeeTRBL) March 27, 2015

“@DarkSaint_: I’m from every continent in Africa except for one – Raven Symone. Fantastic fool. pic.twitter.com/VYf2MnKiXD”????????????????????

— Amaluuu (@Aisha_Amal_Bage) March 27, 2015

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It amazes me that people still deny Idris Elba’s intergalactic thunder. Idris Elba is made of thunder. But Sir Roger Moore just can’t see it. Specifically, Moore can’t see Idris Elba playing James Bond. Moore played 007 from 1973 through 1985, when he was replaced by Timothy Dalton, then Dalton was replaced by Pierce Brosnan, than Pierce was replaced by Daniel Craig. Many believe Idris will be asked to take over the franchise once Craig’s contract is up, although I do have my doubts. Daniel is probably going to do one more Bond film beyond Spectre (which will be out later this year), which means he’ll be Bond for probably another three years (at least). Can Idris wait that long? I don’t even know. But the point of this story is that Roger Moore doesn’t believe Idris should even be asked to play Bond because Idris isn’t “English-English”. What?

Might Sir Roger Moore be even more politically incorrect than his old alter ego James Bond? Interviewed in the new Paris Match magazine he is asked about the widely mooted idea of black British actor Idris Elba becoming the next 007.

‘A few years ago, I said that [black actor] Cuba Gooding Jnr would make an excellent Bond, but it was a joke!’ replies Sir Roger, 87, who starred in seven Bond movies between 1973 and 1985.

‘Although James may have been played by a Scot, a Welshman and an Irishman, I think he should be “English-English”,’ he continues. ‘Nevertheless, it’s an interesting idea, but unrealistic.’

The Scot who played Bond was Sean Connery, the Welshman was Timothy Dalton and the Irishman was Pierce Brosnan. But just what is it that prevents Elba from being ‘English-English’, Roger? He was born in Hackney, raised in East Ham, schooled in Canning Town, started work in Dagenham and he supports Arsenal. How much more of an Englishman could he be? Even the fictional hero of Ian Fleming’s novels was of mixed parentage. He was born in Zurich in the early Twenties to Andrew Bond of Glencoe and Monique Delacroix, from the Canton de Vaud in Switzerland.

[From The Daily Mail]

See, all this time, I thought it was only in America, where racists try to de-legitimize a person’s citizenship because of their skin color. Turns out, it happens in Britain too. We all know what Roger Moore means when he says “English-English,” right? That’s some old-dude code for “Idris Elba is black, thus he’s not as English as all the white people and he shouldn’t even be considered for James Bond.” Who really cares, old dudes? I mean, Roger Moore is trying to make the same stupid point that Rush Limbaugh attempted!! STAHP.

For what it’s worth, Roger Moore’s Twitter account (does he really operate it?) tweeted this:

An interview I gave to Paris Match implies I said something racist about Idris Elba. That is simply untrue. #Lost in translation.

— Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) March 28, 2015

Well… I don’t know, dude. It sounds like Moore actually did question Idris Elba’s credentials as an Englishman, but no, he didn’t say anything specifically about race. It was “implied”.

Here are some lovely photos of Idris Elba’s authentic English thunder filming Luther on Friday.

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OMG. Angelina Jolie attended Saturday night’s Kids’ Choice Awards with two dates: her daughters Zahara and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt. And OMG. Look at their faces!! Angelina is officially the coolest mom in the world in this very moment. Shiloh and Zahara are just gorgeous, aren’t they? Shiloh looks so much like Brad and Zahara is just so stunning. There are tons of photos of Angelina and the kids, and although they didn’t walk the carpet, she let her girls hang out with all of the cool celebrities inside. You can see more photos here (OMG, the girls met NICK JONAS). This was Angelina first public appearance since she announced the removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes last week.

Jolie was there for a reason – she was up for two awards, Favorite Villain and Favorite Actress. She won Favorite Villain for Maleficent (and lost actress to Emma Stone). You can see the winners list here. When she picked up the Villain award, Jolie talked about being different and how it’s great to not fit in with the crowd:

Angelina Jolie has given an insight into her misfit youth with an empowering speech in her first public appearance since revealing she had ovaries removed. The actress has been hailed as an icon for candidly addressing her health woes. And on Saturday night, she opened up about feeling like an outcast to the young audience, and her daughter Shiloh and Zahara, at the Kids’ Choice Awards.

‘When I was a kid I was told – like Maleficent – that I was different,’ she told the audience as she accepted the Best Villain award for her role in Maleficent. ‘But then I realized something: different is good. So maybe you don’t fit in. Be yourself. And when someone tells you that you are different just smile and hold your head up, and be proud. And as your villain,’ the actress added with a wink, ‘I would say, “Cause a little trouble. It is good for you!”‘

[From The Daily Mail]

I’m sure some parents are going to be like “NOOOoo, don’t tell my kids to cause trouble!” But I think her message is fine – it’s fine to be different, it’s cool to stand out and be different, and sometimes people will say you’re “causing trouble” when you’re just being you.

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Iggy Azalea‘s very popular with the kiddies today, thanks to her radio-friendly duets with pop artists. So it wasn’t surprising to see her nominated twice at Nickelodeon’s Kid’s Choice Awards. Iggy received nods in the Favorite New Artist and Favorite Song categories but won neither title. She performed “Trouble” with Jennifer Hudson in a prison-inspired yellow jumpsuit, which was silly. Iggy did well on the red carpet though. She wore a sweeping ball skirt by Temperly London. The metallic floral print is bold and fun, and the shape is event-appropriate. The sporty white crop top makes the outfit seem breezy and casual. Iggy avoided her bad Grammys hair in favor of a flattering high ponytail. This is probably the best we’ve ever seen her look at an event. Ig even had an admirer pose with her on the red carpet. Prepare yourselves.

Chris Rock and Iggy have met at least once before this event. He once told Ryan Seacrest how he introduced Iggy (but not “her a**“) at NYC’s Jingle Ball event last year. Rock attended the show with his mom, Rose, and his two daughters, Zahra and Lola.

Suri Cruise had the time of her life in the audience, but she and Katie Holmes didn’t walk the red carpet. This is the first time we’ve seen Suri in over a year — probably because they moved to LA where it’s a little easier to avoid the paps than in NYC. (FYI: Gawker has a investigative report on how Katie avoided some paps during her NYC trips to Whole Foods.)

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Zendaya wore a DKNY pencil dress. She pulled off the bright yellow color and horizontal stripes well. I’m not crazy about her bobbed wig, but it goes with the funkiness of her outfit. She is a little over-accessorized. The pink clutch is too much.

Sarah Hyland chose a fancy white t-shirt and white lace skirt. She looked low-key and casual, just right for the event. Sarah’s clutch is Kate Spade New York.

Willow Shields wore an awesome, polka-dotted jumpsuit with sharp tailoring and a half-bared belly. Primrose Everdeen is growing up before our very eyes. Willow posed with her DWTS partner, Mark Ballas, who is always adorable.

Meghan Trainor‘s dress with a white leopard print is okay but much better than her usual too-precious looks. I wish she’d stop doing her “wowza!” expressions on the red carpet.

Ariel Winter wore a little floral dress that was cute but wasn’t styled very well.

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