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Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012

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Bieber dominates at American Music Awards NICKI MINAJ WINS TWO HONOURS, PSY PERFORMS

BRIEFS Don Cherry impersonator Those in National Hockey League withdrawal might want to check out the Don Cherry impersonator at the Red Deer Legion. The mock Cherry will be spouting off at 8 p.m. Friday, along with special guest Corry Harding. Only advance tickets will be sold. They are available from the Legion at 2810 Bremner Ave. for $20 (Legion members pay $15). For more information, call 403-342-0035.

Blue Suede Revue The Blue Suede Revue will pay tribute to high energy hits from the 1950s and ’60s in a Red Deer stage show this week. Songs by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers and Roy Orbison will be performed by tribute artists in this fundraising event for the Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association. The show is on at 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Quality Inn Ballroom. Tickets to the benefit are

Book signing The author of an inspirational book series about guardian angels will be signing copies in Costco south of Red Deer this week. Henry Ripplinger, the Saskatchewan-based author of the six-book series The Angelic Letters, will be at Costco from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday. He described The Angelic Letters as an epic love story between a couple who put their trust in angels. It begins in the 1950s and ends in the present day. The first three books

in the series have sold more than 40,000 copies. The first two volumes, Pewter Angels and Another Angel of Love, also won awards for religious fiction.

Paintings of the imaginary Paintings of imaginary places will be displayed this month at the Harris-Warke Gallery in downtown Red Deer. Artist Galia Kwetny combines recognizable landscape features with dramatic colour and gesture for her large works in the Connecting Places exhibit. Kwetny was born in the former Soviet Union and taught art in

while singing Two Black Cadillacs. She talked about singing competition shows backstage. “These people that go on these shows are so talented, you know? And I would love to see if so many of the other artists that are out there today would go back and try out for these shows, because they might get their behinds kicked by some of the contestants,” she said. Luke Bryan won favourite country male artist and Lady Antebellum favourite country group. American Music Awards nominees were selected based on sales and airplay, and fans chose the winners by voting online. At this award show, even the stars were fans: Pink said on the red carpet that she’d like to collaborate with Lauryn Hill. Cyndi Lauper said her musical playIsrael before arriving in Canada in 2002. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta and Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Connecting Places will have an opening reception on Friday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. as part of Red Deer’s First Fridays gallery openings. It runs to Dec. 29. The Harris-Warke Gallery is located in the Sunworks store at 4924 Ross St.

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list includes Pink and Minaj. Boy band The Wanted said they were excited to see PSY and Colbie Caillat wanted to watch No Doubt. “What makes the American Music Awards special is the fans choose the winning artists,” said Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, who won favourite alternative rock artist and performed Burn It Down, as Brandy sang along and Gwen Stefani, Usher and Phillip Phillips bobbed their heads. David Guetta won the show’s firstever electronic dance music award. Non-televised awards went to Katy Perry for pop/rock female artist, Beyonce for soul/R&B female artist, Adele for adult contemporary artist and Shakira for Latin artist. Along with Rihanna, Minaj was the top nominee with four nominations. Follow Mesfin Fekadu on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MusicMesfin

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Justin Bieber may be Canadian, but he was the all-American boy at Sunday night’s American Music Awards. The pop singer dominated the awards show, winning three trophies, including artist of the year. His mom joined him onstage as he collected the award, beating out Rihanna, Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Drake. “I wanted to thank you for always believing in me,” Bieber said, looking to his mom. The 18-year-old also won the honour in 2010. He said it’s “hard growing up with everyone watching me” and asked that people continue to believe in him. But the teenager who brought his mom as a date also got in some grinding with Nicki Minaj — who shared the stage with him and took home two awards — and a kiss on the neck from presenter Jenny McCarthy. “Wow. I feel violated right now,” he said, laughing. “I did grab his butt,” McCarthy said backstage. “I couldn’t help it. He was just so delicious. So little. I wanted to tear his head off and eat it.” Another collaboration was the night’s most colorful performance: Korean rapper PSY and MC Hammer. Hammer joined the buzzed-about pop star for his viral hit Gangnam Style. PSY rocked traditional Hammer pants as they danced to his jam and to Hammer’s Too Legit to Quit. Minaj, who wore three different wigs and four outfits throughout the night, repeated her AMAs wins from last year, picking up trophies for favourite rap/hip-hop artist and album for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. She was in an all-white get-up, including fur coat and pink hair when she performed her new song Freedom. The scene was ghostly and snowy, as a choir — also in white — joined her onstage. One background singer stole the performance, belting semi-high notes as Minaj looked on. Usher kicked off the three-hour show with green laser lights beaming onstage as he performed a medley of songs, including Numb, Climax and Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, which featured a smoky floor and a number of backup dancers, as Usher jammed in all black, with the exception of his red shoes. He won favourite soul/R&B male artist. His protege Bieber won favourite pop/rock male artist in the first award handed out and gave a shout-out to those who didn’t think he would last on the music scene. “I want to say this is for all the haters who thought I was just here for one

or two years. I feel like I’m going to be here for a very long time,” he said. He also won favourite pop/rock album for his platinum-selling third album, Believe. He gave a stripped down, acoustic performance of As Long As You Love Me, then transitioned to the danceheavy Beauty and a Beat, where Minaj joined him onstage, grinding with the teen for a few seconds. Swift won her fifth consecutive award for favourite country female artist. “This is unreal. I want to thank the fans. You guys are the ones who voted on this,” she said. Swift gave a masquerade-themed performance of the pop song I Knew You Were Trouble. She sang onstage in a light dress while dancers wore mostly black. But then she changed into a red corset and black skirt, matching their dark mood. She even danced and sang on the floor as lights flickered throughout the performance. Dick Clark, who created the AMAs, was remembered by Ryan Seacrest and an upbeat performance by Stevie Wonder. “What a producer he was,” said Seacrest, as Wonder sang his hits, including My Cherie Amour. Carly Rae Jepsen, who performed early in the night, won favourite new artist. “I am floored. Wow,” she said, thanking Bieber and his manager, Scooter Braun. Party girl Ke$ha was glammed up on the red carpet, rocking long, flowy blond hair and a light pink dress. She switched to her normal attire when she performed her hit single Die Young. It was tribal, with shirtless dancers in skin-tight pants, silver hair and skeleton-painted faces, who also played the drums. Ke$ha was pants-less, rocking kneehigh boots and rolling on the floor as she finished up the song. Minaj and Christina Aguilera were blond bombshells, too: Minaj’s hair was busy and full of volume and she sported a neon strapless gown to accept her first award. Aguilera wore a blond bob in a purple dress that matched her eyeshadow. Aguilera performed a medley of material from her new album and joined Pitbull onstage. Kelly Clarkson also hit the stage, making a nod to her American Idol roots with a number on her dress and three judges looking on as she sang Miss Independent. Then she went into Since U Been Gone, Stronger and Catch My Breath. Fellow Idol winner Carrie Underwood won favourite country album and performed, hitting the right notes

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