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Sometimes the West Coast really misses out.

Not only does tape-delayed award shows mean Pacific zoners have to avoid Twitter for a few hours, but they also might miss the highlight of the event.

Last night's American Music Awards was no exception. Jennifer Lopez's much mocked giggled LOLed discussed live trip over her "Louboutins" was edited from the version of the show that aired later.

But the network insists this was not because of any sort of diva maneuvering.

"Due to the live nature of the show, we did not expect the impromptu moment in question," stated ABC, dick clark productions executives and AMA show producers. "Regarding Jennifer Lopez, execs and producers felt it was respectful to Ms. Lopez to edit the mishap for later time zones."

What a bunch of fuddy-duddies! Out of respect for the people tuning in, they should have kept the "live" show as-is.

For the record Lopez's rep says she is physically fine. Her ego on the other hand...

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Relive all the awesome action in our American Music Awards gallery.

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For all the love Taylor Swift receives from the music industry and elsewhere, she has a rather vocal handful of detractors.

Kanye West's giant diss was the talk of the CMA Awards Wednesday night, but he wasn't the only person who questioned the starlet's success.

"It's too much too soon," Wynonna Judd told USA Today of Swift's numerous nominations, especially the one for Entertainer of the Year (which she won, along with three other gongs).  "Time is God’s way of keeping everything from happening at once. It’s just too much of a good thing too soon."

But comparisons of the hip-hopper and country star's comments end there.

Judd didn't blog an all-caps opus of a disingenuous apology, delete it and try again. And we're guessing she won't be appearing on a talk show crying and announcing a break from the spotlight.

Instead, she wrote a short and sweet note on her website.

"I understand that my comment about Taylor Swift's Entertainer of the Year nomination came across as a negative statement," she says. "My intent was not to take anything away from her talent and contributions to the country music industry...all of which are truly unprecedented for an artist of ANY age. Taylor is a beautiful, hard working young woman that deserves the success she has had and I support her as an artist and as a woman in the business."

Yeezy, are you paying attention?

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See what else went down last night in our 2009 CMA Awards gallery!

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Since we've already learned that hand-holding equals a hot and heavy relationship, we'll have to apply that new rule to people who aren't in vampire movies as well.

Despite reports that 21-year-old Dancing With the Stars hottie Julianne Hough and her 30-year-old country boy Chuck Wicks had called it quits, the handsome pair may still be together.

And how do we know?

Because they were totally holding hands at the CMA Awards last night!

Hough skipped the red carpet—presumably to avoid questions about the breakup—while Wicks was working it for Entertainment Tonight. Later, both were seen standing together chatting with a small group of people backstage during the show. E! News' eyewitness claims they appeared playful, swinging their interlaced hands back and forth as they talked.

E! News was told they had been fighting over who would take possession of the house they own together, but we can assume they were discussing something a bit more upbeat as they watched Taylor Swift walk away with four statuettes.

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See what else went down last night in our 2009 CMA Awards gallery!

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Well, look who it is! Lady Gaga accepting her Stylemaker Award at the 13th annual Accessories Council Excellence Awards. Is she wearing something crazy?

Yes, of course.

But really, what else do we expect from Gaga? A Marc Jacobs outfit with the underwear on the outside, an Erickson Beamon lace headpiece, an Afro wig, all that covered in white powder and topped off with a creepy hand pose—it's just part of the never-ending Gaga experience.

It's all gone so far past the point of "OMG, look at her! What a unique snowflake this commercial pop artist is..." to just plain normal. Maybe that's what she wants, though? That way when we're least expecting it, she'll pop up in jeans and a T-shirt and seriously shock us all so bad the whole world will just stop.

In the meantime, we'll get more Gaga as she's now a M.A.C spokeslady. Cannot escape the Gaga.

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While Lady Gaga is essentially exempt from Fashion Police fines, these people aren't!

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The past year or so of Lady Gaga dressing up like a self-important performance artist is finally paying off. The "Poker Face" singer is being given a fashion award.

Marc Jacobs will honor Lady Gaga Monday night with the Stylemaker Award at the 13th annual Accessories Council Excellence Awards. That's right, she's officially an Accessories Stylemaker.

Congratulations!

One day she might even be a regular fashion stylemaker, but hopefully not because then she might start thinking she’s influencing the world more than she actually is.

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Celebrate Lady Gaga's craziness with our Fashion Spotlight gallery.

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The Golden Globes just got a whole lot funnier.

One of our favorite award shows—it has movies and TV!—just tapped one of our favorite stars—he's done movies and TV!—to host.

No, it's not Neil Patrick Harris. The Office originator, Ricky Gervais, will be donning a penguin suit, looking handsome, and leading the charge of statuettes handed out at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 17.

He'll be taking the reins from, well, no one.

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Maybe 50 Cent should change his name to Cinquenta Centavos.

The rapper has scored a Latin Grammy nod for Best Urban Song for his work with Wisin y Yandel on "Mujeres in the Club."

Nominations for the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were announced this morning at the Conga Room in Los Angeles by Andy Garcia and Jimmy Smits, among others.

Calle 13 leads with five nominations, while Ruben Blades, Caetano Veloso, Jose Feliciano and both Daddy Yankee and former New York Yankee  Bernie Williams were also among the notable nominees.

The ceremony is set for Nov. 5 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on Univision. Check out the complete list of nominees at LatinGrammy.com.

Click here for a complete list of nominees.

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The folks in the Big Picture gallery are lookin' muy caliente!