Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus Book-End AMAs Given the reception she received from fans on the red carpet, theres little wonder Katy Perry loves the American Music Awards. Perry arrived in a strapless black dress with gold accents Sunday night and walked the red carpet before preparing to open the live ABC broadcast with her latest single Unconditionally. I appreciate all the other awards shows for what they are, Perry said in an earlier interview. Some are just kind of shock jock shows. Some are just like, Hey, lets see how many celebrities we can get together. Some are actually legitimate like the Grammys, and the AMAs is a very legitimate show with musicality to it. Three hours after Perry opens the show at 8 p.m. EST, Miley Cyrus will close things down. In between, most of the years top performers are scheduled to take the stage, including Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Pitbull hosts and will perform with Ke$ha, and Jennifer Lopez will offer a tribute to Celia Cruz. Pre-show performances in a lounge-like area could be heard from the nearby red carpet as stars began to arrive. Aloe Blacc, in a Fedora, performed Wake Me Up flawlessly, and the crowd went crazy for him. The cheers grew louder as Perry arrived in a strapless black dress and alternated a sultry stare with a girl-next-door grin for photographers. All it took were smiles and waves from the guys in One Direction — all five wearing dapper suits — to take the noise level to deafening. Hanging over the spectacle was the question how can these acts distinguish themselves in an especially memorable year thats included some brinksmanship, a few totally odd moments and plenty of skin? When last we saw Perry, she was floating above the stage at the MTV European Music Awards, a human maypole of sorts. Cyrus was at the Amsterdam show, too, smoking a joint and sharing the stage with a little person — proving just how easily she could top her over-the-top twerk-a-thon on the MTV Video Music Awards. Macklemore and Lewis are the fan-voted AMAs top nominees this year with six, while Swift and Timberlake have five apiece. All three acts are up for top honor artist of the year, along with Rihanna and Bruno Mars. Swift and Justin Bieber, who is not nominated for artist this year, have alternated victories in the category the last four years, cashing in on their rabid, social media-driven fan bases. Only the adventurous would vote against Swift this year. Timberlake has the years top-selling album and Macklemore and Lewis tickled everyones fancy with Thrift Shop. But the category winner has been either young or country since the awards inception in 2004. Swift is both. By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:42:52 +0000
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