Awards / Awards Shows

Two people were found dead last night at the Beverly Hilton -- where the Daytime Emmy Awards are scheduled to take place later today -- in what cops believe to be a murder-suicide.

Police responded to a shooting at the hotel at around 11:00 PM Friday and found a man and a woman dead from gunshot wounds. The victims were described as "elderly."

The bodies were picked up from the hotel early Saturday by the coroner's office.

Despite having three nominations, country darling Taylor Swift skipped the CMT Awards in Nashville last night ... to watch the the L.A. Kings at a bar instead.

Wearing a floral prairie dress and sensible shoes, the 22-year-old -- who also lost in all 3 nominated categories -- was spotted leaving The Cut Saloon in Brentwood after watching Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

The serial dater's award no-show comes on the heels of John Mayer complaining in Rolling Stone magazine that he was "humiliated" by Taylor's song "Dear John," which is allegedly about the adult-contemporary crooner.

Jordin Sparks had the daunting task of singing the Whitney Houston classic "I Will Always Love You" at the Billboard Awards -- and she told us that she got two thumbs up on her performance from the people who really matter ... Whitney's family.

Sparks told our photog she got a chance to talk to Whitney's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, and sister-in-law, Pat Houston, after the tribute in Las Vegas on May 20. Sparks said it was the first time she met Bobbi and Pat, both of whom told Sparks her performance was epic

The former "American Idol" champ also says she's gotten great feedback on her duet with Whitney from the upcoming movie "Sparkle."

And best of all ... she gave our a photog a little XYZ moment as she walked away.

Motown founder and living legend Berry Gordy proved he's sexy and he knows it by posing with his youngest son Stefan Kendal Gordy aka RedFoo from LMFAO at the Billboard Music Awards in Vegas on Sunday.

Damn they fly.

Victoria's Secret and S.I. swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen has been bombarded with violent, twisted threats from multiple Chris Brown fans ... after Teigen criticized his performance at the Billboard Music Awards ... TMZ has learned.

Teigen has been under fire ever since she tweeted about Brown's performance Sunday night ... "Why sing when you can dance?"

Team Breezy went insane ... hammering Chrissy with horrible messages that read:

-- "all you do is talk s**t, you need to be raped and murdered."
-- "killyoself bitch ur nothing but tall thatswhy you model. your nothing."
-- "ditzy dumb ass tramp your mother should've aborted you."
-- "i hope you are the next 'celebrity' to die"
-- "you have the brain capacity of a turtle, just die."

Chrissy posted a statement about the situation ... saying, "Reallllly makes me sad that 99% of the most disturbing comments come from young girls. I'll end it there but it make me sad."

She added, "I have some screen caps. And I will do everything I can to make sure people know, internet or not, you CAN'T say this s**t."

The Twitter handles responsible for most of the threats have been deleted.

1:00 PM PT -- Chris Brown just responded to the firestorm on Twitter, urging his fans to stop their onslaught, writing, "Team Breezy! Lets stop sending death threats! I know y'all bout that life but it's the wrong message! Ur turning haters into victims!"

Teen pop tart Miley Cyrus spent so much time getting her new hair 'do cut and blown out ... that she forgot to wear a bra and pants under her white blazer dress thing at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas last night.

The 19-year-old's low-cut jacket showed off a new side of Miley.

Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, didn't speak long at tonight's BIllboard Music Awards -- but she described herself as being "blessed to have been in such an incredible woman's life."

Bobbi Kristina -- in her first major public appearance since her mother's passing -- took the stage to accept the Millennium Award after performances by John Legend and Jordan Sparks. During Sparks' rendition of "I Will Always Love You," the camera cut to a crying Bobbi Kristina multiple times.

Whitney Houston's sister-in-law -- Pat Houston -- is waging war against Bobbi Kristina because she desperately wants to accept Whitney's Billboard Music Award on her behalf ... and only BK is standing in her way.

Sources closes to the situation tell TMZ ... Pat is trying to force herself into the spotlight by accepting Whitney's Millenium Award at the ceremony in Las Vegas tonight ... and producers of the show are pissed.

We're told the show really wants BK to accept the award and make the speech on the late singer's behalf ... but Pat won't stand for it and is making life hell for them as she tries to worm her way into the segment.

Brian McKnight is the hottest thing in adult entertainment -- because TMZ has learned, the singer was just asked to perform his new X-rated song at the OSCARS OF PORN ... aka the AVN awards ... and that's just the tip of the XXX iceberg.

Sources tell TMZ, AVN offered to fly McKnight out for the lavish awards gala in Vegas next January -- where he'd perform his new jam "If You're Ready to Learn," the adult-themed song that went viral on Tuesday ... containing the lyrics, "Let me show you how your p***y works."

But AVN isn't the only porn company trying to get into some McKnight action -- we're told YouPorn.com has also approached the singer, asking to license the song for its website's background music.

According to sources, several other XXX companies have reached out to McKnight as well, specifically because of the new song -- which McKnight plans to release next week on iTunes.

It was a mini French revolution when Best Actor Oscar winner Jean Dujardin arrived back home in Paris to a chaotic mob of fans, cameras and police at Charles de Gaulle Airport on Tuesday.

The 39-year-old "The Artist" star got a hero's welcome and made his way through the pandemonium with his Academy Award in hand.

Ever wonder what Oscar winners do with the little golden dude during bathroom breaks? Yeah, neither did we ... but our friend did -- and got the inside scoop on Oscar night pit stops.

Jennifer Lopez couldn't contain her laughter when she learned about the drama surrounding her maybe/maybe not nipple moment at the Oscars last night ... this according to her personal stylist.

TMZ spoke with Rob Zangardi ... who personally zipped J.Lo into her Oscars dress ... and then helped her change into another low cut outfit after the show.

Rob tells us ... he and fellow stylist Mariel Haenn personally informed Lopez about the buzz surrounding her areola during the outfit change ... and J.Lo simply laughed it off.

Rob says ... Lopez then assured the team she was so tightly packed into her dress, there was no possible way a nip could've slipped.

So what WAS the mysterious object that appeared on Jen's chest? Rob's convinced it was a shadow from the lighting.

So we gotta ask ...

Uggie -- from "The Artist" -- was on stage to celebrate the Best Picture Oscar -- but he wasn't invited to the show until Harvey's emotional plea really moved Uggie ... to snap at HL!

Angelina Jolie looked INCREDIBLY skinny at the Oscars last night ... too skinny ... alarmingly skinny.

Just two days after leaving rehab at the Betty Ford Center, a refreshed and healthier looking Gerard Butler hit up the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in L.A. on Sunday.

Butler spent three weeks in treatment after realizing he was relying too heavily on prescription medication.

TMZ broke the story ... Butler began using pain meds to deal with the pain caused by the intense physical training regimen to get in shape for "300" ... and the problem became exacerbated after he injured himself in a surfing accident while filming "Of Men and Mavericks" back in December.

It's the Oscars, time to honor the best in this year's films and, more importantly, critique what everyone wore!