From awkward fashion statements (here’s looking at you Bieber and Jennifer Lopez) to major faux pas – Tracy Morgan got Selena Gomez and Ke$ha’s name wrong and Miguel jumped on (and injured) a fan – to SUPER inspiring speeches from Celine Dion and Taylor Swift, this year’s Billboard Awards definitely made its mark.

Check out the photos and all the commentary on the hashtag #BillboardBert!

8 Billboard Music Awards
-Taylor Swift – the big winner of the night

4 Billboard Music Awards
-Rihanna
-Gotye & Kimbra (Somebody That I Used To Know)

3 Billboard Music Awards
-One Direction
-Justin Bieber (including the fan voted “Milestone” Award)
-Nicki Minaj
-Madonna (including “Top Touring Artist”)

2 Billboard Music Awards
-Baauer (Harlem Shake)

1 Billboard Music Award
-Maroon 5
-Fun.
-Carly Rae Jepsen
-David Guetta
-PSY
-Adele
-Mumford & Sons
-Skrillex
-Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz

Prince was honored with the Billboard Icon Award!

PERFORMANCES

Bruno Mars

Selena Gomez

Justin Bieber

Taylor Swift

Nicki Minaj & Lil’ Wayne

Jennifer Lopez featuring Pit Bull

Icona Pop

From how to be hip-hop and partying to how to his new music, muses, and relationship with Taylor Swift, check out their Pillow Talk and check out the photos and videos!

Intro: Kristin’s Pillow Talk With Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran Talks About His Yet To Be Released Songs

Ed Sheeran Talks Partying And How To Be Hip-Hop

The Full Interview

The Photos

And scene.

The Synchronized “Call Me Maybe” Swim

Synchronized Swimming Bloopers

The Photos

Special thanks to Mannfred, Melora & Lynn at the Swimmerman Swim School!

Check out this year’s winners!

And then it’s going on a billboard. And scene.

Oh, hey – remember when we tried to do this Billboard competition and everyone complained because they didn’t have time to do research? Well, they had the weekend…and forgot about it.

Whelp.

Top Artist

WINNER: TAYLOR SWIFT

Bert: Maroon 5
Jeff: Taylor Swift
Kristin: Taylor Swift

Top Hot 100 Song

WINNER:  GOTYE FEATURING KIMBRA “SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW”

Bert: Gotye – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Jeff: Maroon 5 – “Pay Phone” featuring Wiz Khalifia
Kristin: Gotye – “Somebody That I Used To Know”

Top Duo Or Group

WINNER: ONE DIRECTION

Bert: Maroon 5
Jeff: One Direction
Kristin: Mumford & Sons

Top New Artist

WINNER: ONE DIRECTION

Bert: One Direction
Jeff: One Direction
Kristin: Gotye

ROUND 2:

Top Male Artist

WINNER: JUSTIN BIEBER

Bert: Bruno Mars
Jeff: Bruno Mars
Kristin: Bruno Mars

Top Female Artist

WINNER: TAYLOR SWIFT

Bert: Taylor Swift
Jeff: Taylor Swift
Kristin: Adele

Top Billboard 200 Album

WINNER: TAYLOR SWIFT

Bert: Taylor Swift
Jeff: One Direction
Kristin: Adele

Top Billboard 100 Artist

WINNER: MAROON 5

Bert: Maroon 5
Jeff: fun.
Kristin: Taylor Swift

ROUND 3

Top Pop Artist

WINNER: ONE DIRECTION

Bert: Maroon 5
Kristin: Bruno Mars
Jeff: Bruno Mars

Top Pop Album

WINNER: ADELE

Bert: Maroon 5
Kristin: Adele
Jeff: Maroon 5

ROUND 4:

Top Pop Song Category

WINNER: CARLY RAE JEPSEN

Bert: Maroon 5
Kristin: Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
Jeff: Bruno Mars – “Locked Out Of Heaven”

Top Social Artist

WINNER: JUSTIN BIEBER

Bert: Rihanna
Kristin: Justin Bieber
Jeff: Justin Bieber

Top Digital Songs Artist

WINNER: TAYLOR SWIFT

Bert: Taylor Swift
Kristin: Flo Rida
Jeff: Carly Rae Jepsen

Get it for your iPhone in the App Store or for Android in the Google Play store.

What say ye – second chance or no-go? 

Or how about high heels – sure, they lengthen your leg, but did you know women stole that particular fashion trend from men? True story.

Check out where “current” fashion trends stemmed from…and how old some of them are might surprise you.

Maybe making you laugh and getting you in a better mood before you get to work isn’t enough to get you to listen to the Bert Show. Maybe three people sharing every intimate detail of their personal lives mixed with dramatic dysfunction, heated debate and celebrity scoop isn’t enough to get you to listen to the Bert Show. Well, we know cash sure will!

The Bert Show is not above bribing you to check us out each morning! You’ve got ears…we’ve got money! Starting May 21, every morning at 7:10, 8:10 (6:10 and 7:10 CST), The Bert Show will announce 3 names, whoever is the first to call us at 1-855-BERT SHOW within 20 minutes wins $1,000 dollars cash! Sign up below and listen for Bert to call your name!

Read the official rules and officially enter the competition.

Now, along with saying goodbye to scoreboards, getting “0s,” and posting the honor roll, now you can kiss dodge ball, medals and ribbons, and games agains “bigger teams” goodbye.

But what about those who have made the journey from one side to the other? One woman wrote a great piece apologizing to mothers about how much she judged them before she was a mom herself.

You’re going to love this:

Apologies To The Parents I Judged Four Years Ago – Kara Gebhart

But perhaps one of the biggest realizations I’ve made as a relatively new parent (my daughter turns 4 in March, my twin boys turn 2 in May) is how incredibly judgmental I was pre-children.

You, the woman at Kohl’s who pushed a cart with your screaming toddler draped on the rack underneath it, ignoring her as she scraped her feet on the floor because she couldn’t have the toy she wanted: I judged you.

Girlfriend with children who had Nick Jr. on the entire time I visited: I judged you.

Parent at the park who did not pack an organic, free-range, all-food-groups-represented, no-dessert lunch complete with sandwiches cut in cute little shapes, who instead fed your children chicken nuggets, cold French fries and (gasp) chocolate milk? I judged you.

Not out loud, of course. But internally, I was smug. I thought things like I would never have children who would behave in such a manner in public. Or, Doesn’t she know the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no TV until the age of 2? Or, How can he possibly be feeding his children that crap? Has he not read any of Michael Pollan’s books?

And what’s worse, now that I’m a parent, I realize internal smugness isn’t so internal. As a parent, I know when I’m being judged. I can sense it, even when nothing is being said out loud. It’s in the look. The double-take. The whisper to the companion they’re with.

[...]

Pre-children: I was going to cloth diaper.
Post-children: I did with my daughter, sort of, but not with my twins.

Pre-children: No TV until age of 2 and then only 30 minutes a day.
Post-children: Ha.

Pre-children: Only organic, healthy, homemade food.
Post-children: My kids love Wendy’s.

Pre-children: Public tantrums are unacceptable.
Post-children: Removal of the child is only sometimes doable; predicting when a tantrum is going to strike is often impossible.

Pre-children: Complaints about childrearing and its hardships annoyed me (this was your choice, no?) and saddened me (parenthood is supposed to be a wonderful thing!).
Post-children: Parenthood isn’t wonderful 100 percent of the time.

[...]

Because here’s another realization I’ve made as a parent: Everyone’s situation is different. [...] We don’t know, can’t know, someone’s entire story.

So to the parents I knew four years ago, I’m sorry. I know better now.

Read the whole article.

Sure, why not, right?

That is, until you hear these stories:

The villain in this one is Benedict Cumberbatch, from the BBC series “Sherlock.” For months there’d been speculation that he’s playing Khan, but all Paramount would admit is that he’s an “intergalactic terrorist” named John Harrison.

However, if you go to IMDB, they DO list him as Khan so read into that what you will…or just ask the office Trekkie who stood in line for yesterday’s midnight opening.

After attacking Earth, the terrorist retreats to a Klingon planet and the Enterprise has to risk violating Klingon space to hunt him down. “Robocop’s” Peter Weller plays the Star Fleet Admiral who sends Kirk after him.

The returning cast is Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty, John Cho as Sulu, Anton Yelchin as Chekov, and Bruce Greenwood as Admiral Christopher Pike.

Alice Eve shows off a nice bit of skin as Kirk’s love interest, Dr. Carol Marcus. Carol was the woman who secretly gave birth to Kirk’s son in the original timeline.

But usually you can handle those fights at home, away from the public eye…but sometimes, the timing of those fights is just AWFUL. Like Bert, who had a blow up with his wife ON HER BIRTHDAY, and right before he flew out to DC for a super important weekend.

Or Kristin, who had a fight with her boyfriend at her brother’s wedding.

So, we want to know: what’s the WORST timed fight you ever had?

She said, “I thought the goat video for ’I Knew You Were Trouble’ was brilliant…I showed it to everyone on my tour.”

Kim Kardashian is not one of those women: she’s still trying to jam her swollen feet into heels…and we have some very uncomfortable-looking photos to prove it.

]]> http://thebertshow.com/kim-kardashian-is-still-trying-to-jam-her-feet-into-heels/feed/ 0 http://thebertshow.com/keith-urban-wants-to-return-to-american-idol-next-season/ http://thebertshow.com/keith-urban-wants-to-return-to-american-idol-next-season/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:05:34 +0000 Cassie http://thebertshow.com/?p=103752 At least one person wants to return to “American Idol” next season and thankfully it’s the sanest judge on the panel. Of course, that’s Keith Urban.

When Keith was asked if he was interested in sticking around, he said, “I would. I mean, I literally enjoy coming to work every day, and that’s a rarity.”

Tell us the good news!

They’d gotten a call that someone in the car was armed, but it turned out to be a false alarm. Diddy wasn’t even in the car at the time…he’d just been dropped off somewhere.

[TMZ]

He said, “I don’t know if you know, there’s one thing about me, but I’m not a celebrity. I don’t know if you know there’s one thing about me, but I’m a terrible, terrible celebrity.

“I don’t know if you know there’s one thing about me, but I’m the worst kind of celebrity…Because all I do is make real music.”

He added, “All I do is sit in the studio and make real, real [crap]. And that’s it. That’s mother[effing] it. That’s mother[effing] it.

“So I don’t want no people runnin’ up on me with cameras, trying to like sell pictures and [crap] to magazines, asking me dumb ass questions, throwin’ me off my focus and [crap]. Harrasin’ you all mutha[effin'] day. I ain’t no mutha[effin'] celebrity.”

And to him, that’s enough proof that choreographer WADE ROBSON is lying about being abused by Michael.

Taj, who’s the son of Michael’s brother Tito, says Michael was  ”a support system for me and my mom.”

He even gave Taj’s mother an article about child abuse, along with a letter in which he asked her to read it to Taj and his siblings.

Meanwhile, Wade Robson talked to Matt Lauer yesterday on the “Today” show about the alleged abuse Michael subjected him to when he was between the ages of 7 and 14.

And as an Olympic gymnast, she has to undergo random drug tests. Even when she’s fulfilling her Hollywood obligations.

Aly was on “Access Hollywood Live” yesterday . . . and a tester from the World Anti-Doping Agency was actually in the audience waiting to collect her urine.

OK, OK, we know. It’s a talking animal video. We get it. They’re overdone. But this one is just so cute…and legit kind of clever.

Check it out:

Beckham is 38 years old. He made his professional debut with Manchester United in 1992, when he was 17.

He thanked his current team, Paris St. Germain in France, for giving him the opportunity to continue competing, but he added, “I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level.”

Beckham made his name during the 10 years he played for Manchester United. He also played for Real Madrid and the L.A. Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

Beckham has 97 career goals, 62 of them with Manchester. He’s won six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a 1999 Champions League title.

He also made 115 appearances on England’s national team, including three World Cup appearances. He’s the only English player to score in three separate World Cups.

The site says Adam and Blake are onboard for the spring season, too, but Christina and Cee Lo are taking another season off next spring. So, they’re in negotiations to bring Shakira and Usher back to take their spots again.

A “source” says, “It’s almost all done and the network is looking to make the official announcements in the next few days.”

Disney released a statement saying, quote, “We routinely use different art styles with our characters and this rendition of Merida in her party dress was a special one-time effort to commemorate her coronation.

“Merida exemplifies what it means to be a Disney Princess through being brave, passionate and confident and she remains the same strong and determined Merida from the movie whose inner qualities have inspired moms and daughters around the world.”

They also say that the tarted-up redesign of Merida that’s been circulating all week was never actually posted on any official Disney websites.

It was around 2:00 A.M. when Lucas H. Vorsteveld swam ashore at Taylor’s house, saw some security dudes, and then jumped back into the water.

He swam back to where he started from, about a mile away. That’s when the police checked him out. They asked what he was doing and Lucas admitted he had just been at Taylor’s place because he wanted to meet her.

So, they arrested him for trespassing. They also gave Taylor’s security people all the details.

Tonight is the series finale of “The Office” at 8/7C on NBC: join the tweet-up with our phone screener, Marisa, by using the hashtag #OfficeBert!

However, she adds, “I have to take a little break. But you never know, I might come back!” Meanwhile, a “source” tells “Us” magazine that Usher can’t do it next season either, because he’s filming a movie.

Of course, the show doesn’t need them back next season if Christina Aguilera and Cee-Lo Green are returning to their swivel chairs.

We haven’t heard from either of them, but host Carson Daly says Christina WILL be back, and he thinks Cee Lo is close to working out a new deal, too.

Carson says, “I think they’re working on a deal [with Cee Lo]…but I don’t think it has been finalized…It sounded like today it was like, ‘Yeah, they’re working on it,’ which, usually those things work out, but I don’t know.”

By the way, it’s still unclear if Adam Levine and Blake Shelton are down for next season. If either of them are taking a season off, it would’ve been nice to have Shakira or Usher to sub back in.

Without commenting, they dropped the made-over version of Merida and brought back the ORIGINAL character, as she appeared in the movie.

Check out the REAL Merida at Princess.disney.com.

That’s pretty cool, but as the website Jezebel.com notes, the other 10 princesses have also been subjected to sexist redesigns, including, “lots of makeup, hair extensions, plumped-up lips, breast implants, Restylane cheek injections, and an inordinate amount of glitter.”

And Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog,” Disney’s first and only black Princess, was given a nose job.

Their makeovers weren’t as striking as Merida’s, since they were all more glamorous than her to begin with. But now that this issue has been brought to light, it’s worth going back and looking at all of them.