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<p>Gwen Stefani arrived at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/22/11739456/billboard-music-awards-red-carpet-2016">Billboard Music Awards</a> last night with a new face. Her makeup artist <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/23/11750494/gwen-stefanis-longtime-makeup-artist-explains-her-new-look-at-the">tried to explain it</a>, but it did not quell the inner panic bubbling up with each glance at this strange visage. If you're a celebrity who is committed to One Look, a departure from that One Look is anxiety-inducing for the millions watching from afar. We now know for certain that it's deeply upsetting to see Gwen with anything other than winged eyeliner and red lipstick.</p>
<p>Thankfully, <span>Helen Rosner — </span><span>c</span><span>oncerned citizen, humanitarian, and </span><a target="_blank" href="http://eater.com/" style="line-height: 1.44; background-color: #ffffff;">Eater</a><span> executive editor — has righted the wrong that neutral-toned lip gloss hath wrought. She put Gwen's face back together again with a </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hels/status/734858651018596352" style="line-height: 1.44; background-color: #ffffff;">little Photoshop </a><span>and a lot of love, so we may all be at peace once again:</span></p>
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<h3>Watch Kesha Perform At The 20016 BBMA</h3>
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https://www.racked.com/2016/5/23/11754774/gwen-stefani-makeup-billboard-music-awardsKenzie Bryant2016-05-23T17:00:07-04:002016-05-23T17:00:07-04:00Gwen Stefani's Longtime Makeup Artist Explains Her New Look at the Billboard Music Awards
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<p>Did it take you a minute to recognize Gwen Stefani last night?</p>
<p>No Doubt's front woman performed a duet with beau Blake Shelton at the <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/22/11739456/billboard-music-awards-red-carpet-2016" target="_blank">Billboard Music Awards</a>, looking decidedly different from her signature look. Gone were her usual black eyeliner and crimson lip, and in their place was a neutral, shimmery, monochromatic face that was pretty striking.</p>
<p>Gregory Arlt, Gwen's longtime makeup artist, answered a few questions via email about the makeup. "<span>For this look we wanted to go with a very pared down, 'hyper natural,' earthy look," he says. "We've been playing around with this look for shoots and videos recently and felt it would be the perfect complement to the elaborate gown and sexy hair that was done for the show. It was all about skin and highlights." </span></p>
<p>To achieve this, he used matte foundation and multiple combinations of textures and colors to achieve the shimmery effect you saw during the performance. He added a mixture of powder and cream highlighters in both ivory and gold on her cheekbones, brow bone, bridge of the nose, and chin to make her look "lit from within." He then mixed peach and electric blush on her cheeks so that it would "change color when she moved her face." The neutral lip color actually took six products – two beige pencils and four different lip glosses.</p>
<p>Arlt skipped eye liner altogether and instead relied on a warm palette of browns, beiges, golds, peach shimmer, and glitter on her eyes, topping it all off with lengthening mascara. Finally, for the brows he "<span>used a pencil to get the shape and filled it in with a warm brown shadow for a chic, couture look."</span></p>
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<h3>Watch Britney Spears' Performance At The 2016 BBMA</h3>
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https://www.racked.com/2016/5/23/11750494/gwen-stefanis-longtime-makeup-artist-explains-her-new-look-at-theCheryl Wischhover2016-05-23T09:36:57-04:002016-05-23T09:36:57-04:00Madonna Honored Prince in Purple Gucci at the Billboard Music Awards
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<p>Last night's <a href="http://www.racked.com/billboard-music-awards">Billboard Music Awards</a> were about two things: the performances and the fashion. Though there were a few hits and misses on both fronts, one star who nailed both? Madonna.</p>
<p>During her tribute to Prince, in which she sang "Nothing Compares 2 U" and "Purple Rain," the latter of which included a surprise appearance by Stevie Wonder, Madonna wore a purple (of course) lurex and silk jacquard iridescent lilac paisley-printed suit, along with a white Chantilly lace blouse with ruffle sleeves. The look was custom-created by fashion's resident ruffle aficionado, Alessandro Michele of Gucci.</p>
<p>Here it is in full:</p>
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<p>And here's the original sketch of the look:</p>
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https://www.racked.com/2016/5/23/11744080/madonna-billboard-awards-princeRebecca Jennings2016-05-22T23:22:41-04:002016-05-22T23:22:41-04:00Demi Lovato's Shirt Just Made a Powerful Statement for Trans Rights
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<p>Demi Lovato wore Chanel for <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/22/11739456/billboard-music-awards-red-carpet-2016">her red carpet turn</a> at the <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/22/11735580/billboard-music-awards-2016-red-carpet-news-updates">2016 Billboard Music Awards</a>, but her on-stage outfit was less focused on designer cred. Instead, the "Cool for the Summer" singer wore a black shirt with a white stick figure on the front, the kind you'd see on a bathroom door — an inclusive bathroom door.</p>
<p>With half a "skirt," the stick figure is symbolic of gender-neutral bathroom spaces, something advocates for trans rights have been highlighting in their opposition to the so-called "<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/26/us/north-carolina-transgender-protest-arrests/">bathroom bills</a>," like North Carolina's HB2.</p>
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<p>Lovato's shirt was a quiet but powerful show of support. "Demi Lovato continues to be a fearless ally for LGBT equality and acceptance,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/demi-lovato-wears-support-trans-community-during-billboard-awards-performance">said in a statement</a>. "By wearing her support for the transgender community, Lovato is raising critical visibility for vulnerable LGBT North Carolinians and sending an invaluable message of support to transgender people everywhere."</p>
<p>And it didn't go unnoticed by fans watching Lovato's Billboard performance.</p>
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https://www.racked.com/2016/5/22/11742154/demi-lovato-billboard-awards-shirt-transEllie Krupnick2016-05-22T20:50:09-04:002016-05-22T20:50:09-04:00Dear Meghan Trainor: It Might be Time for a Sequintervention
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<p class="p1">Regardless of how you feel about Meghan Trainor’s music, you’ve got to admit she’s had one hell of a year. Tonight, the 22-year-old pop star will be performing her hit single "No" at the <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/22/11735580/billboard-music-awards-2016-red-carpet-news-updates" target="_blank">Billboard Music Awards</a>. In February, she won a Grammy for Best New Artist. Her second album, <i>Thank You,</i> just dropped earlier this month, and is already earning solid reviews. And when she fell during her recent performance on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/13/11670722/meghan-trainor-tonight-show-fall"><i>Tonight Show</i></a>, she recovered in supremely endearing fashion. Jennifer Lawrence, the queen of the televised tumble, would most certainly have approved.</p>
<p class="p1">Meghan’s also, it should be noted, a very cute girl — one whom dozens of designers are no doubt clamoring to dress. So why does she keep choosing the <i>same damn dress</i> for every red carpet?</p>
<p>Here's the long-sleeved, sequined Michael Costello look she's wearing to tonight's <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/5/22/11739456/billboard-music-awards-red-carpet-2016" target="_blank">Billboard Music Awards</a>. It's purple, it's pretty enough, and it fits her nicely.</p>
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<p class="p2">But wait — it looks familiar, right? That's probably because it's almost identical to the long-sleeved, sequined Badgley Mischka the singer wore to <i>last</i> year's Billboard Music Awards. That dress was green and had a slit, but still. Basically the same.</p>
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<p>But that's not all. At the 2015 American Music Awards, for reasons that are still unclear, Meghan made out with Charlie Puth mid-performance. And she did so while clad in a silver minidress covered in — you guessed it — sequins.</p>
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<p>At the People's Choice Awards in January, she chose a Balmain look that, while not <i>entirely</i> sequined, was still extraordinarily shimmery and featured the same silhouette as all her previous red carpet dress picks.</p>
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<p>Aaaaand here she is at the Grammys, basically wearing a black version of her 2015 BBMAs look (it's by Michael Costello).</p>
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<p>Believe it or not, this look — which Meghan wore for her Grammys performance later that same night — is in fact a different dress that just happens to be indistinguishable from the one she wore hours earlier on the carpet.</p>
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<p>OK, this is getting ridiculous.</p>
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<p>Seriously, does this woman own anything that ISN'T covered in sequins?!</p>
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<p>Oh my god. <i>Oh my god.</i></p>
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<p>Meghan, I hate to say it, but it may be time for a sequintervention.</p>
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<p>Who will Ciara wear? Will Wiz Khalifa get ready with some "herbal refreshments?" Wait, what will Rihanna be performing in?!? All questions we have approaching the Billboard Music Awards, coming to your screen of choice Sunday night. To try and get answers, we'll be stalking the social accounts of all your favorite celebrities, rounding up the best Instagrams and Snaps of their preferred getting ready processes.</p>
<p>It's a fun time in music, with <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/4/29/11535592/drake-views-digital-booklet" target="_blank">Drake's "Views"</a> release last month and the insanity that is the <a href="http://www.racked.com/2016/4/23/11495562/beyonce-hbo-lemonade" target="_blank">"Lemonade"</a> movement. We're still not 100% sure on who will be in attendance but <a href="http://www.racked.com/drake" target="_blank">Drake</a>, also known as @champagnepapi, is nominated and word on the street is <a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/11/20/9769286/adele-25-sad-outfits" target="_blank">Adele</a> will be releasing a new video during the show. With all of that going on, keep watch here as we update with posts in real time, and be sure to follow along as all of the madness unfolds with the hashtag #BBMAs.</p>
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<p>Ciara "up early" doing pre-show press in a red Alexander Vaulthier dress.</p>
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<p>"Jimmy Kimmel Live" antics with our hosts and...Magic Johnson?!?</p>
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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFhP0-HmERL/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Looking ahead............i see Rain in the forecast ☔️☔️☔️ ☮</a></p>
<p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2016-05-17T19:06:27+00:00">May 17, 2016 at 12:06pm PDT</time></p>
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<p><span>Madonna hinting at elements of her Prince tribute. </span></p>
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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFniZ3oEBeD/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Getting ready to conquer Sunday with the dynamite @tydollasign #BBMAs</a></p>
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<p><span>Ally Brooke of "Fifth Harmony" and Ty Dolla $ign rehearsing for their performance.</span></p>
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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFtuteBtVDX/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Justin at the #BBMAs rehearsals </a></p>
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<p>Justin Bieber at rehearsals yesterday in a Mortal Kombat shirt, naturally.</p>
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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFrwL_5u1fN/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">nervous and excited for tomorrow eeeeeeeeeeee</a></p>
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<p>Kesha is nervous and excited...</p>
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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFs6qC6u1TT/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">cats.</a></p>
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<p>So she's spending some quality time with her cats.</p>
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<p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A video posted by Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) on <time datetime="2016-05-20T20:19:57+00:00" style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;">May 20, 2016 at 1:19pm PDT</time></p>
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<p>Demi Lovato is getting some boxing in before her performance tonight.</p>
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<p>It looks like Drake's beard will be back just in time for the show.</p>
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<p>Keke Palmer in the makeup chair.</p>
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<p>Along with Ciara.</p>
https://www.racked.com/2016/5/20/11720958/billboard-music-awards-2016-ciara-justin-bieber-rihanna-instagrams-snapchatsCallia Hargrove2016-05-22T08:43:04-04:002016-05-22T08:43:04-04:00Everything to Know About the Billboard Music Awards
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<p>And you thought awards season was over. The <a href="http://www.billboard.com/billboard-music-awards">Billboard Music Awards</a> kicks off Sunday night, May 22nd, and like any major music industry awards show, we should expect some relatively juicy beef (<i>someone </i>will probably start a Twitter war by Sunday<i>, </i>right?), on-point performances (Rihanna! Britney! Celine Dion!), and more-adventurous-than-average fashion. Let's dive in!</p>
<p>First, some background. The Billboard Awards, as they're referred to, differ from awards shows like the Grammys in that nominees and winners are based entirely on "fan interaction" data. That means album and digital song sales, radio play, streaming, touring, and social media tracked by Billboard and others, like Nielsen Music, are all taken into account, based on data collected between March 23rd, 2015 and March 17th, 2016.</p>
<p>The Billboard Music Awards are also notable for the fact that there are roughly a zillion categories, including both Top Billboard 200 Artist <i>and </i>Top Hot 100 Artist, plus Top Radio Songs Artists, Top Streaming Songs Artists, Top Selling Song, and Top Song Sales Artist. Beyond that, there are categories for Latin, dance, rock, country, Christian, gospel, and soundtrack music.</p>
<p>But before the stars congregate on the red carpet (if <a href="http://www.racked.com/2015/5/17/8618629/red-carpet-billboard-music-awards-crucial-update#4742410">last year's fashion</a> is any indication, expect naked dresses, cutouts, and jumpsuits galore) here's everything else to know.</p>
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<h3>Fifth Harmony Performs at the 2016 BBMA</h3>
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<h3>The Nominees</h3>
<p>The Weeknd wins the title of most nominations this year, with a total of 19 in 16 categories. Next up, Justin Bieber has 12 nominations in 11 categories, while both Drake and Fetty Wap have 11. Taylor Swift and Adele, meanwhile, both have eight nominations. All of the above, with the exception of Fetty Wap, will vie for the title of Top Artist of the year. (Fetty Wap is nominated for Top New Artist.)</p>
<p>Taylor Swift and Adele will go head-to-head with Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and Rihanna for Top Female Artist, while Drake, Fetty Wap, Future, Wiz Khalifa, and Silento will compete for Top Rap Artist. For Top Hot 100 Song, it's Adele's "Hello" against Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen," Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again," and two songs by the Weeknd, "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills."</p>
<p>See the full list of nominees <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/7326512/billboard-music-awards-2016-nominations">here</a>.</p>
<h3>The Presenters</h3>
<p>Though Ludacris and Ciara will be hosting the awards ceremony, they'll be joined by a slew of presenters. Wiz Khalifa, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Kristen Bell, Jessica Alba, Keke Palmer, Idina Menzel, Steven Tyler, Lindsey Vonn, and Pete Wentz, among others, will also take the stage.</p>
<h3>The Performers</h3>
<p>If you're not here for the (admittedly rather business-y) awards or for the fashion, come for the performances. Along with Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Celine Dion (!), Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Fifth Harmony, Joe Jonas' DNCE, Pink, Shawn Mendes, the Go Go's, and Meghan Trainor, there will also be a Madonna tribute to Prince, while Millennium Award recipient Britney Spears will open the show with a medley of her top hits.</p>
<p>If you're into this sort of thing, confirmed couple Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are performing together. <span>Meanwhile, Adele will also debut her the video for "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)."</span></p>
<p>Also to watch: Kesha, whose performance has already been the source of controversy. <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2016/05/11/kesha-billboard-awards/" style="line-height: 1.24;">TMZ</a><span> initially reported that the singer was preparing for a "statement performance" with possible references to her legal battle with Dr. Luke, as well as images of him. On Tuesday, </span><a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7377368/kesha-not-perform-2016-billboard-awards?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_term=biz_breakingnews" style="line-height: 1.44; background-color: #ffffff;">Billboard</a><span> released a statement that Dr. Luke's label, Kemosabe, has "rescinded its approval" of her performance. But as of Thursday, Kemosabe</span><a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7378182/kesha-2016-billboard-music-awards-performance"> "restored" approval </a><span>of the performance after obtaining "</span>assurances" that Kesha wouldn't use the performance to reference the litigation in any way. So there's that.</p>
<h3><span>How to Watch</span></h3>
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<h4>When</h4>
<p>The awards show will begin at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST.</p>
<h4>Where</h4>
<p>Though the actual event will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, ABC will be broadcasting it live.</p>
<h4>Online</h4>
<p><a href="http://abc.go.com/watch-live">ABC.com</a></p>
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<h3>All the looks that mattered at the MTV Movie Awards</h3>
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