Working in entertainment journalism means you realize that holiday weekends are either feast or famine. You either take time off and celebrities misbehave and you're glued to your phone whilst still trying to have the semblance of a holiday with a burger and beer in hand. This weekend I stepped away from my phone (well, it was in my pocket) on Friday late afternoon and the world seemed to stop with me. The quietest weekend in showbiz in years. Which actually makes my job harder, as I still want to bring you compelling stories from this world that entertain and make you think. The big stories were almost all slow burns rather than detonations. Mike Tindall let slip two words about Harry that said a lot. A French tennis player nearly defecated on a clay court at Roland Garros. And Chris Brown got a doctorate from a university nobody has heard of.
But by Monday night the stars returned (with the exception of Taylor Swift) to bring the magic for the AMAs in Vegas.
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Taylor Swift Didn't Show Up at the AMAs. Sabrina Carpenter Did. Guess Who Won.
Taylor Swift led the 52nd AMAs with eight nominations, wasn't in the building and left empty-handed. Sabrina Carpenter, who spent much of 2024 opening for Swift on the Eras Tour, won three awards on the same night: Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Artist, and Best Pop Album for Man's Best Friend. The other top winners were BTS, Katseye, Sombr, and Bruno Mars with three wins each. Swift still holds the all-time AMA record at 40 wins.
