‘Twilight,’ Swift up Teen Choice hauls
“The Twilight Saga” is going to need a bigger garage.
It was announced at Sunday’s Teen Choice Awards that the supernatural franchise has won 41 surfboard-shaped trophies since 2008, including awards earned this year for the penultimate film installment, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.”
“Twilight” stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner were on hand to pick up this year’s batch of boards, as well as the ultimate choice award, the teen-fueled show’s version of a lifetime achievement award.
Stewart was honored as the choice romance movie actress and as choice female summer movie star for “Snow White & the Huntsman.”
Other multiple winners included “The Hunger Games,” Emma Stone, One Direction, “The Vampire Diaries,” Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, who picked up her 20th trophy, the most ever won by a female artist.
Teen Choice Awards host and new “The X Factor” judge Demi Lovato said 134 million votes were cast for the 14th annual awards, which honor film, TV, music and sports stars in such silly categories as choice hottie, villain, liplock and hissy fit.
“Are there even that many teens?” asked ceremony co-host and “Glee” actor Kevin McHale.
Usher’s ex-wife’s injured son dies
The former stepson of the Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist Usher has died, two weeks after the child was critically injured in a boating accident.
Willie A. Watkins funeral home in Atlanta confirmed Saturday it was handling funeral arrangements for 11-year-old Kile Glover. Glover was the son of Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Kile died Saturday morning at an Atlanta-area hospital.
The boy was run over July 6 by a personal watercraft on Lake Lanier, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. He had been hospitalized with a major brain injury. Authorities said the accident continues to be under investigation.
Before the accident, Usher, whose full name is Usher Raymond, had been in a custody battle with his ex-wife over their two sons together.
The birthday bunch
Actress Gloria DeHaven is 87. Radio personality Don Imus is 72. Actor Larry Manetti (“Magnum, P.I.”) is 65. Singer David Essex is 65. Actor Woody Harrelson is 51. Actor Eriq Lasalle (“ER”) is 50. Guitarist Slash (Velvet Revolver, Guns N’ Roses) is 47. Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is 45. Actress Charisma Carpenter is 42. Country singer Alison Krauss is 41. Actor Daniel Radcliffe is 23.