Swift takes top iHeartRadio awards
For the second year in a row, the iHeartRadio Awards became the iHeartTaylorSwift Awards.
Not only did Taylor Swift claim three prizes at Sunday’s ceremony, including album of the year, but her bestie, Selena Gomez, and her boyfriend took home trophies, too.
Swift won the first and last award of the night – female artist and album of the year. In between, she won best tour honors for her star-studded “1989 World Tour,” thanking boyfriend Calvin Harris (real name: Adam Wiles) from the stage.
Harris won dance artist of the year. Gomez took the “biggest triple threat” award.
U2 was the night’s other big winner. Singer Bono and guitarist The Edge accepted the show’s Innovator Award from last year’s winner, Pharrell Williams.
“The thing that might be the most innovative about our band is we are a real band,” The Edge said. “We are still in our high school band.”
Song of the year went to Adele for “Hello.” She accepted via video from a performance in Birmingham, England. Other winners at the fan-voted show included Fetty Wap (best new artist), Pitbull (Latin artist of the year) and Chris Brown (R&B artist of the year).
Justin Bieber claimed male artist of the year and shared in the dance song of the year award with Diplo and Skrillex for “Where Are U Now.”
Other performers included Maroon 5, which was named duo or group of the year.
Jenner, Lovato honored by GLAAD
Demi Lovato and Caitlyn Jenner are among the recipients of the 27th GLAAD Media Awards.
The awards honor those who further GLAAD’s mission of ensuring that stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are heard through media outlets.
Lovato is the recipient of the organization’s Vanguard Award, which she received from Nick Jonas during Saturday’s ceremony in Beverly Hills.
The singer was chosen for her advocacy for acceptance of the LGBT community. Lovato has spoken about her late grandfather, who came out as gay in the 1960s.
Jenner’s E! Entertainment Television reality series “I Am Cait” was honored for outstanding reality program. Jenner, who was born Bruce Jenner, is sharing the honor with transgender YouTube personality Jazz Jennings, who has a TLC show “I Am Jazz.”
Other honorees included the film “Carol,” the Amazon Instant Video series “Transparent,” the HBO film “Bessie,” and Netflix’s “Sense8,” which was co-created by transgender director Lilly Wachowski. Wachowski announced she was transgender last month, several years after her sister Lana Wachowski publicly revealed she was transgender. The siblings created the “Matrix” film trilogy.
The birthday bunch
Author Kitty Kelley is 74. Actor Craig T. Nelson is 72. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 51. Actress Nancy McKeon is 50. Actress-singer Jamie Lynn Spears is 25.