The 2011 BET Awards were held Sunday night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and Nicky Minaj hit the green carpet in all her crazy fashion glory.

The 26 year-old rapper wore a tight mauve dress with ruffled shoulders, sweatshirt-gray tights and black booties. Her hair was cut in a bob and was a closer-to-natural-looking shade of black than we ever see Minaj in. I have to say, the tights and no rainbow color hair wasn’t working for me (and in that heat!) but she always manages to show off her famous curves.

Minaj and Justin Bieber presented the Best Male Hip Hop Artist Award and the Biebs got saucy with Nicky on stage.

Justin mentioned how grown up he was and that he would be 18 next year.

Nicky questioned if he could “handle the curves” and Bieber said admiringly “Yes I can.”

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Shia LaBeouf lands the biggest movie franchises with director Steven Spielberg championing his burgeoning career. But is the actor content to stay on this path? It doesn’t sound like it.

Speaking about being hand-picked by Spielberg for both the Transformers movies and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, he says he both loves it and he is uncomfortable with the possibility of stagnating.

“That’s a gift and a curse,” LaBeouf told the LA Times. “Steven introduced me to the world in a way. The man has been incredible to me. But the work that I’ve done with him, the character variation is not heavy. It’s sort of all in the same vein. … I’ve gotta anchor these movies that are in these outrageous worlds, and I have to be as tangible as possible. … I have no problem with that, but I don’t want to be there forever.”

The 24 year-old actor says that he finds himself at a point where he wants to make the decisions of which movies to take, not have a team of people to chose for him. LaBeouf says he’s ready to do more exploring in the character-driven roles of indie films.

“When you’re a racehorse and you’ve got 20 trainers, all the trainers want the racehorse to run a certain way,” LaBeouf says. “What does the racehorse want to do? ‘Wettest’ [The Wettest County in the World, his indie film due later this year] is the first time they’ve ever asked the racehorse. I’ve been running for a team of people for a long time and I don’t take any of it back. … I’ve learned a great deal about a certain type of filmmaking. But I have ambitions toward another type of filmmaking that I haven’t been allowed to engage in yet.”

For now, the actor says he’s just working on patience.

“There’s this coming-of-age thing that’s happening within me. I’ve come from family-fare, pop-culture, Steven Spielberg-safe, made-for-a-generalized-populace [projects], and I have these yearnings to do different things. Which way is this boy gonna go? I have no idea. … I’m just reading and being patient now for the first time.”

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Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, June 27th, including:

1930 – Ross Perot, businessman
1949 – Vera Wang, fashion designer
1951 – Julia Duffy, actress
1955 – Isabelle Adjani, actress
1959 – Lorrie Morgan, country singer
1966 – J. J. Abrams, filmmaker
1971 – Jo Frost, reality TV personality
1975 – Tobey Maguire, actor
1984 – Khloe Kardashian, reality TV personality
1986 – Drake Bell, actor
1987 – Ed Westwick, actor
1989 – Matthew Lewis, actor
1991 – Madylin Sweetin, actress

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, visited Victoria Barracks in Windsor on Saturday, the UK’s Armed Forces Day.

The couple presented service medals to members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards Regimen, who returned from a six-month tour in Afghanistan this spring.  They also spoke with and presented posthumous medals to the families of three men who were killed in action.

Kate spent a lot of time talking with the troops about their experiences in the Middle East.   Pvt Nadine Gwendu, said that meeting the Duchess was

“like a dream come true…Now I have seen her, and she has shaken my hand – it is something different.  She was very calm and down to earth, you wouldn’t think she is a duchess because she is so down to earth.”

For her first official military event since becoming Mrs. Prince William, Kate chose a military-inspired, navy blue Alexander McQueen dress with gold buttons and epaulets.  She looked very smart, of course, but very thin.  Katie, your wedding is over, you don’t have to keep losing weight!

Lots of pictures, as well as a video of Kate and Wills visiting with the troops, after the jump.

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For some reason, Hugh Hefner let his “Runaway Bride” Crystal Harris keep her three-carat diamond engagement ring.   Wait, no, I’m sure he had a reason.  Perhaps he’s worried that Crystal’s music career won’t take off after all, and he’s trying to give her a little nest egg to get started in life.  It’s not like he can’t spare the money (the ring was reportedly worth $90,000!) anyway.

Whatever Hef’s motivation, he may not have expected Crystal to run straight out and try to sell the sucker.  The woman who already set tongues wagging by partying in Las Vegas on her would-be wedding day set her reputation back even further by taking her ring to a jeweler for appraisal.

Crystal toted her rock into Prospect Jewelers in La Jolla, California, and asked them to assess its value.  Her errand was fruitless, however, because she could not provide enough information to the staff about the diamond’s cut and clarity.    Seriously?  Hef didn’t give her the paperwork with the ring?  Maybe he was thinking with his big head as well as his little head.   OK, OK, maybe Crystal was having the appraisal done for insurance reasons.  Sure.  Even more reason, however, to make sure you have all the information you need.

However, when the shop owner said he was sorry to hear about the missed nuptials, Crystal reportedly replied, “Are you kidding?  It was all for publicity.”

Of course it was.

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Hailee Steinfeld hangs out near a no trespassing sign in her first ad for Miu Miu.

The ad campaign, shot by Bruce Weber, gives a wink and a nod in it’s setting to the 14 year-old actress’ break out role True Grit with rusty railroad tracks in the background. The outdoor setting, bright sunlight and somber palette look like they came right from the movie.

Steinfeld is modeling the line’s Fall/Winter 2011 look inspired by the 1940s and Hailee’s hair is styled with a modern take on the look of the era.

The black wool dress with bird print, large velvet bag and platform sandals almost make you forget how young she is.

Steinfeld wore quite a few dresses from the fashion label during awards show season although landing the contract was quite a surprise for many in the fashion industry because of her age.

It has never been a question of how good she looks in the clothes, but how well would she sell it. Miu Miu is the younger version of Prada. Now that you’ve seen the ad – what do you think?

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I cannot help but squeal a little bit while I type these words:  the most adorable gay couple ever, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, are (and have been) engaged!

On Friday, NPH exuberantly Tweeted his excitement at the news of New York State legalizing same-sex marriage:

“It PASSED!  Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!!”

He also revealed that he and Burtka have been engaged for over five years, “wearing engagement rings for ages, waiting for an available date.”   Well, since they live in California, that date might yet be a long time coming, so perhaps they’ll consider a New York wedding.

Congratulations Neil and David!

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Lady Gaga kicked off the MTV Video Music Aid Japan benefit concert with an energetic mash-up of her hit songs “Born This Way” and “Edge of Glory.”

She performed in a black bikini and thank goodness she opted not to include her green-blue underarm hair and merkin this time.   Instead, she chose a much less amusing and totally creepy accessory:  crazy, anime eye patches.  Those things totally freak me out!

The two-hour show was a benefit for the Japanese Red Cross, who continues to provide aid to those displaced by the March 11 Japanese earthquake and tsunami.  Lady Gaga has been extremely committed to supporting this cause from the beginning.

Check out more pictures of Gaga on the red carpet and a video of her performance after the jump.

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Here’s some completely out of the blue celebrity news for you:  secret couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz were married last week.

If you didn’t know these two were even an item, well, you’re not alone.  They have kept their relationship extremely private since hooking up on the set of their upcoming movie, Dream House.

And their wedding was equally low-key.  They were wed in New York with just four guests – Daniel’s daughter Ella (18), Rachel’s son Henry (4), and two friends to serve as witnesses.

A source explained their choice to keep it under wraps.

‘Daniel and Rachel insisted on having a small, quiet wedding. They are madly in love and couldn’t wait to be husband and wife – but they wanted minimum fuss.’

Now that I know they’re together, I’ve got to say I really like these two as a couple.  Somehow, it makes sense that they’re together.  Congratulations Daniel and Rachel!

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Now that Kim Kardashian has Kris Humphries on the hook to marry her, she’s wasting no time planning the wedding.   She’s got her big fat honking engagement ring and her insane gift registry in place, so it’s time to move on to another matter that is sure to be just as extravagant as the rest of this circus:  her wedding dress.

Kim told Access Hollywood what her dream dress will look like:

“Something extremely classic.   Just think like old Hollywood.”

But she hasn’t picked out anything specific yet.

“Still going over sketches, it’s a lot of work. There’s a lot that goes into it.”

Can Kim pull off an Old Hollywood look?   I don’t think so.  I mean, this is her family’s idea of classy.   The Kardashians are all severely lacking in good taste – new money is like that – so it’s doubtful that Kim will actually walk down the aisle in anything TOO “classic.”  Whatever she wears, we’ll keep you posted.

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