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The unmysterious mouse-helmeted musician Deadmau5 perpetuates his Tired5chtick at the Juno Awards in Ottawa on Sunday.Arthur Mola/The Associated Press

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If there were any justice, those Mounties would be real and they would be arresting Tired5chtick for the singleminded and pointless repetition of a banal act of self-promotion by a Canadian of narrow talent.Arthur Mola/The Associated Press

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But there is no justice. Superannuated self-referencer William Shatner reaches Cheese-Warp Factor 6 while hosting the Junos in Ottawa on Sunday.Arthur Mola/The Associated Press

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And now Carrot Top is telling me to look in the mirror. Wait, what?Reuters

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Anyway... Feist attended the Junos in Ottawa on Sunday in the guise of her new persona: Sophistifei5t.The Canadian Press

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Singer Anjulie arrives at the Juno Awards in Ottawa on Sunday in an ensemble so garish that its only upside is that her wardrobe could not possibly ever get worse.Arthur Mola/The Associated Press

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And we were wrong.Arthur Mola/The Associated Press

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A pragmatic Sarah McLachlan keeps her change purse handy at the Juno Awards in Ottawa on Sunday.Arthur Mola/The Associated Press

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Meanwhile, at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, spokesmodel Taylor Swift poses with this year's elegant, streamlined trophy. "It's suitable for any use and would look great in your rec room!" Swift said.Isaac Brekken/The Associated Press

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Country singer Scott McCreery arrives at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday. Wait a minute -- there's something on his nose. What could that be? Let's take a closer look.Isaac Brekken/The Associated Press

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Oh, it's just freckles. Had me worried for a second.

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So, Marc Anthony at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Saturday, how's the single life treating you?Isaac Brekken/The Associated Press

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And to think someone almost talked Martina McBride out of wearing salmon-coloured dinosaur scales to the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday. Disaster averted!!Isaac Brekken/The Associated Press

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LeAnn Rimes was also stunningly successful at turning a deaf ear to the pleas of her fashion advisors at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.Isaac Brekken/The Associated Press

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It doesn't matter what I'm wearing, Carrot Top. Go away!

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What? Funkmeister Lionel Richie attended the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday?! What's next? Kiss?Isaac Brekken/The Associated Press

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Kiss is next at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.Isaac Brekken/The Associated Press

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Miranda Lambert accepts one of her two awards at the Academy of Country Music Awards in an unfunny caption that serves only to set up the obvious joke in the next photo.Mark J. Terrill/The Associated Press

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Later, Miranda Lambert proudly displayed her pair of trophies backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.Isaac Brekken/The Associated Press

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How the hell did Carrot Top become the avatar for my conscience?!?!Reuters

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How does he do it?!CHRIS WATTIE/Reuters

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Singer and cast member Rihanna struggles to remember something important at the world premiere of the film "Battleship" in Tokyo on Monday.Reuters

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Now she remembers: "Change out of hotel pajamas before leaving room to go to world premiere of 'Battleship' in Tokyo on Monday."Shizuo Kambayashi/The Associated Press

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At another "Battleship" event in Tokyo on Monday, Rihanna pushes a hat against her forehead during a photocall on a U.S. aircraft carrier the Japanese army didn't sink at Pearl Harbour.Koji Sasahara/The Associated Press

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Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch speaks during a news conference to promote the film "Battleship" atop the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier in Tokyo. In the Kingdom of Kitsch, Taylor Kitsch would be related to the ruling family and probably get a cushy civil service job.Reuters

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Nothing? Nothing at all? Oh well.Reuters

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Shocking, isn't it.Reuters

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