J-Lo falls, Swift wins and Lambert steals AMAs

-- J-Lo takes a tumble: Jennifer Lopez performed her newest song “Louboutins” at the American Music Awards as part of her comeback with a new album. Midway through her performance she jumped off the back of one of her dancers and ended up on her butt. She didn't miss a beat and jumped back into the game, but rumor is she walked off the stage a bit angry: "She was so upset, and ready to kill," an "insider" told Fox News. To help her save face Dick Clark Productions cut the fall from the West Coast airing of the show. Apparently, that didn't make her happy either. Cube has feeling JLo is a hard gal to please. [FoxNews]

-- AMAs, not all bad: All was not disater at the AMAs Sunday night. Michael Jackson won a record four posthumous awards, and Taylor Swift won five awards, including the year's favorite artist. Taylor was as humble as ever in her acceptance speech: "To even be mentioned in a category with Michael Jackson, who we will miss and love forever, is an unimaginable honor." The victories - find a full list of who won what here - came during a performance-filled show that closed with an S&M-themed, sexually charged performance by Adam Lambert. [AP]

-- Lambert is all out: Speaking of Adam, what is up with him thrusting a leather-clad male backup dancer's face toward his crotch? We get it! You're gay, Adam. You're gay. Who cares. [AP]

-- AMAs video: If you really want to see more, check out the AP reel below of the highs and lows of the AMAs:

-- 'Housewives' exhumation : Georgia officials have agreed to exhume the body of the ex-fiancé of a "Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member to get a second look at what may have caused his death. A.J. Jewell died after a fight in an Atlanta strip club. Initially police said he died of blunt force trauma, now the medical examiner is taking a second look to see if sickle cell diease also contributed to his death. [CNN]

-- Benefits lost over FB pics: You better not be happy if you're taking money from the man for being depressed. Well, OK, maybe one shouldn't be having Chippendales bar show fun. A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun. Nathalie Blanchard was diagnosed with major depression and was receiving monthly sick-leave benefits from insurance giant Manulife. [AP]

-- Gosselins almost over: Jon Gosselin's lawyer says a marathon arbitration hearing went so well that Jon and Kate Gosselin could be divorced by the end of the year. The feuding stars of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" met for more than six hours Saturday at a law office in the Philadelphia suburbs to discuss custody of their eight children and the distribution of marital property. [AP]

-- 'New Moon' tops weekend: Just in case you're wondering... "New Moon" took a big bite out of the weekend box office. It was the 3rd largest U.S. opening ever. P.S. Did you see Mal Vincent's interviews with Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kirsten Stewart? How about his review of "New Moon"? Surprise! He wasn't that impressed, were you? [AP/PilotOnline]

-- Just curious: Does BFF mean "best friends forever" or "best female friend"? Is it all a matter of whether or not you hang out with Paris or Perez Hilton or Hello Kitty?

-- ShowBiz Minute: Michael Jackson wins four and Taylor Swift wins five at AMAs; Michael Jackson's former personal physician is returning to work; 'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend. [AP]

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