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Taylor Swift donned a tight black and white dress to attend her first MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto today. She was on hand to accept the favourite artist or group award after performing for her Canadian fans during her Red tour on Friday and Saturday. A blonde Demi Lovato was also a big winner, taking home the international video of the year award for her song “Heart Attack,” while Avril Lavigne, who was accompanied by her fiancé Chad Kroeger on the red carpet, won best international video by a Canadian artist for “Here’s to Never Growing Up.”

Performances during the show came from Demi, Avril, Ed Sheeran, Phillip Phillips and Psy, who co-hosted the awards. Australian Cody Simpson showed off his guns in a sleeveless denim vest before hitting the stage to hand out an award, and his fellow presenters included stars Brittany Snow, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Naya Rivera, who showed plenty of PDA with boyfriend Big Sean on the red carpet. A notable absence was Justin Bieber, who in past years has been a staple at the MuchMusic Video Awards.

It's been a bumper week of tweets this time around, with so much action taking place online it was hard to keep up! Miley Cyrus made it clear that she does what she wants (on Twitter, anyhow!), while Mindy Kaling's dad sounds just as cool as the funny star herself. Frank Ocean continued his quest to become the king of quotes — in 100 years time, people will still be proclaiming his clever observations. Amanda Bynes stayed true to form with her insults, Jesinta Campbell reaffirmed her nice-girl status and Joel Madden and Karl Stefanovic had something to say about Seal. There's plenty more, too — click through to catch up on all the action in the celebrity Twittersphere this week.

Taylor Swift stunned in a white Emilio Pucci dress to step out for the Fragrance Foundation Awards in NYC yesterday. She was joined by Connie Britton, Jessica Szohr and Australian model twins Jordan and Zac Stenmark, who all took the stage for the evening's festivities. Taylor had a lot to celebrate since her scent Wonderstruck Enchanted picked up the honour for celebrity fragrance of the year. Taylor's olfactory success won't stop with yesterday's award, since she recently debuted her newest scent, Taylor, earlier this month.

While Taylor was busy getting recognised in the fragrance world, she made headlines for taking home a trophy at another award show. In Kanye West's controversial interview with The New York Times, which was published on Tuesday, he may have directed a quote or two towards Taylor in relation to his interrupting her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. When asked about his concept of regret, Kanye revealed, "If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now."

Although the sky's the limit in country music fashion — a world that bred Dolly Parton and gospel like, "The higher the heel, the closer to God" — the red carpet at yesterday's CMT Music Awards felt relatively tame (with a few exceptions). Country wife Nicole Kidman showed off a demure Dior dress, accented with sculpted heels, Taylor Swift opted for subdued sparkle in an Elie Saab sheath, while the industry's reigning queen, Carrie Underwood, skipped a gown in favour of a teal, sparkled shorts suit from Editions by Georges Chakra's Spring '13 collection. Click through to see the night's other notable looks.

Every year the CMT Awards bring out the best and brightest in country music, which also means all the industry's top blondes are present. Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Nicole Kidman were all spotted on the red carpet earlier this week. While we usually expect over-the-top styles (you know what they say: "the bigger the hair, the closer to heaven"), this year the looks were surprisingly more subdued. See the best styles that might inspire you to go a few shades lighter when you click through.

The CMT Awards rocked the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville today with hosts Kristen Bell and Jason Aldean kicking off the show. After making their way down the red carpet, stars took their spots in the audience and on stage. Miranda Lambert belted out "Mama's Broken Heart" while Lenny Kravtiz teamed up with Jason Aldean at the mic. The show's winners include Miranda Lambert for CMT performance of the year and female video of the year, Carrie Underwood for video of the year, and Blake Shelton for male video of the year. Carrie snapped a selfie in the crowd with her husband when she wasn't busy mingling with country pals like Kimberly Perry and Miranda. Nicole Kidman and performer Keith Urban shared seats with Sheryl Crow and Taylor Swift, who brought her brother Austin along for the fun, and was one of the show's performers. Click through to see all the action inside the 2013 CMT Awards!

Kristen Bell hit the red carpet alongside fiancé Dax Shepard for the CMT Awards in Nashville, Tennessee today. This is Kristen's first public appearance since giving birth to daughter Lincoln in March, and she made sure to show off her post-baby figure in a short leather dress and sky-high heels. Kristen is back hosting the show for the second time with country singer Jason Aldean — the new mum seemed excited to hit the stage and took to Twitter to share photos of her script, and her practical "new backstage beauty routine."

Also on the red carpet for the big show were Taylor Swift, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood, who posed sweetly with her hockey-player husband Mike Fisher. Carrie will be hitting the stage to perform a tribute to the Oklahoma tornado victims. She will be accompanied by a full choir, as well as photos of the aftermath from the devastating storm that hit her home state late last month.

Taylor Swift has no shortage of celebrity gal pals — from her long-time relationships with Selena Gomez and Emma Stone to newfound companions like Lena Dunham and Dianna Agron, Taylor's roster of famous friends reads like a who's who of hot young stars. She spent Memorial Day with Hailee Steinfeld and Jessica Szohr at her home in Rhode Island and offered support to Kristen Stewart after the actress' recent breakup with Robert Pattinson. We're tallying up the singer's high-profile friendships and leaving the verdict up to you: is Taylor Swift the ultimate celebrity BFF?