Why did I choose Kelly Rowland as the lead photograph for this post about the MTV Europe Movie Awards in Munich last night? Because everyone, even young ladies who will go down in history for playing second fiddle to a bigger, more talented star, deserve their time in the spotlight. More pics after the jump.

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T.I. might have disappointed thousands of young, impressionable fans when he was napped over a week ago illegally purchasing machine guns, but there’s at least one person whose feelings about him remain as strong as ever. That person is Wyclef Jean. Here are his words.

“We definitely clicked in the studio,” Wyclef said. “I vouch for the kid in the sense that I think he was one of the smartest rising stars in not [just] the music industry, but the world. I watched him on ‘Hip-Hop vs. America,’ and I saw the way he was talking just like Malcolm X. The conversation started getting deeper and deeper. And I think he has influence. When he speaks, it moves a whole generation.”

T.I. really reminds you of the venerable Malcolm X, Wycelf? More like Detroit Red.

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Al Sharpton had a birthday party in NYC last night, and an odd assortment — Wendy Williams, former NYC Mayor David Dinkins, and Wyclef — came out in support. But here’s the thing: Al Sharpton is only 53 years old! Meaning he’s just three years older than Russell Simmons! Meaning that while Jesse Jackson stood on the balcony when Martin Luther King, Jr., got shot, Al Sharpton was in the 9th grade!

Why does he look old enough to be my grandfather? The stress being loved by a few and reviled by many?