At this year's American Music Awards on Nov. 18 in L.A.'s Nokia Theatre, the stars went wild. R&B star Chris Brown danced upside down (with help from some trusty wires), Alicia Keys got the audience on its feet with a bump and grind, and Carrie Underwood let the haters know she wasn't going to let anything spoil a three-award haul. "You're going to have people that like you and people that don't like you," she said of showbiz jealousy. Meanwhile, another former Idol who won big, Chris Daughtry, admitted that "I'm a closet Céline Dion fan." Britney Spears's buddy Alli Sims playfully held hands with Avril Lavigne backstage, and Rihanna nonchalantly munched french fries out of a glass. "This is the one awards show," explained High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens, "where you really get to have fun."

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