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Adam Lambert admits he got carried away with his sexually charged American Music Awards performance, but he's offering no apology.

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Musician's Richie Sambora, left, and Jon Bon Jovi of the group Bon Jovi perform on NBC's ‘Today’ show in Rockefeller Plaza in New York on Wednesday.

The glam rocker from American Idol said on The Early Show that his performance would not have caused as much controversy if he weren't openly gay. He also said there were other "adult" moments on the show that caused no outrage.

"I admit I did get carried away, but I don't see anything wrong with it," he said Wednesday. "I do see how people got offended and that was not my intention. My intention was to interpret the lyrics of my song and have a good time with it."

Lambert kissed a male keyboard player and had a dancer simulate oral sex on him while performing For Your Entertainment," a song with a sexual edge. ABC received many complaints about the performance and that network's morning show, Good Morning America, cancelled Lambert's scheduled appearance on Wednesday because it said it couldn't trust what he would do.

Lambert admitted he didn't rehearse some of the more risqué elements of his award show performance. But he noted that Lady Gaga smashed whisky bottles during her performance, Eminem rapped about rape and Janet Jackson briefly groped a male dancer.

"Janet Jackson, crotch grab," he said. "I haven't heard one peep about that."

He said that "if it had been a female pop performer doing (his) moves that were on the stage, I don't think there would be nearly as much of an outrage."

Offered a chance to apologize, he declined. He said he didn't consider that there may have been children watching because his American Music Awards performance came at nearly 11 p.m., and that it's a parent's job to monitor what their children are watching on television.

"I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child's watching on television," he said. "I'm not a baby sitter. I'm a performer."

Asked what he'd do differently if he had the chance, Lambert said, "I would sing it a little bit better."

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Roman Polanski was granted US$4.5 million bail Wednesday, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.

The Swiss Justice Minister said she saw no reason to appeal the surprise decision by the Swiss Criminal Court. Polanski would have to remain in Switzerland as authorities assess whether to extradite him to the United States for having sex in Los Angeles in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

Ministry Spokesman Folco Galli said the final decision on transferring Polanski to his chalet in the Swiss resort of Gstaad would be made "quickly."

"The 76-year-old appellant is married and the father of two minors," the court said as it considered Polanski's offer of a cash bail secured by his apartment in Paris. "It can be assumed that as a responsible father he will, especially in view of his advanced age, attach greater importance to the financial security of his family than a younger person."

The court said Polanski would be subjected to "constant electronic surveillance" at his chalet and an alarm would be activated if he leaves the premises or takes off the bracelet, adding that the filmmaker was still viewed as a high flight risk.

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Lindsay Lohan will keep her post as artistic advisor at Ungaro after all, says People magazine.

Two weeks ago, Emanuel Ungaro blasted his design house's controversial new fashion consultant, calling her first collection, "a disaster" and now Mounir Moufarrige, the label's president and chief executive, is hitting back, announcing that he has no plans to give Lindsay the boot, the magazine reported Wednesday. "Yes (she's staying on), she has a job to do" he told Reuters at the Milan Fashion Global Fashion Summit on Monday.

As for the criticism directed at Lindsay, who notoriously sent models down the runway in pasties and bras, Moufarrige, says "The criticism was harsh. I am sure we can do better in the collection to be honest but I think it was harsh," before adding, "But it did sell well."