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Grammys In Store

Seems like the mega marketing monster just gets bigger every year around Grammy time. Now it doesn’t matter if we’re talking about Grammy Award winners or nominees. They’re all eaten up by the marketing machine and spit out into a shiny new package.
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NEWS: Music Video Noms for 51st Annual Grammys

Grammy nominees for Best Short Form Music Video: Erykah Badu "Honey" [Universal Motown] --> Erykah Badu & Mr. Roboto, video directors; Megan Gutman, video producer Gnarls Barkley "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" [Downtown/Atlantic] --> Christopher Milk, video director; Anne Johnson, video producer Alicia Keys & Jack White "Another Way To Die" [J Records] --> PR Brown & MK12, video directors; Mick Ebeling, Sheira Rees-Davies & Jane Tredget, video producers Radiohead "House O

Awards Season: XBiz

If the suspense of knowing whether WebmasterCentral or Matrix Content will take the top prize for "Content Broker/Licensor of The Year" has left you in a pool of your own night sweat, you'll be happy to know that the wait is almost over. XBiz, one of the two leading online trade publications has announced their 2009 nominees. The event, being hosted at Boulevard 3 in Hollywood on February 12, 2009, may not have all the sex appeal of, say, the Country Music Awards - Alternative Billing Company o

17 Annie Nominations for Kung Fu Panda; 8 for WALL-E

The Animation World's "Annie" Awards are coming up, and the nominations are in for the best in animated entertainment for 2008. The summer delight Kung-Fu Panda pulled in 17 nods, including best feature. Happy to see that Bolt took home nine, and WALL-E, the almost certain "best animated feature" Oscar winner from Pixar, claimed eight. The other best picture nominees? $9.99 and Waltzes with Bashir. The upcoming The Tale of Despereaux and the hits Horton Hears a Who and Madagascar Escape 2 Afr

Steven Pinker on Gollywaddles

For a while now, I have been obsessed with Supreme Court oral argument humor. Ever since the Court Reporter starting identifying the questioning Justices by name a few years ago, I've been keeping track of which Justices have gotten the most "(laughter)" notations in the oral argument transcripts. Justice Scalia always gets the most laughs, and the results from this term so far have provided few surprises. Without a doubt, the most interesting oral argument so far, from a humor perspective a

Estelle, Gavin and Stacey and Ewan McGregor show up for top awards

ESTELLE is nominated for best pop act at the annual South Bank Show Awards - while the sell-out Donmar Warehouse production of Othello starring Ewan McGregor is up for best theatre of the year. The yearly awards, run by ITV1's acclaimed South Bank Show arts series, also see Gavin and Stacey nominated for best comedy programme, Tate Britain's blockbuster Peter Doig exhibition shortlisted for best visual arts of 2008 and In Bruges, starring Colin Farrell , as a contender for film of the year.

Grammys, nod

In the Grammy Awards ongoing quest to be cool, hip and diverse, it dropped the stilted morning talk show nomination recitation this year in favor of a televised concert to get the word out — in prime time. But the word's not all that good. Did you get a look at the nominations? Not particularly inspiring. The Jonas Brothers for Best New Artist? Coldplay's bloated "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" for Best Album? Sara Bareilles "Love Song" for Song of the Year? Geh. Sure signs

Grammys seek new life in downtown L.A.

The Grammy Museum will open downtown this weekend, but on Wednesday night the venerable awards brand was trying to prove it's no relic in this "American Idol" era. The nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards were announced Wednesday not at some early-morning news conference -- as they have been in the past -- but sprinkled in a one-hour prime-time special featuring performances by Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and other stars singing classic songs at the Nokia Theatre. It was a move that c

Notes on Grammy Nods

As audacious and unnecessary as it seems to have a prime time special for an awards show that is merely about the nominees and not the awards show itself, the nominees for the 51st annual Grammy awards were unveiled last night. A complete list of all nominees can be found here, here. In the four major categories — album, record, song of the year and best new artist — the big winners look to be British rockers Coldplay, who earned a spot in each accept best new artist. Viva la Vida or D

51st Annual Grammy Nominations, comedy-related

For the 51st annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy went with a live, primetime announcement/mini-concert. But you want to know who got nominated, don't you? While putting American Idol's star judge Simon Cowell up for Record of the Year (he produced "Bleeding Love" for Leona Lewis along with Clive Davis and Ryan "Alias" Tedder) certainly contains some comedic value because you wonder if he'll show up in a tight black V-neck or a tight black tuxedo, we do have some other actual comedy hono

Lil Wayne licks Grammy competition

Never mind that Coldplay’s new album is the Brit-pop band’s weakest effort yet. Or that rapper Lil Wayne is a better salesman than musician. Or that the Jonas Brothers pen power-pop like third-graders fill in Mad Libs. They are all smart, swaggering and popular, style-over-substance qualities that helped them Wednesday when nominations were announced for the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Lil Wayne led the pack with eight nominations. His 2008 album, "Tha Carter III," sold more than a million copi

Lil Wayne, Coldplay lead Grammy nominees

Give them this: It wasn’t the same-old same-old at the nationally broadcast Grammy nominations Wednesday. New faces and fresh voices dominated, led by the bullfrog rasp of New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne, who piled up eight nominations, including album of the year. He was followed by Coldplay with seven nominations, and six each for R&B singer Ne-Yo, and rappers Jay-Z and Kayne West. Radiohead nailed five nominations, even though they initially released their 3-million-selling 2007 al

Reasons to get writing

Tales of Two Continents Make for a Prize Catch By Victoria Laurie "The Australian" newspaper * THE Australia-Asia Literary Award had its own little victory on Friday night, less than an hour after author David Malouf stepped forward to accept the inaugural A$110,000 prize - the richest literary award in Australia - for his collection, The Complete Stories. As guests at Fraser’s Restaurant in Perth’s Kings Park admired the splendid night view of the city below, West Australian Arts Mini

Hello My Name Is Merle Dean Shamblin

Just received the best comment ever on my blog. I smell a meme. Hello my name is Merle Dean Shamblin and I would like to be your new friend. I sure could use somebody to chat with. I am a 47 year old long haul truck driver who currently lives in Duncan Oklahoma. Dec 8th 1960 I was born in Fairview Oklahoma. Moved to Caddo and Washita counties where I attended school at Colony Hydro and Weatherford. My parents Malvin and Wanda Shamblin were cotton and peanut farmers. Dad died in 99 from lung ca

Neil Diamond is MusiCares' 2009 Person of the Year

Because he's freakin' awesome. From the MusiCares Press Release: GRAMMY®-winning recording artist Neil Diamond , Feb. 6, 2009, two days prior to the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards — will provide essential support for MusiCares, which ensures that music people have a place to turn to in times of financial, medical and personal need. will be honored as the 2009 MusiCares The legendary singer, songwriter and performer is being honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year in recognition of his

Web Hosting On-Demand SaaS Services, OpSource, Deployed by Entry.com (- InftekHosting.Com)

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - December 3, 2008 - The Entry Software firm, an integrated work management solutions provider, has selected OpSource, to support its On Demand service, and deliver enterprise-class power and the highest levels of security and standards compliance available. Entry Software CEO Barry Cousins noted, ”We previously managed our own hosting operation and realized that with our growth rate and the increasing customer demand for SaaS operational rigor an

Trojan Horse Targets Anti-Virus Maker Intego (- InftekHosting.Com)

Trojan Horse Targets Anti-Virus Maker Intego Another wrinkle in the spy-vs-spy Mac security game appeared Wednesday when a Mac Trojan Horse attempted to disguise itself by naming a file “intego,” a reference to Intego, the anti-virus company. Intego said the OSX.RSPlug.E trojan horse carries a medium-level risk for Mac users, making it the fifth version of the malware first discovered in 2007. [...] Another wrinkle in the spy-vs-spy Mac security game appeared Wednesday when a Mac Trojan

Cook down but other Idols up in album sales

David Cook's album dropped 60% in sales, from 280,000 to 112,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, falling from No. 2 to No. 10 on the Billboard album chart. Top-selling albums, as you know if you've been following along at home, normally drop 60-70% in their second weeks (David A.'s dropped 66% last week), but this is a pretty steep drop considering that it was Thanksgiving/Black Friday week, a span in which total album sales went up 29%. Still, the album should be near the top of many gift-giv

Don't miss The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!

Grammys ready to nominate music’s best

(CNN) — The music business is ready to celebrate. Wednesday night, the Recording Academy — the organization that presents the Grammy Awards — will present a live prime-time concert special, “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! — Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night.” The show, which airs at 9 p.m. ET on CBS, will feature a number of the biggest names in the business, including Mariah Carey, John Mayer, the Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift. During the show, hosts Swift and LL Cool J also are

Britney Spears Circus Review

Hit Me Baby... Just... Just Hit Me. As Hard As You Can. I'm Begging You. Wednesday Music Reviews, Part 1 / TK Welcome to part one of today's music reviews. Part two to follow in about an hour. Britney Spears: Circus [Jive Records] This may come as a surprise, but I've never listened to an entire Britney Spears album. I'm not much of a MTV-Teen-Pop afficionado. But to avoid further accusations of delving too far into the obscure, I figured I'd try something different. So for the last cou

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