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Whitney Houston had cocaine in her system, died from drowning, coroner says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston was a chronic cocaine user who had the drug in her system when she drowned in a hotel bathtub, coroner’s officials said Thursday after releasing autopsy findings that...
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New film shows how Whitney Houston’s death changed Grammys
SANDY COHEN,AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Grammy Awards producers learned of Whitney Houston’s death less than 24 hours before the live telecast, they scrapped parts of the script,...
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Is ‘Bad’ better than ‘Thriller’?
Michael Jackson’s album Thriller was a tough act for even the King of Pop to follow. The album’s 38 million plus copies sold, along with seven top-10 hits, and seven Grammy awards created a lot of...
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After Grammys diss, Miguel returns with 5 nods
ATLANTA (AP) — When Miguel didn’t receive any nominations for the Grammy Awards presented earlier this year, it surprised many people because he had last year’s most popular R&B song with “Sure...
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Grammy nods show Anthony Hamilton still relevant
ATLANTA (AP) — When Anthony Hamilton released his fifth album in December 2011, it didn’t receive the same amount of attention his previous efforts did. So he was extremely surprised when he got a call...
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Justin Timberlake to perform at Grammys on Feb. 10
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake will be rocking that suit and tie at the Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that Timberlake will perform at the Feb. 10 awards show in Los...
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Nicki Minaj isn’t sweating lack of Grammy nods
NEW YORK (AP) — Despite having a big year in music, Nicki Minaj didn’t receive any Grammy nominations. Not a problem, she says. “I’ve gotten tons of awards and I believe when it’s my time to get a...
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Frank Ocean, Maroon 5, Alicia Keys to perform at Grammys
NEW YORK (AP) — All five nominees for album of the year at this year’s Grammys will perform at the awards show Feb. 10. The Recording Academy announced Thursday that R&B singer Frank Ocean will...
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Breasts, buttocks banned by CBS from Grammys
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is asking stars not to bare too much skin at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. The network requests that “buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered” for the televised award...
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Alicia Keys, Bobby Brown perform at Will.i.am show
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alicia Keys filled in for Fergie, joining the Black Eyed Peas on “Where Is the Love” at will.i.am’s charity event at The Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles. British singer Estelle also...
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Cissy Houston calls invite to Clive Davis Grammy party ‘obscene’
Last year’s Grammy celebrations were marred by singer Whitney Houston’s tragic death and her impact is still being felt to this day. It was especially bittersweet for her mentor, super-producer Clive...
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theGrio’s 100: Elle Varner, the Cinderella of R&B music
Who is Elle Varner? Garbrielle Serene Varner, known as Elle Varner, 23, is an R&B songstress. Raised in Los Angeles, she attended New York University’s Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music....
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All eyes on Frank Ocean as Grammy Awards kick off
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Everybody’s thinkin’ about Frank Ocean. Ocean is a cause celebre and the man with the momentum as Sunday’s Grammy Awards kicked off with pre-telecast wins by Rihanna and Mumford...
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Chris Brown crashes car while evading paparazzi
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Police in Beverly Hills say Chris Brown escaped injury after crashing his Porsche into a wall while being chased by paparazzi. Lt. Lincoln Hoshino said the collision...
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Mary J. Blige honored by Vibe at pre-Grammy party
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Babyface called her an icon; Diddy said she was like a sister; and Anita Baker credited her for helping secure her latest Grammy nomination. There was no shortage of superlatives...
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Backstage at the Grammy Awards: The word on Adele and Kanye West’s new albums
As expected, the Grammy Awards gave a lot of love to Jay-Z, Kanye West, Adele and Frank Ocean, who marked a breakthrough year with six nominations, two wins, and his debut awards performance with the...
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Snoop Dogg smokes weed during BMI songwriting panel
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music fans who turned out to BMI’s annual pre-Grammy Awards “How I Wrote That Song” discussion got a little more than they expected thanks to Snoop Dogg — a contact high. The rapper...
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Frank Ocean gets Grammy standing ovation except for Chris Brown
Chris Brown clapped — but didn’t stand —when Frank Ocean beat him for the urban contemporary album Grammy. The standing ovation snub between the pair, who brawled last month over a parking space at a...
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Grammy Weekend fashions range from pretty and playful to brash as stars party...
Fashions worn by celebrities this Grammy weekend ranged from pretty and playful to brash as stars stepped out in style for numerous events all weekend long — particularly the day before and in the...
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4 Grammy storylines that you might have missed
Discussing the winners and losers from an awards ceremony makes for a great water cooler debate and the 2013 Grammys had plenty of narratives to choose from, but we’ve decided to highlight some of the...
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Did Adele clash with Chris Brown at the Grammys?
An image of Adele having what appears to be a testy exchange with her fellow performer Chris Brown at this past weekend’s Grammy Awards has gone viral and led to some speculation about a clash between...
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Billboard reports that Adele may ‘do an HBO special like Beyoncé’
Following her big Academy Award win for best original song, “Skyfall,” Adele talked to Billboard about how she might go about getting Emmy and Tony awards to go with her Grammys and Oscar. “Maybe I’ll...
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Whitney Houston’s 50th birthday: Most memorable moments (SLIDESHOW)
Today marks what would have been the 50th birthday of legendary singer Whitney Houston. The chart-topping performer broke onto the scene in 1985 with her first album Whitney Houston. That...
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Miley Cyrus, each your heart out: 10 controversial award show moments
The heat may finally be off Kanye West when it comes to controversial award show moments, following Miley Cyrus’ performance during last night’s MTV Video Music Awards. Cyrus’ performance has been...
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Jay Z tops Grammy nominations with 9; Kendrick Lamar scores Album of the Year...
Jay Z easily led Grammy Award nominations announced Friday with nine, but left-of-center rappers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Kendrick Lamar were among a group of new stars who took many of the...
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Miguel celebrates Grammy nominations at LA concert
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miguel’s “How Many Drinks” is nominated for a Grammy on Sunday, and he was in a drinking mood Wednesday night. “I think I need a drink,” he told the crowd at the Fonda Theatre. The...
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From Kanye West to Kendrick Lamar: What to watch at this year’s Grammy Awards
Plenty of buzz is building around this year’s 56th annual Grammy awards. The show will air Sunday night and unite this year’s most notable performers in what is dubbed “music’s biggest night.” It will...
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Reality TV land helps Tamar Braxton get to Grammys
CHICAGO (AP) — When Tamar Braxton’s “Love and War” debuted at No.2 on Billboard’s 200 albums chart last September, her sisters sent their congratulations via Instagram and Twitter. Braxton, the...
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Could rap have big night at Grammy Awards?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Macklemore believes Kendrick Lamar deserves the best rap album Grammy, but if he and his producer take home the award, he feels it is justified. “If we win that Grammy, then we...
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The great hip-hop divide: Macklemore and Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy showdown
A line has been drawn in the sand ahead of the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, which air on CBS tonight at 8 p.m. On one side of the divide there’s independent-turned-top-40 darlings, Macklemore and Ryan...
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Daft Punk, Pharrell dominate at 2014 Grammy Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Awards celebrated outcasts and outsiders, including a couple of French robots, white rappers and a country girl singing about gay rights. The Recording Academy’s voters on...
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Macklemore texts Kendrick after Grammy win: ‘It sucks that I robbed you’
Last night at the Grammys, Kendrick Lamar was nominated 7 times for what most hip-hop insiders to be an instant classic G.O.O.D. Kid Maad City, yet he went home empty handed. The Compton emcee lost in...
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Fashion looks from the 56th Grammy Awards
Celebrities turned heads on the red carpet at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. From Ciara and her developing baby bump draped in a gold, sequin gown to Beyonce strutting a...
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India Arie blasts the Grammys for Kendrick Lamar snubs
While the hip-hop community is still reeling from Kendrick Lamar being snubbed at the Grammys, there’s one artist who can truly relate to the feeling of not even being acknowledged on music’s biggest...
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Kendrick Lamar on Macklemore’s Grammy wins: ‘It’s well-deserved’
NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar is taking a philosophical approach to being shut out at the Grammy Awards. Lamar, one of Sunday night’s top nominees with seven nods, was shut out, prompting four-time...
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Do we need an alternative to the Grammys?
Industry’s highest honor, or glorified popularity contest? The age-old question about the Grammy awards is being posed anew, this time in the wake of one of the accolade’s most controversial shows in...
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NY Post columnist blasts Jay Z as ‘poor excuse for a husband’
Jay Z and Beyoncé’s latest duet, “Drunk in Love,” is storming up the pop charts and their performance of the song at this year’s Grammy Awards was generally well-received. But it also has had its fair...
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Drake slams Macklemore’s Grammy apology to Kendrick Lamar: ‘Wack as f**k’
When Macklemore upset Kendrick Lamar to win rap album of the year at the Grammys, he reached out to his rival on social media. “It sucks that I robbed you,” Macklemore wrote to Lamar in a text message...
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Pharrell auctioning famous Grammys cap
NEW YORK (AP) — Pharrell’s days as a mad hatter may be coming to an end. The famous and buzzed about Vivienne Westwood hat that the producer, rapper and singer wore at the Grammy Awards is being...
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Gospel legend Andraé Crouch dies at 72
Gospel legend Andráe Crouch died of a heart attack on Thursday afternoon at Northridge Hospital Medical Center. The man many called “the Father of Gospel Music” was admitted to the hospital on Saturday...
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Would an Iggy Azalea win further damage the Grammys’ hip hop credibility?
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) — The Grammys might be out of touch with hip hop, but is hip hop even worried about it? The internet is abuzz with talk of a backlash if Iggy Azalea beats Common, Eminem...
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India Arie speaks out after being swatted by Lady Gaga’s security at the Grammys
India Arie tried to reach out and touch Lady Gaga on the Grammy Awards red carpet Sunday night, but that didn’t work out too well. While walking the red carpet, Arie tapped Gaga on the shoulder,...
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What’s really behind our love/hate fascination with Kanye West?
The moment Kanye West almost stole from Beck during Sunday night’s GRAMMY ceremony revealed the power that Kanye West still has—to raise our eyebrows and make us look at each other and say, “Did he...
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Tamar Braxton takes issue with Rihanna’s R&B Grammy nomination: ‘She doesn’t...
Tamar Braxton is taking issue with Rihanna’s Grammy nomination. It’s not that she isn’t a fan of Rihanna; it’s that she doesn’t think Rihanna is an R&B singer. “She doesn’t sing R&B music....
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Snoop Dogg joins Jada Pinkett-Smith’s Academy Awards boycott: ‘Fu** the...
Snoop Dogg is letting loose on some on some pent-up frustrations he has against the Oscars and the Grammy Awards. Snoop recently published a video co-signing Jada Pinkett-Smith’s call to boycott this...
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Maurice White leaves behind unparalleled musical legacy
It is impossible to overstate Maurice White’s contribution to music. As co-founder and chief musical visionary behind Earth, Wind & Fire, White was instrumental in changing the musical landscape of...
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Snoop Dogg slams Grammys in Instagram post, says he refuses to attend show
Snoop Doog isn’t going to tonight‘s Grammy awards, because he’d much rather stay home and smoke weed, he explained in an Instagram post that suggested, “Less Grammy… More Grams.” Snoop Dogg Joins...
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Taylor Swift tears into Kanye West during Grammys speech
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Swift’s official switch from country to pop with her multi-hit, best-selling “1989” album brought the singer her second Grammy Award win for album of the year. Swift was...
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Kendrick Lamar’s performance was the blackest thing the Grammys have ever seen
Much like Beyoncé’s halftime performance at Super Bowl 50, there’s only two words that accurately frame Kendrick Lamar’s medley at last night’s Grammy’s: Unapologetically black. And if we’ve learned...
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Adele says she cried all day after cringe-worthy Grammy performance
Adele had a rough night during her Grammys performance on Sunday, and recently, she sat down with Ellen DeGeneres to say that she was devastated by the whole fiasco. Adele on Report That She Snubbed...
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