Posted on 12/07/2004 4:48:09 PM PST by Libloather
Former US president Bill Clinton wins another Grammy nod
2 hours, 9 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton, movie star Steve Martin, actor John Lithgow and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres won places alongside the world's top musicians as Grammy Award nominees.
An unlikely nominee, Clinton won his second consecutive nod for music's top awards in the best spoken word album category for the recording of his best-selling autobiography "My Life."
Earlier this year, the former leader of the free world won a golden gramophone statuette for lending his voice to the spoken word recording of Russian folk tale of "Peter and the Wolf."
Other unlikely Grammy nominees unveiled Tuesday in Hollywood included funnyman Steve Martin who also won a nod for best spoken word album for the recording of his novel "The Pleasure of My Company."
Lithgow, who starred in the hit television sitcom "Third Rock from the Sun," won two Grammy nods, including one for best spoken word album for "The World According To Mr. Rogers" which he shares with former "Cagney and Lacey" star Tyne Daley and comic Lily Tomlin.
Lithgow also won a nod for best spoken word album for children for "Carnival Of The Animals."
US comics DeGeneres and Jon Stewart won nominations for best comedy album, De Generes for "The Funny Thing Is..." and Stewart for his satirical "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction."
Pithy US author David Sedaris also won two nominations for the music's highest honours, a best comedy album nod for his album "Live At Carnegie Hall" and best spoken word album for "Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim."
But while the news for Clinton was good, former US first lady, Senator Hillary Clinton (news - web sites), did not repeat her Grammy nominations success of 2004, when she won a nod for best spoken word album for the reading of her autobiography "Living History."
The 47th annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on February 13 next year.
/sarcasm
How many ways can Hollywood find to kiss Clintons butt?
How bleepin' pathetic.
Doesn't the entertainment industry get tired of fellating this man???
Major, witty, LOL kudos!
ahh gee, cut clinton some slack -- he's just looking for a legacy.
LOL!! Likewise.
Keeping the myth alive. Hollywood can't let go, although the main of America has, mostly with wonderment at being fooled and regrets. The left is losing and they know it, hate it and don't know what to do. The good thing: it is only going to get worse for them...
I'm surpised he didn't win a Emmy for 'I did not have sex with that woman'.
"An unlikely nominee..."
BS, they LOVE the Clintons and gave both Bill and his wife one already.
Al Franken and Jon Stewart are also up for Grammys this year.
I'm pulling for Triumph. Big time!
Field 20 - Comedy
Category 77 - Best Comedy Album
(For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)
• Come Poop With Me
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog
[Warner Bros.]
• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart And The Cast Of The Daily Show
[Time Warner Audiobooks]
• The Funny Thing Is...
Ellen DeGeneres
[Simon & Schuster Audio]
• Live At Carnegie Hall
David Sedaris
[Time Warner Audiobooks]
• The O'Franken Factor Factor - The Very Best Of The O'Franken Factor
Al Franken
[Artemis Records]
Every time Klinton opens his mouth the DemRats nominate him for something.
They are totally adrift now that their beloved Clintoon is gone.
High school history books are going to HAVE to cover the Zogbyism that Hollywood and the Infotainment Media Establishment (is there ANY difference between news and PR in Big Media?) engaged in for decades.
he didn't win an EMMY but even in Canada we know that bubba won a LEWINSKY...point out to the TEXAS YAHOO that I'm now using my shift key[i think,maybe]
I knew that he was looking for SOMETHING on legs.
I was just wondering the same thing.
I wouldn't place too much faith in school texts. Their indoctrination of the youth is what is keeping the left alive, in large part. Thankfully, the youth are too busy being young to vote. And of those that do, many more are coming over to our side....
Wait until they try to spend a week on his funeral as they endured with Ronald Reagan's death.
Just as we study the dangers of communism, the dangers of political correctness (especially in news room "style guides") needs to be taught to young students.
Not to over throw the media (they are long in decline) but to make sure it never happens again ("The most trusted man in America..." my ass).
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