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Jennifer Hudson Oh the fab pageantry! Beyoncé and Taylor Swift dominated the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards held Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles combing for ten Grammy awards between them, with Beyoncé winning a record setting six for a female artist. Record setting artist Beyonce Knowles went sexy and elegant for the Grammys in a Stéphane Rolland Fall 2009 gown.

...in its first year of operation the museum hosted approximately 85,000 guests... The word "museum" may not even be the most apt descriptor for the complex. The Grammy Museum uses the annual awards as a jumping-off point, allowing visitors to digitally explore genres, regions and the recording studio. It takes a hands-on approach to education, giving the guests the opportunity to record vocals, mix a track and learn the basics of traditional rock 'n' roll instrumentation. ...on Jan. 8 the museum will open "Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer," pairing the intimate looks at the star with rare footage...

Introduction this week of the new video game "The Beatles: Rock Band" reminds us of an odd fact about these music artists who were once widely considered to be the definition of avant garde: the Beatles have often been, really, one beat behind. Believe it or not, up until now music by the Beatles has not been available for sale on the Internet. With "The Beatles: Rock Band," players will be able to download up to 45 songs that they can perform with the Fab Four in such reproduced settings as "The Ed Sullivan Show," Shea Stadium and the Abbey...

Paris Hilton Great guns alive, voices in harmony on fire, sashaying stars strutting magnificently along the red carpet…While Alison Krauss and Robert Plant held sway over the musical accompaniments of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, the Stars, Celebs, and all-around good-looking folks strutted their stylish stuff avec enthusiastic flair. A magical spell was cast. How could we not be interested, as we were drawn like moths to a flame, to render our verdicts on the fab underpinnings of the glamorous set, what they wore and how they carried it off. Taylor Swift wore a jersey Kaufman Franco frock and completed...

LONDON (Reuters) - Troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse was arrested on Tuesday as part of an investigation into perverting the course of justice, London police and her publicist said. The 24-year-old, whose husband Blake Fielder-Civil is being held on remand accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, went to a London police station to be arrested in agreement with police. "It was voluntary and pre-arranged," a representative at her publicity agency said, asking not to be quoted by name. In a statement, London's Metropolitan police said: "A 24-year-old woman has been arrested...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Rockers David Bowie and Cream, country icon Merle Haggard and late comic innovator Richard Pryor are among the recipients of the Recording Academy's 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award. Also being honored this year for their career-long artistic contributions are blues legend Robert Johnson, opera star Jessye Norman and folk group the Weavers. Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, engineer Al Schmitt and producer Owen Bradley will receive the Trustees Award, presented for nonperforming contributions. Engineer/producer Tom Dowd -- subject of the 2003 documentary "Tom Dowd & the Language of Music" -- and Bell Labs/Western Electric will receive Technical...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) won a Grammy Award on Sunday, but not for his famed saxophone playing. Clinton was honored in the spoken word album for children category for a project he worked on with fellow winners, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Italian screen siren Sophia Loren (news). None of them was at the ceremony to pick up the award for "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks." Clinton's wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton (news - web sites), was nominated in the spoken word album category for the audiobook version of...

Those boobs Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake could be back on the air tonight . . . if they make nice. The two culprits in the Super Bowl breast imbroglio have been invited to return to the Grammy Awards ceremony tonight, Fox News reported yesterday. The only proviso is that the singers apologize on screen for their half-time slip-up last Sunday. The former *NSYNC star tore off half of Jackson's black leather bustier and exposed her right breast while they sang a duet during the halftime show a week ago. Neither the Grammy production company nor CBS would comment on...

After glimpsing more of Janet Jackson than they bargained for during a notorious Super Bowl halftime show, television viewers may miss the singer altogether on the upcoming Grammy Awards broadcast. Jackson, whose breast-baring Super Bowl performance sparked a public furor and federal regulatory investigation, will not be appearing as a Grammy Awards presenter as previously planned, according to reports Wednesday on syndicated TV shows "Entertainment Tonight" and "Access Hollywood." "Access Hollywood" added that the CBS network, which carried the Super Bowl telecast and is broadcasting the Grammys this coming Sunday, retracted its invitation for Jackson to introduce a planned Grammy...

LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of Janet Jackson's stunning breast-baring incident on Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, Jackson reportedly will not appear on the CBS Grammys telecast. "Entertainment Tonight" is reporting Jackson won't be participating in a tribute to Luther Vandross on Sunday night. She was previously scheduled to be a part of the Grammy Awards tribute. No reason was available for her departure. Jackson, CBS, MTV, the NFL and Justin Timberlake have all apologized for the Super Bowl's too-revealing halftime show. CBS said Tuesday it would institute a video delay system to avoid any recurrence at Sunday's Grammy...

<p>TV network CBS, reeling from the scandalous performance by Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show, said yesterday it will add an extra delay to its live broadcast Sunday of the Grammy Awards, which will feature appearances by the pop stars.</p>

RE: THE GRAMMY AWARDS - PRESS RELEASE ATTN. TELECOMMUNICATIONS: PLEASE RELAY TO ALL CBS STATIONS TO: GROUP OWNER, GENERAL MANAGER, STATION MANAGER, GENERAL SALES MANAGER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR FEBRUARY 3, 2004 WE ARE IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO ENHANCE BROADCAST STANDARD PROTECTIONS FOR SUNDAY'S GRAMMY AWARDS. PLEASE SEE BELOW. BEST. . . . PETER K. SCHRUTH PRESIDENT CBS AFFILIATE RELATIONS **** CBS TO IMPLEMENT ENHANCED DELAY OF GRAMMY AWARDS Additional Measure Will Allow for Video Editing CBS announced today plans to enhance their ability to edit out any inappropriate and unexpected events from the Sunday, Feb. 8 broadcast of the "46th...

<p>February 3, 2004 -- CBS is moving to bounce Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake from next Sunday's Grammy Awards amid the national uproar following their X-rated, prime-time Super Bowl stunt. Sources told The Post the network will demand the two stars be tossed from 46th Annual Grammy Awards if CBS's probe shows the duo schemed in advance to expose Jackson's pierced breast during the halftime spectacle.</p>

Burning Question Of The Day Do you plan on watching the 2003 Grammy Awards on Sunday? Total Votes for this Question: 2621 So far, 31% have voted for Yes So far, 44% have voted for No So far, 11% have voted for Not sure So far, 14% have voted for I don't care

No matter what newspaper writers tell you; no matter what TV critics say; no matter what recording industry hucksters may pitch #150; American popular music is in a sad state, and has been for years. The televised 44th Annual Grammy Awards show embodies all the problems. In its lofty PR statement, the Recording Academy wants to recognize talented musicians, singers and songwriters, along with others in the recording industry, for their quot;artistic achievements, technical proficiency and overall excellencequot; #150; by industry peers, without regard to sales or chart position. But like other groups that depend on the mass public for...