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As Arnold Schwarzenegger publicly disavows “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” it’s probably even more unlikely that Donald Trump will earn another Emmy nomination this year – and, even less likely, the thing he has really coveted for years: An Emmy win.

NBC leaves it up to the production company whether to submit for Emmy consideration, and MGM, which now produces “Celebrity Apprentice” (having acquired Mark Burnett Productions a few years ago), has not yet determined whether it will enter the show for Emmy consideration.

If it does, then MGM is contractually obligated to submit Trump’s name as an executive producer (even though his input on this season was minimal) alongside Burnett and others. (NBC, coincidentally, has avoided naming Trump or the show’s other executive producers in its press materials for the show.)

“The Apprentice” (including Trump) was nominated for an Outstanding Reality-Competition Program Emmy in 2004 and 2005, but never again.

Amy Schumer took to Instagram to hit back at haters following her two Grammy nominations on Tuesday. The comedian, who was nominated for Best Spoken Word Album for “The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo” and Best Comedy Album for “Live At The Apollo”, was attacked by online trolls over her nominations and her weight. […]...

The Philadelphia 76ers have apologized to singer Sevyn Streeter, after preventing her from singing the national anthem at a game because she was wearing a jersey with the words “We Matter” on it. “We are sorry that this happened,” the NBA team said in a statement Friday. “After receiving feedback from our players, basketball operations staff and ownership group, we believe that the wrong decision was made, and Sevyn should have been welcomed to sing.” The team added that it has invited Streeter to sing at a future game. Also Read: Watch Rapper Big K.R.I.T.'s Impassioned Black Lives Matter Spoken Word Performance.

Once upon a time, President Barack Obama was a Senate newcomer with a unique name—and Kelly Clarkson will never forget that. During a late night interview with Seth Meyers Tuesday, the Grammy winner traveled in time to a moment that is forever burned into her memory—the moment she was asked to introduce Obama in front of the Senate. "I just want to emphasize that not anyone out of Chicago knew who he was," Clarkson said of her first meeting with the future Commander-in-Chief. Before becoming a new senator, Obama had won two Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album and Clarkson was tasked with introducing him since they were both bonafide Grammy winners. "I don't...

Well, that was fast! Minutes after taking his final Hamilton curtain call, creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda chopped off his now-signature long hair. "Teach 'em how to say goodbye…" the 36-year-old wrote on Twitter, adding a black and white picture of a single cut lock of hair lying against a white table. The actor and songwriter then debuted the cut at his goodbye party, posing for photographers on the red carpet while wearing a shirt in tribute to the late Muhammad Ali. It didn't take long for his 659,000 Twitter followers to quickly dub his 'do the "Hamilcut." Teach 'em how to say goodbye.

Well, that was fast! Minutes after taking his final Hamilton curtain call, creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda chopped off his now-signature long hair. "Teach 'em how to say goodbye…" the 36-year-old wrote on Twitter, adding a black and white picture of a single cut lock of hair lying against a white table. The actor and songwriter then debuted the cut at his goodbye party, posing for photographers on the red carpet while wearing a jacket in tribute to the late Muhammad Ali. It didn't take long for his 659,000 Twitter followers to quickly dub his 'do the "Hamilcut." Teach 'em how to say goodbye.

Jessica Lange got one statuette closer to joining the pantheon of uber-talented folks who have picked up the grand slam of entertainment awards, the Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). At Sunday’s Tony Awards, she won the Lead Actress in a Play honor for Long Day’s Journey Into Night, her first Tony. Lange returned to the role of Mary Tyrone in this year’s revival of the Eugene O’Neill play after she told her American Horror Story producer Ryan Murphy that she wanted to revisit the character. She’d played the part in London 16 years ago. The Ahs/Glee creator got a shoutout in Lange’s acceptance speech when she thanked “my dear friend Ryan Murphy, who made this possible to do.” Two of Lange’s three Emmys are for American Horror Story. The other is for 2009 HBO movie Grey Gardens. The first award she logged for her pending Egot was her Oscar for Tootsie in 1982. She won another Academy Award in 1995 for Blue Sky. Still needed to get Lange into the Egot club: a Grammy. We know she can sing, as she did on multiple occasions for American Horror Story and for Grey Gardens. There is also a less musical way she could earn a Grammy: Best Spoken Word Album. But just you wait: Lange’s win may not be the buzziest bit of Egot movement in 2016. Lin-Manuel Miranda began 2016 with two marks on his Egot checklist: His Tony for In the Heights and an Emmy for writing original lyrics for a song in the 2013 Tony Awards telecast. Now monster hit Hamilton’s earned him three more Tony statuettes and the Grammy that got him one step closer to Egot status. Next up, his chance at an Academy Award — Moana. By the first sweet sound of Miranda’s tunes we got to hear in the Disney musical’s teaser trailer released today, Miranda may have a solid shot at an Oscar in next year’s ceremony. Miranda and Lange accepting Tonys on Sunday night. Miranda read a sonnet he wrote for his acceptance speech for Best Original Score. Photos credit: John Paul Filo/CBS Frozen songwriter Robert Lopez is currently the youngest of the exclusive club of 12* to call themselves Egot winners and also the one who worked his way to winning all four the fastest (within 10 years). If Miranda walks home a winner from next year’s Oscars, when he’ll beat Lopez for both distinctions at age 37 having won all four awards in just less than nine years. *Yup, just 12, when you’re only counting competitive (not honorary) wins Hamilton made Tonys history as the production with the most nominations ever (a whopping 16). Though it didn’t break the record for most wins — its 11 statuettes are just shy of The Producers’ record 12 — history still happened in Manhattan tonight: For the first time, all four musical acting awards went to people of color — Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, and Renée Elise Goldsberry and The Color Purple’s Cynthia Erivo. Tell the Oscars that Broadway gets the job done.

Spoken word recording of The Raven features music by Goblin’s Maurizio Guarini. Fangoria Musick is the fledgling digital (and, on occasion, hard media) music label run by the amazing April Bedan and streaming out of the back-end of Fangoria.com, the web extension of the venerable magazine that this writer used to serve as editor for.…

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The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has always been a mixed bag, awarding comedians (Stephen Colbert), actors (Cynthia Nixon) and writers (Maya Angelou), among others. Several politicians have prevailed as well, including Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and comedian-turned-senator Al Franken. Who will take it this year? -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions Another former president, Jimmy Carter, is in the running this year for "A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety." Carter is a perennial nominee with eight total bids in this category and one past win, for "Our Endangered Values" in 2006. This year he could be a sentimental favorite after his recent battle with cancer, and voters may also be drawn to him as the only politician in this race during an election year. But voters may have another sentimental choice in this contest. Legendary rocker P...

The nominees for the 58th Grammy Awards have been revealed, and while the Big Four categories lacked any major surprises, this year's full crop of nominations did have some unexpected hopefuls in unfamiliar categories. From the year's leading rapper up for Best Dance Recording and a diss track garnering the voters' love to Patti Smith hoping to end her long Grammy shutout with a Spoken Word win and Roger Waters' 1992 LP getting a 2015 nod, here are the weirdest, most surprising and unknown Grammy nominations.

Kendrick Lamar's dominant 2015 – the...

The nominees for the 58th annual Grammy Awards were announced this morning, with a fairly predictable mix of artists securing the most nominations: Kendrick Lamar with 11, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd with seven each, and Drake with five (though none for "Hotline Bling," because Drake didn't submit it). The "Furious 7" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" soundtracks got some love, too, thanks to "See You Again" (three nominations) and "Earned It" (three noms) and "Love Me Like You Do" (two noms), respectively.  There were a few surprises, too. Paul McCartney is now nominated for two rap Grammys (that's what happens when you collaborate with Kanye West). Seth MacFarlane, the creator of "Family Guy," got a Best Traditional Pop Vocal album nomination for "No One Ever Tells You," which will put him up against Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Josh Groban, and Barry Manilow. This isn't MacFarlane's first Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy nomination,...

The Grammy Awards were announced today with Kendrick Lamar (11 nominations), Taylor Swift and The Weeknd (7 nominations each) leading the nominee pack. But here at The Film Experience we're only really concerned with the visual categories.

I'm not including Grammy's Spoken Word category as I am sometimes prone to do because there aren't actors involved this year beyond Amy Poehler who is nominated for the audiobook of her "Yes Please" memoir. But don't get too excited about her nomination. The brilliant Poehler seems to be a statue repellent; she's not anywhere close to an Egot since she's never even won a damn Emmy despite years of TV brilliance.

Here are the nominees in the film/tv related categories...

Sony Pictures Classics has released brand new photos featuring some of Lahly Poore-Ericson’s amazing costumes from I Saw The Light.

Her costume design credits include The Homesman, 50 to 1, Doc West, Spoken Word, First Snow and Save Me.

Written and directed by Marc Abraham, I Saw The Light is based on Colin Escott’s award-winning biography of Hank Williams and stars Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, David Krumholtz and Cherry Jones.

Of star Tom Hiddleston, who actually sings every note in the film, Abraham says, “He’s an amazing actor and truly I cannot imagine anyone, anywhere more dedicated.”

The film screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Hiddleston’s “performance is magnificent,” says Chris Bumbray (JoBlo.com). Read the full review here.

I Saw The Light tells the story of the iconic, tormented singer-songwriter Hank Williams who revolutionized country music with his raw charisma, haunting voice and original songs,...

Kate Winslet may be looking at her seventh Oscar nomination thanks to "Steve Jobs," the new Danny Boyle-directed biopic of the tech innovator, but that seems like a marginal curiosity compared to her other award-centric feat: She only needs a Tony to complete the storied Egot -- Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. She's already collected an Emmy for "Mildred Pierce," a Grammy in the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category thanks to her narration of "Listen to the Storyteller" (alongside Graham Greene and Wynton Marsalis), and an Oscar for "The Reader." "I know, I've got a Grammy!" she exclaimed in our interview. "What's that about?"  We asked her about her plans to get the Tony, whether she admires her character Joanna Hoffman (the Jobs confidante and original Mac team member), and her favorite Oscar memory. It involves a serious star sighting. ...

Melissa Rivers thinks “it would have been nice” if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had decided to include her mother, Joan Rivers, in Sunday’s Oscars In Memoriam tribute. TheWrap, along with other viewers, noticed that the late comedian was not included in the segment, despite directing Billy Crystal in 1978 film “The Rabbit Test,” as well as several big screen roles. She was also a fixture at the Oscars with her pre-show coverage, largely of the show’s fashions. Also Read: Grammys: Joan Rivers Wins for Best Spoken Word Album at Pre-Show Ceremony Still, Melissa didn’t express any outrage in.

Hollywood greats were honored in the Oscars' annual "In Memoriam" reel, but one person's photo was noticeably absent: Joan Rivers. Rivers - who died in September at the age of 81 after she stopped breathing during a throat procedure - was also not included in the recent Grammys memorial. Many know her for her antics on E!'s Fashion Police and the sharp humor in her 2010 documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. But Rivers, per IMDb, boasts 38 acting credits to her name in a career that spans 63 years. She had roles in everything from Spaceballs to Iron Man 3 and...

Melissa Rivers has found a way to pay tribute to the special mother-daughter relationship she had with the late Joan Rivers.

The 47-year-old television host/producer just announced that she will be publishing a new book about her mother, titled The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation. According to the book's publisher, she'll share "funny, poignant, and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about the woman who raised her, and is the reason she considers Valium one of the four basic food groups."

"In our family we always believed that laughter was the best medicine," Melissa says about her new book. "Not only are there less side effects than Prozac but it's a lot cheaper than therapy. I wanted to write a book that would make my mother laugh. I hope it makes you laugh, too."

Photos: Joan Rivers' Live in Pictures

A taste of the hilarious childhood stories Melissa is set to share...

Melissa Rivers has found a way to pay tribute to the special mother-daughter relationship she had with the late Joan Rivers.

The 47-year-old television host/producer just announced that she will be publishing a new book about her mother, titled The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation. According to the book's publisher, she'll share "funny, poignant, and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about the woman who raised her, and is the reason she considers Valium one of the four basic food groups."

"In our family we always believed that laughter was the best medicine," Melissa says about her new book. "Not only are there less side effects than Prozac but it's a lot cheaper than therapy. I wanted to write a book that would make my mother laugh. I hope it makes you laugh, too."

Photos: Joan Rivers' Live in Pictures

A taste of the hilarious childhood stories Melissa is set to share...

It was an incredible night at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards with amazing performances from Beyonce Knowles and Ed Sheeran, along with Katy Perry, Madonna and Pharrell Williams, just to name a few.

Hosted by the uber-talented LL Cool J, there were a plethora of winners this evening (February 8) with Sam Smith leading the way by taking home four trophies in categories including Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Meanwhile, Beck scored the other big prize of the night with Album of the Year accolades for Morning Phase. In addition, the long-tenured musician won Rock Album of the Year honors.

The energy-filled night saw in a host of famous presenters such as Taylor Swift, Anna Kendrick, Keith Urban and Prince, with some of the other twenty-three performances including Lady Gaga paired with Tony Bennett, Adam Levine teamed up with Gwen Stefani, and Rihanna, Paul McCartney...

The Recording Academy paid tribute today to Joan Rivers when they awarded her a posthumous Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Diary of a Mad Diva, but the legendary comedienne was noticeably absent from the award show's In Memoriam segment on Sunday.

News: Joan Rivers' Autopsy Results Released

Neil R. Portnow, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, explained the move following the show.

According to Portnow, "everyone" was included in the program book and on Grammy.com, but for the telecast, time restraints required difficult cutting decisions.

"We lost over 300 folks in our industry this year, so it's a very difficult decision," Portnow said, explaining that the segment usually only has room for about 40 names.

News: GRAMMYs Winners List

Portnow added that they do the best they can to include a mix of genders, genres and generations.

"We love Joan, though," Portnow added.

Joan's daughter...

Legendary comedian Joan Rivers, who passed away in September, proved once again that she is one of the most talented figures in entertainment when she won a posthumous Grammy.

Rivers received the award for Best Spoken Word Album for narrating the audio version of her recent memoir Diary of a Mad Diva.

River’s daughter, Melissa Rivers, accepted the award on her late mother’s behalf.

Video: Joan Rivers' Most Iconic TV Performances

"My mother would be absolutely thrilled to be here. She loved getting anything — If she thought she could get something at a Waffle House in Secaucus, she would be there," Melissa joked, channeling her mother's acerbic humor.

"If my mother was here tonight, she would not only be honored and thrilled to win, she would most likely have it copied and on the air on QVC by 11," Melissa went on.

Video: Melissa Rivers Honors Her Mother Joan in Emotional Tribute

In winning, Rivers...

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards winners have been chosen, and we have the full list of those musicians taking home statues this Sunday, Feb. 8.

Did you favorite artists and/or songs win?

Check out the Full list of winners, below.

Record of the Year: Sam Smith, Stay With Me

Song of the Year: "Stay With Me," Sam Smith

Album of the Year: Beck, Morning Phase

Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert, Platinum

Best R&B Performance: "Drunk in Love," Beyonce feat. Jay Z

Best Rock Album: Beck, Morning Phase

Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

Best Pop Solo Performance: “Happy,” Pharrell Williams

Best New Artist: Sam Smith

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin for “Bang Bang,” “Break Free,” “Dark Horse,” “Problem,” “Shake It Off,” “Unconditionally”

Best Folk Album: Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy

Best Americana Album: Rosanne Cash, The River and the Thread

Best American Roots Song: “A Feather’s Not a Bird...

The Grammy Awards are underway! See the winners as they're announced below, then return after the ceremony to check out the full list. The 57th Annual Grammy Awards aired live on CBS. Record of the YearIggy Azalea featuring Charli Xcx, "Fancy" Sia, "Chandelier" Sam Smith, "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)"Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off"Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass" Album of the YearBeyoncé, Beyoncé Beck, Morning PhaseEd Sheeran, XSam Smith, In the Lonely Hour Pharrell Willliams, G I R LSong of the YearSia, "Chandelier"Sam Smith, "Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)"Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off" Meghan Trainor,...

It's never the wrong time to be honoring Joan Rivers. The Recording Academy paid tribute today, awarding the late, great entertainer the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for her reading of her final memoir, Diary of a Mad Diva. New Fashion Police host Kathy Griffin tweeted an excited "Yes!!" when she heard the news, and Fp co-host Kelly Osbourne found out during E!'s Live From the Red Carpet, before the televised portion of the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, and excitedly offered her congratulations. Rivers passed away last September and received the posthumous nomination, her second, in December. This was her first Grammy win; she was also a...

Joan Rivers was posthumously awarded the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for “Diary of a Mad Diva” in a ceremony prior to Sunday night’s 57th Grammy Awards. The album is the audio version of the late comedienne’s 12th book. Other nominees included President Jimmy Carter for “A Call to Action,” James Franco for “Actors Anonymous,” John Waters for “Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America,” Gloria Gaynor for “We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song” and Sen. Elizabeth Warren for the audio recording of her memoir “A Fighting Chance.” The win marks River’s first Grammy.

While Sam Smith and Beck dominated the 57th annual Grammy Awards, they were hardly the only winners Sunday night. From Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament (and Eddie Vedder, using his pseudonym "Jerome Turner") scoring Best Recording Package to Beyoncé taking home Best Surround Sound Album, here is the full rundown of all the Grammy winners.

Record of the Year

Sam Smith – "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)"

Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony...

Complete list of winners and nominees of the 2014 Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Sunday February 8. Winners will be updated as they're announced during the telecast and pre-telecast. Record Of The Year “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli Xcx “Chandelier,” Sia **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” Sam Smith “Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift “All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor Album Of The Year **Winner** “Morning Phase,” Beck “Beyoncé,” Beyoncé “X,” Ed Sheeran “In The Lonely Hour,” Sam Smith “Girl,” Pharrell Williams Song Of The Year “All About That Bass,” Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor) “Chandelier,” Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia) “Shake It Off,” Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith) “Take Me To Church,” Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier) Best New Artist Iggy Azalea Bastille Brandy Clark...

Joan would have loved it! Melissa Rivers accepted a posthumous Grammy Award on behalf of her late mother Joan Rivers on Sunday, Feb. 8. Accompanying the Fashion Police executive producer on the red carpet outside of the Staples Center in L.A., was her 14-year-old son, Cooper, who looked dapper in a black tuxedo. Joan received a 2015 Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for her last and final memoir, Diary of a Mad Diva. (Melissa shares Cooper with her ex-husband John Endicott.) "My mother would be absolutely thrilled [...]...

Outside of the general field and the highest profile music genre categories, we're predicting Grammy wins for Sia, Weird Al Yankovic, and the late Joan Rivers in races like Music Video, Comedy, and Spoken Word. Below, our forecasts in five categories, ranked in order of their racetrack odds. (Click on each category title to read an in-depth look at that race): -Break- R&B and Rap Grammys predictions: Beyonce, Eminem, and ... Best Comey Album "Mandatory Fun," Weird Al Yankovic – 1/5 "We Are Miracles," Sarah Silverman – 12/1 "Oh My God," Louis C.K. – 20/1 "Obsessed," Jim Gaffigan – 50/1 "Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time," Patton Oswalt – 100/1 After a career spanning three decades, Weird Al Yankovic scored his first ever number-one album on the Billboard 200 last summer with "Mandatory Fun," which includes parodies of popular songs like Pharrell Williams&...'...

Legendary comedian Joan Rivers died last September during a medical procedure at age 81, but in December, the Grammys recognized her with a nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of "Diary of a Mad Diva," which would turn out to be her last book. Will the recording academy pay posthumous tribute to her with a win on February 8? -Break- This is Rivers's first nomination for Spoken Word Album, but she did earn one previous Grammy bid, for Best Comedy Album for "What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?" in 1983. That award went to Eddie Murphy's "Comedian." Neil Patricks Harris may get closer to Egot with Grammy for Musical Theater Album Other comics have won this race, including Stephen Colbert just last year for "America Again." Jon Stewart ("Earth," 2010) and Al Franken ("Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them," 2003) also prevailed in recent years. A few yea...

Details of Joan Rivers' will have been revealed, and the late comedienne -- estimated to be worth as much as $150 million -- has left her fortune to her family and to several charities.

Et obtained a copy of the documents, Joan's daughter, Melissa Rivers, is an executor of the will, and was left with all of her tangible property. Rivers' grandson Cooper, niece Caroline Waxler and nephew Andrew Waxler were given a blind trust.

Photos: Remembering Joan Rivers

While no specific amounts are given, the Fashion Police star also left some of her earnings to her publicist Scott Currie and her assistants Sabrina Lott Miller and Jocelyn Pickett.

As for the charities, Rivers gave to God's Love We Deliver -- which she competed and won for during her stint on Celebrity Apprentice -- as well as California's Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Jewish Guild for the Blind in Manhattan, the Jewish...

John Waters, Grammy Nominee !This isn't The Music Experience but we should glance toward the Grammy nominees. Among the "record" and "song" of the year categories, which are kind of like the actress and actor to "album of the year"'s best picture --it's a tortured analogy, just go with it --  my votes would go to... no, I can't do it. No preferences. I like most of them but, frankly, they all remind me of other better songs especially "Chandelier" which is like "Umbrella: The Sequel" and "Fancy" which is like a weaker and more annoying Stefani track. Plus I thought "All About the Bass" was a two-for-one Novelty Song download deal with Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" -- I had no idea it was respectable music! What would the Best Picture equivalent be at the Oscars?  I can't even imagine... 

But, again, not a music guy. Outside of movie...

It's been three months since Joan Rivers passed away at the age of 81, and now, she's received a posthumous Grammy nomination. It was announced today that the beloved, late E! star was nominated for Best Spoken Word album for her work, Diary of a Mad Diva. Rivers previously won a Grammy Award back in 1984 for Best Comedy Album. The full list of nominations for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards is still rolling in throughout the rest of the day, but plenty of nods have already been announced. Iggy Azalea, Sia, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainor are all up against one another for Record of the Year. Meanwhile, Haim, Azalea, Brandy Clark, Smith and Bastille are all nominated for...

Below is a list of the nominees and nominations for the 57th annual Grammy Awards, to be held Feb. 8, 2015 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The main show will be broadcast on CBS 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Est/Pst and present 10-13 awards from major categories. The Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony (previously dubbed the Pre-Telecast Ceremony) will take place in the Nokia Centre from 12:30-3:30 Pst and will be live-streamed via Grammy.com. Beyonce and Sam Smith lead overall nominations, with six a piece; each have an Album of the Year nod. Album Of The Year Sam Smith, "In the Lonely Hour" Beyonce, "Beyonce" Beck, "Morning Phase" Ed Sheeran, "x" Pharrell Williams, "Girl" Record Of The Year Iggy Azalea, "Fancy" featuring Charli Xcx Sia, "Chandelier" Sam Smith, "Stay With Me" Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off" Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass" Song of the Year Sia,...

One of the Broadway greats has passed away.

Broadway great Elaine Stritch has passed away on Thursday morning. She was 89.

Though the five-time Tony nominee is perhaps best known for her stage presence (Bus Stop, Sail Away, Company), her TV and film resume is also quite impressive.

From 2008-2013, she was nominated for an Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy for her role as Colleen Donaghy, the mother of Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock. In 1993, she won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order.

She's also appeared in two Woody Allen movies, September (1987) and Small Time Crooks (2000). Her other more recent film credits include Monster In Law (2005), Autumn In New York (2000), Screwed (2000) and Out to Sea (1997).

As far as her musical background, Stritch has starred in No No Nanette, The King and I and I Married an Angel. She was also...

Ruby Dee has passed away at age 91. The legendary screen and stage actress, died Wednesday, June 11, in New Rochelle, N.Y. According to TMZ, the star was surrounded by family at the time of her passing. A rep confirmed her death to the site Thursday, June 12. Dee's nearly 80-year career highlights include winning an Emmy (for TV movie Decoration Day), a Grammy (for Best Spoken Word Album), and a SAG Award (for American Gangster). She starred on numerous Broadway productions including A Long Way from [...]...

It was just last week when it was announced that David Letterman was stepping down from The Late Show after 21 years; now we already have a new host (among other duties) to announce.

Stephen Colbert will not only host The Late Show but will also serve as a writer and executive producer. He was probably a top 3-5 choice of most people who care to talk about these TV news items, so I don’t expect much of an uproar. We shouldn’t expect he will bring the satire and parody that made him famous on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, it’s The Late Show after all, right?

Here’s the boring press release:

CBS Announces Stephen Colbert As The Next Host

Of “The Late Show”

The CBS Television Network today announced that Stephen Colbert, the host, writer and executive producer of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “The Colbert Report,...

Taylor Momsen is back in the controversial spotlight, this time for her full frontal nudity in a new music video for her band The Pretty Reckless “Heaven Knows.”

Taylor Momsen Strips In New Music Video

While the Nsfw “Heaven Knows” music video was released over a month ago, the March release of The Pretty Reckless’ second album, Going to Hell, is bringing Momsen’s risqué behavior into the light, with the video now up to over 3 million views.

“Oh Lord, heaven knows / We belong way down below,” Momsen sings on the new single.

In the scandalous video, Momsen appears singing dressed in a black robe, and eventually takes off the robe, revealing her naked body underneath, covered only by body paint. Across her chest is painted a thick black cross, which creates an arrow at her hips.

The image is shown from a distance, and so is not quite as revealing as one might imagine.

The music industry's biggest night was filled with skin, surprises and tons of high notes. But unlike other awards shows, most of the trophies are passed out before the actual ceremony. In fact, Cyndi Lauper announced a few early winners in a pre-telecast event in Los Angeles. So who took home Grammy awards before the show aired? Michael Bublé took home his fourth Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy, while Ziggy Marley and Steven Colbert also earned top honors. The Comedy Central TV host won for Best Spoken Word Album, while Marley was awarded for Best Reggae Album. Adele also earned a Grammy earlier in the night, but was not on hand to accept the coveted...

Music's big names—like Rihanna, Jay Z, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé—get all the hype leading up to the Grammys each year. But these musicians aren't the only stars have been honored at the big awards ceremony. Each year, major celebs fly under the radar for their achievements, and you might be shocked to learn which ones also have some Grammys hardware sitting on their shelves. President Barack Obama has his own trophy for Best Spoken Word Album for his audio book The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. The charismatic world leader won back in 2008 before he got his high-profile promotion. Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs also...

She's making headlines for her performance in the dramedy August: Osage County and also for making controversial comments about entertainment icon Walt Disney. Here are five things you may not know about Meryl Streep.

1. Born Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey on June 22, 1949 -- her mother was a commercial artist and an art editor and her father worked as a pharmaceutical executive.

Related: Streep slams Walt Disney as Sexist, Anti-Semitic

2. Before making it big, worked as a waitress at The Hotel Somerset in Somerville, New Jersey.

3. Originally applied to law school, but overslept the morning of her school interview and says she took that as a sign to pursue other career options.

Video: Juliette Lewis: Meryl Can Throw a 'Groovy' Party!

4. Donated wardrobe items from The Devil Wears Prada to a charity auction. But she decided to keep the famous shades she wore playing Miranda Priestly and wore the stylish sunglasses in Mamma Mia! during...

After finally snapping "The Daily Show's" Best Variety Series streak at the Emmys in September, will Stephen Colbert continue his awards romp at the Grammys?  He is nominated for Best Spoken Word Album for the audiobook of his latest patriotic masterpiece, "America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't."  If he wins, he'll have a bookend to his Comedy Album Grammy from 2009 for "A Colbert Christmas." However, he's at risk of splitting the vote with three other comedians in his category: actors Carol Burnett ("Carrie and Me") and Billy Crystal ("Still Foolin' 'Em"), as well as comic essayist David Sedaris ("Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls"). That could clear the way for legendary 94-year-old folk singer Pete Seeger, who currently leads our racetrack odds for "The Storm King," his collection of stories and poems. Seeger has wo...

Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Film selected Ryan Koo, The Summer of Flying Fish director Marcella Said (right ont pic above) and Jordana Spiro (who we sang the praises for with her short 2013 Sundance-preemed Skin) are among the twelve plus participants for the upcoming 2014 Feature Screenwriters Lab (which takes place one week before the actual festival).

At this point, the lab have probably easily broke the one hundred project count (with a good percentage of them panning out into an eventual feature film – see Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother of George, David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Andrew Renzi’s Franny as recent examples). The international class of January ’14 (read project descriptions and bios below) will be coached by no other than: Dustin Lance Black, Naomi Foner, John Gatins, Michael Goldenberg, Erik Jendresen, Patty Jenkins and Spaghetti Western fanboy and former lab attendee Quentin Tarantino.

Val Kilmer was a guest on "Conan" Monday night and shared an amusing, albeit unsettling, story about his nemesis Betty White.

White, whom Kilmer calls "evil," was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word the same year he was. Not only did Betty win, she never even showed up to accept her award.

Fast forward to 1:37 in the clip below to see the hilarious bit for yourself:...

Val Kilmer says Betty White is "evil" -- but admits that he resembles the former "Golden Girl" when dressed up as Mark Twain. The star of "Citizen Twain," a play about the author, joked on "Conan" that White won a Grammy that should have been his. Kilmer was nominated in the Best Spoken Word category in 2012 for his narration of "The Mark of Zorro," but White won for her audiobook. See video: Jennifer Aniston Didn't Break Any Laws Smooching Underage Boy in 'We're the Millers' "I think I had a serious shot at...

Jonathan Winters, comedian and television and film actor, best remembered for his roles in It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and as the voice of Papa Smurf in The Smurfs, has died. He was 87. Winters’ show biz career began after he won a talent show in his native Dayton, Ohio. He went on to appear in dozens of television shows throughout his decades-long career, winning a supporting actor Emmy in 1991 for Davis Rules. His other TV credits include The Jonathan Winters Show, The Twilight Zone, Hee Haw, Rowan And Martin’s Laugh-In and Mork And Mindy. He was a veteran of the late night talk show circuit guesting frequently on The Jack Paar Show and later The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. His late night appearances continued into the ’90s with Jay Leno and David Letterman. His other film credits include Viva Max, The Loved One, Oh Dad Poor Dad,...

In the 1980 U.S. presidential election, President Jimmy Carter was swept out of office, losing 44 states while being bogged down in the Iranian hostage crisis. However, since leaving the White House, Carter has been on a hot awards streak. When "Argo" won the top Oscar, Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. President to make an appearance in a Best Picture (in the form of brief narration that closes out the film). Funny, because “Argo” focuses on the Iranian controversy that helped sink Carter’s re-election efforts. Another bit of irony: the man who beat Carter in 1980 was former Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan. Of course, Carter didn’t receive an Oscar when "Argo" prevailed, but back in 2007 he took America's top music award. He reaped the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of his book “Our Endangered Values.” He was nominated again in 2008 for “Sunday Mornings in Pl.

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Good morning! Did you watch the Grammys last night? Well here are some of the most lesbian photos from the evening.

The only out lesbian winner of the whole affair was Janis Ian, who won for Best Spoken Word album.

Last week Fox News accidentally posted a photo of a lesbian couple's wedding for an article that praised traditional gender roles. Stephanie Fiagrelle was the one mistaken for a man by Fox, and decided to post a response on her Facebook. Here's part of it:

Instead of answering salivating reporters, I’ll post here. Yes, I’m aware that I look like a dude. I have known this my entire life- I’ll prove it by sharing baby photos sometime. I’ve gotten bullied, hit...

"I wasn't expecting this!" is what Bonnie Raitt exclaimed after she upset the Grammys' Album of the Year frontrunner, Mumford and Sons, in Best Americana Album. Those words can probably describe the 55th Annual Grammy Awards over all. The night was full of excellent performances, memorable speeches and surprise winners. Below, my take on Grammy day. The Good There were a slew of electrifying, soulful collaborations and performances. Elton John and Ed Sheeran, Mumford and Sons, Sting, Bruno Mars and the Marleys, Kelly Clarkson, Lumineers, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Fun., etc. were all major highlights. Grammy producers made sure to spotlight talented singers and musicians. Related: Grammy Awards: Complete List of Winners and Nominees Following her upset win for Best Spoken Word Album over two political superstars, Janis Ian proclaimed in the press room, "Apologies to the First Lady and Bill Clinton." Most of the upset winners, includi...

Winners at the 2013 Grammy Awards, courtesy of The Associated Press:

_ Album of the year: "Babel," Mumford & Sons.

_ Record of the year: "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra.

_ Song of the year: "We Are Young," fun.

_ New artist: fun.

_ Pop solo performance: "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)," Adele.

_ Pop vocal album: "Stronger," Kelly Clarkson.

_ Rock performance: "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys.

_ Urban contemporary album: "Channel Orange," Frank Ocean.

_ Rap/sung collaboration: "No Church in the Wild," Jay-z, Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean, The-Dream.

_ Country solo performance: "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood.

_ Country album: "Uncaged," Zac Brown Band.

_ Pop/duo group performance: "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra.

_ Traditional pop vocal album: "Kisses on the Bottom," Paul McCartney.

_ Rap performance: "N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris," Jay-z, Kanye West.

_ Rap song: "N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris," Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis,...