Whitney Houston may have been one of the most successful singers of all-time, but she owes a lot of that success to three women. Her mother Cissy Houston, country singer Dolly Parton, and soul legend Aretha Franklin.

Whitney Houston was a singing star long before the movie “The Bodyguard,” but her rendition of “I Will Always Love You” cemented her as a diva legend. The song, however, was not originally Houston’s. The song is a cover of a country song by Dolly Parton. (See Dolly Parton’s version below).

After Houston’s death, Parton said in a statement:

“Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, ‘Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.’”

Here’s Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.”

You can see Whitney Houston’s version (as well as her 10 other No. 1 hits) here.

Aretha Franklin was not only a musical influence on Whitney but the Queen of Soul was also the singer’s godmother. When asked about Houston’s death, Aretha could barely respond. She told US Magazine:

“I just can’t talk about it now. It’s so stunning and unbelievable. I couldn’t believe what I was reading coming across the TV screen. My heart goes out to Cissy, her daughter Bobbi Kris, her family and Bobby.”

Cissy Houston, Whitney’s mother, was also a major source of inspiration. The Inquisitr reported earlier that Cissy Houston, a gospel singing legend, released a statement saying:

“We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Whitney. This is an unimaginable tragedy and we will miss her terribly. We appreciate the outpouring of love and support from her fans and friends.”

You can watch a clip of Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston singing together here.

Were you a fan of Whitney Houston? Did you know that “I Will Always Love You” was originally a Dolly Parton song?

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Country legend Glen Campbell may have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease last June but he had no problem remembering the lyrics to “Rhinestone Cowboy” during the 2012 Grammy Awards.

Campbell, who just released his final album and launched a “farewell tour,” said that he wanted to make his diagnosis public so that his fans wouldn’t get the wrong impression if anything went wrong on stage.

Campbell’s daughter, Ashley, said:

“The main thing we were concerned about was during shows he would forget a line or get a little confused. People would think, ‘Is he drunk?’ Is he doing drugs again?’ So we didn’t want people to get the wrong impression.”

Campbell, who has already won five Grammy awards, received the lifetime achievement award last night at the 54th annual Grammy Awards. He also performed with Blake Shelton and The Band Perry.

Here’s a video of Glen Campbell at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

Glen Campbell’s performance last night went off without a hitch, but the singer admits that he can get confused sometimes at stage. But the Alzheimer’s doesn’t bother him. Campbell told CNN: ”I am content with it. Don’t cry over spilt milk. Get up and be a man and do what you have got to do.”

Are you a fan of Glen Campbell’s?

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Feng Fei Fei, a Taiwanese singer and talkshow host, passed away at the age of 60 on January 3rd, 2012. Her death was only recently revealed by her lawyers, however, as the singer did not want her death to interfere with the Chinese New Year celebration.

The China Post reports that Feng Fei Fei was adamant that her death would not distract from the Chinese New Year holiday. Feng said that “breaking such news during the New Year holidays will bring bad luck to others.”

President Ma said that he was saddened by the news. Feng Fei Fei sang two songs during the 2008 inauguration ceremonies when Ma was sworn in for his first time. The president reportedly called Fei’s son after he learned the news of the singers death and told him that “he sorely misses her.”

The China Post reports that Feng Fei Fei caught her big break in 1971 when one of her songs was included in a compilation album. She released her debut album, “Wishing You Well,” the following year.

Feng Fei Fei earned the nickname “The Hat Diva” during her four decade career for her outlandish hats that she wore on stage. Yahoo News reports that the singer’s biggest hits include  ”I’m A Cloud”, “When I Hear Your Applause”, and “Chasing Dreams.”

Were you a fan of Feng Fei Fei? Here’s Feng Fei Fei singing “Wandering Songstress.”

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When it comes to science fiction and fantasy there are what is considered to be a few ‘foundational’ stories and authors and one of those authors would have to be Edgar Rice Burroughs and his world of Mars and the character of John Carter.

The character of John Carter is that of a war weary soldier form the American Civil war who suddenly finds himself transported to Mars and embroiled in a war between its inhabitants.

When the word came that they were finally going to be making a movie out of the books by Burroughs there was a lot of gnashing of teeth and proclamations that is would be a failure. Now whether that turns out to be true or not still remains to be seen but  Disney has just released a featurette trailer of the movie to help build up the hype for it, and we have it here for your view pleasure.

Be sure to let us know in the comments what you think – success or box off fail?

via FirstShowing.net

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Matt Bomer is gay. The star of the hit show “White Collar” officially came out of the closet this weekend at the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards this while accepting an award.

The Hollywood Reporter notes that Bomer received the New Generation Arts and Activism Award on Saturday night for his work against HIV / AIDS. During his speech, he thanked his publicist and partner Simon and their three kids.

Bomer said:

“I’d really especially like to thank my beautiful family: Simon, Kit, Walker, Henry. Thank you for teaching me what unconditional love is. You will always be my proudest accomplishment.”

Hall, Bomer’s partner and publicist with Slate PR, also represents openly gay actor Neil Patrick Harris.

Bomer’s announcement comes just a few days after Prop 8, the ban on gay marriage, was declared unconstitutional. Washington has also recently legalized gay marriage and New Jersey lawmakers passed a bill through the senate today that would legalize gay marriage.

Bomer has done his best to keep his sexuality out of the public realm. When asked about his sexuality by Details Magazine, Bomer responded:

“I don’t care about that at all. I’m completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life. I have a network and a show riding on my shoulders. I would say a big difference between my character and me is that I can be too trusting. And I’ve realized in this business, that’s not necessarily the smartest thing to be. I definitely have a thing or two to learn from the con artists.”

Here’s a video of Bomer’s speech from the Humanitarian Awards.

Now that Bomer has officially come out of the closet, it’s time that he solidifies himself as a gay actor in Hollywood. And what better way to do that than with an appearance on Glee… Matt Bomer will guest star on Glee this April.

Are you a fan of Matt Bomer? Do you watch “White Collar?”

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The music industry is full of computer artists. It’s full of musicians who are better performers than they are musicians. (Hint hint: Watch Nicki Minaj’s over-the-top Grammy performance.) When the Foo Fighters won for best Rock Album last night, front man Dave Grohl tried to put the focus back on the human element of rock.

Grohl said:

“For me this award means alot because it shows that the human element of making rock is the most important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning your craft is the most important thing for people to do. It’s not about being perfect. It’s not about sounding correct. It’s not about what goes on in a computer. It’s about what goes on in here (points to heart) and what goes on in here (points to head.)”

Grohl, who started his music career with the most famous garage band of all-time, Nirvana, returned to his roots for his latest record “Wasting Light.” Not only did the Foo Fighters work with Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana’s iconic Nevermind, but the album was recorded in Grohl’s garage.

What did you think of Grohl’s speech? Do you think the Foo Fighters are a good role model for aspiring musicians?

Here’s Dave Grohl’s speech.

The Foo Fighters’ acceptance speech was one of the highlights of last night’s Grammy Awards, but it has tough competition for the “moment of the night.” After all, Jennifer Hudson did give a pretty stirring, and emotional, performance of the late Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love you.”

What was your favorite moment of the Grammy Awards?

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If you’re browsing the top selling songs and albums on iTunes or Amazon today, you’re probably going to see a lot of Whitney Houston. The singer’s music has been flying off of the shelves since her untimely demise this weekend.

On iTunes, Whitney Houston claimed 42 of the top 200 songs. On Amazon, Houston took 10 of the top 20 albums.

Billboard, which tracks music sales, is expecting Whitney Houston’s greatest hits album to sell about 50,000 copies today which could put Houston back into the top 20 of the Billboard 200.

Houston was pretty familiar with the Billboard 200 during her career. Houston had 11 number one hits in her career (You can listen to all of her hits here). Her song “I Will Always Love You” spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200.

The AFP reports that Whitney Houston sold 170 million albums, singles and videos during her career with Arista Records. Her hit “I Will Always Love You” is the top selling single of all time.

Several other musicians have seen soaring sales after their deaths. Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse both saw a huge boost in sales. No one’s talking about a posthumous album yet but it wouldn’t be surprising to see a re-mastered collection released in the next few months.

Houston was found in a hotel bathtub over the weekend. The cause of death is still being determined. You can read more about the singer’s death here. 

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Last night’s Grammys marked a big night for electronic dance music community, with the likes of Deadmau5, Skrillex, David Guetta and more up for several awards. Skrillex ultimately took home most of the haul for himself, but it was Deadmau5 that got the last laugh.

Deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) was shown on the red carpet during the broadcast, complete with his “Mau5″ head, with a black sleeveless t-shirt with a phone number above the line, “u mad bro?” And as it turned out, that phone number was Skrillex’s personal phone number.

Skrillex took it well enough, though. He laughed off the prank on Twitter, saying: “Haha @deadmau5 just wore my phone number on his fokin shirt on tv gotta retire this phone.”

In a quick attempt to take some revenge, Skrillex tried to turn on call-forwarding to turn the prank against Deadmau5, but apparently the prankster was way ahead of him. “Nice try with the call forwarding @skrillex one step ahead of you! Ps. Congrats dude! Seriously, so rad!,” he tweeted.

via Access Hollywood

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Marston Hefner, Hugh Hefner’s son, was arrested last night after allegedly attacking 2011 Playmate of the year Claire Sinclair.

Kansas City reports that Sinclair and Marston have been dating for over a year and lived together in a house in Pasadena, California. Marston was arrested after one of Sinclair’s family members called the police claiming that the young Hefner had abused Claire. Marston admitted that he and Claire had been arguing but denied that he had hit her.

Police may be a little skeptical about Maston’s denial, however, since Claire had bruises and red marks on her body.

According to TMZ, Claire Sinclair told police that Marston had punched her and kicked her in the stomach. Sinclair called her family for help who then called the police.

Marston was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence. He has already posted his $20,000 bail.

Claire Sinclair was named the Playmate of the Year in 2011. The 20-year-old has been dating Marston Hefner since August 2010.

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Last year Lady Gaga showed up to the Grammy Awards in an egg. It was part of an elaborate stage production that saw her “reborn” on stage. Well, Lady Gaga wasn’t performing this year so it was up to Nicki Minaj to pick up the slack in crazy. Nicki Minaj walked the red carpet with a pope look-a-like, a preview to her onstage exorcism.

The controversial performance was, of course, met with a lot of criticism.

Do you think the performance was sacrilegious? Offensive? Bizarre? Awesome? Boring?

The performance started with Nicki Minaj singing to a priest. Her words seemed to burn the priests soul and convinces him that Minaj needs an exorcism. Cut to a pre-taped segment where Minaj (I mean her alter-ego Roman) smears lipstick on herself and crawls up to the upper corner of the room.

When they cut back to the live show, Minaj is chained to a board as guys with monk robes dance around her. Then there’s some fire and the priest walks out to do the exorcism, which ends with Minaj levitating toward the ceiling.

It was…. theatrical.

Here’s the video of Nick Minaj’s Grammy performance.

What did you think? Was this offensive?

So far the reaction has been mixed. Some people criticized Nicki Minaj, like Lady Gaga, for putting the focus on wild performances and not on the music.

@thekatiestevens wrote:

“Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, I’m all about expression, but it has gone overboard. Love Adele cause her focus is on music, not controversy.”

Do you think this was a little over the top?

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US Weekly reports the “My Prerogative” singer lost it onstage the previous evening at a show in Southaven, Miss., hours after learning of Houston’s death.

“Just say a prayer for my daughter, say a prayer for her mother, and if you find the time please say a prayer for me because I am going to need it,” Brown told the crowd on Saturday night.

According to multiple reports, Bobbi Kristina, 18, has been on suicide watch in the days following her mother’s death and was briefly hospitalized not once but twice for near death related experiences.

According to People magazine, Brown arrived at LAX with a large entourage looking sad and scared.

“Obviously, the death of her mother is affecting her, however, we will get through this tragedy as a family,” Bobby said in a statement to Extra. “Again, I ask for privacy during this time.”

Bobbi Kristina is Brown and Huston’s only child together. According to Bobby Brown‘s agent, the singer’s main priority is being with his family and his daughter, and Brown decided to leave the tour with New Edition because of “his love for his daughter and his daughter being in the hospital. He wants to go be with his daughter.”

An autopsy on Whitney Houston’s body has been completed, but the results have been withheld as Houston’s death investigation continues. Officials did, however, confirm Houston was found in hotel bathtub and that there was no sign of trauma.

Watch Bobby Brown’s emotional performance just hours after hearing of Whitney’s death on Saturday:

via ABC News

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One of the sadder aspects of an unexpected and often self-destructive sudden demise is the ripple effect of the incident on those close to the victim, and since the death of singer Whitney Houston, her daughter Bobbi Kristina- who is just 19 years old- has been distraught and inconsolable.

Many disturbing reports about Bobbi Kristina have emerged since Houston’s shocking death at 48 on Saturday night. Houston was found dead in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel, and it has been surmised that the singer may have drowned in the bathroom following an unconsciousness-inducing mix of Xanax and alcohol. And yesterday, reports emerged that one day prior to Houston’s death, Bobbi Kristina herself was removed from a hotel bathtub- after passing out- by members of her mother’s entourage.

The night of Houston’s death, it was widely reported that Bobbi Kristina was kept at bay by police officers at the scene and that she demanded to see her mother’s body, but the officers refused her request. And yesterday the teen was hospitalized, reportedly distraught and emotional at the sudden loss of her mother.

TMZ is now reporting that Bobbi Kristina has been rushed to the hospital again this morning, transported by an ambulance from the hotel in which her mother Whitney died. The blog says:

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ police and fire responded to a call for a medical emergency, but would not confirm who was transported… According to our sources, Bobbi Kristina went to the hospital last night as well, but was not transported via ambulance. We’re told she was “hysterical, exhausted and inconsolable.”

It has also been reported by TMZ that family fears Bobbi Kristina may be suicidal following the loss of her mother.

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“There’s no way around it,” the rapper told the crowd, which included Adele, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga and others. “We’ve had a death in our family,” he said. “For me, the only thing that feels right is to begin with a prayer for a woman who we love, for our fallen sister, Whitney Houston.”

LL opened the prayer by thanking God for “sharing our sister Whitney with us,” and added, “although she is gone too soon, we remain truly blessed to have been touched by her beautiful spirit and to have her lasting legacy of music to cherish and share forever. Amen.”

Following LL Cool J’s prayer, the emcee introduced a video of Houston bringing singing her signature song “I Will Always Love You” at a previous Grammys show.

The crowd rose to their feet out of respect, as LL Cool J said, “Whitney, we will always love you.”

Later in the show, Grammy-award winning recording artist Jennifer Hudson also honored the late Houston with her own soaring rendition of ‘I Will Always Love You.’

Watch a video of LL Cool J’s prayer for Whitney Houston at the 2012 Grammys below:

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Denzel Washington is one of Hollywood’s most well-known and successful actors, so it should come as no surprise that he’s picky when it comes to scripts. Really, really picky, actually.

Speaking in an interview with The Observer, Washington detailed just how involved he is in the film-making process, even when he’s not producing and directing it. If he sees a script he doesn’t like–which is very nearly all of them, apparently–he’ll get involved.

“Training Day, that character was nothing like it ended up being – it was more like a Lethal Weapon kind of guy, a beer-drinking kind of guy,” Washington explained. “Antoine Fuqua [the director] brought the whole gangster element to it, and we developed it and improvised a lot…”

“Nine times out of nine the script is not there, to my liking. And I’m a logic monster. If things don’t make sense, I gotta make sense out of them, and you get into the process.”

Washington says that he has script approval on every movie he makes, but he points out that “the other side of that is: how can I say anything about it if I haven’t done anything about it? So you start getting in there, and I like that part.”

You can catch Denzel Washington in Safe House, which opened in theaters February 10. You can check out a trailer for the film directly below.

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Hollywood Actor Samuel L. Jackson has admitted to something that appears to be the news of the century.  He admitted he voted for then Senator Barack Obama because he was black.

In an interview with the New York Post on race in politics Jackson said,

“I voted for Barack because he was black. Cause that’s why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them.”

He was asked whether it was a little cynical to vote for a candidate based on his race and not based on the issues.  He responded that he didn’t feel any guilt for that because Obama is a politician and it doesn’t matter what any politician says, as they all will say anything to get elected.

He said,

“That’s American politics, pure and simple. [Obama’s] message didn’t mean [anything] to me. In the end, he’s a politician. I just hoped he would do some of what he said he was gonna do. I know politicians … lie cause they want to get elected,”

The African-American vote was huge for President Obama in the 2008 election.  Statisticians say that for any Democrat to win the White House they need to pull at least 80% of the black vote.  In 2004, John Kerry pulled in 88% and in 2012 Obama pulled in 95% of the black vote.

President Obama faces a bit of a problem with Black voters this time around as black leaders, who were somewhat skeptical of Obama in the first place, are not thrilled with the President’s results for the black community.

If the black community votes like Samuel L. Jackson does it may be a huge difference in 2012?

Do you think it is right for people like Samuel L. Jackson to vote based on skin color and not on the issues?

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Adele has scooped six Grammy Awards at this year’s ceremony (the last time we checked in, her total was on four), winning every category in which she was nominated.

The 23-year-old soul singer clinched three of the most prestigious gongs, winning best album, record and song of the year (don’t ask me what the difference is between album and record, I’ve long given up trying to understand these award things). She also won best pop solo performance, pop vocal and short video. I hope she booked an extra bag when she flies back to the UK.

Adele had a remarkable 2011 by anybody’s standards. Her album, 21, has sold over 6.3 million copies in the U.S. alone, and spent a highly fitting 21 weeks at No 1 on the Billboard album chart.

Indeed, it seemed to be the album prize that gave the songstress most pleasure. In an emotional speech, she talked about the influences behind 21:

“This record is inspired by something that is really normal and everyone’s been through it, just a rubbish relationship, and it’s gone on to do things I can’t tell you how I feel about it, it’s been the most life-changing year.”

Adele performed her song ‘Rolling In the Deep’ at the awards, a track which won song of the year.

Foo Fighters were a close second behind the British singer with five Grammy wins, including the gong for best rock performance for Walk. Dave Grohl, officially the most affable chap in rock music, gushed:

“This is a great honour because this record was a special record for our band. Rather than go to the best studio … we made this one in my garage with some microphones and a tape machine. It shows that the human element of making music is what’s most important.”

Aside from that, there was naturally an awful lot of tributes to Whitney Houston, who passed away on Sunday. Jennifer Hudson belted out ‘I Will Always Love You,’ while Grammy host LL Cool J offered a prayer for Houston’s family, saying, “Although she is gone too soon, we remain truly blessed by her musical spirit.”

What do you make of Adele’s epic sweep of six Grammys?

See The Full List Of 2012 Grammy Winners

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While most of the entertainment industry was tuned into the Grammy’s on Sunday night the Bafta movie awards were being handed out in London and the big winner of the night was the black-and-white film The Artist.

Among the films big wins were grabs for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Actor for French star Jean Dujardin.

In celebrating his silent films win for best screenplay filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius said:

“Some people thought there was no script because there was no dialog, so the British are very clever.”

In a funny moment American actress Meryl Streep managed to pick up the Best Actress award for her turn as Margaret Thatcher in the movie The Iron Lady. Once she made it to the stage Streep said of her walk to receive her award  ”That couldn’t have gone worse.” She then said the point of her film was to “locate something real, maybe hidden, but truthful in the life of someone we’ve all decided we know everything about already.”

In celebrating his 3-D film Hugo Martin Scorcese took home Bafta awards for production and design.

Did any of Sunday nights Bafta award winners surprise you, perhaps the best screenplay nod?

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Katy Perry performed at the Grammy’s on Sunday night fresh off her divorce from funnyman Russell Brand and it turns out that she may have taken a jab at her now ex-husband when debuting her new song Part of Me. 

Perry, 27, signed her divorce papers last week and during her Grammy’s song performance she sang

“Now look at me, I’m sparking/A firework, a dancing flame/You won’t ever put me out again.” She then sang “You can keep everything.”

In another part of the song she sang:

“You’re not gonna break my soul,” and “Your love was cheap, was always tearing at the seam. I feel deep and you let me down. But that was then and this is now.”

For the kicker she added:

“You can keep the diamond ring. It don’t mean nothing anyway. In fact you can keep everything. Yeah, yeah, except for me.”

While she first launched into her hit E.T. it didn’t take long for Perry to done a silver and gold body suit to sing the new song.

The new track will appear on the extended version of Teenage Dream which will be released on March 13.

In case you missed the big music awards show here’s the Katy Perry performance:

Leave it to Perry to turn such bitter moment into a catchy pop song.

I would be curious to know if he had ever heard the song before Perry’s 2012 Grammy Awards performance.

Do you think Katy Perry was attempting to engage in a bit of Russell Brand bashing?

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Adele was unstoppable and folk rockers Bon Iver plowed ahead of the competition to win best new artist at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Bon Iver also topped off their night with the best alternative album win for Bon Iver.

Adele as expected by most music insiders managed to rule the night, grabbing 6 wins including Record of the Year for her hit song Rolling in the Deep. 

Adele also scored best pop solo performance for Someone Like You and best pop vocal for 21.

Three years after his assault of Rihanna occurred on Grammy night Chris Brown was also back in top form, performing at the big event and then turning around to win the years best R&B Album for his hit record F.A.M.E.

The second best night went to the Foo Fighters who walked away with four awards including best rock song, best rock album, top rock performance and the top Hard Rock/Metal Performance for White Limo.

While it may have been a somber night following the 24-hour death of Whitney Houston and an in-memoriam that was marked by a touching cover of I Will Always Love You the night was still about the winners so here’s the full list of winners from the early show and live recording.

Let us know if anyone on the winners list surprised you, there’s always at least one or two winners that leave us scratching our heads wondering how they won.

• Song of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
• New Artist: Bon Iver
• Pop Solo Performance: “Someone Like You,” Adele
• Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: “Body and Soul,” Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
• Pop Vocal Album: “21,” Adele
• Alternative Album: “Bon Iver,” Bon Iver
• Rock Song: “Walk,” Foo Fighters
• Rock Album: “Wasting Light,” Foo Fighters
• Rock Performance: “Walk,” Foo Fighters
• Hard Rock/Metal Performance: “White Limo,” Foo Fighters
• R&B Album: “F.A.M.E.,” Chris Brown
• R&B Song: “Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim & Jack Splash
• R&B Performance: “Is This Love,” Corrine Bailey Rae
• Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
• Rap Album: “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” Kanye West
• Rap Performance: “Otis,” Jay-Z and Kanye West
• Rap Song: “All of the Lights,” Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West
• Rap/Sung Collaboration: “All of the Lights,” Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
• Dance Recording: “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites,” Skrillex
• Dance/Electronica Album: “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites,” Skrillex
• Musical Theater Album: “The Book of Mormon,” Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone
• World Music Album: “Tassili,” Tinariwen
• Latin Pop Rock, Rock or Urban Album: “Drama y Luz,” Mana
• Tropical Latin Album: “Last Mambo,” Cachao
• Regional Mexican or Tejano Album: “Bicentenario,” Pepe Aguilar
• Country Solo Performance: “Mean,” Taylor Swift
• Country Album: “Own the Night,” Lady Antebellum
• Country Performance by a Duo or Group: “Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars
• Country Song: “Mean,” Taylor Swift
• Jazz Vocal Album: “The Mosaic Project,” Terri Lyne Carrington & various artists
• Jazz Instrumental Album: “Forever,” Corea, Clark & White
• Improvised Jazz Solo: “500 Miles High,” Chick Corea
• Large Ensemble Jazz Album: “The Good Feeling,” Christian McBride Big Band
• Blues Album: “Revelator,” Tedeschi Trucks Band
• Folk Album: “Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars
• Pop Instrumental Album: “The Road From Memphis,” Booker T. Jones
• Bluegrass Album: “Paper Airplane,” Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Americana Album: “Ramble at the Ryman,” Levon Helm
• Reggae Album: “Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life,” Stephen Marley
• New Age Album: “What’s It All About,” Pat Metheny
• Children’s Album: “All About Bullies… Big and Small,” various artists
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Paul Epworth
• Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: “Cinema (Skrillex remix),” Sonny Moore
• Gospel Song: “Hello Fear,” Kirk Franklin
• Gospel/Contemporary Christian Performance: “Jesus,” L’Andria Johnson
• Gospel Album: “Hello Fear,” Kirk Franklin
• Choral Performance: “Light & Gold,” Eric Whitacre
• Classical Contemporary Composition: “Elmer Gantry,” Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein
• Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
• Orchestral Performance: “Brahms: Symphony No. 4,” Gustavo Dudamel
• Opera Recording: “Adams: Doctor Atomic,” Alan Gilbert, conductor
• Spoken Word Album: “If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t),” Betty White
• Comedy Album: “Hilarious,” Louis C.K.
• Compilation Soundtrack Album For Visual Media: “Boardwalk Empire,” various artists
• Score Soundtrack Album For Visual Media: “The King’s Speech,” Alexandre Desplat
• Song Written For Visual Media: “I See the Light,” Alan Menken & Glenn Slater
• Historical Album: “Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition),” Paul McCartney
• Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists: “Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me),” Jorge Calandrelli

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Jennifer Hudson had her work cut out for her on Sunday night when less then 24 hours after the death of singer Whitney Houston she was tasked with performing the singers biggest and most recognizable hit I Will Always Love You.

During the 54th Annual Grammy Awards show it was an emotional time for musicians who happened to be friends with Houston including LL Cool J who offered up a prayer for the deceased singer.

Hudson took to the stage for her pitch perfect performance following a touching in-memoriam tribute montage that ended with a photograph of Houston which led Hudson to begin singing.

Originally recorded by Dolly Parton the song was featured by Houston on the soundtrack for The Bodyguard and won the Album of the Year in 1994.

After her performance the crowd broke into applause as Hudson fought back tears.

It was a short homage to Whitney Houston but it struck the right chords in a very straight forward but underrated way.

Rumors are currently pointing to death by drowning with an insider revealing that Houston had water in her lungs which was discovered when her autopsy was performed on Sunday afternoon. Full labs won’t be available for 4-6 weeks at which point we will know if she died from a drug or alcohol overdose.

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