Posts Tagged ‘GRAMMYS’

The Return of Glamour

Friday, March 19th, 2010

by Stuart Gavert

Amanda Seyfried at the Oscars

Glamour is back. How do we know? Hair Styles? Clothes? Shoes? Well, perhaps they are strong clues, but at the Academy Awards many of the women as they were introduced to give an award or came up to accept one, fetchingly lifted their skirts to come up or down the stairs. It is often little clues like this that let us know that elegance, driven into seeming history by overdone everything in the ’80s and grunge in the ’90s has made a stunning comeback.

Not that the runways have demonstrated this up until recently. Last October’s post-apocalyptic, underwear on the outside, bleached eyebrows and blow torched hair were not fashion, they were art. This season showed a lot more of that elegance. Even Alexander McQueen’s (RIP) looks were stunningly elegant, with his slightly outre touch that will be missed dearly. Galliano for Dior came out with some surprising feminine diaphanous blush colored fabrics, very unlike his usual hard edge looks. Armani and Marc Jacobs for Vuitton were deliciously classic. Hair was mostly soft and did not take away from the clothes, but complemented them. (more…)

Hot or Not? Grammy’s Friends and Family Party Breakdown

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
By Jenna

Oh the Grammys. The extravagant, exciting, electric Grammys are in town and what that means is time to party. As the music industry’s Oscars, this star studded event is nothing to take lightly, especially the nights of debauchery that go along with it. Grammy weekend is a huge weekend not just for the music industry, but for fashion, and beauty. Celebrities and people alike fly in to Los Angeles from all over the world for this exciting show and the week before is full of pre-Grammy events. Attending the 13th anniversary of the Friends and Family Grammy event at Paramount Studios, we got just a taste of what was to come for Grammy weekend.

Entering into Stage 18 at Paramount, tons of people rushed in for appetizers and drinks surrounded by an ambiance of flashing lights, LA city projections on the walls, playable The SIMS 3 station, photo booths, dazzling outfits and the who’s who of the music industry. Definitely a great way to start off the weekend. With performances by Kevin Rudolf, the fabulous Estelle, Jay Sean, Kevin Rudolf, Mayer Hawthorne, Theophilus London, with DJ sets by: ATRAK, Junkie XL, Benny Blanco, and Classixx, attendees were in a trance by the end of the evening.

Katy Perry arrived without her soon to be husband Russell Brand (who arrived later in the night), looking absolutely stunning as always. What makes her blush? You don’t even want to know (wink). Hot. George Clinton rocked the red carpet with hair reminiscent of Christmas. Silver was the metallic of the night.  Estelle wore a chic high waisted belt with a glimmering silver long sleeve top, as some others didn’t quite get the metallic trend right. If there’s one thing to be learned, it was about funky fashion. Just a little tip to the Hollywood wanna be up and coming: Don’t channel your inner tin man or copycat Lady Gaga, there are tons of other trends that’ll have you stand out and not make you look like a jack. Here’s a few silver “DON’TS” that were quite amusing and almost night ruining. Icky. Not Hot.

Actress Lolene butchering our beloved Lady Gaga:

And Bonnie McKee parading around as the Tin Man. Not Hot

Other Marvelous celebrities who attended: Carolina Liar, English musician Dhani Harrison, Cory Feldman and his bimbo, Fefe Dobson, Quinton Aaron from Blindside, Howie Dorough, The Stunners, and Jurnee Smollett.

Jenna is a social media marketing maverick and frequently covers events in Hollywood.

Ladies Night at the 2010 Grammys

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Pink lead the pack last night with her aerial performance of  “Glitter in the Air.” I mean, we were in tears. It was GORGEOUS. Do you want to run off and join Cirque du Soleil today or what? We do. Beyonce‘s “If I Were a Boy/ You Oughta Know” mash was so strong (and, ok… fierce) and Lady Gaga’s medley (“Poker Face/ Speechless/ Your Song”) with Elton was a classic. Did you watch? We think Taylor’s gonna lose her humility if she keeps winning big so young, and we thought her performance with Stevie Nicks was off tune and ruined a classic Fleetwood Mac jam in the process. Are we being too harsh? What’d you think? (more…)

Our Favorite Random Grammy Facts

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

The Grammys are on tonight (CBS, 8 p.m. E.T.) and in their honor, we rounded up our favorite rando facts about music’s biggest night.


In 1989, the first Grammy for a Rap Performance went to DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) in 1989. However, only Jazzy Jeff showed up to collect — Will Smith stayed home to protest that the award announcement wasn’t televised.

In that same year, 1989, Milli Vanilli were revealed as a lip-synching scam, and the duo became the first artists to have to give back their Grammy.

In 1997, when she won Best New Artist at 14 years old, LeAnn Rimes was the youngest nominee to win a big-category Grammy.

In 2006, our girl Kelly Clarkson was the first American Idol to win a Grammy. Kelly won 2 awards– one or Best Pop Album and another for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Since You Been Gone.”


Sinead O’Connor
remains the only artist to deny her own Grammy award. She did so in 1990 for her performance album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, and she did not want that Grammy, people!

Kanye is hardly the first guy to walk into someone else’s speech– in 2004, Fifty Cent wandered in the background while Amy Lee (of Evanescence) accepted her award for Best New Artist – an award he was up for. When asked about the incident, the rapper said; “I feel like I got jerked at the Grammys because I’m aggressive,” said the aggressive rapper. “I don’t understand how (Evanescence) get best new artist. I will never go back to the Grammy Awards ever in my career.”"

Even weirder/ruder?

When, in 1998, Shawn Colvin was giving her acceptance speech, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who had lost out to Puff Daddy earlier in the night, got up onstage to protest. A stunned Shawn watched on as ODB rambled, and in closing he capped off his speech with “Wu Tang is for the children!” Nope.

In 2000, Jennifer Lopez made everyone gasp when she showed up on the arm of P. Diddy  in her sheer, cuttothere v-neck Versace gown (which had to be held up with tape). Ten years later? We bet no one would even bat an eye!

Grammy Noms that We Care About- And Who We Want to Win

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

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Below, who wins in our book… tune in with us for the Grammys Jan 31, 2009


RECORD OF THE YEAR

Blush consensus: Yikes! Startin’ with the hard stuff. We’re going B all the way with this one. And no offense to Gaga, but Queen B is Lady Gaga’s idol, so that’s just how it works.

  • Halo
    Beyoncé
    Beyoncé Knowles & Ryan Tedder, producers; Jim Caruana, Mark “Spike” Stent & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers
    Track from: I Am… Sasha Fierce
    [Music World Music / Columbia]
  • I Gotta Feeling
    The Black Eyed Peas
    David Guetta & Frederick Riesterer, producers; will.i.am, Dylan “3-D” Dresdow & Padraic “Padlock” Kerin, engineers/mixers
    [Interscope]
  • Use Somebody
    Kings Of Leon
    Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer
    [RCA Records]
  • Poker Face
    Lady Gaga
    RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, engineers/mixers
    Track from: The Fame
    [Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]
  • You Belong With Me
    Taylor Swift
    Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers
    [Big Machine Records] (more…)