All Eyes on Amy Winehouse, Kanye West and Jacko at Grammys
LOS ANGELES Kanye West may have had a conducting eight nominating address, but the main question head into Sunday night’s Grammy Awards was: What will Amy Winehouse do?
The British vocalist will non attend this year’s Grammy Awards because her request for a visa was refused, but she will take an interruption from rehab to execute by satellite at Sunday’s ceremonial in Los Angeles.
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West, known for shaking off tantrums at awards shows when he doesn’t win, has held an exulting yet tragical year. He struck hard 50 Cent off his throne when “Commencement” had the selling debut of the twelvemonth with almost one 000 000 copies sold, but his mother cashed in one suddenly in November at age 58 after plastic operating room.
West is bing after an aroused tribute public presentation to his mommy at the Grammys, Citizenry magazine reported. The doorknocker has notted been formally announced as a performing artist for the awardings show.
And Michael Jackson may really be acting, FOXNews.com’s FOX411 editorialist Roger Friedman reported
The possible scenario has Justin Timberlake commencing the display singing along with a taping of Frank Sinatra. The next act up is Jackson, acting one of his hits from “Thriller,” possibly even creating the terpsichore number for “Billie Jean” he made famous at the Motown 25th day of remembrance show in 1983.
Former top candidates included the Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Paul McCartney, T-Pain and Timbaland.
Both West and Winehouse existed nominated for record album of the twelvemonth for their CDs “Graduation exercise” and “Back to Black,” severally. Winehouse was besides cited for best new creative person, plus record and vocal of the twelvemonth for the noncompliant hit “Rehab.”
Early record of the twelvemonth candidates admit Beyonce’s “Unreplaceable,” the Foo Fighters’ “The Pretender,” Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and “What Goes Around Comes Around” by Justin Timberlake.
In add to West and Winehouse, the record album of the twelvemonth category too featured the Foo Fighters, for “Echoes, Silence, Longanimity & Grace,” Vince Gill’s four-disc set “These Days,” - and, amazingly, Herbie Hancock’s testimonial to Joni Mitchell, “River: The Joni Letters.”
Former song of the twelvemonth candidates included Corrine Bailey Rae’s sweet-sounding “Like A Star,” Carrie Underwood’s retaliation anthem “Earlier He Cheats,” The Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” and “Umbrella.”
Winehouse was contending against Feist, Paramore, Joseph Deems Taylor Swift and Ledesi in the best new creative person category.
The display is positioned to air out at 8 p.m. ET on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.