Grammy Awards 2013 Nominees: Jay-Z, Fun. , The Black Keys and More

All genres of music were very well represented in the 2013 Grammy Awards list of nominees. Artists The Black Keys, Jay-Z, and Fun. were among those with multiple nominations at the prestigious awards show. Other musicians who got multiple nominations include Mumford & Sons, Kanye West, and Frank Ocean. The list of nominees was announced on Wednesday, December 5 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys was nominated for non-classical producer of the year, which became the sixth nod for the rock duo. The other five include Album of the Year and Best Rock Album for "El Camino", and Record of the Year, Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for their single "Loney Boy". The nominations indeed prove the band's very strong musical career this year.

Rock music seemed to pose a comeback as another great group Fun. nabbed top nominations for Record of the Year and Album of the Year. The indie band, who were also one of the featured performers that night, would also fight for the Best New Artist trophy next year while their anthemic song "We Are Young" would try to get the Song of the Year award. The band got two other nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z tied with another great rapper Kanye West with their six nominations. Jay-Z and Kanye are no strangers at the Grammys and their dominance on Wednesday's concert was mostly due to their "Watch the Throne" collaboration and their individual works.

Mumford & Sons nominations were spread in different categories including Album of the Year for "Babel". R'n'B singer Frank Ocean, meanwhile, got some major nominations including Best New Artist and Album of the Year for "Channel Orange".

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will air on February 10, 2013 at 8 P.M. EST. The show will broadcast live on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Below is the partial nomination list of the awards. Full nominations can be obtained on Grammy official site.

Album Of The Year:

• "El Camino" - The Black Keys
• "Some Nights" - Fun.
• "Babel" - Mumford & Sons
• "Channel Orange" - Frank Ocean
• "Blunderbuss" - Jack White

Record Of The Year:

• "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson
• "We Are Young" - Fun. featuring Janelle Monae
• "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye featuring Kimbra
• "Thinkin Bout You" - Frank Ocean
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift

Best New Artist:

• Alabama Shakes
• Fun.
• Hunter Hayes
• The Lumineers
• Frank Ocean

Song Of The Year:

• "The A Team" - Ed Sheeran
• "Adorn" - Miguel
• "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson
• "We Are Young" - Fun.

Best Pop Solo Performance:

• "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)" - Adele
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson
• "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
• "Wide Awake" - Katy Perry
• "Where Have You Been" - Rihanna

Best Rock Album:

• "El Camino" - The Black Keys
• "Mylo Xyloto" - Coldplay
• "The 2nd Law" - Muse
• "Wrecking Ball" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Blunderbuss" - Jack White

Best Rock Song:

• "Freedom at 21" - Jack White
• "I Will Wait" - Mumford & Sons
• "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
• "Madness" - Muse
• "We Take Care of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen

Best R&B Album:

• "Black Radio" - Robert Glasper Experiment
• "Back to Love" - Anthony Hamilton
• "Write Me Back" - R. Kelly
• "Beautiful Surprise" - Tamia
• "Open Invitation" - Tyrese Gibson

Best R&B Song:

• "Adorn" - Miguel
• "Beautiful Surprise" - Tamia
• "Heart Attack" - Trey Songz
• "Pray for Me" - Anthony Hamilton
• "Refill" - Elle Varner

Best Rap Album:

• "Take Care" - Drake
• "Food and Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1" - Lupe Fiasco
• "Life Is Good" - Nas
• "Undun" - The Roots
• "God Forgives, I Don't" - Rick Ross
• "Based on a T.R.U. Story" - 2 Chainz

Best Rap Song:

• "Daughers" - Nas
• "Lotus Flower Bomb" - Wale featuring Miguel
• "Mercy" - Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
• "The Motto" - Drake featuring Lil Wayne
• "N****s in Paris" - Jay-Z & Kanye West
• "Young, Wild & Free" - Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars

Best Country Album:

• "Uncaged" - Zac Brown Band
• "Hunter Hayes" - Hunter Hayes
• "Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran" - Jamey Johnson
• "Four the Record" - Miranda Lambert
• "The Time Jumpers" - The Time Jumpers

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Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried Steal the Show at 'Les Miserables' U.K. Premiere

Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables" has just thrown a star-studded premiere in the U.K. on December 5. Held at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, the special screening event was attended by the musical film's A-list cast members including leading ladies Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried. 

Hathaway became the event's center of attention with her fabulous look. Keeping her pixie hair sleek, the Fantine depicter dazzled in a pastel-colored mermaid gown with oversized arms that exposed her sexy collarbone. The elegant dress also had a backless detail that made the brunette beauty look even more gorgeous. 

Looking equally stunning on the red carpet was Seyfried, who opted for a little black dress. The Balenciaga number by Nicolas Ghesquiere looked pretty with asymmetric details on the lower part. The Cosette depicter teamed the simple-but-chic outfit with a pair of black platforms and finished off her look with smokey-eye makeup while letting loose her wavy blond hair on one side of her shoulder. 

Another belle of the ball that night was Eponine depicter, Samantha Barks. With a navy Stella McCartney dress with sheer detail on the midriff, the brunette beauty looked flawless as she stepped on the red carpet. Helena Bonham Carter also supported the event, glamming up in a black ball gown. 

Leading men Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe all looked dapper in their long coat, while Eddie Redmayne opted for a dark blue suede suit. Also attending the promotional event were Sacha Baron Cohen's wife Isla Fisher who kept it simple in a white ensemble, and Gillian Anderson who looked daring in red. 

"Les Miserables" folllows ex-prisoner Valjean (Jackman) who is hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjen agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter Cosette (Seyfried), their lives change forever. The film will open Stateside on December 25. 

     
     


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First Look: Harrison Ford Looks Down on Asa Butterfield in 'Ender's Game'

Harrison Ford looks down on Asa Butterfield in a first look photo of "Ender's Game". The veteran actor looks fierce in his portrayal of Colonel Hyram Graff complete with his sleek military uniform. The picture is taken in what appears to be a mess in Battle School, where Butterfield's titular character and his fellow young recruits are standing up in white pajamas. 

According to Entertainment Weekly, which publishes the pic, the scene in the image shows Ender facing off Graff over whether his emails to home are being blocked. The two characters are "clashing over communication," since they have "major communication issues with each other." 

In Orson Scott Card's award-winning novel, Graff is described as the man who trains the young recruits at an elite military academy. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, meanwhile, is one of the chosen kids in the military program who soon becomes Earth's best hope to defeat the alien Formic race. 

Explaining the on-set chemistry between Ford and Butterfield, director Gavin Hood says, "The relationship between [Harrison] and Asa was very close, but he didn't overly befriend him off the set. He helped Asa by allowing that slight sense of intimidation to be there." 

To EW, Hood also opens up that there are some parts of the original book that have been changed in the movie. "I discussed this at length with Orson. The decision was made very early on to compress the time period into about a year, so that we could have the same actor from beginning to end," he dishes. 

"We were trying to hit that sweet spot right around 12, which Asa fits in very nicely," he goes on. "When you sit down for two hours, you're just beginning to bond with an actor, and then he changes and suddenly you're bonding with someone who's meant to be the same person, but you know he's a different actor." 

Still, Hood promises that he won't alter the ending based on Orson's novel. "That ending - and the complex moral questions that it raises - is one of the reasons why I love the book. I promise you that it is very much there," he says. 

"Ender's Game" is set in the near future when a hostile alien race have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander, Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Graff and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite. 

Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race. 

The sci-fier will arrive in the U.S. theaters on November 1, 2013.

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'Music Man' Star Susan Luckey Died at 74

Susan Luckey has just passed away. The actress, who's well known for playing Mayor Shinn's daughter Zaneeta in 1962 classic movie "The Music Man", died in her home in Los Angeles on early Thursday morning, November 26. She was 74. 

According to her daughter Shayna Reynolds, Susan whose real name is Suzanne Douglas died due to "old age" and didn't battle any long-term disease. Per her request, her body was cremated and the remains were placed in a "decorative box" where other family members were laid to rest. 

Susan tied the knot with "Girls Are for Loving" actor Larry Douglas from 1964 until his death in 1996. 

Her credits include original Broadway production of "Peter Pan" and 1956's movie "Carousel". Her last appearance on the big screen was a small role in 1966's "Step Out of Your Mind".

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Holly Madison Frightened When Hospitalized for Excessive Morning Sickness

Holly Madison has opened up about her experience when she suffered from excessive morning sickness and had to be hospitalized. She admitted she was freaked out because morning sickness usually subsides after the first three months of pregnancy, while she's currently seven months pregnant. 

"When [the morning sickness] started happening really late [in the pregnancy] and I was really vomiting a lot during the day, it freaked me out," she said. "I was told to go to the doctor and get an IV and everything," the former host of "Holly's World" went on. "So, that was kind of scary to me just because it seemed like something so unusual...but everything's O.K. so far, so that's good." 

Holly only stayed briefly in the hospital. Though she's feeling better now, doctors reminded her that she wasn't allowed to overwork herself or she would be forced to lay on her bed. 

In August, the ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner announced that she and boyfriend Pasquale Rotella are expecting their first baby together which is due March 2013. Though they have already known that the baby is a girl, they haven't decided the name yet. 

"We actually have a lot of names we really like," the mother-to-be said. "So we're narrowing it down and I think we're going to wait until the day the baby comes and see what her vibe is and then pick one from there." 

Weighing in on Kate Middleton who is currently also pregnant, the blonde beauty suggested a name for the Duchess' baby, "I think everybody wants to see [the baby] named Diana if it's a girl. I think that would melt the hearts of the world." 

She also wished the British royal princess all the best. She said, "I wish her the best and I'm glad she's getting the best possible care and I'm super excited for her." Holly herself got well wishes from her ex and Playboy founder Hugh. 

According to ETOnline, the creator of "The Girls Next Door" recently tweeted, "I hope Holly Madison is feeling better after being hospitalized for morning sickness in the late stages of her pregnancy." The Playboy honcho added, "Love, Hef." 

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Chris Evans' Actor Brother Scott Evans Arrested on Drug Charges

Scott Evans, who played a police officer on "One Life to Live", was taken into custody on Tuesday, December 4. The younger brother of "Captain America: The First Avenger" hunk Chris Evans was charged with felony for attempt to possess a controlled substance. 

The 29-year-old actor was allegedly busted for trying to purchase drugs from an undercover cop. He was taken into jail at around 6:15 P.M. and was bailed out a few hours later. It's unclear what kind of drugs he's trying to buy from the police officer. 

"Most ridiculous night of my life in LA so far," Scott reportedly posted on Facebook after his arrest. "At least I made it a year before getting arrested." 

Scott has appeared in a number of projects including "Fringe" and "White Collar". His next on-screen appearance will be "Feed the Dog" which also stars Selena Gomez. 

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Report: Ariel Winter's Mom Tried to Leak Nude Pictures of Older Daughter Shanelle Gray

There's a new rumor circulating on the web that Ariel Winter's estranged mother Chrisoula Workman attempted to leak nude pictures of Shanelle Gray. She is Chris' older daughter who's granted temporary guardianship of the "Modern Family" star. 

A Hollywood publicist named Jonathan Hay testified to TMZ that he had been contacted by the mother in her effort to secretly release the pics which seemed to be taken years back. He refused her request because he felt she tried to "sell out her daughter" and make Shanelle look bad.

Ariel, 14, was removed from her family home in November on suspicion of emotional and physical abuses allegedly done by Chris. In her defense, the mother claimed Ariel was upset only because she was not allowed to continue her relationship with her 18-year-old boyfriend.

Amidst the family drama, Ariel's co-star Sarah Hyland showed her support for her "little sister." "I love her to death and try to talk to her every week at least [or] I try to text her because we haven't been working right now," she told E! News. "I just want the best for her. I'm just trying to watch out for her."

The case will be back in court later this month.

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