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Post by QUIET As Kept on Feb 10, 2008 20:22:13 GMT -5
anybody watching??
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Post by MochaD on Feb 10, 2008 20:28:27 GMT -5
I totally forgot. I just tuned in. Thanks for the reminder. What happened thus far?
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Post by QUIET As Kept on Feb 10, 2008 20:38:51 GMT -5
Alicia Keys opened the show performing with Frank Sinatra and The Time performed (with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for the first time in years) - that was the highlight for me thus far  |
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Post by QUIET As Kept on Feb 10, 2008 21:07:13 GMT -5
ok...Tina looks absolutely fabulous!!!!!!!!
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Post by MochaD on Feb 10, 2008 21:12:24 GMT -5
B gained some weight. I like the Big B as opposed to the skinny B...no homo
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Post by QUIET As Kept on Feb 10, 2008 21:27:15 GMT -5
yeah...she was definitely a little thicker....but it looked good on her. shoot...she was bigger than tina
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Post by QUIET As Kept on Feb 10, 2008 21:37:25 GMT -5
Solange & Chris Brown look a hot shot mess
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Post by MochaD on Feb 10, 2008 21:37:44 GMT -5
yeah she is...
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Post by QUIET As Kept on Feb 10, 2008 21:41:44 GMT -5
hahaha @ kanye talking about "oh, you just going to start playing the music on me?!?"
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Post by Gee-Are on Feb 10, 2008 21:56:45 GMT -5
Why did Aretha look like she walked into JoAnn's and said, "Gimme 2 bolts of that sunshine fabric! I need to cover up these arms."?
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Post by Ms. RedamnDickulous on Feb 10, 2008 22:21:00 GMT -5
Ghost, didn't I predict that in my Razzie's thread in the BGLO section? I knew she would come up and through looking a mess. SMH.
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Post by Ms. RedamnDickulous on Feb 11, 2008 2:49:40 GMT -5
Add GRAMMY winner to Obama's list of credentials. His recorded version of the Audacity of Hope beat out Bill Clinton and Maya Angelou and some other folk.
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Post by kingdelta on Feb 11, 2008 15:48:53 GMT -5
This was the worst one ever. I thought this was an awards show? I got more performances than awards.
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Post by Ms. RedamnDickulous on Feb 11, 2008 15:54:50 GMT -5
They typically don't film the majority of awards presented. For example, doors open at 1pm, but filming begins at 5pm. They fiqure that the audience wants to be entertained. Speaking of that, what was Will I Am doing?
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Post by Gee-Are on Feb 11, 2008 15:58:30 GMT -5
@ KD
Actually, I thought it was great! I thought the performance pairings were great entertainment, and as long as you show the most significant (read popular) categories, you keep the essentials of the awards show. For ratings, you definitely want to turn the show more into an entertainment show to keep folks watching and advertisers interested.
I believe they did it the same way last year, and the Oscars moved that way too.
It's a nice way also to keep the show length down, because there's less people to go over their allotted time on acceptance speeches.
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Post by Southie on Feb 11, 2008 16:20:47 GMT -5
I saw A.Keyes performances and they were really good. B and Tina was an interesting performance, I felt like B wanted to get wild. Kanye's performance we just o.k. I have seen better in the past, however I can understand that he might still be upset and just not feeling like his old self. I did not see Amy Winehouse, however I was tired of them promoting it, like that was going to be the best performance of the evening.
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Post by kingdelta on Feb 12, 2008 8:46:45 GMT -5
@ Ghost: The show was 3.5 hours. How is that keeping the time down? In past years they showed more of the awards. I thought the performances were awful. The Oscars still give out awards and yes a lot of them are what we don't want to see but they still show them. Believe me I will not watch again!
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Post by Gee-Are on Feb 12, 2008 9:22:28 GMT -5
KD - Yeah it was 3.5 hours, but it was 3.5 hours filled with performance instead of the awkward teleprompter reading of people who don't do it well. Also, the other reason there was more performance was because of the writers' strike. No one was there to write the intro speeches and whatnot.
I agree that some of the performances were bad...I still don't understand the Amy Winehouse phenomenon. Her song is okay, but did it deserve that many awards? and the performance that much hype throughout the evening?
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Post by kingdelta on Feb 12, 2008 10:40:40 GMT -5
I agree with you there. I like Amy Winehouse but she really isn't better than you're average black singer. Natalie Cole was upset she won so many awards.
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Post by Champs Elysees on Feb 12, 2008 13:10:25 GMT -5
Amy Winehouse's album is fire.
Robin Thicke's album is fire, but he wasn't even nominated, so I can't be mad about Amy winning.
Kanye's album is also fire, so I'm glad he won something . . . but Herbie Hancock? . . . Really???
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Post by QUIET As Kept on Feb 12, 2008 13:22:10 GMT -5
The fact that he won album of the year has me SERIOUSLY wanting to check out his album.
And you have to remember, the Grammys are voted on by other artists, writers, producers, etc from across all genres. It's because they're voted on by fellow musicians that they're considered the pinnacle for musicians...and if true musicians agreed that Herbie had the best album - and he clearly doesn't have enough of a machine behind him to buy it - I'm inclined to believe that album really is the truth
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Post by GorgeousNgreen on Feb 12, 2008 13:36:14 GMT -5
<--- would like to know what Beyonce was thinking when Rhianna hugged Jay and pull him up on stage....
<---was like "whoa!"
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Post by Champs Elysees on Feb 12, 2008 13:40:16 GMT -5
I think the whole Bey, Ri Ri and Jay triangle is good for the gossip rags and is part of the reason for Ri Ri's popularity.
Ri Ri's acceptance speech with Jay was cute to me!
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Post by Gee-Are on Feb 12, 2008 14:49:30 GMT -5
Herbie has been slighted a NUMBER of times in years past, and I think this was a way to try to make amends. I know he's won for the jazz category before, but not for Album of the Year. I don't know if remakes of Joni Mitchell songs constitute a Grammy win, but hey...he won. I'm glad he finally got his props.
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Post by BKupInHere on Feb 18, 2008 8:40:49 GMT -5
Why did Aretha look like she walked into JoAnn's and said, "Gimme 2 bolts of that sunshine fabric! I need to cover up these arms."? <---loves GHOST something EXTRA for that ^^^ comment Seriously,Im scared for Aretha! I won tix to see her @ Radio City on March 22 & Im not sure if she'll MAKE IT!!! She is morbidly obese! Aretha blames the extra weight on her quitting smoking...but dayummmm  |
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Post by BKupInHere on Feb 18, 2008 8:42:09 GMT -5
They typically don't film the majority of awards presented. For example, doors open at 1pm, but filming begins at 5pm. They fiqure that the audience wants to be entertained. Speaking of that, what was Will I Am doing? he was doing his "Bootleg Wyclef" schtick...I cant stand that cornball & the rest of his Peasy Peas... |
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Post by BKupInHere on Feb 18, 2008 8:43:46 GMT -5
<--- would like to know what Beyonce was thinking when Rhianna hugged Jay and pull him up on stage.... <---was like "whoa!" It was funny when Jay called himself "translating" Rih Rih...her Bajan accent isnt even thick!!! |
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. . . Really???
