I really do not have to say about last night's Grammy Awards. Although I consider myself a pop culture maven, "popular" music is one area that I have woefully fallen behind on in the past decade or so. I am aware the existence of such "it" acts as OutKast, ColdPlay, and Evanescence...but don't expect me to be able to name them if I hear one of their songs. My feelings of being reaaally old were confirmed about 10 minutes in the show when it was mentioned that Prince & Beyonce's Purple Rain medley was in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the movie/album... 20 years... ouch!! If I really want to age myself, let me say that I had that album on vinyl!
All in all, I really did not see much of the show...opting to move over to Sex and the City...some quick thoughts... Kristen Johnston's fall was pretty out of character for the show, would expect that out of Six Feet Under not Sex... although I know episodes are not timed to be this week/following week, Charlotte's "Elizabeth Taylor" had the shortest gestation period ever (dog or not!)...and finally Miranda really needed to physically (as opposed to just verbally) slap Carrie into some sense about Paris and "the Russian." With the other ladies' "end" fairly wrapped up, I fear that Carrie's story is going to be too rushed to completion... I am still holding out that Carrie is single and back in NYC two weeks [sniffle!] from now.
Back to the Grammys...
I thought yet another apology from Justin Timberlake was totally not necessary... now I read that the Grammy organizers insisted on the on-air apology if he was to be part of the show...even worse! Would it not have been more in the spirit of "moving on" if the whole thing was not even mentioned? It was bad enough that the show was weighed down in a whole "walking-on-eggshells" tone but now I have to see Timberlake apologizing (again!) ad nauseum for the next few days. Let the guy bask in winning a damn Grammy and let this now wildly-overblown incident go away. It makes me wish there were some new details on Britney's Vegas wedding.
And what is going on with Celine Dion's hair? Is it short and platinum blonde or back to somewhat lengthy and brunette? Last week during Oprah's 50th birthday parties (don't get me started on the millions shelled out for at least five lavish celebrations), Celine showed up with her Vegas blond hair...but last night during the Luther Vandross tribute (kudos for her not "diva-ing" out, well at least not on camera, during technical "failures") she was back to the "old" Celine-look. Personally, I prefer her as a brunette... but I am curious if she was wearing a wig last night?
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