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Htp Hop Dominates
Grammy Competition
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Beyonce, Jay Z , OutKast, each
collect six nominations
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(AP) — Beyonce, Jay-Z, OutKast and Pharrell Williams have each
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collected a leading six Grammy nominations.
Missy Elliott, Eminem, Evanescence, 50 Cent, Chad Hugo, Ricky
Skaggs, Justin Timberlake, Luther Vandross and the late Warren Zevon
had five nominations each.
Nominations for the 46th annual Grammy Awards were announced
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at a Beverly Hilton press conference Thursday.
Pop stars Moby, Sarah McLachlan and Dido were among a
groupof musicians who announced bids, which wi 11 be awarded
in 105 categories on Feb. 8 at the Staples Center arena in
downtown Los Angeles.
CATERING ALLEVENTS
Beyonce and her beau, rapper Jay-Z, were among contend­
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ers for record of the year for “Crazy in Love,” along with the
Blackeyed Peas' and Justin Tim berlake’s “Where is the
Love?” Other nominees were Coldplay ’ s "Clocks,” Emi nem's
"Lose Y ourself’ and OutKast’s “Hey Ya,”
Beyonce Knowles and rapper Jay-Z, performing at the BET awards last
summer, earned a leading six Grammy nominations last week. (AP photo)
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Album o f the year contenders were Elliott’s “Under
Construction," “Fallen" by Evanescence, “Speakerboxxx/The Love Be­
on "Beautiful," from Snoop Dogg’s album “Paid ThaCost to be Da Bo$$,"
low” by OutKast, “Justified” by Timberlake and "Elephant” by The
and is also featured with Jay-Z on The Neptunes' single "Frontin’.”
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Williams is also competing against against himself for best rap song
White Stripes.
The song of the year nominations, which go to songwriters, went to
for his songwriting collaboration on "Beautiful” and the Jay-Z song
Linda Perry for Christina A guilera’s "Beautiful,” Richard Marx and
“Excuse Me Miss.”
Best rap album contenders are Elliott's “Under Construction,” 50
C ent's “Get Rich or Die Try in’,"Jay-Z ’s "The Blueprint-The Gift & The
Vandross for Vandross' "Dance With My Father” and Avril Lavigne and
the songwriting group The Matrix for Lavigne's "I’m With You.”
Williams received two nominations in the category for best rap/sung
collaboration: He performed with Snoop Dogg and Uncle Charlie Wilson
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Curse," OutKast’s “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" and "Phrenology”
by the Roots.
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‘Jazz Masters’
Roster Grows
Jessica
Alba Stars
in ‘Honey’
(AP) — Count Basie. Miles Davis. Ella
Fitzgerald. Dizzy Gillespie. Sarah Vaughan. These
are some of the names that have been previously
honored as A m erica's "Jazz Masters" by the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Now add to the list jazz advocate and music
critic Nat Hentoff, guitarist Jim Hall, rhythm in­
strumentalist Chico Hamilton, pianist Herbie
Hancock, arranger-composer Luther Henderson
and vocalist Nancy Wilson.
The winners wi 11 be honored at a ceremony and
concert to be held in New York on Jan. 23 and
televised nationally.
In addition, the arts group is working with the
Verve Music Groupon a commemorative double
CD set of recordings by 28 “Jazz Masters.”
To date, 73 jazz artists have been named “Jazz
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Tenor Works to Reduce Global Tensions
(AP) — Italian tenor Andrea
Bocelli is visiting China in acall for
more cultural exchanges as a way of
boosting understanding am ong
people.
Events such as his Shanghai
visit are “good for music, good for
culture and good for people," said
Bocelli. on the eve of his perfor­
mance at S hanghai’s landmark
Grand Theater.
“Especially at this time, when
the world is so tense and things are
Especially at this
time, when the world
is so tense and things
are so unstable,
increasing these sorts
o f exchanges has
special sign ificance...
-Andrea Bocelli
so unstable, increasing these sorts
of exchanges has special signifi­
cance for better mutual understand­
ing among people," Bocelli said at
a news conference.
Bocelli. blinded by illness at age
12, donned a black silk Chinese
tunic for the news conference.
The 45-year-old singer will per­
form five concerts in China, accom­
panied by the renowned Shanghai
Symphony Orchestra and Chinese
soprano Huang Ying.
Ray Charles Recovers From Surgery
Hip replacement
is temporary
setback
(A P ) — Ray C h arles is re ­
co v erin g in his B everly H ills
hom e afte r u ndergoing a hip
rep la ce m en t.
“ I feel te rrific and am so
thankful to the good L ord that
all is going w ell for m e,” C harles
said in a statem en t last w eek. “ I
c a n 't w ait to ge, back on the
r o a d , w h ic h is m y s e c o n d
h o m e .”
A cute d isc o m fo rt in his left
h ip f o rc e d th e 7 3 - y e a r - o ld
sin g er in A ugust to cancel his
rem ain in g 2003 to u r dates. It
w as the first tim e C h a rles had
can celed a to u r in 53 years.
Ray Charles
C h a rles is underg o in g p h y si­
cal therapy and ex p ects to start
a national to u r again in M arch,
spokesm an Jerry D igney said.
W hile hospitalized in Novem -
ber, C h arles d o n ated $ I m illion
to D illard U n iv ersity in N ew
O rlean s fo r the c re atio n o f a
p rogram ab o u t b lack cu ltu re.
H e ’s also been w o rk in g on a
d u ets alb u m at his p riv ate s tu ­
d io . D igney said.
C h a rles, w h o w as 7 y ears
old w hen he lost his ey e sig h t,
has won 13 G ram m y A w ards,
including a lifetim e achievem ent
aw ard. He also w as on e o f the
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and Roll H all o f F am e in 1986.
H e’s reco rd ed classic songs
su c h as “ I G o t a W o m a n ,”
" W h a t'd I S ay " an d “G eo rg ia
on My M in d .”
A m ovie b ased on his life
story, “ U nchain M y H eart: T he
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Names Added to ‘Jazz
Masters’ Roster
Jessica Alba and Mekhi
Phifer star in "Honey,"
the story about a sexy,
tough music video chore­
ographer who shakes up
her life after her mentor
gives her an ultimatum:
sleep with him or be
blacklisted within their
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industry. Also stars Joy
Bryant, LU' Romeo and
cameos by Missy Elliot
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