2009 Grammy Awards Winners - Full List

Here is the full list of Winners at the 2009 Grammy Awards last night, but before you go through the list I would like you to notice how Kathy Griffing (what is she doing at the Grammies?) looked way better than Paula Abdul (wearing Living Room curtains - in yellow) and Cindy Lauper in her 'interesting' hair style.

Good job Kathy!







1. Album of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - 'Raising Sand'
2. Record of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - 'Please Read the Letter'
3. Song of the Year: Coldplay - 'Viva la Vida'
4. Best New Artist: Adele
5. Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Adele - 'Chasing Pavements'
6. Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: John Mayer - 'Say'
7. Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Coldplay - 'Viva la Vida'
8. Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - 'Rich Woman'
9. Best Dance Recording: Daft Punk -'Harder Better Faster Stronger'
10. Best Electronic/Dance Album: Daft Punk – 'Alive'
11. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Alicia Keys -'Superwoman'
12. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Ne-Yo – 'Miss Independent'
13. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Al Green (featuring John Legend) – 'Stay With Me (By the Sea)'
14. Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Chrisette Michele (featuring will.i.am) – 'Be OK'
15. Best R&B Song: Ne-Yo – 'Miss Independent'
16. Best R&B Album: Jennifer Hudson – 'Jennifer Hudson'
17. Best Contemporary R&B Album: Mary J. Blige – 'Growing Pains'
18. Best Rap Solo Performance: Lil Wayne – 'A Milli'
19. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Jay-Z & T.I. (Kanye West & Lil Wayne) – 'Swagga Like Us'
20. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Estelle (featuring Kanye West) – 'American Boy'
21. Best Rap Song: Lil Wayne – 'Lollipop'
22. Best Rap Album: Lil Wayne – 'Tha Carter III'
23. Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: John Mayer – 'Gravity'
24. Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Kings Of Leon - 'Sex on Fire'
25. Best Hard Rock Performance: The Mars Volta - 'Wax Simulacra'
26. Best Metal Performance: Metallica - 'My Apocalypse'
27. Best Rock Song: Bruce Springsteen -'Girls In Their Summer Clothes'
28. Best Rock Album: Coldplay – 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends'
29. Best Alternative Music Album: Radiohead – 'In Rainbows'
30. Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman: 'Down To Earth'
31. Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman – 'Juno'
32. Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer – 'The Dark Knight'
33. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin
34. Best Short Form Music Video: Weezer – 'Porl and Beans'
35. Traditional Blues Album: B.B. King - 'One Kind Favor'
36. Contemporary Blues Album: Dr. John and The Lower 911 – 'City That Care Forgot'
37. New Age Album: Jack DeJohnette – 'Peace Time'
38. Contemporary Jazz Album: Randy Brecker – 'Randy in Brasil'
39. Jazz Vocal Album: Cassandra Wilson – 'Loverly'
40. Jazz Instrumental Solo: Terence Blanchard – 'BE-BOP'
41. Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: Chick Corea and Gary Burton – 'The New Crystal Silence'
42. Large Jazz Ensemble Album: The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra – 'Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard'
43. Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - 'Song for Chico'
44. Gospel Performance: Mary Mary – 'Get Up'
45. Gospel Song: Kirk Franklin – 'Help Me Believe'
46. Rock or Rap Gospel Album: TobyMac – 'Alive and Transported'
47. Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: CeCe Winans – 'Thy Kingdom Come'
48. Southern, Country, Bluegrass Gospel: Gaither Vocal Band – 'Lovin' Life'
49. Traditional Gospel Album: The Blind Boys of Alabama – 'Down in New Orleans'
50. Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin – 'The Fight of My Life'

Weekend Eye Candy

Model: ZIV
25 years old
Hollywood, LA

images shot in Palm Springs
all images © matteo trisolini studio

Hollywood Portraits by Annie Leibovitz

I love how simple Annie keeps it in these Hollywood portraits. Not much photoshop, except in the Heath Ledger photo where she 'glued in' Christopher Nolan (Ledger's photo was taken a long time before).

The light, the poses, the set is very simple, I absolutely love that. Meryl Streep's face looks like her age, admirable. No plastic for Miss Liebovitz, thank you Annie.








ANNIE LIEBOVITZ

(born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer whose style is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject.

Miniature Stonewall: Last Night - Teen Gay Bashers

how many people have to die because we fail to teach our kids what's important?

Last night, after a wonderful dinner with friends, my partner and I said goodbye to our friends, turned down an offer for a ride home and got on the bus.

We were sitting in the back, having a conversation about how different that part of Brooklyn was from 5 years ago, when anyone would have been frighten to walk around the neighborhood. 3 kids (in their teens) were sitting next to us, throwing chewing gum and candies at each other, being sloppy and loud like typical teenagers, talking about not having a bus pass because they are not attending school.

One of them, skinny, not articulate and obviously the boss of the gang starts complaining that my partner smells bad, ... he wanted to start something. We look at each other and without being too harsh I tell the kid that we are NOT the ones who smell. The other kid, big glasses, hooded large sweater, sitting across from us, gets up and sprays some deodorant on us while the 'boss' tells me that it is not me the one who smells but my 'friend'...

Is it a coincidence that I'm white and tall (and can obviously kick their ass) and my partner is Asian and short? When I tell them that they are insulting both of us by picking on one, they finally realize we are a couple. The tone switches fast and the two skinny boys start calling names, making jokes and using gay bashing words.

My partner and I felt confident that even if these stupid kids had knifes we would have been fine and although we matched their every word and told them to grow up, we did not want to start a big fight on the bus. Suddenly, the 3 boy, a big kid who's not attending school anymore, who had been listening and been watching the whole episode, steps in, sits next to my partner, says that he does not smell anything and tells his friends to stop being jerks. Nice to know that at least one of them knew better. It's sad to realize that this new generation is wasting their youth emulating behaviors they probably saw at home, where the easiest target is kicked in the nuts without a reason. My partner and I watched the whole thing unfold right in front of our very eyes and felt sad to see these kids being so unnecessarily stupid, but felt so lucky not to have crossed path with a 10 year older psycho-version of the same kids. We would have been dead.

My question is: Dear Christian Mom, why do we keep teaching your kids that hate is good ?


GAY BASHING BY TEENS LINKS:

http://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/jan/28/gay-bashing-local-teens/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/04/3_teenagers_charged_in_beating/
http://www.towleroad.com/2007/06/teen_attackers_.html

Donors pumped $83M to California gay marriage campaign

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Source: Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than $83 million was donated to support or oppose the ballot initiative that abolished same-sex marriage in California, according to campaign filings released Monday.

The new filings cover the weeks immediately before and after the Nov. 4 election. They show that elected officials, businesses, churches and individuals poured more than $28 million into the campaigns during the contest's closing days.

The final tallies show that opponents of Proposition 8 raised $43.3 million in 2008 and had a little more than $730,000 left on hand at year's end. The measure's sponsors raised $39.9 million and had $983,000 left over.

Even before the late contributions were added, the race was the most expensive ballot measure on a social issue in the nation's history. Proposition 8 passed with 52 percent of the vote. Gay marriage backers have asked the California Supreme Court to overturn it.

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Madonna and Cher by Nadya Ginsburg

Kate McGarry celebrates her Grammy Nomination

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Last night we were at Joe's pub, one of the last music temples left in this jungle called New York City. Kate mcGarry was performing songs from her latest record 'If Less is More, Nothing is Everything' in celebration of her Grammy Nomination, yes people, Grammy!

There are no words to describe her talent, she took us on a journey and showed us her world. Fantastic! an out of body experience.

You can buy her latest CD on I-Tunes

You can purchase Prints of Kate's photos or usage rights at http://www.mt-stock.com