PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Grammy Winners List 2014... Stunning Red Carpet Photos PLUS Beyonce And JayZ's Whooping 'Drunk In Love' Performance!

GRAMMY WINNERS

1. Album of the Year: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
2. Record of the Year: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
3. Song of the Year: "Royals," Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor, songwriters (Lorde)
4. Best New Artist: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
5. Best Pop Solo Performance: "Royals," Lorde
6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
7. Best Pop Instrumental Album: "Steppin' Out," Herb Alpert
8. Best Pop Vocal Album: "Unorthodox Jukebox," Bruno Mars
9. Best Dance Recording: "Clarity," Zedd Featuring Foxes
10. Best Dance/Electronica Album: "Random Access Memories," Daft Punk
11. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "To Be Loved," Michael Buble
12. Best Rock Performance: "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
13. Best Metal Performance: "God Is Dead?" Black Sabbath
14. Best Rock Song: "Cut Me Some Slack," Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear, songwriters (Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear)
15. Best Rock Album: "Celebration Day," Led Zeppelin
16. Best Alternative Music Album: "Modern Vampires Of The City," Vampire Weekend
17. Best R&B Performance: "Something," Snarky Puppy With Lalah Hathaway
18. Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Please Come Home," Gary Clark Jr.
19. Best R&B Song: "Pusher Love Girl," James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake)
20. Best Urban Contemporary Album: "Unapologetic," Rihanna
21. Best R&B Album: "Girl On Fire," Alicia Keys
22. Best Rap Performance: "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz
23. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Holy Grail," Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake
24. Best Rap Song: "Thrift Shop," Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, songwriters (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz)
25. Best Rap Album: "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
26. Best Country Solo Performance: "Wagon Wheel," Darius Rucker
27. Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "From This Valley," The Civil Wars
28. Best Country Song: "Merry Go 'Round," Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
29. Best Country Album: "Same Trailer Different Park," Kacey Musgraves
30. Best New Age Album: "Love's River," Laura Sullivan
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo: "Orbits," Wayne Shorter, soloist
32. Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Liquid Spirit," Gregory Porter
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album: "Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue," Terri Lyne Carrington
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble: "Night In Calisia," Randy Brecker, Włodek Pawlik Trio & Kalisz Philharmonic
35. Best Latin Jazz Album: "Song For Maura," Paquito D'Rivera And Trio Corrente
36. Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance: "Break Every Chain [Live]," Tasha Cobbs
37. Best Gospel Song: "If He Did It Before... Same God [Live]," Tye Tribbett, songwriter (Tye Tribbett)
38. Best Contemporary Christian Music Song: "Overcomer," David Garcia, Ben Glover & Christopher Stevens, songwriters (Mandisa)
39. Best Gospel Album: "Greater Than [Live]," Tye Tribbett
40. Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: "Overcomer," Mandisa
41. Best Latin Pop Album: "Vida," Draco Rosa
42. Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: "Treinta Días," La Santa Cecilia
43. Best Regional Mexican Music Album: "A Mi Manera," Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
44. Best Tropical Latin Album: "Pacific Mambo Orchestra," Pacific Mambo Orchestra
45. Best American Roots Song: "Love Has Come For You," Edie Brickell & Steve Martin, songwriters (Steve Martin & Edie Brickell)
46. Best Americana Album: "Old Yellow Moon," Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
47. Best Bluegrass Album: "The Streets Of Baltimore," Del McCoury Band
48. Best Blues Album: "Get Up!" Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
49. Best Folk Album: "My Favorite Picture Of You," Guy Clark
50. Best Regional Roots Music Album: "Dockside Sessions," Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
51. Best Reggae Album: "Ziggy Marley In Concert," Ziggy Marley
52. Best World Music Album: (TIE) "Savor Flamenco," Gipsy Kings / "Live: Singing For Peace Around The World," Ladysmith Black Mambazo
53. Best Children's Album: "Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well," Jennifer Gasoi
54. Best Spoken-Word Album: "America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't," Stephen Colbert
55. Best Comedy Album: "Calm Down Gurrl," Kathy Griffin
56. Best Musical Theater Album: "Kinky Boots"
57. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Sound City: Real To Reel," Butch Vig, compilation producer
58. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Thomas Newman, composer
59. Best Song Written For Visual Media: "Skyfall," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
60. Best Instrumental Composition: "Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra," Clare Fischer, composer (The Clare Fischer Orchestra)
61. Best Instrumental Arrangement: "On Green Dolphin Street," Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
62. Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "Swing Low," Gil Goldstein, arranger (Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding)
63. Best Recording Package: "Long Night Moon," Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)
64. Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: "Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)," Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney And Wings)
65. Best Album Notes: "Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded)," Neil Tesser, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
66. Best Historical Album: (TIE) "Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965," "The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums"
67. Best Engineered Album: "Random Access Memories," Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski, Florian Lagatta & Daniel Lerner, engineers; Antoine "Chab" Chabert, Bob Ludwig, mastering engineers (Daft Punk)
68. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Pharrell
69. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: "Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)," Cedric Gervais, remixer (Lana Del Rey)
70. Best Surround Sound Album: "Live Kisses," Al Schmitt, surround mix engineer; Tommy LiPuma, surround producer (Paul McCartney)
71. Best Engineered Album, Classical: "Winter Morning Walks," David Frost, Brian Losch & Tim Martyn, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Dawn Upshaw, Maria Schneider, Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
72. Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
73. Best Orchestral Performance: "Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4," Osmo Vänskä, conductor (MinnesotaOrchestra)
74. Best Opera Recording: "Adès: The Tempest," Thomas Adès, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna & Alan Oke; Jay David Saks, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
75. Best Choral Performance: "Pärt: Adam's Lament," Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor (Tui Hirv & Rainer Vilu; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Sinfonietta Riga & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Latvian Radio Choir & Vox Clamantis)
76. Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: "Roomful Of Teeth," Brad Wells & Roomful Of Teeth
77. Best Classical Instrumental Solo: "Corigliano: Conjurer - Concerto For Percussionist & String Orchestra," Evelyn Glennie; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)
78. Best Classical Vocal Solo: "Winter Morning Walks," Dawn Upshaw (Maria Schneider; Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough & Scott Robinson; Australian Chamber Orchestra & St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)
79. Best Classical Compendium: "Hindemith: Violinkonzert; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Konzertmusik," Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
80. Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Schneider, Maria: Winter Morning Walks," Maria Schneider, composer (Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson, Frank Kimbrough, Scott Robinson & Australian Chamber Orchestra)
81. Best Music Video: "Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z
82. Best Music Film: "Live Kisses," Paul McCartney

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Kelly Rowland to perform in Nigeria @ the second edition of Darey Art Alade’s music concert

After much speculation, multiple award winning American singer and actress Kelly Rowland, has been unveiled as the surprise act performing at the second edition of Darey Art Alade’s critically acclaimed music concert, Love Like a Movie: The Love Roller Coaster!
The popular Grammy Award winning artiste and former member of the best selling female R N' B group of all time, Destiny’s Child, will electrify the stage accompanied by her world famous dancers.
The fashionable songstress, recognized by UK magazine, Glamour, in 2012, as one of the best-dressed women in the world will also be hosting the red carpet/fashion police with Darey and analyzing the style and fashion that will grace the red carpet in this year’s edition of LLAM.
LLAM 2, an exciting fusing of world-class music and breathtaking theatrics promises to surpass the incredible excitement provided in Season 1 with an amazing line up of artistes and performances.
Speaking on why Miss Rowland was selected, Darey Art Alade says “ Kelly is a great performer and we’re delighted to have her on board LLAM Season 2: The Love Roller Coaster! She's an extremely talented artiste, beautiful, sexy, very friendly and humane. She will undoubtedly enjoy her stay in Nigeria and I'm also hoping she will try some pounded yam and efo riro before she leaves!"
“I’m so excited to be a part of this innovative concert! And I’m really looking forward to coming to Nigeria too. I hear LLAM Season 1 was simply magical and I really can't wait to get on stage and give a great show.”
“There’ll be a little bit of everything and much more at this year’s edition of Love like A Movie -music, excitement, amazing acrobatics and lots of jaw dropping surprises. This open air event will host aerial artistes flying from cranes and other spectacular displays not forgetting the suspense that promises to hold our guests spellbound right from the first note, Darey assures.”
Other artistes to perform at the second edition of LLAM include D’banj, Tiwa Savage, Seyi Shay, Mo ‘Eazy, Zaina, Timi Dakolo, Waje, Muna, JJC, Eva and others.
The special edition of the LLAM red carpet will be streamed online across the world and will hold on Saturday 15 February at Eko Hotel & Suites Oceanview Grounds.
Last Valentine, super star R N' B maestro Darey Art Alade, redefined the term music showmanship in Nigeria with a first of its kind concert combining the very best of entertainment, music, theatrics and more on one stage. Special guest, international reality show megastar Kim Kardashian co-hosted the red carpet with Darey.
LLAM 2 is supported by Etisalat, Eko Hotels and refreshed by Fayrouz. Media partners for the event are Africa Magic, Channel O, AIT, Cool FM, Wazobia FM, Nigeria Info and Beat FM.


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Company Comes Up With A Bra That Only Unhooks Itself For True Love

It looks like Microsoft's stress-detecting bra won't win the most ridiculous bra award after all.

A company called Ravijour has come up with a bra that - apparently - will only unhook if the woman is in love with the person doing the opening.

Unsurprisingly, the inventors of this bra are male (as with the Microsoft bra) and it leaves us wondering what their obsession is with a garment that they have no

According to BuzzFeed's excellent breakdown of the bra, it was invented to save women from skeevy guys who are only after one thing (or arguably, two things).

Apparently, this bra is cleverer than your own brain because "it knows how women truly feel". (Although here's a secret guys: women do have sex with men they aren't in love with).

How does it work? According to the product designer, "A built in sensor reads the woman’s heart-rate signal and sends it to a special app via Bluetooth for analysis.”

The 'science' behind the bra

Once the bra exceeds the 'True Love Rate' it then unhooks automatically. This may be inconvenient if you're meeting your other half's parents for the first time or making an important presentation at work.

So to sum up - you could wear this bra to tell who you're in love with and who you aren't. Or you could use that vastly superior organ that doesn't look like it got a D in a GCSE science and technology project: your brain.



#huffingtonpost

8 Year old boy hangs himself while trying to re-enact a movie scene

Big-hearted 8-year-old Julianni Plascencia (pictured) was found unconscious on the floor in his parent’s room with a scarf wrapped around his neck at one end and tied to a doorknob at the other, after he reportedly tried to re-enact a movie scene, reports News 10.


Julianni of Stockton, Calif., — who is said to have given homeless people he’d see on the street his allowance — reportedly told his brother that he was going to hang himself. The older brother, 14, reportedly thought Julianni was just kidding and threatened to tell their mother about the hanging joke. Meanwhile, the children’s mom, Shfawn, stepped out to quickly pick up a few items from the grocery store.

Julianni had been reportedly playing in his parent’s bedroom, but when the older boy did not hear any noise coming from the bedroom, he went to check on his brother. When he entered the room, he saw Julianni laying unconscious on the floor.

The teen brother immediately called their mother and 911. When Shfawn returned home, she tried to give her baby-faced boy CPR, but her efforts failed. Paramedics also tried to revive the boy as he was being flown to a medical center in Sacramento and were successful in getting his heart started.


But when Julianni arrived at the hospital, he fell in to a coma. Hours later, the child flatlined.


According to Julianni’s dad, Ronnie, his son was probably acting out a TV or movie scene, things went too far, and he just didn’t know how to get himself undone, “He must have been re-enacting something he saw on TV. He probably knew it was dangerous but not the severity of trying it out,” the devastated Dad told News 10.

Police investigators have deemed the case as accidental.

According to Shfawn, who is trying to come to grips with her child’s death, Julianni was a light in this world during his time here, ”Let him be happy in heaven, because I know that’s where he went. His heart was too big for this world.”



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PHOTO: Balyelsa 16 yr old girl locked up in a cage for 30 months by her parents over an alleged witchcraft induced illness.

Tongues have begun to wag in Bayelsa following the discovery of a 16-year-old girl, Blessing Olokumo who had been locked up in a cage for the past 30 months by her parents over an alleged witchcraft induced illness.


Saturday Sun gathered that the cage that has housed the victim for two and half years is just by the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital in Okolobiri community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.  She was rescued from the cage few days ago by the Mary Slessor Twins Foundation.

The group, led by its acting president, Mr Robert Ebitei Tonye, disclosed that preliminary investigations revealed that Blessing was diagnosed with an illness nine years ago which triggered convulsion.

Findings by Saturday Sun revealed that when Blessing was taken to the hospital for medical attention nine years ago, the parents were asked to pay N15, 000 for her treatment. It was further learnt that the father, who said he could not afford such medical bill, requested her to be discharged and signed a form that he was taking her from the hospital against medical advice.

He was said to have later taken her to different traditional homes for her illness to be cured and when no solution was forthcoming, especially when she defecates and vomits in the house, he decided to construct a cage where she was kept.

Concerned neighbours, who have watched in horror the maltreatment Blessing was subjected to, alerted the group known for its campaign against maltreatment of twins in the state.

The first day the group went to the house to rescue her, Tonye said some strange occurrences and the blunt refusal of the father to hand her over, prevented the group from rescuing her. But on its second mission, they succeeded and immediately took her to the Okolobiri hospital.

While lamenting the condition of the teenager, Tonye said:  “She was kept like a rabbit. She was given food when it was available and was allowed to sleep in her vomit, feces and urine. She lost weight and could have died”.

At the Okolobiri hospital where she is kept, many who visited her described her parents’ action as wicked and callous.

Speaking further on the incident, Tonye said: “The father told us that the girl has been sick for 13 years and since she refused to die, she was locked up. We rescued her and took her to the hospital. Our pre-occupation is to stabilize her condition before we ensure we press charges against the parents”

Scared that he could be arrested, it was gathered that Olokumo has already  gone underground. The mother, Mrs Olokumo, who now stays with her at the hospital, lamented that they have spent all their money to get solution to her problem.

According to her, since they could not get money to get her proper medical attention, they decided to give up and she allowed the father to handle it.

Dr Oyedeji Adeyemi of the NDUTH, who is attending to her, explained that her case is that of seizure disorder which was not properly treated.

“The case is principally a case of a child having a seizure disorder in what some people would call epilepsy which in technical terms is seizure disorder which was not treated appropriately. Rather than give her medical attention, she was kept out of the house, sort of restricted environment and barely fed which had over time led to malnutrition”, Adeyemi stated.

Some civil society groups have already concluded plans to give all the necessary support to the Mary Slessor Twins Foundation to see that Blessing’s parents do not go free for the act of inhumanity to their own child.

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PHOTOS: Nollywood Actors, Actresses And School Children March Against Domestic Violence And Jungle Justice In Lagos

 Nollywood actors and actresses, mostly from the Yoruba-speaking section of the Nigerian movie industry yesterday marched against domestic violence and jungle justice in Nigeria.

School children also joined the march, demonstrating that children have prominence for future and deserve to be properly treated.

They admonished parents and guardians to desist from abusing their children/wards. While calling on government to be more pro-active on policy initiation and implementation to protect women an children. The protesters condemned jungle justice, citing the case of sodomy of three women who were tortured and sodomized for allegedly stealing pepper at Ejigbo market.

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Deadlier Than AIDS: Scientists Discover New Antibiotic-Resistant STD That Kills Within Days

 A new sexually transmitted super-bug has emerged and according to experts, may be more deadly that AIDS  and could cause an epidemic.






According to reports, an antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea is more aggressive than the HIV virus, which means the potential to infect the public will be greater.

This strain of STD which is resistant to antibiotic, reportedly kills half of those exposed and infects one in 20 hospital patients thereby raising the threat of an outbreak to emergency levels.

Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, thinks this new strain has the power to rack up more fatalities than AIDS.

He said, “Getting gonorrhea from this strain might put someone into septic shock and death in a matter of days,” adding that it is very dangerous.

Also speaking, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, William Smith said, “It’s an emergency situation. As time moves on, it’s getting more hazardous.”

Like most STDs, gonorrhea is usually transmitted through unprotected sexual contact and if left untreated, can cause severe medical complications, such as infertility in women, debilitating pain, sterility in men and life threatening heart infections.


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Made in Nigeria 4×4 SUVs to be rolled out by Nissan Motors in April

Abuja—The first set of Made in Nigeria 4×4  SUVs will be rolled out by Nissan Motors in April this year.




Chief Executive Officer of Nissan Motors, Carlos Ghosn, disclosed this to President Goodluck Jonathan on the sideline of ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Ghosn, who said the vehicles would be rolled out of the old Volkswagen Assembly plant in Lagos, noted it was possible to produce two to three million cars in Nigeria annually.

According to him, this will lead to creation of thousands of direct and indirect jobs in the country.

He also told President Jonathan that Nissan intended to increase its investment in Nigeria and establish its own production plant in the country.

“We are interested in producing popular cars , totally adapted to the needs of Nigerians,” Ghosn told the President, adding that the company also planned to bring its global suppliers to make vehicle components in the country.

In his remarks, President Jonathan reiterated that the diligent implementation of the country’s new national automotive policy would rapidly develop Nigeria’s automobile industry.




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Mary J. Blige's Father Stabbed During Fight With Ex-Girlfriend

Mary J. Blige's father was stabbed in the neck following a domestic dispute at his apartment early this morning, theHuffington Post reports.


Thomas Blige, 63, of Battle Creek, Mich., was left in critical condition after he was attacked by an ex-girlfriend at 6:53 a.m.


The victim was reportedly studying for a college class when he heard noise outside his window, and found the woman slicing his tires. He was stabbed after going out to verbally confront her.

His roommate, Michael Thomas, told a local news station that he called 911 after Blige — bleeding and holding his neck — made his way back into the unit. He was transported to Bronson Battle Creek, and later Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, where he underwent surgery.

Police found what they believe to be the knife used in the attack inside Blige's kitchen. The ex was arrested on attempted murder charges in her own apartment nearby.

Prior to today's altercation, authorities responded to seven domestic dispute calls between Blige and his 50-year-old former companion.

In October, she was charged with aggravated domestic violence for hitting Blige over the head with a glass candlestick. She was given six months probation in the case, and ordered to have "non assaultive" contact with Blige.

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Blue Diamond 'Worth Tens Of Millions' Discovered In South Africa

A massive diamond with a possible price tag of more than £36m has been discovered at a mine in South Africa.

The 29.6 carat blue diamond, described as being "exceptional", was dug up at the Cullinan mine near Pretoria - owned by Petra Diamonds.

Chief executive Johan Dippenaar said: "The stones in the last year or so are selling well above $2m (£1.2m) per carat. That's not my quote, that's updates in the market."

However, analyst Cailey Barker at brokers Numis said it could expect to fetch less - between $15m (£9m) and $20m (£12m) - at auction.

The mine, owned by the firm since 2008, was also where the Cullinan Diamond was found in 1905 - described as the largest rough gem diamond ever recovered and weighing 3,106 carats.

Other notable diamonds found in the mine include a 25.5 carat Cullinan blue diamond, found in 2013 and sold for $16.9m (£10m), and a diamond found in 2008, known as the Star of Josephine, which was sold for $9.49m (£5.7m).




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Democrats say women need government to 'control their libido'

 


Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says that Democrats are pushing women to believe “they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government.”

The onetime presidential candidate made the comments to the Republican National Committee’s Winter Meeting in Washington D.C.



"If the Democrats want to insult women by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it," he said. "Let us take this discussion all across America because women are far more than the Democrats have played them to be."

“And women across America need to stand up and say ‘Enough of that nonsense,'" he added.

Huckabee dismissed the notion that the GOP is engaged on a "War on Women," as Democratic rivals allege.

"Our party stands for the recognition of the equality of women and the capacity of women. That’s not a war on them, it’s a war for them," he said.

Republicans have been grappling with how to reach out to women, who overwhelmingly supported President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in 2012. Women chose Obama over Romney 55-44 percent.

Asked about the comments, White House press secretary Jay Carney said he had not yet seen the remark but that it "sounds offensive to me, and to women."

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