Blige, Peppers, Chicks are tops at Grammys
The Grammys traded iPods for record players on Sunday night as Mary J. Blige, the Dixie Chicks and the Red Hot Chili Peppers each won three trophies amid a slew of blast-from-the-past performances.
Blige, the overall nominations leader with eight, won best R&B album for “The Breakthrough,” her double-platinum triumph, plus best female R&B performance and R&B song for “Be Without You.”
A tearful Blige said her album “has not only shown that I am a musician and an artist and a writer, it also shows I am growing into a better human being.”
“For so many years, I've been talked about negatively,” said Blige, who during her 15-year career has often discussed her past substance and self-esteem problems. “But this time I've been talked about positively by so many people.”
The Dixie Chicks know about negative talk: The country superstars turned into red-state pariahs after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized President Bush during a 2003 concert, on the eve of the Iraq invasion.
“Not Ready to Make Nice,” their defiant anthem about the backlash, won the trio song of the year honors. They also won, ironically, country album of the year.
The Chili Peppers' double album, “Stadium Arcadium,” was a triple winner, including best rock song and rock performance by a duo or group for “Dani California.” Like the Dixie Chicks and Blige, the Chili Peppers delivered a critically acclaimed, commercially successful album as their careers hit the veteran stage.
Minogue asks fans to leave ex-boyfriend alone
Kylie Minogue wants her fans to leave her ex-boyfriend alone. The Australian singer, 38, and 41-year-old French actor Olivier Martinez announced their separation this month after four years together.
“As for the treatment Olivier has received of late, I can only reiterate that he simply does not deserve the kind of harassment or vitriol to which he has been subjected,” she wrote in a message posted on her Web site. The tabloid press had speculated that Martinez was seeing someone else. The two have said the accusations saddened them both.
Lohan is ‘great ‘ in rehab, her mother says
Lindsay Lohan is doing “great” in rehab, her mother said.
“She's amazing. She's great and she's happy,” Dina Lohan told People magazine in a story posted on its Web site Saturday.
“She's in a really good space right now,” she said.
Lohan, 20, checked into the posh Wonderland Center in Los Angeles last month. Her publicist confirmed in December that Lohan was attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
- From wire reports
Blige, the overall nominations leader with eight, won best R&B album for “The Breakthrough,” her double-platinum triumph, plus best female R&B performance and R&B song for “Be Without You.”
A tearful Blige said her album “has not only shown that I am a musician and an artist and a writer, it also shows I am growing into a better human being.”
“For so many years, I've been talked about negatively,” said Blige, who during her 15-year career has often discussed her past substance and self-esteem problems. “But this time I've been talked about positively by so many people.”
The Dixie Chicks know about negative talk: The country superstars turned into red-state pariahs after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized President Bush during a 2003 concert, on the eve of the Iraq invasion.
“Not Ready to Make Nice,” their defiant anthem about the backlash, won the trio song of the year honors. They also won, ironically, country album of the year.
The Chili Peppers' double album, “Stadium Arcadium,” was a triple winner, including best rock song and rock performance by a duo or group for “Dani California.” Like the Dixie Chicks and Blige, the Chili Peppers delivered a critically acclaimed, commercially successful album as their careers hit the veteran stage.
Minogue asks fans to leave ex-boyfriend alone
Kylie Minogue wants her fans to leave her ex-boyfriend alone. The Australian singer, 38, and 41-year-old French actor Olivier Martinez announced their separation this month after four years together.
“As for the treatment Olivier has received of late, I can only reiterate that he simply does not deserve the kind of harassment or vitriol to which he has been subjected,” she wrote in a message posted on her Web site. The tabloid press had speculated that Martinez was seeing someone else. The two have said the accusations saddened them both.
Lohan is ‘great ‘ in rehab, her mother says
Lindsay Lohan is doing “great” in rehab, her mother said.
“She's amazing. She's great and she's happy,” Dina Lohan told People magazine in a story posted on its Web site Saturday.
“She's in a really good space right now,” she said.
Lohan, 20, checked into the posh Wonderland Center in Los Angeles last month. Her publicist confirmed in December that Lohan was attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
- From wire reports
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