Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Muse Added To Grammy Show

Usher, Jaden Smith, B.o.B, Janelle Monae and Lady Antebellum will also perform on February 13.
By Gil Kaufman


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While Willow Smith is the one who made music headlines with "Whip My Hair" last year, it's her brother, "Karate Kid" actor Jaden Smith, who will take the stage at the upcoming 53rd Grammy Awards in a special performance alongside Usher and Justin Bieber, with whom he collaborated on the song "Never Say Never" last summer.

The trio joins a list of new performers added to the show on Thursday (January 20) that will also include another power trifecta made up of B.o.B, Bruno Mars and Janelle Monáe, according to a press release from the Recording Academy announcing the additions to the February 13 telecast from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Also taking the stage next month will be nominees Muse and Lady Antebellum. They will join a roster of previously announced performers that includes Eminem, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Arcade Fire, Cee Lo Green and Miranda Lambert. It will be the first time on the Grammy performance stage for Bieber, B.o.B, Lambert, Mars, Monáe, Muse and Smith. Eminem, Green, Gaga, Perry, Usher and Lady Antebellum will be making return visits for the occasion.

While 11-time Grammy winner Eminem leads the pack in nominations this year (with 10 nods), Mars has seven nominations, and Gaga and Lady Antebellum are not far behind with six nods each. B.o.B has notched five, Perry and Green are each up for four, and Arcade Fire and Lambert are vying for three awards. Bieber, Muse, Usher and Monáe are each nominated for two Grammys.

No details of the collaborative performances were released, but the Grammy announcement promised a rare, never-before-seen event for the Mars, B.o.B and Monáe segment.

With the addition of Antebellum, all five Album of the Year nominees (Eminem, Arcade Fire, Gaga, Perry) are now scheduled to perform on the show. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.

Which Grammy performance are you most looking forward to? Talk about it in the comments!

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'DWTS' Recap: Season 12, Episode 14

'DWTS' Recap: Season 12, Episode 14

Tom tells us that it's the last step before the semifinals. So that would be...the quarterfinals? I don't know why he can't just say that. Quarterfinals are exciting. The word finals is right in there.

So tonight, the couples will perform a routine that they had a chance to practice, and then in the second round, will have to do an "Instant Dance" that they will only have thirty minutes to rehearse. They did this last season, and the instant dances were actually better than some of the rehearsed routines.

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New Led Zeppelin On The Way? Jason Bonham Hints At 'Jam' Sessions With Jimmy Page -- But Not Robert Plant

Drummer admits he doesn't know what will come of 'new material.'
By Chris Harris


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On Friday morning, mere hours before he was due to take the stage with classic rockers Foreigner at Detroit's GM Renaissance Center, drummer Jason Bonham — the son of late Led Zeppelin kitman John Bonham — told Jim Johnson and Lynne Woodison of local rock station 94.7 WCSX that he'd be an ex-member of Foreigner as of September 1. But that's not the only thing he said.

Much to the delight of Led Zeppelin fans everywhere, Bonham revealed that he's been meeting up with Led Zep guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones in recent months and that they've been "trying to do some new material and writing."

It was the first time since Led Zeppelin announced they would re-form for a single performance (which happened late last year at London's O2 Arena, in honor of the late Ahmet Ertegün, who signed the band to Atlantic Records in 1969) that anyone connected to the band has confirmed publicly that new music could be on the horizon for the iconic rockers. While the bandmembers have stopped short of definitively ruling out such a reunion, singer Robert Plant insisted in the wake of last year's show that he intended to focus on promoting and touring behind his critically lauded album with bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, Raising Sand.

Not that Bonham knows what — if anything — will happen with the new material he's been working on with Page (who collaborated with pop singer Leona Lewis on an uneven version of Zep's "Whole Lotta Love" at the Olympic closing ceremonies in Beijing on Sunday night) and Jones. He said he just shows up and takes his seat behind the kit.

"I've been over [to England] a couple of times," Bonham said. "I've been working with Jimmy and John Paul and trying to do ... some new material and some writing. I don't know what it will be, but it will be something. At the moment, all I know is I have the great pleasure to go and jam with the two guys and start work on some material. When I get there, I never ask any questions. If I get a phone call to go and play, I enjoy every moment of it. Whatever it ends up as, to ever get a chance to jam with two people like that, it is a phenomenal thing for me. It's my life. It's what I've dreamed about doing."

He said it's still too early to tell what will become of these "jam" sessions, but admitted that the "possibility of doing something is in the cards. I really felt it was in the cards from the moment we walked offstage at the O2." Bonham also explained that, before there could be a Led Zep LP, "lots of politics [would need to] get ironed out," but added that recording with Zep is "something I've always wanted to do."

Bonham noticeably didn't mention frontman Plant's name during the discussion. A spokesperson for Page's management had no comment on the matter, and a spokesperson for Jones' management could not be reached by press time.

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Are Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen Engaged?

Are Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen Engaged?

It seems it might be time for all of us Notebook lovers to finally give up on the dream that former on-and-off-screen lovers Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling will ever reunite.

McAdams, 32, has been sporting a brand new sparkler on a her ring finger, which has some buzzing that she and her boyfriend of nine months, Michael Sheen, are ready to walk down the aisle.

So, is Rachel ready to become Mrs. Sheen? Not exactly.

"This isn't true -- they are not engaged," Clair Dobbs, Sheen's rep, told E! News.

Still, McAdams and Sheen, 42, (who hit it off last year while costarring in Woody Allen's upcoming Midnight in Paris) look very happy together. And they certainly don't shy away from PDAs!

Sheen (who plays vampire Aro in the Twilight films) was previously married to Kate Beckinsale, with whom he has a 12-year-old daughter, Lily. McAdams may not be ready to become a stepmom just yet -- but we'll definitely be keeping an eye on them!

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Whitney Houston in Rehab Again ? But Why?

Vocal genius Whitney Houston is back in rehab, but at the moment no one seems to be clear on what is afflicting her. Stories about the new stint are fogging up the web with confusion. Allow me to clear it up. Poor Whitney. She has had a really rocky time in the last several years. Fans watched as she degraded from the greatest singer alive to a drug addicted domestic violence victim. It was hard to believe that things could turn South so quickly for her, especially after all of her success. Now, nearly two years after her lukewarm comeback, she has voluntarily checked into a rehabilitation program. At first, multiple outlets were unable to confirm exactly why she was in rehab again, but her rep finally cleared it up, saying it was for drugs and alcohol. TMZ has the latest on the story. While you?re here, check out some other hot links: Celebuzz has photos showing Justin Bieber snogging with Selena Gomez. Too Fab has a nice gallery of the crazy hats donned by celebrities at the Kentuck Derby. PopEater updates us on how the original Karate Kid is doing on DWTS ? ?focus Danielson.? I Need My Fix [...]

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Lady Gaga's 'Edge Of Glory' Premieres

Singer harks back to late '80s, early '90s adult-contemporary pop on latest Born This Way track.
By Jocelyn Vena


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First, she empowered her fans with "Born This Way." Then she fell in love with the wrong guy on "Judas." Now, Lady Gaga is letting her guard down in the name of love on "Edge of Glory."

Less electro and more straightforward pop, the latest Born This Way track, which hit the Web on Monday (May 9), is all about romance. It opens with Gaga's vocals over a keyboard. "I need a man who thinks it's right when it's so wrong," Gaga sings. "Tonight, yeah, baby, right on the limits/ Where we know where we both belong/ Tonight."

The song's production harks back to late '80s, early '90s adult-contemporary pop, when big choruses where the norm. "I'm on the edge of glory and hanging on a moment of truth," she sings in the refrain. "I'm on the edge of glory and I'm hanging on a moment with you/ I'm on the edge."

What makes the song stand out from others on the radio now is a sax solo courtesy of Clarence Clemens (E Street Band) right in the middle of the track, as Gaga belts out, "I'm on the edge with you." Clemens also appears on the song "Hair" on Born This Way. This single certainly shows a softer side for the star. Her previous two Born This Way releases have been harsher and more industrial-sounding.

The song was co-produced by Gaga, Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow ("Born This Way"). Artwork for the song features her nude, with her mouth open, her "Born This Way" horns in place and her hair wildly cascading around her.

"The great thing about dance songs is, for me, most of the time, they start off as ballads, and that's the approach I've been trying to keep going," Garibay told MTV News. "We wrote songs, particularly Gaga wrote these songs, to live in a dance environment. Yeah, they're dance, but I think the whole thing, too, is that they're songs and genuine to her."

What do you think of "Edge of Glory"? Share your reviews in the comments!

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