Stars set to party at Grammys while sales slide
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The biggest stars of the music  world are gathering in Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammy Awards,  while the business slides deeper into the abyss.
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A change of heart by the State Department wasnât in time for Amy Winehouse, the British singer, to make the trip to Sundayâs Grammy Awards.
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Amy Winehouse, right, the British soul singer, will perform via satellite for the 50th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday despite an unexpected reversal of the State Departmentâs rejection of her visa, her spokesman said Friday. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security issued a waiver that in effect overturned a decision by the United States Embassy in London to deny her visa request, according to an administration official. But the shift came too late for Ms. Winehouse, who recently entered a rehabilitation clinic after a video purporting to show her using drugs surfaced online, to prepare for a live performance in Los Angeles. Her spokesman, Chris Goodman, said, âUnfortunately, due to the logistics involved and timing complications, Amy will not be traveling to the U.S. to perform at the Grammys in person.â Ms. Winehouse, who is nominated in six categories, including album of the year for âBack to Black,â will join a long list of performers on the broadcast, which grew longer on Friday with the announcement that Kanye West, whose eight nominations are the most for anyone, will take the stage at the ceremony. John Mayer and Bebe Winans will also perform on the live CBS broadcast. Organizers previously announced a lineup including BeyoncÃ©, Rihanna, Kid Rock and the Foo Fighters.
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Beyonce and Foo Fighters say they will play at the Grammy Awards amid the threat of protests by striking writers.
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Arts & entertainment: The Oscars' most famous post-awards party will not go ahead this year in support of ongoing writers' strike
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - Here is the cold, hard reality of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards that will be handed out Sunday at the Beverly Hilton: A lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.
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NEW YORK With the Latin Grammys bound for Las Vegas, where it will mount the 8th annual music event on Nov. 8, show sponsors such as Heineken USA said they are betting their brands will win big with Latino consumers. And like last year&#39;s awards show, which counted a dozen or so new and returning brand sponsors, the upcoming event in its new home promises to be just as successful.
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Troubled British pop singer Amy Winehouse will perform at Sunday's Grammy Awards live via satellite from London, after the U.S. government rejected her visa application to attend the music industry's biggest night of the year in Los Angeles, organizers said on Friday.
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As the Writers Guild maintained on Monday that it was unlikely to grant a request from Grammy producers for an interim agreement, talent managers and label executives worried over prospects of a gala drained of major stars.
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As the Hollywood writers' strike threatens to disrupt the 50th annual Grammy telecast, some in the music industry are befuddled, frustrated and even resentful.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Music may have been the thing that drew so many famous faces (and voices) to the Sony/BMG post-Grammy Awards party on Sunday night held at the posh Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, but quick-change fashion was the most interesting topic of the night.
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With Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Usher leading the parade, the field of Grammy nominations again signals that the National Academy of Recording Arts &amp; Sciences is moving beyond its history of congenital stodginess.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily February 14, 2005 - LOS ANGELES - Decked-out stars and fresh-faced musicians flooded Clive Davis&#8217;s thrillingly anticipated pre-Grammy bash at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Saturday night &#8211;an event worthy of a Grammy in and of itself.
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Troubled singer Amy Winehouse who is battling drug addiction might miss the Grammy awards if she doesn't clean up her act.
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After painfully slow sales last month, the music industry finally has a hit: âSleep Through the Staticâ (Brushfire), by Jack Johnson, above, sold 375,000 copies last week â more than six times the sales of the top album the week before â to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It set a record for the most digital sales in a single week, with 139,000 copies, or 37 percent of its total, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In a week busy with high-profile releases, Sheryl Crowâs âDetoursâ (A&M) opened at No. 2 with 92,000 sales; Lenny Kravitz moved 73,000 copies of âIt Is Time for a Love Revolutionâ (Virgin) to bow at No. 4; and K. D. Lang is No. 8 with her new âWatershedâ (Nonesuch), selling 41,000. Last weekâs No. 1, Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), dropped two spots with 80,000. Any sales bumps after last Sundayâs Grammy Awards would be reflected in next weekâs chart.
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It's usually a familiar sight during Hollywood's awards season: miles of red carpet dotted with scores of superstars in their finest designer duds.
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Bookmakers were betting on a champagne-fuelled stunt hitting the Brit Awards when music industry moguls gather for their big night of the year on Wednesday.