Grammy-winning performers Andrea Bocelli and Mary J. Blige are hoping to raise money for the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti with their 40th Anniversary revival of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water –” which they performed onstage during the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
“It’s the most amazing thing. We actually have a chemistry that works,” Blige said Wednesday after the Recording Academy announced that she and Bocelli would sing Bridge Over Troubled Water on Sunday’s Grammy Awards show. “What made me want to do this is the fact that this is a world situation,” Blige said. “Andrea represents another place that is feeling what’s happening in Haiti, too. I felt it was important for people to see us as a team representing what needs to be done.”
Their performance will be available as an audio/video download at iTunes and Target with all proceeds benefitting the American Red Cross’ earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.
Michael Jackson’s children Prince Michael and Paris Jackson accepted the Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of their dad at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Here’s a video of Prince & Paris’ message to Michael’s fans, which followed a tribute to the King of Pop by recording artists Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, and Usher.
Just moments after accepting a Grammy for Best Country Album and comparing the accomplishment to achieving an “impossible dream,” 20-year-old Taylor Swift shared the stage with rock icon Stevie Nicks. With a guitar strapped to her shoulder for a performance of “Today Was a Fairytale,” the curly-haired crooner brought the Fleetwood Mac blonde to the stage by shouting, “It’s a fairly tale and an honor to share the stage with Stevie Nicks.”
Kristen Bell is engaged to marry longtime beau — and When In Rome co-star — Dax Shepard, a rep for the former Veronica Mars star confirmed to UsMagazine.com on Sunday.
Shepard, 35, proposed to the 29-year-old beauty over the holidays, according to Us, who notes that Kristen debuted her impressive sparkler at tonight’s 52nd annual Grammy Awards.The couple started dating in January 2008. In a recent interview with Women’s Health, Bell described the couple’s relationship on set as competitive.
“We were trying to one-up each other,” she laughed. “That’s what we do at home, too. It’s like, ‘Wait – watch me do this funny bit.’ ‘No, watch me do this funny bit!.”
Sunday night brought 20-year-old country superstar Taylor Swift her first Grammy win.
“This is my first time walking up those stairs to accept a Grammy on national television,” Taylor said as she accepted the award for Best Country Album for the platinum-selling LP Fearless. “I just keep thinking back to like when you’re in second grade and you sing at your talent show for the first time. People joke around and they say, ‘Oh maybe we’ll see you at the Grammys someday.’ But that seems like an impossible dream,” Taylor said during her acceptance speech. “And I just feel like I’m standing here accepting an impossible dream right now and I just thank you so much for that.”
Earlier in the day, Taylor won the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance award for the song “White Horse” and the Best Country Song award for the same track at a pre-televised Grammy event.
“This my first Grammy, you guys! This is a Grammy,” the surprised young star beamed with pride. “I live in awe of the people that I was nominated against in this category.”
