Just because you’ll never, ever get to watch the Oscars from the comfort of the plush seat next to Viola Davis doesn’t mean you still can’t watch Sunday night’s ceremony in style. At the swanky Hamilton, for example, you can walk the red carpet and pose for “paparazzi” before heading in to watch the ceremony. Or perhaps you’d prefer to raise a prohibition-era Bee’s Knees to “The Artist” in the more intimate Quill bar at the Jefferson. Read full article > >

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The 23-year-old says she’s ‘immensly proud’ to be performing at the ceremony in Los Angeles next month following surgery on her throat.

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Adele to make comeback at Grammys

For the first time in seven years, the Grammy Awards will have a host — singer LL Cool J has officially signed on to host the ceremony on CBS, the network announced Wednesday. Of course, LL Cool J also happens to be the star of the network’s drama “NCIS: Los Angeles.” For the past few years, he’s hosted the “Grammy Nominations Concert Live!” which reveals the major nominees for the show. Read full article > >

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LL Cool J to host the Grammy Awards

Brian Grazer will produce next year’s Oscar show, after the sudden departures of the ceremony’s co-producer, Brett Ratner, and its host, Eddie Murphy.

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Oscar Show Scrambling to Replace Eddie Murphy and Producer

The US singer has picked up nominations in six categories ahead of the ceremony in Belfast in November.

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Lady Gaga leads MTV Europe nods

The US singer has picked up nominations in six categories ahead of the ceremony in Belfast in November.

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Lady Gaga leads MTV Europe nods

Ten years later, the families of the dead gather to remember those killed on Sept. 11. City Room is live-blogging the ceremony.

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City Room: Ten Years On, Remembering a Day of Grief and Horror

Nobody tunes into awards shows to watch things go well. At least, we don’t. Because nobody fell or vomited onstage we’re going to consider VMAs 2011 a success, though the ceremony raised more questions than it answered, such as: Will Beyonce have a wind machine in the delivery room? Is her pregnancy the reason why the set was designed to look like an enormous birth canal? Does Cloris Leachman really know what that three-letter acronym means? Yes, possibly and no, are our guesses. Successful or not, the 2011 ceremony still had its share of awkward moments. Let’s run them down. Read full article > >

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The most awkward moments at the VMAs

It’s been a long time coming. Rahm Emanuel was sworn in as Chicago’s 46th mayor on Monday morning, promising to rescue the city from its financial downturn and meet residents’ expectations. A crowd of thousands watched the ceremony at Millennium Park…

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He looked so uncomfortable sitting on that stage, lowering his head and blushing as others gushed over him. But Derrick Rose has gotten better with all of this attention — and he has had no choice, because his electrifying play has raised his profile and that of the Chicago Bulls , who finished with the best record in the NBA after struggling for relevance since Michael Jordan walked away. Rose received the league’s most valuable player award in a hotel ballroom in suburban Chicago last week, but the ceremony was a celebration of not just a young man but also a plan, hatched several years before, by a single mother and her three oldest sons to form a protective wall around the baby of the bunch, the one they call “Pooh.” Read full article > >

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Derrick Rose relied on family to become league MVP

JERUSALEM–Fatah and Hamas formalized their agreement to halt a four-year rift at a ceremony in Cairo on Wednesday, raising hopes of an end to a split that left Palestinians under rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. “We announce to our Palestinian people that we turn forever the black page of division,” said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who leads Fatah and said he soon will visit Hamas-ruled Gaza. The start of the ceremony at the headquarters of Egypt’s intelligence agency, which followed a signing of the accord by delegation leaders from both sides, was held up for hours in a protocol dispute. Read full article > >

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Palestinian factions, in Cairo, sign unity accord

More than a million people watched the ceremony in which the late Pope John Paul II has been officially beatified.

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VIDEO: Pope John Paul II officially beatified

Members of Prince William’s search-and-rescue unit say that all 27 of them have been invited to attend his wedding. All of the crew members of the C Flight 22 unit will be attending the ceremony with their partners. Flight Cmdr. Iain “Spike” Wright…

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Will Invites His Rescue Unit to Wedding

Reality star Nichole Richie and Good Charlotte lead singer Joel Madden tied the knot on Saturday with a grand wedding at Lionel Richie’s home in Los Angeles. There were 130 people on hand for the ceremony and-sources say-an elephant, which was present…

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The xx express surprise at their Mercury Prize win and singer-songwiter Conor J O’Brien gives the stand-out performance of the ceremony.

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The xx step into the spotlight