This year’s MTV Europe Music
Awards will rock out in the
German city of Frankfurt,
organizers said. The 19th annual
show will pump up the volume in
Frankfurt on Nov. 11, a second
coming for the German city
having played host back in 2001.
The 2012 MTV EMA will broadcast
live from Frankfurt’s Festhalle this
year after last year’s show came
from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Viacom International Media
Networks (VIMN) president and
CEO Bob Bakish described the
event as “one of the biggest
nights in music on the planet”
and promised the show will
“showcase talent from the U.S. to
Europe to Asia to everywhere in
between.”
The 2012 MTV EMA will be
available to a potential viewing
audience of more than 1.2 billion
people via MTV’s global network
of more than 60 channels
reaching more than 640 million
households around the world as
well as through syndication.
Richard Godfrey and Bruce Gillmer
are executive producers for the
2012 MTV EMA.
Past EMA performers have
included Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Jay-
Z, Rihanna, Green Day, Justin
Bieber, Shakira, Kanye West, Tokio
Hotel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jesse
J and Kings of Leon.
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Grammys 2012: Adele Makes a Clean Sweep on Somber Night
Adele is rolling with Grammy hardware to spare.
The singer made her post-surgery comeback by winning all six of her nominations at the 2012 Grammy Awards, topping the ceremony with Album of the Year for “21″ and taking home both Song and Record of the Year for “Rolling in the Deep.” She teared up as she took the stage for the final award, crediting the album’s inspiration to a “rubbish relationship.”
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The first award of the broadcast, Best Pop Solo Performance, went to the Brit’s “Someone Like You,” the singer’s second win of the evening. “21″ picked up Best Pop Vocal Album during the afternoon pre-telecast portion of the awards, while her “Rolling in the Deep” producer Paul Epworth picked up Producer of the Year.
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“My life changed when I wrote this song, before anyone even heard it,” she said, looking into the crowd for “Someone Like You” co-writer Dan Wilson.
“Since this is a vocal award, I want to thank my doctors, they brought my voice back,” she added, showing no signs of the strain that caused her to undergo vocal cord surgery.
If there were any lingering doubts about her recovery, Adele opened her performance of “Rolling in the Deep” a cappella, showcasing the instrument that made her “21″ 2011′s best-selling album. She drew the night’s longest round of applause as the audience took its feet.
Beyond Adele’s success, it was a night full of celebrations and tributes, with the sudden passing of Whitney Houston adding a sober note to the enthusiastic show.
Bruce Springsteen opened the evening with a high-energy performance of “We Take Care of Our Own,” the politically charged new single from his upcoming album “Wrecking Ball”. The performance, aided by a string section, had Paul McCartney clapping along.
And Bruno Mars, a six-time nominee, lit up the stage with a gold jacket and choreographed dance moves.
“Get off your rich asses and let’s have some fun, y’all!” he shouted during his performance.
In between the exuberance, the show addressed the death of Houston, who died just a day before the ceremony at age 48.
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“We’ve had a death in our family,” host LL Cool J said moments after he took the stage. “For me, the only thing that feels right is to open with a prayer… Heavenly father, we thank you for sharing our sister Whitney with us,” he said, drawing bowed heads among the audience’s array of stars.
Video of Houston’s Grammy performance of signature hit “I Will Always Love You” followed, as did a standing ovation.
Shortly thereafter, Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt, performing as a duo, paid tribute to another loss, jazz great Etta James.
The performances also included a notable return. Three years after his assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna caused both to miss the ceremony, Chris Brown made his Grammy comeback with the electronic-inspired “Turn Up the Music,” showcasing his dance moves atop a shimmering tower of brightly colored blocks.
Later, Brown’s “F.A.M.E.” won Best R&B Album. He kept his speech short: “I just gotta thank God for this opportunity, and the Grammys for letting me get on this stage… Team Breezy, man, it’s all for you, we all won. Thank you.”
In one of the evening’s most anticipated performances, the Beach Boys reunited for their 50th anniversary — preceded by tributes by Maroon 5, who took on the ’60s band’s “Surfer Girl,” and “Pumped Up Kicks” singers Foster the People, who turned in a faithful version of “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”
After an introduction by Ryan Seacrest, the Beach Boys themselves launched into “Good Vibrations,” with Brian Wilson at the piano and singing lead on the legendary song. Mark Foster and Maroon 5′s Adam Levine joined the group after the bridge to add to the plethora of harmonies.
Factbox: Nominees intelevision for the GoldenGlobe Awards
The Hollywood
Foreign Press Association
announced nominations on
Thursday for the 69th
Golden Globe Awards.
Following is a list of
television nominees. Winners
will be announced on
January 15 in Hollywood.
BEST DRAMA SERIES
“American Horror
Story” (FX)
“Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)
“Boss” (STARZ)
“Game of Thrones” (HBO)
“Homeland” (SHOWTIME)
BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
SERIES
“Enlightened” (HBO)
“Episodes” (SHOWTIME)
“Glee” (FOX)
“Modern Family” (ABC)
“New Girl” (FOX)
BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Steve Buscemi “Boardwalk
Empire”
Bryan Cranston “Breaking
Bad”
Kelsey Grammer “Boss”
Jeremy Irons “The Borgias”
Damian Lewis “Homeland”
BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Claire Danes “Homeland”
Mireille Enos “The Killing”
Julianna Margulies “The
Good Wife”
Madeleine Stowe “Revenge”
Callie Thorne “Necessary
Roughness”
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR
MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin “30 Rock”
David Duchovny
“Californication”
Johnny Galecki “The Big
Bang Theory”
Thomas Jane “Hung”
Matt LeBlanc “Episodes”
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR
MUSICAL
Laura Dern “Enlightened”
Zooey Deschanel “New Girl”
Tina Fey “30 Rock”
Laura Linney “The Big C”
Amy Poehler “Parks and
Recreation”
BEST TV FILM OR MINISERIES
“Cinema Verite” (HBO)
“Downton Abbey” (PBS)
“The Hour” (BBC AMERICA)
“Mildred Pierce” (HBO)
“Too Big To Fail” (HBO)
BEST ACTOR, TV OR
MINISERIES
Hugh Bonneville “Downton
Abbey”
Idris Elba “Luther”
William Hurt “Too Big To
Fail”
Bill Nighy “Page Eight”
Dominic West “The Hour”
BEST ACTRESS, TV OR
MINISERIES
Romola Garai “The Hour”
Diane Lane “Cinema Verite”
Elizabeth McGovern
“Downton Abbey”
Emily Watson “Appropriate
Adult”
Kate Winslet “Mildred
Pierce”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Dinklage “Game of
Thrones”
Paul Giamatti “Too Big To
Fail”
Guy Pearce “Mildred Pierce”
Tim Robbins “Cinema Verite”
Eric Stonestreet “Modern
Family”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Lange “American
Horror Story”
Kelly Macdonald “Boardwalk
Empire”
Maggie Smith “Downton
Abbey”
Sofia Vergara “Modern
Family”
Evan Rachel Wood “Mildred
Pierce”
