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Grammys
Continued from page 1
a videotaped message, his first
public remarks since his April
2003 stroke.
“I wish I could be with you
there tonight. I want to thank
everyone for your love and sup
port,” said ' a weak-looking
Vandross. “And remember,
when I say goodbye it’s never
for long, because” — and he
sang — “I believe in the power
of love!”
Beyonce tied a record for
female artists with her five
awards, but won none of the top
categories of song, record or
album of the year.
The moody British rock band
Coldplay, up against four hip-hop
nominees for record of the year,
won for their song “Clocks.”
Rockers Evanescence won
best new artist in an upset over
rapper 50 Cent — who briefly
walked onstage as Evanescence
accepted their award.
“Thank you, 50,” said
Evanesence’s Amy Lee as the
rap star smiled for the camera.
Rock singer Warren Zevon,
who rushed to complete a final
album before his September
death from lung cancer, won his
first two Grammy Awards. June
Carter Cash also won two
posthumous awards, and her hus
band Johnny Cash and former
Beatle George Harrison were
also honored after their deaths.
The 46th annual awards show
began at 4:55 p.m. — five minute
before airtime — with Prince
performing “Purple Rain,”
marking the 20th year of the
groundbreaking song and movie.
Beyonce, wearing a tight
dress with a feather skirt that
fleetingly revealed her pink
panties, joined Prince on his
hits and then sang her own
“Crazy in Love,” which won
two trophies — for best R&B
song and best rap/sung collabo
ration. Her boyfriend, Jay-Z,
won two awards for collaborat
ing on that hit.
Beyonce also won best
female R&B performance and
best contemporary R&B album
for “Dangerously in Love,” and
best R&B performance by a duo
or group for her song with
Vandross.
Her five trophies tied a record
set by Alicia Keys, Norah Jones
and Lauryn Hill for the most
Grammys won by a female artist.
“This is unbelievable.
Performing was enough for
me,” an excited Beyonce said.
OutKast, nominated for a
leading six Grammys, won
three: best album, best
urban/alternative performance
for “Hey Ya!” and best rap
album for “Speakerboxxx/The
Love Below.”
Other multiple winners
included Jack White of The
White Stripes and Eminem, with
two each, and bluegrass singer
Alison Krauss, who had three.
Timberlake was all over the
awards, performing on several
songs and winning two trophies.
CBS said in a statement that it
had reservations about allowing
him and Jackson to appear as
planned, but ultimately “respect
ed the Recording Academy’s
wishes to produce the program
they originally intended.”
CBS said it agreed to allow
Timberlake and Jackson as long
as they apologized on the air for
their Super Bowl stunt.
But a statement from
Jackson’s camp said CBS and
the Grammys first asked her not
to attend, then reversed them
selves and re-invited her, but she
chose not to attend.
“She was never uninvited,”
insisted Jason Padgitt of the
publicity firm Rogers & Cowan,
which represents the Recording
Academy. “She was always
invited to be here and she chose
not to be.”
The incident bubbled beneath
An article on Friday
ed that junior college t
fer Renuel Green had
naily committed to
University of Alabama on
of high school b
attending East Mississippi
Junior College. Green
actually committed to
University of Alabama-
Birmingham.
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out-of-town Olive Gardens.
Amber Wood, Class
said she ate at Olive Gi
once or twice per month,
said Olive Garden was a j
place to go on a date and fj
lunch.
“They had the best
town,” she said, "1 can’t belien
it’s gone now.”
The cost of the damages
unknown at this time.
Panel
Continued from page
the surface all night. “1 don’t
want to have the same thing hap
pen that Janet had done,”
Christina Aguilera said while
accepting the award for best
female pop vocal performance
in a dress cut so low, CBS
briefly imposed a graphic across
her chest. “But, uh, if I can keep
it together...”
Pharrell Williams, who along
with Jay-Z and OutKast also
had six nominations, won his
first Grammy during the pre
telecast ceremony for his pro
duction work with Chad Hugo
as white-hot hitmakers The
Neptunes. They have produced
songs for artists ranging from
Justin Timberlake to Jay-Z in
2003 alone.
The Neptunes weren’t even
nominated last year, because the
record companies they pro
duced hits for forgot to put them
on the ballot.
“I was a little upset last
year,” Pharrell acknowledged
during his acceptance speech.
He also used the opportunity to
stand up for friends Jackson and
Timberlake. “What happened at
the Super Bowl was a bit much,
but I happen to know both of
those people ... and they’ve done
great things to support people
around the world.”
Cash and director Mark
Romanek won for best short
form music video for the haunt
ing song “Hurt.” Cash’s wife,
who died a few months before
him in 2003, won best tradition
al folk album for the posthu
mous release “Wildwood
Flower” and best female coun
try vocal performance for
“Keep on the Sunny Side.”
The most unusual winner
was former President Bill
Clinton, former Soviet Union
president Mikhail Gorbachev
and Sophia Loren, who won
best spoken word album for
children for their reading on
“Prokofiev: Peter and the
Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks.”
Maldonado said women
to be persistent and keep on tryi
“Do not let anyone getyi
down. Sometimes women aj
viewed as a woman in a man
job,” Richardson said.
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should just he treated equally re
any other person, emphasizini
that women should not be isol
solely because of their gender.
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program has an excellent mem
network," Richardson said.
In developing one’s netwoii
the panelists said it is importa
to find someone who can men
tor you a mentor, someone win
shows you the ropes
encourages you to succeed ani
is not afraid to provide con
structive criticism.
"Find people you trust
get honest feedback
Richardson said.
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help.” Richardson said,
want to help you. All you has
to do is ask.”
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the situation is improving.
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accidentally into Houston’s a
last year came from just a doze
plants, according to a Houstf
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