About that Same Love rumor, I saw nothing posted here about couples getting married, though I don't understand how it works (on the show I mean, don't get smart .)

The wedding singers! 34 same-sex couples to get married at the Grammys

• During 'Same Love'. gay and straight couples will be married on live television at the event
• The song overtly addresses the cultural divide on the issue of gay marriage

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 17:09 EST, 26 January 2014 | UPDATED: 17:09 EST, 26 January 2014

More than 30 gay couples will reportedly wed on-air during Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' performance of Same Love at the Grammy Awards.

Queen Latifah will act as officiant during the televised ceremony as the duo perform the marriage-equality anthem with Madonna at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

According to the New York Times, 34 gay, straight and interracial couples - including Lewis' sister and her boyfriend - will exchange vows.

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Same love: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are set to perform ¿Same Love¿ at the Grammys as dozens of same-sex couples get married

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Macklemore & Lewis: The duo will perform with Madonna as Queen Latifah officiates the wedding ceremony

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Time to say I do: Dozens of couples will marry on air during Sunday night's live broadcast of the music industry's annual Grammy Awards as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform their nominated song Same Love

34 couples from different orientations and backgrounds --gay, straight, of different races and so on - will be married during the 'Same Love' performance .

In an interview, Lewis, whose own sister will be part of the ceremony in getting married to her boyfriend, said that the weddings 'will be in our minds the ultimate statement of equality, that all the couples are entitled to the same exact thing.'

The wedding's rehearsal took place on Saturday at the Staples Center, where the couples walked up and down aisles near the GRAMMY stage -- where they'll actually be married, as show producer Ken Ehrlich stated that putting the soon-to-be-wed pairs onstage 'could be viewed as more exploitative.'

"It seemed like less of a ‘show’ than if I put them onstage,' Ehrlich explained. 'I don’t want them to feel as though they’re on parade,' he told the New York Times.

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Emotional ceremony: For Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, whose Same Love is up for song of the year, the event took on a personal note with the participation of Lewis's sister Laura, who will marry her boyfriend during the ceremony

The idea for the weddings originated last fall when Mr. Ehrlich sat down with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis over a fried-chicken lunch to brainstorm ideas for a possible performance. Knowing that their concerts have occasionally featured onstage marriage proposals, Mr. Ehrlich suggested taking it a step further with a full wedding.

The band was into it, so a casting agency was hired to find the couples, who at first were told only that the ceremony would take place on live television. The couples each signed confidentiality agreements — promising not to tell even their families.

Defending the multi-marriage stunt from critics who are already beginning to voice their opinions against the Grammy wedding ceremony, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences president Neil Portnoy says, 'I expect that people with all kinds of opinions might voice them, and that's healthy, but we don't need to stoop to the level of trying to find gimmicks and sensationalistic approaches to what we do.'

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Momentous occasion: Lewis said that the weddings, including 34 couples of various ages and races, some gay, some straight, 'will be in our minds the ultimate statement of equality, that all the couples are entitled to the same exact thing.'

For Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, whose 'Same Love' is up for song of the year, the event took on a personal note with the participation of Lewis's sister Laura, who will marry her boyfriend during the ceremony.

'A night that is already tremendous for me, for the music,' the Times quoted him as saying, "but to have my sister get married and my family there watching it — that makes it a whole other level of amazing.'

The group is nominated for a total of seven Grammys.

The GRAMMYs will be broadcast tonight at 8 p.m. on CBS.

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@RealSnarkyPuppy & @lalahhathaway for winning Best R&B Performance!!!

@GaryClarkJr for winning Best Traditional R&B Performance!!!!

songwriters of @Jtimberlake's Pusher Love Girl for winning Best R&B Song!

Best Urban Contemporary Album goes to Rihanna

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@Aliciakeys wins Best R&B Album.

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This is a bitch i live in LA where the damn thing is being filmed. Yet, we don't get it here till 8. After it's been shown in most states

Gunsnhalen said:

This is a bitch i live in LA where the damn thing is being filmed. Yet, we don't get it here till 8. After it's been shown in most states

I'm in Washington but watching live on my roku with the ustvnow app. I signed up with a french proxy.

Gunsnhalen said:

Hey Happy, can I have one of those?

You Got It!

nursev said:

Kendrick shoulda won that.

he needs to win everything

Gunsnhalen said:

Well she sure outdid Nikki Minaj on this year's satanic tribute...

babynoz said:

nursev said:

babynoz said:

Well she sure outdid Nikki Minaj on this year's satanic tribute...

juicy j pimped it though

I wonder if Tony was watching?

babynoz said:

the Robin Thicke and Chicago performance was GREAT!

interesting Grammy's so far

and by interesting I mean lame

but wait, Gary Clark Jr. is here to save us!!

oh no, he's singing country music

I am as big a Beatles fan as anyone, but another tribute to them being on Ed Sullivan?! Is this really necessary?

Gunsnhalen said:

Since record of the year goes to producers and songwriters. I HOPE that Roar doesn't win... my gawd that song is like a bowl of ceral of cliches. I would be happy if any other song won

I want to kill this man.

One Man Has Written Virtually Every Major Pop Song Of The Last 20 Years. And You've Probably Never Heard His Name

Random Celebrity Article By Max Savage Levenson on January 26, 2014

Pop quiz: Who has been the most influential and powerful person in pop music over the last 20 years? Britney Spears? Madonna? Michael Jackson? Beyonce? Simon Cowell? Sure, these people have all been extraordinarily successful, but what if we told you that there's one man whose musical accomplishments easily trumps all of these artists? And what if we told you that most people have probably never even heard of this person and definitely wouldn't recognize him walking down the street? Sounds impossible right?

Well, if at any point in the last 20 years you've heard a song from The Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, N'Sync, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Ace of Base, Katy Perry, Celine Dion, Bon Jovi, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Pink, Justin Bieber… then you've unwittingly been subject to the creations of a Swedish born musical genius who goes by the name of Max Martin. Believe it or not, over the past 15-20 years Max Martin has been the brains, ears and talent behind virtually every hit pop song that has been released to the screaming masses. He's personally responsible for churning out more Billboard singles than Michael Jackson and Madonna COMBINED. And since he is essentially unrecognizable to the average person, that might make him the most famous, non-famous person on the planet. This is his story.

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What is perhaps most remarkable about Martin's career is the consistency with which he churns out the songs that find their way into the ears of millions of people around the globe. Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Avril Lavigne. More than half of the Backstreet Boys' 1999 album Millennium. The list goes on and on and on and on. Since 1999, Max has written or co-written 16 songs that hit #1 on Billboard. There aren't enough metaphors to properly describe his success. He's like the Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Roger Federer, Muhammad Ali, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt… of music. Here is a list of some of the biggest pop songs that Max Martin has written and produced:

Katy Perry: "I Kissed a Girl", "Teenage Dream", "California Gurls", "Roar", "Dark Horse"

Britney Spears: "Oops!… I Did It Again", "Stronger", "…Baby One More Time", "Till The World Ends"

Backstreet Boys: "Quit Playing Games With My Heart", "I Want It That Way", "Larger Than Life", "As Long As You Love Me", "Shape of my Heart"

Kelly Clarkson: "Since You've Been Gone", "My Life Would Suck Without You"

N'Sync: "Tearin' Up My Heart", "It's Gonna Be Me", "I Want You Back"

Taylor Swift: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "22″

Pretty soon you realize everything sounds the same.

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From the royalties and producing fees he has received from all of this fun he's been having, Max Martin has earned a personal net worth of $250 million dollars. That's right. He's worth a quarter of a billion dollars and you've probably never heard his name.

http://www.celebritynetwo...head-name/

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Every music fan who has more than 5 cds has heard of Max Martin.

NDRU said:

nursev said:

babynoz said:

I wonder if Tony was watching?

Is that the guy that died?

I meant Tony Van Dam...