I find it quite awkward that Randy Jackson posted on twitter that the Academy didn't even invite the Jackson family to the ceremony...

PricelessHo said:

"WHAT ABOUT ABRAHAM?"

Oh, lawd! I LOVE IT when he sings that!
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VoicesCarry said:

You got that right. That performance just re-enforces why I hate this band so much. They are nothing but a novelty act. Pure garbage.

Empress said:

Well, it seems as though being a novelty sells. It's working for Taylor Swift.

shorttrini said:

Well, I don't think anyone was actually making fun of her intentionally. It is only natural she would be happy for her brother. At first I thought it was just some stranger from the audience somehow making their way on stage, until I realized it was the same one he introduced as his sister. I also don't think anyone is intentionally making fun of her disability. Anyway, I found Jamie and T-Pain's act was like a minstrel show, but that's just my opinion. Jamie is talented, and I like it better when he sings nice ballads, rather than collaborating with rappers like T-Pain, who is more like a minstrel show to me.

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DakutiusMaximus said:

No, Bruce Springsteen won. That category was done at the pre-show. Bruce wasn't there to accept his award.
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missfee said:

No I doubt she was even thinking about that. She basically just wanted to dance on stage with her brother and was having fun doing it.

2elijah said:

Oh, okay...that's Jamie's sister. I thought she was on stage only because she was crunking in the song's video. Sweet.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

banks said:

She's trying to hide the "turkey neck."

missfee said:

U took the words right out my mouth.
Seriously, there should b rules regarding madness like this. I would b so upset if someone sat n front of me with all that bullshit on their head.

Words cannot describe how I really feel about her and looking at that ridiculous weird stupid outfit is crazy enough.

Sad that someone is such a freakin stupid F___ attention getting whore. It pisses me off just seeing how rude her ass was 2 wear that madness and top it off blocking others view. The look on her face tells the real story

Pink I Luv U. Best performance of all

2elijah said:

OMG 2elijah I can't stop laughing. U r way 2 funny

2elijah said:

I was thinking the same thing. Why does she think she has to be so avant-garde or however the hell it's spelled? Damn, seems if you have talent, you don't need all that over-the-top bull she wears. Makes her seem like she's a little nuts.

2elijah said:

Oh, OK. I take back what I said then. I didn't know...

In that case, God bless her.

VinnyM27 said:

Well, she spit him out big time! He looks just like her! Bless his heart for bringing her.

As far as watching the show later, check your local cable listings. They usually rerun the show several times.

ABeautifulOne said:

jackson-hater roger friedman claims that there was a ceremony the day before where mj officially received the award and the family could have come to that, but didn't b/c there was no red carpet/publicity involved. mj's manager, frank dileo accepted instead. he claims that the kids wanted to accept the award for their father, as opposed to jermaine, for example, so branca made it happen.

the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. i think the academy probably didn't go out of their way to involve the family - except for the kids - and the family wanted to be shown more respect than they probably were.

Can I kill Jamie Foxx, please!

now that Beyonce won all these grammies, maybe she can settle down and raise a family and start "writing" some meaningful songs...

Drake is too cute with his mama....I'd so smash

glad Maxwell finally got his just due....I'd smash that too

did anyone know who Taylor Swift was before Kanye laid his assholery in her direction?

shorttrini said:

because, and mind you i am a dolly fan, whitney's version was diferent and better.

bey (also a fan of her) sang the same version, but nowhere near as good as alanis does.
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Michael's kids are lovely but I hope that's the last we see of them. Don't need them all paraded out there.

ABeautifulOne said:

all 3 of his kids were there and a bunch of the cousins, which means their parents and guardians must have been.

do they have to invite every person who was related to him?

BklynBabe said:

Yes she was blowing up before kanye

babybugz said:

It's actually refreshing to see the faces - because up till his death he kept them in bee-keeper hats.

DiminutiveRocker said:

I'm not saying that it's just that it's no Revelation that he didn't want his kids in the spotlight that's all.
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johnart said:

i know, i thought the same thing. yet i began to realize the woman's 72yrs old.


roberta flack back in the day, circa 1972, classic song "the first time ever i saw your face"



in reality, someone should kick the hairballs out of hair designer's *ss for making roberta's hair look that bad.
however aside from the wig she looks good for a woman of her age, and she still has a great singing voice.
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cborgman said:

Is her's better because she is Whitney? or is it better because she screamed a song who's sentiment was supposed to be heartfelt and kind of meloncoly. I have said the following time and time again on this board. There is a somber sentiment in that song. She is letting him go, even though she does not want to. Dolly's version display's this perfectly. Whitney's version ruined that sentiment. I don't know about anybody else, but if someone is breaking up with me, the last thing that I would want them to do, would be to scream it from the rafters. Just because you can sing does not mean that you have to blow each and every song out of the water.

babybugz said:

More than just blowing up even. Not my cup of tea, but she was pretty huge already. If anything Kanye tried to ride on her shit with his stunt.

shorttrini said:

well, okay.

conversely, a song that contains an enraged sentiment like "you oughta know" probably shouldn't be sung smiling ansd without yelling, the way bey does it.