The Grammy Awards originally called the Gramophone Awards or “Grammys”—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The awards ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the more prominent Grammy Awards are presented in a widely-viewed televised ceremony.

Catch your favorite artists, see the crazy ensembles, clap or cringe at the live performances and place bets on which artists win. Here are the final Nominations…

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards

Record Of The Year

• Irreplaceable - Beyoncé
• The Pretender - Foo Fighters
• Umbrella - Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
• What Goes Around…Comes Around - Justin Timberlake
• Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Album Of The Year

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
• These Days - Vince Gill
• River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
• Graduation - Kanye West
• Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year

• Before He Cheats - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
• Hey There Delilah - Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T’s)
• Like A Star - Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
• Rehab - Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
• Umbrella - Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)

Best New Artist

• Feist
• Ledisi
• Paramore
• Taylor Swift
• Amy Winehouse

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Candyman - Christina Aguilera
• 1234 - Feist
• Big Girls Don’t Cry - Fergie
• Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
• Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• Everything - Michael Bublé
• Belief - John Mayer
• Dance Tonight - Paul McCartney
• Amazing - Seal
• What Goes Around…Comes Around - Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

• (You Want To) Make A Memory - Bon Jovi
• Home - Daughtry
• Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
• Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s
• Window In The Skies - U2

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

• Steppin’ Out - Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
• Beautiful Liar - Beyoncé & Shakira
• Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani & Akon
• Give It To Me - Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Off The Grid - Beastie Boys
• Paris Sunrise #7 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
• Over The Rainbow - Dave Koz
• One Week Last Summer - Joni Mitchell
• Simple Pleasures - Spyro Gyra

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• The Mix-Up - Beastie Boys
• Italia - Chris Botti
• At The Movies - Dave Koz
• Good To Go-Go - Spyro Gyra
• Roundtrip - Kirk Whalum

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Lost Highway - Bon Jovi
• The Reminder - Feist
• It Won’t Be Soon Before Long - Maroon 5
• Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney
• Back To Black - Amy Winehouse

Is Wanted destined to fail at the box office? Because everyone can see from the Wanted movie trailer that this is not a comic book adaptation - I don’t care who you are, if you like it or if you hate it - this movie is not a live-action version of the graphic novel.

It looks like a good movie: big name stars (Angeline Jolie specifically), action, guns, fast cars, and good writing. I think it will do well and I think it will be entertaining. But from what it looks like, this is just another action flick and is not a comic book adaptation in the truest sense.

It won’t fail on a profitability level or from the perspective of being a good movie, but it will fail in the eyes of Wanted purists everywhere.
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