(Alternate post title: Leah and Annie cook it in Carroll Gardens!) Hi everyone — we’re here with assorted snacks and a great attitude (for now) about tonight’s live-blogging marathon. We’re not technically required to cover the red carpet… but we might as well. We’re both present, and alive, and the amazing and unexpected Milano Salame that Leah just plunked onto my coffee table has us almost inappropriately revved up for Fun. Let’s get it started!
Leah: Giuliana is kind of a tool. She’s getting all "down" with NeYo on the red carpet. He’s wearing Banana Republic sunglasses! Good to know.
Annie: She acts like every phrase out of her mouth is equally thrilling.
Leah: It is, Annie! Tia Carrere? Well, she looks good.
Annie: Dripping in gold.
Leah: Amy Lee from Evanescance, looking Hot Topic per usual. Ne Yo said he might be working with Lindsay Lohan in the studio, FYI. I’m sure that blew Giuliana’s mind.
Leah: She just called Corinne Bailey Rae "one of the diverse people here tonight."
Annie: This could not get more hein.
It probably will! Stay with us, after the jump…
Leah: You say, right before Debbie Matenopoulos walks on…
Annie: Donna from Arkansas: Totally made up.
Leah: Fantasia’s hair is half-black and half-white. Kind of Cruella de Ville.
Leah: Musiq Soulchild? Do not care.
Annie: Sal and Soulchild look alike! And you’re right, I really don’t care.
Leah: The Plain White T’s brought Delilah, the real girl from the song, to the show. She has a bf though. And kind of looks like a CW starlet.
Annie: This is an amazing story: "Oh! Thanks for the new CD!" I really feel like I "get it" now.
Leah: Natasha Bedingfield and Alicia Keys both went classy and kind of retro. Lovely.
Annie: Yeah, but I’m kind of sad Alicia doesn’t look like the cover of a Wash ‘n’ Curl box like she usually does these days.
Leah: I feel like we are watching the Bulgarian Grammys with all these crazy turned-out chicks I’ve never heard of coming down the carpet. Maybe these are just the early arrivals?
Annie: I wish we were watching the Bulgarian Grammys. OMG — Tool with a tool.
Leah: And one of the dudes is wearing a gold-foil pot-leaf shirt. Yes.
Annie: Oh hell yes.
Leah: Why does Melissa Joan Hart get to go to the Grammys?
Annie: In case it all needs explaining, of course.
Leah: OK, the cast of the Nutcracker just showed up. WTF?
Annie: Bulgarian Grammys. Fo’ real. Whatever that means.
Annie: This "Bubble Song" debate is painful.
Leah: yeah, it kind of burst mine.
Annie: Guiliana Rancic bursts bubbles, pass it on…
Leah: Oh God, Giuliana is going to ask Ringo Starr how he enjoyed his days with Supertramp.
Annie: Debbie claims to be "dying" from all the fashion. Please happen!
Leah: Annie and I aren’t actually homicidal. But Debbie’s existence does kind of hurt our feelings.
Annie: Raise your hand if you’re not shocked that Panic! at the Disco is wearing American Apparel.
Annie: Neither of us is raising our hand.
Leah: And Cosa Nostra! That’s mom-yeller Jeffrey who won Project Runway’s label. Ouch… Panic, dismissed for Miley Cyrus! The Grammy pecking order is brutal.
Annie: I think if I could ban one word from pop culture, it’d be "stoked."
Leah: Miley’s single, boys! She has only three loves: Jesus, her brother, and her dad. That’s a quote!
Annie: Akon basicallyjust denied Giuliana admission to his crib and/or life.
Leah: Seal just spanked Giuliana for being "unoriginal" with her questions. I suddenly like Seal.
Annie: Seal just schooled G-funk.
Annie: JINX, you owe me a baby carrot smothered in kalamata hummus.
Leah: Done!
Leah: Tony Bennett always keeps it classy. And for once I’m not being facetious. He is a little sweet muffin that I want to squeeze, for real.
Annie: Okay, we clearly need more food.
Leah: Taylor Swift looks pretty in purple.
Annie: She can be an honorary Wash ‘n’ Curl box cover tonight.
Leah: But Nelly Furtado looks like she just smooshed Falcon Crest and Posh Spice into one bunk look.
Annie: Bunk! I love that. Bunk could be the new jank! Stay tuned for details.
Leah: Carrie Underwood’s in florals, pretty but she looks sort of inhumanly polished. I feel like a hobo just looking at her.
Annie: I have some crazy floral tapestries we should drape ourselves in… and then post the pics. (Hey everyone: We’re not really going to do this!)
Leah: Hayley Williams from Paramore looks adorable, but damn those are some sheer panels. And oh Soulja Boy, enjoy your moment. This too shall pass.
Leah: Daughtry is in satin? or is that leather?
Annie: I still don’t register "Daughtry" as being an actual band.
Leah: Sleather?
Annie: Daughtry’s bringing Sleather back. This could be why his wife doesn’t answer his calls.
Leah: Rihanna’s hair is short-short! Lil Mama’s is short-short and red! All the girls are in electric colors, very saturated. And that’s your expert fashion forecast from Leah.
Annie: Thank you. I’m way too focused on Giuliana’s "8,000 mics" to pay attention to fashion.
Leah: Like I said, colors! Fergie is in canary-yellow Calvin Klein. Pretty natural makeup too. Her humps are well covered!
Annie: Okay, Nelly Furtado’s hair should NOT be the same shade of Fergie’s dress, ever.
Leah: Yes, canaries are for fabrics, not follicles. And for birds.
Annie: WHY IS DEBBIE SINGING?
Leah: Wilco looks very dapper with their pocket scarves. Even Bai Ling in a Swedish-Mexican napkin for a dress can’t bring me down.
Leah: Wow, this jogging conversation with John Fogerty is scintillating.
Annie: Yeah, Giuliana’s progressed from the "fashion" beat to "fitness."
Leah: Jay-Z says his closet is two stories. Giuliana says no way. Don’t question Jay-Z, Giuliana.
Annie: Jay-Z is so not havin’ it with her! We love him right now.
Leah: And he is obliquely referencing the mess that is Britney. I love him.
Annie: Memo to everyone: ENOUGH WITH THE JIMMY CHOOS.
Leah: Cyndi Lauper looks like a blonde Helena Bonham Carter meets Dollywood. …John Legend, always dapper.
Leah: Beyonce is a space princess! From the future!
Leah: Did Chris Brown join the White Stripes? As their butler? Interesting suit.
Annie: Not quite as interesting as poor Jill Scott’s free-flowing pleather frock.
Join us for the real deal as we live-blog the actual telecast…
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alicia keys is such a class act. love her
I take issue with Guilianna and Debbie dissin’ Fantasia’s new ‘do. What with them standing there with their pageant-queen 80’s hair. What so they know? It’s not a look I could rock, but it works for her. It’s actually the best I’ve seen her look in a while.
If you weren’t paying attention, Melissa Joan Hart is there because her husband collaborated on the nominated Chris Daughtry song, although he kinda made it seem like there was a little funny-business involved. Like Daughtry took the premise of the song and re-wrote it. Anybody know the real story there?
Tame red carpet. Guiliana is ok, Debbie is terrible and Sal is dull. Where is Ryan???
What is up with focusing on Roslyn Sanchez and Alicia Coppola? These are actresses on CBS shows, not singers, right?
Fergie looks gorgeous! Love that dress!
Although you can’t deny Fergie’s hotness, I think she looks much sexier with her hair pulled back off her face. C’mon girls, put a little effort into it–the Grammy’s (especially a nomination) don’t come around every day!
What I meant was Fergie ALWAYS wears her hair that way . . .spice it up for a special occasion like the Grammy’s. LOVED her dress!
i think debbie matenopolous must be one of the consistently dumbest, empty-headed ppl i’ve ever seen on the red carpet. too bad, she is not representing the greeks well. and i love all things greek (i want to watch the grammys so much so that i am translating my ancient greek hmwk- plato’s symposium– while i watch the festivities).
Jay-Z looks great. Guiliana is getting worse as the night goes on….
Who is London Rosiere? Is she a singer?
Why is Beyonce’ not with Jay-Z? She has to make her own appearance (or maybe it’s him)? I’m over them. I personally can’t wait for Queen Tina to b*tch-slap her all over that Grammy stage tonight–the performance I am most looking forward to! I hope they do “River Deep, Mountain High” and “Proud Mary”.
Simon and Nunya, it looks like it’s just us tonight. Maybe WE should have done the live blog!
Love the live blogging. Things are too quiet in here.
Do you guys think Madonna will attend the show? I’d love to see her on the Red Carpet.
Anyways, I’m really looking forward to see Tina Turner too!!
Sorry, not liking the Beyonce hair.
As one of the biggest Beyonce lovers, I have to admit I don’t really dig the new hair.
Madonna won’t be there, it’s not about her, she can’t be bothered.
p.s. Where’s Cher?
I don’t like Beyonce’s dress either. Not one of her better looks.
No politics please. I just want to see the stars and the fashions.
Anyone going to post during the show?
Nice opening but not the surprise I was looking forward to.
love Alicia Keys, but so not a fan of people singing with dead people
Hopefully not these two. They’re WAY behind us, and not nearly as observant or catty as us!
I’m not sure that Alicia’s boobs are happy at the moment…
I am really tired of current singers getting attention by singing with dead singers who don’t have any choice in the matter. Alicia Keys is really fake and can’t decide what kind of singer she is. A lame beginning.
Wasn’t there a group of people that used to smash garbage can lids in some sort of musical frenzy? Did Underwood co-opt their style?
Trainwreck #1:
Carrie Underwood proving she really can’t sing!
Carrie looks hot! Like this performance. Nice way to start the show.
Oh, that Alicia Keys/Sinatra thing was spectacular. Any music show that opens with Sinatra will be great, and that technology allows that is wonderful.