EW’s intrepid Whitney Pastorek, seemingly three months deep into covering Grammy week 2009, has delivered some pretty kicking video from last night’s Grammys red carpet. How often did Miley Cyrus rehearse her duet with apparent BFF Taylor Swift? What happened to (eventual) Best New Artist winner Adele’s thumbnail? How would (eventual) Best New Artist non-winners Lady Antebellum deal if they had won the infamously cursed award? Which former Sexiest Man Alive is starring in Juno director Jason Reitman’s next feature film? Is Jason Mraz intimidated at all by competing with Coldplay? These questions and more are answered in the videos below — first up, American Idol judge Paula Abdul tells us which season 7 contestant was convinced at the last minute not to sing Abdul’s classic "Rush Rush."
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Every single one of these interview snippets was 10x less awkward and 100x more professional than anything Ryan Seacrest said yesterday.
Sabster, I completely agree.
Another highlight was definitely the Radiohead performance with the marching band. See it here:
http://gotchamedia.blogspot.com/2009/02/grammys-radiohead.html
I completely disagree with everything stated so far, and what’s more, I demand an immediately apology and retraction from all concerned parties and at least 65% of the indifferent ones.
Jason Mraz just seems like a wickedly awesome guy.
I love Jason Mraz so much. I feel like he is really underrated. Even though he was in tough categories, I would have liked to see him win something last night. Kim Kardashian’s interview with him on E’s red carpet was atrocious. I felt bad for him having to deal with that mess.
Watching Ryan Seacrest was simply painful. I caught myself continually asking, “Is this really happening right now?” Why did he and Juliana insist on trying to sing the songs of the artists they were interviewing?! They completely embarrassed themselves. I wish EW could broadcast their red carpet coverage instead of me being forced to endure E!.
Paula the arm flab is a no.
Hey Whitney,
I really enjoyed watching you on Idol Wrap. They should let you host that show!
these interviews are HORRIBLE. I’m so sorry you embarrassed yourself like that with all these talented people.
Adkins was great and the interviews were awesome. Modern interviewers tend to want to get some face time and with Whitney, we didn’t have to worry about that kind of egotism. Add to all of it Whitney’s KNOWLEDGE of the industry, and you can tell she respects musicians of all genres. A+
Funny and smart. To me, it looked like most of the interviewees started out ready to answer some lame gossip mag-type poison and were pleasantly surprised at the smart and unintrusive line of questioning.
Go back to watching Seacrest and Fatone botch their jobs. I will enjoy Pastorek’s smart/funny/timely back and forth.
Paula seems a lot more lucid these days. I wonder if it’s because of Kara… ?
at least you put paula, who is here to stay, before the cyrus chick whose soon 15 min are gonna be up when hannah montana is canceled. thanks for that. paula is awesome
Paula is the best!!!!! i love her