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Buzz News Roundup, 7/7

BuzzSugar — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:30:03 PDT

The Wire's David Simon has told Broadcasting & Cable that he wants to make a movie about Donnie Andrews, the real-life Omar who robbed drug dealers.
Reuters reports that Bill Clinton will be among the first guests on Elvis Costello's talk/music show.
The Osbournes are headed to Fox for a new variety show that might be paired with American Idol next year, TV Week reports.
According to Billboard, the Flaming Lips are showing their Christmas movie, Christmas on Mars, at the festivals they're playing up until the movie is released on DVD later this year.
E! reports that Jamie-Lynn Sigler will join the cast of Entourage for a few episodes, playing herself.
The Hollywood Reporter has the news that the Sundance Institute has established a submission deadline for the 2009 festival: September 8, 2008.
Spike Lee is on board to film performances of the Broadway show Passing Strange, writes Variety.
90210 has added two new members to its cast, Zap2it reports - including the actress currently best known for modeling Case 24 on Deal or No Deal.

8 Ways to Make Your Own Career Luck

LearnVest — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:15:52 PDT

People often say that you make your own luck, but how do you make your own career luck and get the job of your dreams? LearnVest shares how you can do so.

You sit next to someone on an airplane who later helps you land your dream job.

Your dentist’s daughter is a book editor, and wouldn’t you know it, she’d just love to publish your memoir.

You have a role model in your industry, and your roommate’s fiancé just so happens to be her best friend.

OK, chance doesn’t always work out as we might wish . . . but a few travel apps, a weak economy, and plenty of gumption got us thinking.

Cajoling Lady Luck may be easier than ever, with new services like Planely, a Danish start-up, and Satisfly, a Hong Kong-based start-up. Both apps connect passengers before their flights, so they can see the Facebook profiles of fellow travelers and choose seats by people they’d like to meet. Airlines like Dutch carrier KLM and Malaysia Airlines are getting in on the act with similar services of their own. Sharing and viewing this social media info is, of course, optional all around.

Read on for more.

"I Have Inexplicable Chemistry With Someone I'm Not Dating"

Tres Community — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:05:00 PDT

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments!

OK, so here is a strange one, well I can't explain it so I'm hoping someone else will. A guy I was dating many years ago, had flown into town on business for a few days. We met accidentally while I was out with colleagues and we were all in the same restaurant. When we set eyes on each other everyone just stared at us, his business partner and my work colleagues. I am separated for a few years but he is with someone now. We went for a drink and there was lots of fun and flirting. I realized and maybe he did too, that there was still that 'spark' between us.

What I would like to know is it possible that there will always be this attraction towards a certain type of person. And do people believe in that saying what's for you won't pass you? Would love to hear an experts point of view, as I don't really understand the law of attraction. from a very fussy mind.

Have a dilemma of your own? Post it anonymously to Group Therapy for advice, and check out what else is happening in the TrèsSugar Community.

2012 Golden Globe Nominations: Snap Judgments

Shannon Vestal — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:28:42 PST

Congrats to all of this year's Golden Globe nominees! Now that we've had the chance to digest all the nods, it's time to analyze the nominations and both sing the praises and decry the snubs from this year's list of honorees. Check out our snap judgments of the Golden Globe nominations, both good and bad, below.

One huge yay for the movies and actors we're happy got recognized: 50/50, Midnight in Paris, Jonah Hill, Charlize Theron, Kristen Wiig, Albert Brooks, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Owen Wilson.
The Hollywood Foreign Press seems to have as big a crush on Ryan Gosling as everyone else does; the actor scored two best actor nods: one in the drama category for The Ides of March and one in the comedy category for Crazy, Stupid, Love. We're all about the Gosling love, but we're wondering why he was passed up for Drive, a stronger, more interesting (if quieter) role for him.
Speaking of Gosling, the best actor in a drama category might as well just be retitled the Handsome Men's Club. With Gosling, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Leonardo DiCaprio, we're not sure if this is an acting competition or a measure of who's better looking. Not that we're complaining.
As if we needed any other confirmation that new TV has been fantastic, the Golden Globes nominations really drive the point home, recognizing tons of new series like Homeland, Game of Thrones, Episodes, New Girl, and more.
Some SAG snubs that the Golden Globes made right were the nominations for Michael Fassbender for Shame and Rooney Mara for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Now, to see the snubs and other nominations we're not so psyched about, just keep reading.

Brad Pitt Screens Moneyball as Angelina Jolie Does 60 Minutes

Allie Merriam — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:16:21 PST

Brad Pitt joined his Moneyball costar Jonah Hill in LA last night for a special screening of their film. It was a rare domestic viewing for Brad, who in recent weeks has taken the movie around the world, from the Tokyo International Film Festival to a short South Korean tour. Brad and Angelina are currently on the West Coast with their six kids, and he took the oldest four out for a special Thanksgiving weekend theater trip to see Hugo.

Angelina, meanwhile, is prepping for the release of In the Land of Blood and Honey. As part of her press efforts, she appeared on 60 Minutes last night and revealed a unique career ambition. Angelina once wanted to direct funerals, and is surprised that her career's taken the path of making movies instead. She said, "It sounds like this very strange, eccentric, dark thing to do, but in fact, I lost my grandfather and was very upset with his funeral . . . How somebody passes and how family deals with this passing and what death is should be addressed in a different way. If this whole acting thing didn't work out, that was going to be my path."

Harry Potter's James and Oliver Phelps Talk Playing the Weasley Twins and Reveal Their Favorite Potter Scene

Becky Kirsch — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:05:00 PST

The Harry Potter films may have come to an end, but the legacy certainly lives on - and the stars of the franchise are still celebrating. The cast headed to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida over the weekend to commemorate the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 on DVD, which is in stores now. I caught up with James and Oliver Phelps, who play the mischievous twins, Fred and George Weasley in the series. The brothers shared some of their favorite scenes and fan moments, and revealed one very strange prop that they swiped from the set.

BuzzSugar: Now that the last movie is coming out on DVD, does it feel like Harry Potter is really over?
Oliver Phelps: Not really, no. There's always something else that's happening with Potter. There's this one, then there's the Warner Brothers studio London tour where you can go see the sets and everything, which opens at the end of March. And there will probably be other stuff.

Buzz: What do you miss the most about making the movies, and what do you miss the least?
OP: Miss the least is getting my eyebrows bleached, definitely. But miss the most? I think just the regularity of it. You knew where you were going to be, for a couple of months a year filming Potter, and knowing that that was coming up. [Not having that] takes some getting used to.

JP: What I miss the most is hanging out on someone else's credit card [Laughs]. We are all good friends, so it was just hanging out with your mates. So I'll miss that, but we still keep in contact. What I'll miss least? Maybe the traveling. I'm not a big fan of the traveling. People ask, "If there's one spell you could take, what would it be?" A port key, definitely. Because then I could easily be back in England, and that kind of thing.

Buzz: How surreal was it to film the scene in the final movie where Fred dies?
OP: It wasn't nice. It wasn't nice at all, because one thing we do with [director] David Yates is try to get into the moment, try to relate to something. Which I did, and it came over really well, I think, on camera. But it was weird, not only seeing your pretend brother in the film, but your actual brother, all pale and stiff. I'm glad we didn't have to do that too often.

Buzz: Would you say it was easier to do the scene with your real brother?
OP: It made it easier to do, but probably harder as well to keep it together.

Buzz: Did you get to keep any props from the set?
OP: I wish we did, I really wish we did. I'd love to take the wand, because each wand is individual. They're very strict on having that back, but that would have been great if we were able to keep those. I don't know what I'd do with it. I'd probably put it in a case, put it on my wall or something, but it would be nice to have that piece. I did keep the prosthetic ear, because George loses his ear, which looks really odd. It's at the back of my script. When you open my script, it's stuck there, which looks pretty disgusting.

To see what James and Oliver had to say about growing up on screen and their favorite Potter scene, just

Buzz: What was it like following the trajectory of your characters from pranksters to young men?
JP: It was cool because normally when you do a film, the emotion of the character is the same all the way through. But what's the joy of playing [Fred and George] is that you can show they're predominantly pranksters, they love to have a laugh, then you see that they're entrepreneurs, and then you see they've actually got a softer side as well, like in Deathly Hallows Part 1 when George has his ear blown off, you see the softer side of Fred. We were able to take the characters from one extreme to another, yet still be in the same character, and everyone is still able to understand them.

Buzz: What lessons did you learn as actors making these films?
OP: It was certainly a learning curve along the way. We learned so many things like, acting-wise, just watching all the older guys in the cast do their thing, and you can pick up so many tips. The best is that you can go and talk to them about it, which is absolutely great to be able to do.

Buzz: What's your favorite scene that you guys were in?
JP: For me, it would be the Marauder's Map scene in The Prisoner of Azkaban. Because that's like the first time you see Fred and George, as like, you always know they're pranksters or whatever, but they actually have stuff of importance they're willing to pass on. But on a personal level, our grandfather read the book, and said to us, "This will be good. You've got to get that scene, get that scene and you'll be sorted." So that was kind of it, but unfortunately he passed away a couple of weeks before we shot it. But on an emotional side, that means so much to me because it was him who came up with the idea initially of cutting each other up, and it became our trademark all the way through.

Buzz: Is the fan mania bigger here in the states, or overseas?
James Phelps: It's big everywhere we go, which is quite a special thing. I guess it's just the cultures in general, and how different cultures are different. In the Far East, for example, they'll cheer and everything, but as soon as you wave, everyone stops talking and just waves back. Over here, you can kind of work them into a bit of frenzy. I'm not flogging my ego or anything, they're just very passionate about it.

Buzz: Can you tell me about one of your craziest fan moments?
OP: When we were in London, people were crying and everything. They saw it as the end of their childhood. But I think when it all comes to a head, it's over for them as an audience, really. There's no more new premieres and stuff. That was quite emotional for a lot of people.

Buzz: Do you guys want to continue working together or are you ready to go your separate ways, career-wise?
OP: Both. Originally, we were going to do something totally different from each other, but listening to the older guys, they said, "No, you should use that. You've got something different from the competition. If you have anything different from the competition, then use that."
JP: It would be good to work apart for a little bit, because we'll probably kill each other if we keep doing this [Laughs].

How Not to Flirt With a Stranger

Tara Block — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:00:00 PDT

On Facebook Monday I shared the most awkward compliment I've ever heard (about a woman's patterned scarf): "It's so soothing, if your scarf was a food I'd eat it in a hot tub." And you guys delivered with your own strange compliments, which ranged from sad attempts at flirting to downright creepy passes! See the horror stories below and share yours in the comments.

‎"Wow you smell good; you smell like schnucks! (a local grocery store)" - Ellen
"I once had an old man tell me I have a beautiful mouth . . . " - Allie
"How about guys on Facebook asking you to add them then as soon as you do they ask you to marry them? lol happened to me yesterday" - Deanna
"I once came out of a bathroom in a club. A guy was standing there and said 'I saw you come out of the bathroom. I find you cute and attractive.'" - Breanna
"A guy once walked up to me on campus and told me that he'd seen me around walking before. He then proceeded to tell me that every time he saw me walking, that he 'felt a tingle inside' when he saw me." - Tia
"I forgot the time when this old guy in a Hoveround at Wal-Mart saw my sister (who was 19 at the time) and said "Wanna ride?". We got away from him so fast haha." - Breanna

And if we aren't Facebook official yet, be sure to check out our profile and like our page! Each day, a few smart, sexy, fun stories will turn up in your news feed (don't worry, no spam). See you there!

Super 8 Trailer: Super Promising, Super Spielberg-esque

Shannon Vestal — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:31:33 PST

Finally, some satisfaction! JJ Abrams's Summer movie Super 8 has been shrouded in mystery, but now we have the full trailer! The Super Bowl spot didn't give away that much, but this clip affords us much more of the story. In the late '70s, a young kid passes the time in his small town by making Super 8 movies with his friends (including Elle Fanning), much to the chagrin of his father (Friday Night Lights' Kyle Chandler). When a freighter derails in town, the mystery begins - strange happenings start up, and the kids find themselves in the middle because they've accidentally captured footage of the incident. Though no one actually mentions the word aliens in the clip, you know that whatever was in the crashed freighter is probably not just some large circus animal.

After being teased for so long, I'm happy that this trailer doesn't just look interesting, it looks downright great. Abrams appears to be really mining his influence from producer Steven Spielberg, from the youthful main cast to the heartfelt-sounding score. The movie comes out June 10, and it's already making it to the top of my most anticipated Summer blockbusters list.

Get excited for the movie, when you watch the trailer after the jump.

Britney Spears Is "Back and Better Than Ever" in a Sexy, Colorful V Magazine Spread

Lauren Turner — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:50:00 PST

Britney Spears made a splash on the cover of the Spring V Magazine, which is out on newsstands tomorrow. She was photographed by Mario Testino in multiple skimpy ensembles for the spread, which is in the same issue that features very sexy Gisele. Britney's promoting Femme Fatale, which is one of BuzzSugar's must haves for March, following the success of her first single, "Hold It Against Me." She opened up about working on the "best album" she has ever made, her boys, and fame. Here's more:

On if she thinks she was destined to be a star: "If not, then God definitely has a strange sense of humor."
On what she'd do if she stopped making music: "I'd be a full-time mom which would be cool. I'd miss my fans and all of the love the most, but I definitely would not miss having my picture taken everywhere I go. I wouldn't miss showering in arenas either. So gross!"
On her legacy: "Two amazing boys and a lot of music that hopefully brings a lot of people a lot of happiness."
On her other interests: "I love to cook, especially for my boys. I also make a mean southern sweet tea from a recipe my mom passed on to me. It's really good. I love it. I make it for my boys all the time."
On fame: "I don't think I thought about 'fame' when I was a child. I knew I wanted to perform and I knew I wanted to be on stage but I don't think I ever thought about fame or what comes with being famous."

Announcing the Winners of the 2011 Grammy Awards!

BuzzSugar — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:34:56 PST

There goes another staple in award season - the Grammys are a wrap! The night was chock-full of performances from standouts like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, but there were a few statuettes passed out between songs.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy took the opportunity to thank his "beautiful pregnant girlfriend" Kate Hudson while accepting the trophy for best rock album, and Lady Gaga gave props to Whitney Houston in her acceptance speech for best pop album. Lady Antebellum scored big with five golden gramophones, but it was Arcade Fire that won the biggest award of the night, taking home the accolade for album of the year.

Check out the full list of winners when you

RECORD OF THE YEAR
"Need You Now", Lady Antebellum

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Suburbs, Arcade Fire

SONG OF THE YEAR
"Need You Now", Lady Antebellum

BEST NEW ARTIST
Esperanza Spalding

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Bad Romance", Lady Gaga

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Just The Way You Are", Bruno Mars

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
"Hey, Soul Sister (Live)", Train

BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
"Imagine", Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare

BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
"Nessun Dorma", Jeff Beck

BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
"Take Your Pick", Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

BEST POP ALBUM
The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga

BEST DANCE RECORDING
"Only Girl (In The World)", Rihanna

BEST ELECTRONIC/DANCE ALBUM
La Roux, La Roux

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Crazy Love, Michael Bublé

BEST SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Helter Skelter", Paul McCartney

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
"Tighten Up", The Black Keys

BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
"New Fang", Them Crooked Vultures

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
"El Dorado", Iron Maiden

BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
"Hammerhead", Jeff Beck

BEST ROCK SONG
"Angry World", Neil Young

BEST ROCK ALBUM
The Resistance, Muse

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Brothers, The Black Keys

BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Bittersweet", Fantasia

BEST MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"There Goes My Baby", Usher

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
"Soldier Of Love", Sade

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"Hang On In There", John Legend & The Roots

BEST URBAN/ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE
"F*ck You", Cee Lo Green

BEST R&B SONG
"Shine", John Legend & The Roots

BEST R&B ALBUM
Wake Up!, John Legend & The Roots

BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM
Raymond V Raymond, Usher

BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
"Not Afraid", Eminem

BEST RAP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
"On To The Next One", Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
"Empire State Of Mind", Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

BEST RAP SONG
"Empire State of Mind", Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

BEST RAP ALBUM
Recovery, Eminem

BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"The House That Built Me", Miranda Lambert

BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
"'Til Summer Comes Around", Keith Urban

BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
Need You Now, Lady Antebellum

BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS
"As She's Walking Away", Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson

BEST COUNTRY INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE
"Hummingbyrd", Marty Stuart

BEST COUNTRY SONG
"Need You Now", Lady Antebellum

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Need You Now, Lady Antebellum

BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
Miho: Journey To The Mountain, Paul Winter Consort

BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM
The Stanley Clarke Band, The Stanley Clarke Band

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, Dee Dee Bridgewater

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples

BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Stark Raving Black, Lewis Black

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC
Crazy Heart

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC
Toy Story 3, Randy Newman, composer

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURE, TV, ETC
"The Weary Kind" (From Crazy Heart), Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham)

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
Danger Mouse

BEST REMIXED RECORDING
"Revolver" (David Guetta's One Love Club Remix), David Guetta, remixer (Madonna)

BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO
"Bad Romance," Lady Gaga

BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO
"When You're Strange," The Doors

BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
Brothers, Michael Carney , art director (The Black Keys)

BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set), The White Stripes

BEST ALBUM NOTES
Keep an Eye on the Sky, Big Star

BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Battle Studies, John Mayer

BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
Britten's Orchestra, Michael Stern and Kansas City Symphony

BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
The Path Among Trees, Billy Childs Ensemble

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT
Carlos, John Scofield, Vince Mendoza, and Metropole Orkest

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S)
Baba Yetu, Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

BEST MUSICAL ALBUM FOR CHILDREN
Tomorrow's Children, Pete Seeger With The Rivertown Kids and Friends

BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM FOR CHILDREN
Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies, Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton

BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS, AND STORYTELLING)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook), Jon Stewart

BEST MUSICAL SHOW ALBUM
American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong

BEST HAWAIIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Huana Ke Aloha, Tia Carrere

BEST NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC ALBUM
2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance, Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews, and Melonie Mathews

BEST ZYDECO OR CAJUN MUSIC ALBUM
Zydeco Junkie, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band

BEST REGGAE ALBUM
Before the Dawn, Buju Banton

BEST TRADITIONAL WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Ali and Toumani, Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate

BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Throw Down Your Heart, Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks, Bela Fleck

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
Paraiso Express, Alejandro Sanz

BEST LATIN ROCK, ALTERNATIVE OR URBAN ALBUM
El Existential, Grupo Fantasma

BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
Viva La Tradicion, Spanish Harlem Orchestra

BEST TEJANO ALBUM
Recuerdos, Little Joe and La Familia

BEST NORTENO ALBUM
Classic, Intocable

BEST BANDA ALBUM
Enamorate De Mi, El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE
Grace, BeBe and CeCe Winans

BEST GOSPEL SONG
It's What I Do, Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway

BEST ROCK OR RAP GOSPEL ALBUM
Hello Hurricane, Switchfoot

BEST POP/CONTEMPORARY GOSPEL ALBUM
Love God. Love People., Israel Houghton

BEST SOUTHERN, COUNTRY, OR BLUEGRASS GOSPEL ALBUM
The Reason, Diamond Rio

BEST TRADITIONAL GOSPEL ALBUM
Downtown Church, Patty Griffin

BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B GOSPEL ALBUM
Still, BeBe and CeCe Winans

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina, Giancarlo Guerrero and Nashville Symphony Orchestra
AND
Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works, Eliesha Nelson and John McLaughlin Williams

BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina, Terrence Wilson and Nashville Symphony

BEST OPERA RECORDING
Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin

BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
Verdi: Requiem, Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli and Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus

BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST(S) PERFORMANCE (WITH ORCHESTRA)
Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement, Paul Jacobs

BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1&2, Parker Quartet

BEST SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Dinastia Borja

BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Sacrificium, Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico

BEST CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION
Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina, Giancarlo Guerrero

BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUM
Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
David Frost

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Verdi: Requiem

BEST CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ALBUM
The Stanley Clarke Band, The Stanley Clarke Band

BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, Dee Dee Bridgewater

BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
A Change Is Gonna Come, Herbie Hancock

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
Moody 4B, James Moody

BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard, Mingus Big Band

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
Chucho's Steps, Chuco Valdes and The Afro-Cuban Messengers

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
Mountain Soul II, Patty Loveless

BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
Joined at the Hip, Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
Living Proof, Buddy Guy

BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM
Genuine Negro Jig, Carolina Chocolate Drops

BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM
God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs