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MUSIC VIDEO :: Beyoncé, "Run the World (Girls)"

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53rd Annual Grammy Award Nominees Announced

Nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were announced last night on a live CBS television special hosted by LL Cool J. Eminem received the most honors with 10 nominations in categories including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars came in next with seven nominations. Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum and Lady Gaga each received six nominations.

The 2011 Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 8pm on CBS.

Here is the complete list of nominees:

Album of the Year

* The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
* Recovery, Eminem
* Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
* The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
* Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

Record of the Year

* "Nothing on You," B.O.B featuring Bruno Mars
* "Love the Way You Lie," Eminem featuring Rihanna
* "Fuck You! (Forget You!)," Cee Lo Green
* "Empire State," Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
* "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum

Song of the Year

* "Beg, Steal or Borrow," Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs (Writer: Ray LaMontagne)
* "Fuck You! (Forget You!)," Cee Lo Green (Writers: Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars)
* "The House That Built Me," Miranda Lambert (Writers: Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin)
* "Love the Way You Lie," Eminem featuring Rihanna (Writers: Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman and Marshall Mathers)
* "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum (Writers: Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelly, Hillary Scott)

Best New Artist

* Justin Bieber
* Drake
* Florence and the Machine
* Mumford & Sons
* Esperanza Spalding

In the News :: Beyoncé Ad Gets Banned in Britain

Beyoncé's new perfume ad, featuring the scantily clad songstress writhing around in a red silk dress, was deemed too hot in Britain. Parents expressed outrage that their children were being exposed to too much of Beyoncé's body during the middle of the day.

The "raunchy" ad promoting her new fragrance, appropriately named Heat, can't be aired until 7:30pm due to complaints.

Coty, the company behind the perfume, says the ad reflects the singer's personal "sexy chic" style and denies that it is overtly graphic.

The Advertising Standards Authority labeled the minute-long commercial "sexually provocative" and "unsuitable" for young children. It had already been stamped with a restriction that it not be shown during or immediately before or following kid's programming.

The ASA claims "Beyonce's body movements and the camera's prolonged focus on shots of her dress slipping away to partially expose her breasts created a sexually provocative ad that was unsuitable to be seen by young children."

You be the judge. Here's the ad:

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In the News :: Michelle Obama Lands On Top of Forbes' "World's 100 Most Powerful Women" List

First Lady Michelle Obama is the most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes' list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Obama joins Oprah Winfrey (No. 3), Lady Gaga (No. 7), Ellen DeGeneres (No. 10), Angelina Jolie (No. 21), Chelsea Handler (No. 33) and Sarah Palin (No. 16) on the list. These women are "shaping many of the agenda-setting conversations of our day" and "driving meaningful change across the world."

Other names you may recognize include: Beyoncé (9), Katie Couric (22), Madonna (29), Heidi Klum (39), Meredith Vieira (40), Sarah Jessica Parker (45), Diane Sawyer (46), Twilight author Stephenie Meyer (49), Serena and Venus Williams (55, 60), Gisele Bündchen (72), Rachael Ray (78) and Martha Stewart (99).

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