MUSIC/ ARCADE FIRE & LADY A TOP GRAMMY AWARDS: The 2011 Grammys ended with a major surprise last night as Canadian indie rockers Arcade Fire beat out platinum pop stars Eminem, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry for the night's big award, album of the year, for "The Suburbs". The 8 member ensemble, pictured top, expressed shock over the unexpected win, opting for an encore performance in lieu of a laundry list of thank-yous. The other big surprise of the night was a best new artist win by jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, who beat Justin Bieber and Drake, to win the title. Despite not winning the album of the year title, Lady Antebellum still walked away with the most trophies overall, winning record of the year, song of the year, best country song and best country performance by duo/group for the song "Need You Now." Additionally, the chart-topping country trio took home the award for best country album, winning 5 awards total. Other big winners included Eminem who won the best rap album trophy for "Recovery," and Lady Gaga, who took home the best pop vocal album statuette for "The Fame Monster". Gaga also won best female pop vocal for "Bad Romance". Shortly after her tender performance of "The House That Built Me," country songstress Miranda Lambert was awarded her 1st ever Grammy, for best female country vocal performance and British rockers Muse followed suit, winning best rock album for "The Resistance" after their performance of "Uprising." Train took home the 1st televised award of the night for best pop performance by a duo or group for its song "Hey Soul Sister". Rihanna won best dance recording for "Only Girl (In The World" while La Roux won best electronic/dance album for their self titled set. Other winners include Sade, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, John Legend, Usher, Iron Maiden, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, Dee Dee Bridgewater, BeBe &;CeCe Winans, Alejandro Sanz, Intocable, Mavis Staples, Tia Carrere and Cee Lo Green, who is pictured above performing "Forget You" with Gwyneth Paltrow. Full details on all the winners can be found on the Grammy website.
Wally Pfister won the feature film category for his lensing of "Inception" at the 25th annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards, held Sunday in Hollywood. This was the 3rd ASC nomination for longtime Christopher Nolan collaborator Pfister, who was previously nominated for "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight". Also during Sunday's ceremony, Jonathan Freeman's work on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" ("Home" episode) won the ASC Award for episodic TV program or pilot; and Stephen Windon was honored in the TV movie or miniseries category for his lensing of HBO's "The Pacific" ("Okinawa" episode). Full details on all of the awards, including several honorary awards, can be found on the ASC website.
FILM/ DEL TORO'S "DARK" SET FOR AUGUST: FilmDistrict will release "Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark," picking up the U.S. rights and setting an August 12 opening for the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror thriller The movie was one of the titles that found itself adrift when Disney shut down its Miramax label. Del Toro and the movie made a strong appearance at Comic-Con last year and it was last scheduled for a January release when it fell into limbo. "Dark" is a remake of a 1973 TV movie, about a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend into a 19th century estate and unwittingly unleashes demonic forces. Del Toro co-wrote the script with Matthew Robbins and it is directed by Troy Nixey. It stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison and Jack Thompson.
Thank good is not Enimen, I don't like him at all
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