Showing posts with label grammys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammys. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Singer Chris Brown Arrested For Assault

On Sunday, the singer Chris Brown was arrested on accusations of assault after he was accused of physically assaulting the singer Rihanna. They supposedly had an argument in a Los Angeles neighborhood that evolved into a fight. Both Rihanna and Brown pulled out of the Grammys hours before it was telecasted this past Sunday. Brown has also dropped a planned appearance at the upcoming NBA All-Star Game that is scheduled for this weekend in Phoenix. The company Wrigley has decided to suspend all of the ad and marketing campaigns that he is involved with.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Aretha Franklin Insulted by Beyonce’s Grammy Intro

Aretha Franklin, who is known as the queen of soul felt insulted by Beyonce’s into to Tina Turner’s Grammy Awards Performance. In the intro, Beyonce referred to Tina Turner as “the queen.” Franklin felt insulted by the comment and stated, “I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyonce. However I dismissed it as a cheap shot for controversy.” Later, on the night of the Grammys Beyonce referred to Turner as her “ultimate icon.”