Pop Quiz – In honor of the Grammy’s, name the name of the only person to host and win a Grammy the same night. Is it Kenny Rodgers, Sting or James Brown?
As for the Grammy Red Carpet, Taylor Swift was great, Madonna looked like an old drag queen with a bad grill, and Paul and Ringo sang together for the first time in years. Where was Justin Timberlake? Grammy people ignored him so he ignored them. Oh yeah, 33 gay and straight people were married on stage. Good gimmick trick!
Most bizarre Grammy story – Jonah Hill’s lame ass brother Jordan, who manages Maroon 5, made a rude, nasty comment about Sharon Osborne’s son, Jack’s, MS disease. Sharon drenched him with a pitcher of ice water. Jordan is the jerk who married Clint Eastwood’s daughter for 16 hours and then was annulled.
Sad story – Muhammad Ali Jr, 41, lives in poverty in Chicago and has been kept away from his dad since he was a teenager. One of the last visits he remembers with his dad was when he was 14. Ali Sr. picked up Jr. for the visit, and on the way to Mohammad’s house, the son was hungry and asked Dad to stop at a store. He did, and the kid went into the store. By then Ali was already feeling the affects of Parkinson and dementia, and Ali drove off and left him. When Ali arrived home several hours later, his 2nd wife sent him back to the store get him. Junior says Ali’s current wife has refused to let him see his dad.
I have seen football, The Pope, the Beatles, the World Series and a lot of other things at Dodger Stadium, but Saturday night was a first – NHL Hockey, King vs Ducks, 50,000 people.
Answer – Kenny Rodgers.
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