LOS ANGELES (AP) – After shifting to the Big Apple, the Grammy Awards are coming back to the City of Angels.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that its 46th annual ceremony honoring the best of music will take place at the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 8.
Mayor James Hahn said the announcement was “great news for our City of Angels and reaffirms our place as the entertainment capital of the world.”
The Grammys, which once frequently bounced back and forth between the two cities, settled in Los Angeles for four consecutive years, from 1998-2002.
Hirschfeld items go up for sale
NEW YORK (AP) – A toothy, grinning Liberace, drawn for the cover of Colliers magazine in 1954. A swivel-hipped Elvis Presley. A sly, bow-tied Bob Hope. Jack Benny, complete with violin.
And we haven’t even gotten to such theater icons as Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Laurence Olivier and Stephen Sondheim.
They are among the portraits of show-biz celebrities by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld to be sold Thursday, in an auction devoted solely to Hirschfeld’s work, said Swann Auction Galleries which is holding the event. The sale will include Hirschfeld drawings, prints, books, letters and movie posters.
Crystal to host Awards again
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Billy Crystal is planning a reunion with Oscar.
The star of “City Slickers” and “Throw Momma from the Train” said Wednesday he has signed on to host the Academy Awards for the eighth time.
“Hello boys,” Crystal said at a news conference at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after leaping astride two enormous statues of the Oscar figurine.
“I’m really excited about coming back,” Crystal said about resuming his hosting job for the first time in three years. “I’ve had a nice, long sleep.”
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