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A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award) – or Grammy – is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony. It is the music equivalent to the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for stage performances, and the Academy Awards for motion pictures.
The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Following the 2011 ceremony, NARAS overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 54th Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The Grammy Awards had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the 1950s. As the recording executives chosen for the Walk of Fame (Tabinda Walk) committee worked at compiling a list of important recording industry people who might qualify for a Walk of Fame star, they realized there were many more people who were leaders in their business who would never earn a star on Hollywood Boulevard. The music executives decided to rectify this by creating an award given by their industry similar to the Oscars and the Emmys. This was the beginning of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. After it was decided to create such an award, there was still a question of what to call it; one working title was the Eddie, to honor the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison. They finally settled on using the name of Edison's invention, the gramophone, for the awards, which were first given for the year 1958.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
David Bowie ( /ˈboʊ.i/ BOH-ee; born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his work.
Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Bowie's impact at that time, as described by biographer David Buckley, "challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day" and "created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture." The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation.
Actors: Tony Reames (producer), Tony Reames (director), Tony Reames (writer), Tony Reames (writer), Keith Matlock (actor), Tymm Hoffman (producer), Jim Hammond (actor), Tymm Hoffman (actor), Tymm Hoffman (writer), Anissa Matlock (actress), Frankie Loscavio (producer), Esperanza G. Reyes (actress), Aidan Hammond (actor), Josh Milligan (producer), Frankie Loscavio (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Horror, Short,Actors: Fernando Szew (producer), Tom Kemp (actor), Andrea Ajemian (producer), John Stimpson (editor), Andrea Ajemian (producer), John Stimpson (director), Mark Donadio (producer), Gwen Kosak (actress), Maiara Walsh (actress), Liz Vassey (actress), Grant Harvey (actor), Ed Grenga (composer), Erica McDermott (actress), Sharon Bordas (producer), Miriam Marcus (producer),
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller,Actors: Isilay Yanbas (miscellaneous crew), Jim Papoulis (composer), Susan B. Ades (editor), Elizabeth Browning (actress), Elizabeth Browning (director), Elizabeth Browning (producer), Elizabeth Browning (writer), Kim Chinh (actor), Lynn Lobban (actor), Helen Browning (actress), Merrie Nell Spence (producer), James Gamble (producer), Shima Kidd (producer), Diane King (producer), Karen Marie Marmer (actor),
Plot: In THE FACE, Elizabeth Parker, a successful author, wife, busy mom, and "woman of a certain age" is challenged by a society and a billion dollar advertising industry that tells us that we are never enough...young enough, thin enough, beautiful enough....enough! In this inspiring and provocative short film, Elizabeth takes a moving journey to discover the unspeakable beauty of her life as she comes face to face with a decision that will change her forever. The Face...a short film about aging, love, and learning to see our true beauty in every stage of living.
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Chris Hajian (composer), Andrew Young (director), Todd Sandler (editor), Hilary Rosenfeld (costume designer), Susan Todd (producer), Paul Hickert (actor), Kit Flanagan (actress), Billy Shebar (miscellaneous crew), Billy Shebar (producer), Billy Shebar (writer), Angela Pierce (actress), Quinn McColgan (actress), Adi Hanash (actor), Tamara Rabil (writer), Tamara Rabil (producer),
Plot: A bedtime story about a robin chick who falls from its nest turns into a dramatic confession, as Joy relives a tragic accident she caused when her daughter Callie was a baby. The trauma sends shock waves between Joy and her husband Frank. In the end, it is Callie whose surprising response reveals the power of forgiveness to heal the deepest wounds.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Leslie Schott (actress), Lucy Engelman (director), Lucy Engelman (editor), Ina Lucille Condon (actress),
Genres: Mystery, Short,Actors: Ryan Standfest (producer), Ryan Standfest (writer), Ryan Standfest (director), Ryan Standfest (editor), Jeanette Strezinski (producer), Clarice Bradley (actor), Morris Drape (actor), George Basso (actor),
Plot: Meet Mister Ricky, a solitary figure overcome by morbid curiosity and bouts of frustration. Occupying the basement belonging to his Grammy, he is trapped in an agitated realm defined by her "special attentions" and a delirious yearning to hold onto the memory of his dear and long-departed Gramps.
Keywords: alternate-reality, avant-garde, basement, bathroom, bed, black-comedy, candy, dead-animal, depression, dirt-eatingActors: Mark Adair-Rios (actor), Alex D'Lerma (actor), Vince Lozano (actor), Jim Thalman (actor), Tessa Munro (actress), Vince Parenti (director), Vince Parenti (producer), Vince Parenti (writer), Vince Parenti (actor), Dimitri Diatchenko (actor), Nickolas Dylan Rossi (actor), Mark Ezovski (editor), Sarah Poynter (actress), Michelle LaFrance (actress), Todd Worden (actor),
Plot: Carmine Daveda, a video game review writer coming to terms with the premature death of his father, is cornered into helping his mother with her yard sale. Even though he must endure the daily complaints about his "job" from his mother he develops into an expert yard salesman. While Carmine is trying to reconcile with his mother an anticipated- yet unexpected- event occurs and the truth about who her son has become is revealed.
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Brian Eric Christiansen (director), Brian Eric Christiansen (editor), Jim Jurczak (actor), Hugh Kinslow (actor), Daniel Conwell (composer), Brian Christiansen (writer), Katy Proietti (actress),
Plot: Dick Johnson is a young man stuck in a repeating moment of all the same emotion. After seeing a man disappear through a door never before noticed, he decides to leave his life of happy discontent and find out what comes from walking through the wrong door.
Keywords: chocolate-chip-cookie, coming-of-age, independent-filmActors: Billy West (actor), Billy West (actor), Jeff Bennett (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Neil Ross (actor), Neil Ross (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Rob Paulsen (actor), Rob Paulsen (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), Billy West (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy,Actors: Gene Richards (actor), Matthew Silverstein (writer), Matthew Silverstein (producer), Matthew Silverstein (director), Matthew Silverstein (editor), Bethany Wright (actress), Christopher Pappas (writer), Christopher Pappas (producer), Christopher Pappas (actor), Christopher Pappas (director), Christopher Pappas (actor), Christopher Pappas (editor), Minh Nguyen (actress), Minh Nguyen (miscellaneous crew), Aaron Berman (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy,