because you're DYING to know...

ever wonder what the frenchies from grammy winning duo daft punk look like without their helmets on?!?!

you ask and we deliver.
daft punk's guy-manuel de homem-christo and thomas bangalter. in all their glory...

how uneventful was that??

well crap. let's go back to pharrell's hat...

that's better.

;)



(images via buzzfeed, ny mag.)

this just in...

justin bieber...
what the hell are we going to do with you?!?!

the little troublemaker is at it again, this time turning himself in to the toronto police today.
of course, his appearance caused mass hysteria, with dozens of police officers having to push the crowd of photographers, reporters and fans out of the way in order to escort bieber into the police station.
this newest legal problem stems from a reported december 29th assault on a limo driver. 
get it together, babay!
a.

(image via ew.)

in case you missed it...

jim cantore remained calm, cool and collected when a kid at the college of charleston tried to video bomb his live shot on the weather channel tuesday night.

cantore was reporting on the winter storm here when the kid ran screaming at him. 
with the cat-like qualities of chuck norris, cantore spun around and very calmly knee'd him in the groin. he then immediately went back to his weather report. 
"Obviously, here at the College of Charleston they are already having a good time," cantore said.

one thing's for sure...
you don't mess with the cantore.
stay warm, y'all!
a.

grab the kleenex...

because if this damn budweiser doesn't warm your heart, you probably don't have one!

the beer giant released this new super bowl spot yesterday, about the friendship between a golden retriever pup and a clydesdale, and immediately a million girls were sharing it over facebook and twitter.
and crying.

enjoy ~
a.

your first look...

angelina jolie is FIERCE as disney's next great female villain in the just released "dream" trailer for "maleficent".

this new take on "sleeping beauty" tells the tale from maleficent's point of view.
what hardened her heart enough to make her curse the beautiful princess aurora??
you are going to have to wait a little while longer to find out, y'all...
"maleficent", also starring sharlto copley and elle fanning, hits theaters may 30th.

will you be there?
a.

just because...

from last night's grammy awards...

all hail the true queen of the eighties.
cyndi lauper. badass on the grammy red carpet in alexander mcqueen.
she won the "best new artist" grammy in 1985 for "she's so unusual".
she won again last night for the amazing music from the broadway hit "kinky boots."

and that bitch is SIXTY-ONE YEARS OLD.

recognize.
a

what we're listening to...

this little girl is on FIRE.

lorde was a big winner last night at the grammy awards, picking up "song of the year" and "best pop solo performance" for her huge debut hit, "royals".
she's back with "team", and it's just as infectious as its predecessor!
hard to believe she is only SEVENTEEN years old!
congrats, babay!

enjoy ~
a.

and the award goes to...

and now we come to the most important award of the night...
best dressed, of course!
here we go...

anna faris seemed a bit out of place on the red carpet, but her simple, navy fitriani gown was positively elegant.

and it fit her like a glove!

taylor swift needs a new haircolor.

that 70's frost 'n' tip champagne is old and tired.

(and the makeup needs a little updating as well.)

but that gold gucci chainmail dress was

UNBELIEVABLE.

someone get that poor child a massage this morning.

i bet that thing weighed 50 pounds!!

gold was DEFINITELY the color of the night!

and no one played it better than ciara.

the hair, the makeup, even her baby bump were FLAWLESS.

emilio pucci never looked so good.

and that's it. we're out.

fingers need therapy.

who were your favorites??

a. 

(images via ny mag.)

in case you missed it...

congrats to macklemore and ryan lewis!

the boys took home multiple awards last night for "thrift shop", including best new artist.

and they looked good doing it!

they also pulled out all the stops for their performance, having 34 couples get married during "same love".

the ceremony was presided over by queen latifah.

and then freaky ass madonna came in, dressed up like an anorexic boss hogg, and ruined it.

what did you think!?!
a.

(image via ny mag.)

honorable mention...

we definitely had our favorites last night on the grammy red carpet.
and these dresses just BARELY missed the cut.

pink is built like a brick shit house.

love love LOVE some pink. 

her red johanna johnson strapless fit like a glove.

when you are the daughter of the "prince of darkness", you can always get away with going a little goth.

kelly osbourne pulled it off last night, pairing her black badgley mishcka gown w/ her daddy's crucifix (which she wore backwards) and a sleek bob.

beyonce changed into this sheer ivory michael costello after her S&M opening number with hubby jay-z. it definitely left nothing to the imagination, but the detail was amazing!

(her hair looks like shit.)

what did you think?!?!

a.

(images via ny mag, just jared.)

what were they thinking?!?!

let's get to the red carpet, shall we?!?!

oy, there were some interesting looks last night on the grammy red carpet.

as there should be...it's the grammys after all, not the little house on the prairie auditions!

paris hilton in haus of milani.

look at me. LOOK AT ME!!!

i thought we were done with her...

rita ora in gold lanvin.

gold was DEFINITELY the color of the night, but this one was ill-fitting and boxy.

     her hair and makeup were fabulous!

katy perry in valentino.

i don't care what y'all say...

if ANYONE else had worn this sheer musical note covered curtain, people would have been calling it fashion suicide!

who were your favorites??

and your favorite fashion missteps?

a.

(images via ny mag.)

in case you missed it...

i was just drifting off to sleep last night, thanks to the yawn-fest that was the grammy awards, when suddenly...

THIS HAPPENED.

imagine dragons and kendrick lamar brought me back with this wicked mashup.

and if taylor swift hadn't tried to ruin it with her white girl dancing, it would have been a perfect performance.
(how much do we LOVE kendrick lamar now!??!)

thanks, boys!

a.

is it just me...

or does paula patton just seem way too good for robin thicke now??

just saying.
they do look good...she's in crazy zebra nicolas jebran, and he's sporting velvet armani.
that woman is just too damn beautiful.
love her.
him? he's getting a little greasy for my taste.
let's hope it's all an act.
a.

(image via ny mag.)

who knew...

that a royal canadian mountie HAT would be the talk of the night! 
at last night's grammy awards, it wasn't katy perry's dress, or slipknot's dirty clown mask that received the most attention. it was...
pharrell's hat.
yep.
a HAT.

it caused an uproar on twitter.
and a twitter war with the arby's hat.
and now it has it's OWN twitter page!
jeezy kreezy.
craziness.
(loved it. loved the whole look. that's what it's about, folks. causing a stir.)
a.

(image via yahoo.)

congrats, y'all...

finally...
it's been a long morning, but we've got the coffee brewing and our shit together, so here goes nothing. 
the grammy blog!

congrats to all of last night's winners...i did a lot of yawning but there were some fun surprises.
*ringo starr joined fellow beatle (and diane keaton look-a-like? what is that about??) paul mccartney onstage.
*the daft punk robots never spoke. and never took off their helmets. way to own it, boys.
*taylor swift gave herself whiplash.
*katy perry loves light up bras!
*madonna has pulled her face so tight that she has to walk with a cane now because her equilibrium is so off.
and so much more cuckoo cuckoo craziness. 
oh those silly musicians!
what did you think?!?!
a.

in case you missed it, see last night's nominees and winners below...

Record of the year... 
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- WINNER 
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons 
"Royals" -- Lorde 
"Locked out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars 
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell

Album of the year... 
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles 
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER 
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar 

"The Heist" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 

"Red" -- Taylor Swift

Song of the year...
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- P!nk featuring Nate Ruess
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Roar" -- Katy Perry
"Royals" -- Lorde -- WINNER
"Same Love" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Best new artist...
James Blake
Kendrick Lamar
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran

Best pop solo performance...
Sara Bareilles -- "Brave"
Lorde -- "Royals" -- WINNER
Bruno Mars -- "When I Was Your Man"
Katy Perry -- "Roar"
Justin Timberlake -- "Mirrors"

Best pop duo/group performance...
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers -- "Get Lucky" -- WINNER
P!nk featuring Nate Ruess -- "Just Give Me a Reason"
Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko -- "Stay"
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell -- "Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake and Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie"

Best pop instrumental album...
Herb Alpert -- "Steppin' Out" -- WINNER
Boney James -- "The Beat"
Earl Klugh -- "Handpicked"
Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot -- "Summer Horns"
Jeff Lorber Fusion -- "Hacienda"

Best pop vocal album...
Lana Del Rey -- "Paradise"
Lorde -- "Pure Heroine"
Bruno Mars -- "Unorthodox Jukebox" -- WINNER
Robin Thicke -- "Blurred Lines"
Justin Timberlake -- "The 20/20 Experience -- The Complete Experience"

Best dance recording...
"Need U (100%)" -- Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK
"Sweet Nothing" -- Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade
"The is What it Feels Like" -- Armin Van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie
"Clarity" -- Zedd featuring Foxes -- WINNER

Best dance/electronica album...
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk -- WINNER
"Settle" -- Disclosure
"18 Months" -- Calvin Harris
"Atmosphere" -- Kaskade
"A Color Map of the Sun" -- Pretty Lights

Best traditional pop vocal album...
"Viva Duets" -- Tony Bennett and various artists
"To Be Loved" -- Michael Bublé -- WINNER
"The Standards" -- Gloria Estefan
"Cee Lo's Magic Moment" -- Cee Lo Green
"Now" -- Dionne Warwick

Best rock performance...
Alabama Shakes -- "Always Alright"
David Bowie -- "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
Imagine Dragons -- "Radioactive" -- WINNER
Led Zeppelin -- "Kashmir"
Queens of the Stone Age -- "My God is the Sun"
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin'"

Best metal performances...
Anthrax -- "T.N.T."
Black Sabbath -- "God is Dead?" -- WINNER
Dream Theater -- "The Enemy Inside"
Killswitch Engage -- "In Due Time"
Volbeat featuring King Diamond -- "Room 24"

Best rock song...
"Ain't Messin' 'Round" -- Gary Clark Jr.
"Cut Me Some Slack" -- Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear -- WINNER
"Doom and Gloom" -- The Rolling Stones
"God Is Dead?" -- Black Sabbath
"Panic Station" -- Muse

Best rock album...
Black Sabbath -- "13"
David Bowie -- "The Next Day"
Kings of Leon -- "Mechanical Bull"
Led Zeppelin -- "Celebration Day" -- WINNER
Queens of the Stone Age -- "... Like Clockwork"
Neil Young with Crazy Horse -- "Psychedelic Pill"

Best alternative music album...
Neko Case -- "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You"
The National -- "Trouble Will Find Me"
Nine Inch Nails -- "Hesitation Marks"
Tame Impala -- "Lonerism"
Vampire Weekend -- "Modern Vampires of the City" -- WINNER

Best R&B performance...
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War"
Anthony Hamilton -- "Best of Me"
Hiatus Kaiytoe featuring Q-Tip -- "Nakamarra"
Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar -- "How Many Drinks?"
Snarky Puppy with Lala Hathaway -- "Something" -- WINNER

Best traditional R&B performance...
Gary Clark Jr. -- "Please Come Home" -- WINNER
Fantasia -- "Get It Right"
Maysa -- "Quiet Fire"
Gregory Porter -- "Hey Laura"
Ryan Shaw -- "Yesterday"

Best R&B song...
"Best of Me" -- Anthony Hamilton
"Love and War" -- Tamar Braxton
"Only One" -- PJ Morton featuring Stevie Wonder
"Pusher Love Girl" -- Justin Timberlake -- WINNER
"Without Me" -- Fantasia featuring Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott

Best urban contemporary album...
Tamar Braxton -- "Love and War"
Fantasia -- "Side Effects of You"
Salaam Remi -- "One: In the Chamber"
Rihanna -- "Unapologetic" -- WINNER
Mack Wilds -- "New York: A Love Story"

Best R&B album...
Faith Evans -- "R&B Divas"
Alicia Keys -- "Girl on Fire" -- WINNER
John Legend -- "Love in the Future"
Chrisette Michele -- "Better"
TGT -- "Three Kings"

Best rap performance...
Drake -- "Started From the Bottom"
Eminem -- "Berserk"
Jay Z -- "Tom Ford"
Kendrick Lamar -- "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz -- "Thrift Shop" -- WINNER

Best rap/sung collaboration...
J. Cole featuring Miguel -- "Power Trip"
Jay Z featuring Beyoncé -- "Part II (On the Run)"
Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake -- "Holy Grail" -- WINNER
Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige -- "Now or Never"
Wiz Khalifa featuring the Weeknd -- "Remember You"

Best rap song...
"F***in' Problems" -- A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar
"Holy Grail" -- Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake
"New Slaves" -- Kanye West
"Started From the Bottom" -- Drake
"Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- WINNER

Best rap album...
Drake -- "Nothing Was the Same"
Jay Z -- "Magna Carta ... Holy Grail"
Kendrick Lamar -- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- "The Heist" -- WINNER
Kanye West -- "Yeezus"

Best country solo performance...
Lee Brice -- "I Drive Your Truck"
Hunter Hayes -- "I Want Crazy"
Miranda Lambert -- "Mama's Broken Heart"
Darius Rucker -- "Wagon Wheel" -- WINNER
Blake Shelton -- "Mine Would Be You"

Best country duo/group performance...
The Civil Wars -- "From This Valley" -- WINNER
Kelly Clarkson featuring Vince Gill -- "Don't Rush"
Little Big Town -- "Your Side of the Bed"
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban -- "Highway Don't Care"
Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton -- "You Can't Make Old Friends"

Best country song...
"Begin Again" -- Taylor Swift
"I Drive Your Truck" -- Lee Brice
"Mama's Broken Heart" -- Miranda Lambert
"Merry Go 'Round" -- Kacey Musgraves -- WINNER
"Mine Would Be You" -- Blake Shelton

Best country album...
Jason Aldean -- "Night Train"
Tim McGraw -- "Two Lanes of Freedom"
Kacey Musgraves -- "Same Trailer Different Park" -- WINNER
Blake Shelton -- "Based on a True Story"
Taylor Swift -- "Red"

Best Latin pop album...
Frankie J -- "Faith, Hope y Amor"
Ricardo Montaner -- "Viajero Frecuente"
Draco Rosa -- "Vida" -- WINNER
Aleks Syntek -- "Syntek"
Tommy Torres -- "12 Historias"

Best Latin rock, urban or alternative album...
Café Tacvba -- "El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco"
El Tri -- "Ojo Por Ojo"
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas -- "Chances"
La Santa Cecilia -- "Treinta Dias" -- WINNER
Los Amigos Invisibles -- "Repeat After Me"

Producer of the year, nonclassical...
Rob Cavallo
Dr. Luke
Ariel Rechtshaid
Jeff Tweedy
Pharrell Williams -- WINNER

Best compilation soundtrack for visual media...
"Django Unchained"
"The Great Gatsby" (deluxe edition)
"Les Miserables" (deluxe edition
"Muscle Shoals"
"Sound City: Real to Reel" -- WINNER

Best score soundtrack for visual media...
"Argo"
"The Great Gatsby"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall" -- WINNER
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best song written for visual media...
Coldplay -- "Atlas" -- "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
Jessie J -- "Silver Lining" -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Adele -- "Skyfall" -- "Skyfall" -- WINNER
Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw -- "We Both Know" -- "Safe Haven"
Lana Del Rey -- "Young and Beautiful" -- "The Great Gatsby" (deluxe edition)
Regina Spektor -- "You've Got Time" -- "Orange is the New Black"

Best music video...
Captial Cities -- "Safe and Sound"
Jay Z -- "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film"
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton -- "Can't Hold Us"
Justin Timberlake featuring Jay Z -- "Suit & Tie" -- WINNER
Jack White -- "I'm Shakin'"

Best music film...
Coldplay -- "Live 2012"
Green Day -- "¡Cuatro!"
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite -- "I'm in I'm Out and I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up!"
Paul McCartney -- "Live Kisses" -- WINNER
Mumford & Sons -- "The Road to Red Rocks"

(image via cnn.)

in case you missed it...

so, jonah hill hosted SNL last night.
and...

he had a surprise guest in his monologue.
leonardo dicaprio showed up for a little "titanic" reference.
what did you think?!?

god, i hated that movie.
a.
(too bad that brad pitt part wasn't funny. at all.)

what we're listening to...

we're pulling another favorite from the archives for this beautiful but chilly sunday...

in case you need a little extra pep in your step. 

literally and figuratively.

enjoy ~

a.

are you IN?!?!

warren buffett wants YOU.

buffett is partnering with quicken loans for the "quicken loans billion dollar bracket." that is, get a PERFECT march madness college basketball bracket, and they will pay you 1 billion dollars.

wait. what?!?!

that's right, bunnies.

ONE BILLION DOLLARS.

that's a shit load of basketballs.

and a whole lot of new "friends" to watch the games with!!

what are the odds, you ask??

one in 4,294,967,296!

the NCAA tournament begins march 18th.

you can enter the contest at any time beginning monday, march 3rd, 2014 through wednesday, march 19th, 2014. 

um, good luck?!?!

a.

for the rest of the story, click here.

(image via forbes/ap.)

what we're listening to...

we're pulling out the rosita favorites today...
we are OBSESSED with andrew W.K. right now.

(always have been. but now that we found him on twitter and he manages to uplift us with his party message every day, the obsession is back. with a vengeance.)
never let down. always makes me want to get my ass home and practice the piano.
one of our favorites...
enjoy ~
a.

this just in...

ever wonder where the term "tacky american" comes from?
well wonder no more, my dears!

ralph lauren decided to answer your question by designing THESE classy little cardigans for the U.S. olympic team to wear at the opening ceremonies in sochi on february 6th.

the long awaited pictures were released today to the immediate sounds of giggles from the rest of the world...

i kid, i kid. 
USA! USA!
a.

(fret not, y'all! you can get your mitts on your very own for a mere $595 -- 
why not just round her up to 6 hundo, ralphie boy?? --
but hurry, bunnies. as of this morning, there were only about 300 available.)

(images via nymag's the cut, usa today.)

just because...

when sherlock met sherlock...

how freaking cute are these two?

robert downey, jr. (movie sherlock) and benedict cumberbatch (tv and reigning sherlock) met for the first time sunday at the producers guild awards.

and what did they talk about you ask?!?!

um, playing sherlock holmes, of course!

coincidentally, cumberbatch also happens to be  friends with jonny lee miller, who plays holmes in the cbs drama "elementary".

so many sherlocks, so little time.

my mother must be falling out over this one...

a.

(image via buzzfeed.)

tsk, tsk...

so, unless you live under a rock, you know by now that justin bieber was arrested early this morning in miami.

the "singer" was in a rented yellow lamborghini and drag racing with rapper khalil sharief when he was spotted and pulled over by cops around 4:09 a.m. he then failed a field sobriety test and was taken to the big house.

via buzzfeed...

According to the police report, Bieber initially was not cooperative when the officer pulled him over, asking, “What the fuck did I do?”
The report states that Bieber refused to get out of his car and later would not take his hands out of his pockets.
When the officer told Bieber he would have to perform a “cursory pat down,” the singer allegedly said, “I ain’t got no fucking weapons. Why do you have to search me? What the fuck is this about?”

he appeared this afternoon in miami-dade circuit court, where his bond was set at $2500.

what did you expect? people have been kissing this kid's ass since he's 12.

a.

(images via buzzfeed.)

just when you think you've seen it all...

jelly belly, the company that has brought you everything from margarita to popcorn flavored jelly beans, has a new one for you to try...
draft beer.

in an attempt to woo male customers, the folks at jelly belly spent 3 years developing the beer flavored bean. they also released a manly chocolate tabasco flavor in december.
according to jelly belly...
the jelly beans were “inspired by a Hefeweizen ale with a clean, crisp and wheaty taste.”
“Beer connoisseurs will find the flavor profile to be clean with notes of wheat and a touch of sweetness,” the company said in a press release. “The aroma is mildly bready.”

obviously. because nothing says macho like a shiny, sparkly champagne colored jelly bean.

the beer flavored beans are available now in bulk on the company's website, and will be in stores by spring.

what will they think of next?

a.

(image via ny daily news.)

in case you missed it...

who knew?!?!
michelle's got some skills, y'all!

as a part of her let's move campaign to keep kids healthy and active, first lady michelle obama has teamed up with members of the miami heat to promote eating right and exercise.

and she's got a mean dunk...on lebron james!
a.

oh good lord.

just when you thought this video couldn't get any more disturbing...

ron jeremy tortures our eyeballs with his gorgeous version of "wrecking ball."
oh yeah. there it is.
i just threw up a little in my mouth.
a.

in case you missed it...

congrats to cate blanchett on her best actress win saturday night at the screen actors guild awards.

and kudos to her for schooling the teleprompter that was trying to get her to wrap up!
if matthew mcconaughey can talk about being on neptune...
and is it just me, or was she doing something rather suggestive to that award?!?!
a.

take time to remember...

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and 
controversy."


"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but 

by the content of their character."

life. liberty. the pursuit of happiness.
sounds pretty damn good to me.

martin luther king, jr.
january 15th, 1929 -- april 4th, 1968.

(image via biography.)