- Title: USA: Stars hit the red carpet for the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
- Date: 11th February 2013
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 10, 2013) (REUTERS) WIDE OF GRAMMY RED CARPET NICOLE KIDMAN AND KEITH URBAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEITH URBAN, SAYING: "We've been apart for a little while and I just like being with her. [Reporter asking: Is Gotye in your iPod?] Yeah. Absolutely. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NICOLE KIDMAN, SAYING: "Along with 10,00 other songs." (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEITH URBAN, SAYING: "I was trying to get him to come along and sing with me but wasn't in Australia. I'm thrilled he won." GOTYE AND KIMBRA TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) GOTYE, SAYING: "Yeah it's fun to be here. I've never been here before. I've only watched the awards on television once last year. So I'm very intrigued to see what it feels like." CARLY RAE JEPSEN ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARLY RAE JEPSEN, SAYING: "I can only explain it by sort of my reaction when I actually found out, which was a full-fledged "kitchen dance." I was so full of joy. It was a unexpected and amazing." CHRIS BROWN ON CARPET DEADMAU5 AND KAT VON D TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEADMAU5, SAYING: "Yeah it's fine. It's all right. I wish to remain agnostic as to the market place and how it's working. Because you know that doesn't change the way I do things. I'll just kind of let that business run itself [Reporter: And the more fans, the better?] As long as I'm doing work and a handful of people out there are appreciate it." WIZ KHALIFA AND AMBER ROSE ZIGGY MARLEY TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ZIGGY MARLEY, SAYING: "For the music itself it's being put on a stage that it's not everyday on and that's a great opportunity for us to show our art to the world. So we're happy to do that." NELLY HUGGING RICK ROSS SEAN PAUL TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) SEAN PAUL, SAYING: "It's an amazing show, amazing ... it's the Super Bowl or the Olympics of music. It's the night we celebrate artist, our peers. Peers vote on each other to win and that's a cool thing." JUANES TALKING TO MEDIA FRANK OCEAN JACK WHITE (SOUNDBITE) (English) KATHY GRIFFIN, SAYING: "It's great because I've been nominated five years in a row. I'm not going to lie, I want it. [Reporter: So fifth time's a charm?] I hope so. A woman has not won this category in 27 years. [Reporter: It's about time?] Yes!" JACK BLACK ON CARPET ADAM LEVINE AND MAROON 5 BAND MEMBERS ON CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ASHANTI, SAYING: "Me personally, my first love is music. You know I kind of do miss it. After we film I like to go to the studio on the weekends. It's kinda like what it is for me. But I love acting. I love being a part of "Army Wives." NE-YO JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BOYFRIEND CASPER SMART ON RED CARPET
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- Story Text: Stars hit the red carpet at the 55th annual Grammy awards in Los Angeles on Sunday (February 10). This year's carpet was a much more upbeat affair than last year, when artists were reeling with the unexpected death of Whitney Houston the day before. Many were giddy just to be invited to the Recording Academy's biggest night.
Belgian-Australian musician Gotye had a big night, picking up several awards including Record of the Year. On the red carpet before the show, he said he was humbled to be nominated.
"I've never been here before. I've only watched the awards on television once last year. So I'm very intrigued to see what it feels like," said Gotye.
Fellow Australians Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are both big supporters of the musician.
"I was trying to get him to come along and sing with me but wasn't in Australia," said Urban. "I'm thrilled he won."
Carly Rae Jepsen, of "Call Me Maybe" fame said she was still in shock for being nominated.
"I can only explain it by sort of my reaction when I actually found out, which was a full-fledged "kitchen dance," said Jepsen. "I was so full of joy. It was a unexpected and amazing."
Ziggy Marley, who performed during the live telecast, said the opportunity to play on such a big stage is always positive, especially for genres like reggae.
"It's a great opportunity for us to show our art to the world. So we're happy to do that," said Marley.
The 55th annual Grammy Awards were handed out live in Los Angeles. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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