Grammys: On a Night of Bold Performances, Safe Choice Lady Antebellum Rules

On a night of bold and flat-out weird performances, the 53rd annual Grammy Awards ultimately played it safe by heaping awards on the country-rock trio Lady Antebellum.

Canadian rockers Arcade Fire (pictured below) claimed album of the year for "The Suburbs" and got to perform twice, including to close the show. Their first performance, one of the rawest of the night, featured BMX riders with cameras mounted to their bikes.

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But Lady Antebellum dominated. The Nashville-based group, formed in 2006, won record of the year, song of the year, country album, country song, and country performance by a duo or group with vocals for "Need You Now."

When it came to performances, the standout performers were the artists who took the wildest risks.

Cee-Lo Green and Gwyeth Paltrow did a duet that included Green looking like a peacock-ified Elton John and a gaggle of puppet backup singers.

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Justin Bieber and Usher performed a medley that included corny canned dialogue about how they met, drummers dressed like ninjas, and a guest appearance by Jaden Smith.

Also odd -- but compulsively watchable -- was an Eminem performance that segued from a duet with Rihanna into a tribute to his mentor, Dr. Dre. It was Dre's first live TV performance in a decade, but he hadn't been gone from the scene long enough for many viewers to realize he had left it.

Bob Dylan also stood out, but seemed like part of a different show: He and his band wandered out onstage to perform "Maggie's Farm" like the Grammys were just another stop on a freewheeling carouse.

Mick Jagger's first Grammys appearance was in a tribute to Solomon Burke that exploded with energy. "Mick Jagger is crazy fresh!!!," tweeted Kanye West, getting it exactly right.

Barbra Streisand made the bold move of showing up, making an exceedingly rare live TV appearance.

Lady Gaga, a master of stealing shows, offered a straightforward performance of her new single, "Born This Way" -- once she emerged from an egg. Her midriff-baring outfit did little to steal attention from the Madonna-inspired song. Later she won best pop vocal album for "The Fame Monster," wearing a leather bubble-butt thing you can try for yourself to make sense of (left). She also won best female pop vocal performance and best short form music video for "Bad Romance."

Aside from the standout numbers, the telecast bounced around amiably from a tribute to Aretha Franklin to Miranda Lambert to a driving perfomance by Muse to a Motown-influenced Bruno Mars number.

Paris Hilton’s pricey birthday cake was snatched from party

: It sounds like Paris Hilton’s 30th birthday party was perfect except for the fact that she didn’t get one bite of cake at the end of the night.

Paris’ cake at her Hollywood bash was reportedly stolen from the party by a party crasher named “Paz,” states UsMagazine.com. “Paz” posted a message about the night on Facebook along with a picture of the cake: “I crashed Paris Hilton’s Birthday Party and Accidentally the Whole Cake.”

“Paz” then went on to talk about how he and a friend crashed the party, drank for free and then tricked security in order to steal the untouched cake. The cake reportedly cost about $3,200.

Do you think this bothered Paris Hilton at all?

Whitney Port clears up feud rumors with Lauren Conrad

Although the girls don’t really seem like friends, Whitney Port wants everyone to know that things are fine between her and Lauren Conrad.

It was previously rumored that Port was upset because her show, ‘The City,’ was allegedly taken off TV to make room for Conrad’s show that has since not been picked up by MTV. Port recently took to her blog to set the record straight.

“I just want to clear up that everything is more than fine between Lauren and me. So to put the rumor to rest, I wanted to let you know that there are no hard feelings between us!” Port writes, adding that they are still friends.

Do you think these two are actually friends?

Photographers Caught Pamela Anderson Off Guard

Looks like photographers caught Pamela Anderson off guard when she was leaving a houseparty in Beverly Hills last night.
Her black dress turned transparent in the flashlights, revealing that she wasn’’t wearing a bra, reports the Daily Mail.
The unforgiving camera flashes surprisingly got the better of Pamela, who has been under the spotlight for more than 20 years.
The 43-year-old ’Baywatch’ star realised her mistake only after happily posing for a couple of pictures.
Wide-eyed she then held an arm across her chest as she walked to her car.

‘American Idol’ banking on being nicer

American Idol’ is reportedly hoping that the new, nicer judges (Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler) will make a difference for the show and give it another chance with viewers.

Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is happy with the new direction the show is taking, states TV Squad. “I feel that with the times we are in, the economic crisis we are in, I believe in America now, we need warmth,” Lythgoe revealed.

He also reportedly believes that fans want to believe that there is a future and that possibilities are out there.

“The judges this year have been particularly picky and careful about giving everyone a second opportunity because everybody screws up with nerves, and they know because they’ve done it themselves,” Lythgoe said about the judges being more understanding this year.

Do you think the judges are too nice on ‘American Idol’?

Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray not speaking? Furious over comments?

Sounds like not everything is just fine between Miley Cyrus and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, especially since he made some pretty harsh comments in an interview with ‘GQ.’

It is being reported that Miley and Billy Ray haven’t been speaking for some time and the interview has only made the situation worse, states PopEater. Miley reportedly cannot believe that he would attack the ‘Hannah Montana’ show when he went years without saying a thing about it as it made millions for them.

Miley allegedly has no plans to get in touch with her father and feels that if he wants to talk to her, he can take the first step and reach out.

What do you think about this relationship?