Photos from the 2015 Grammy Awards + full list of winners

 

The 2015 Grammy Awards ended a few hours ago in LA and the celebs brought their A-game to the red carpet. See all the glam photos after the cut plus full list of winners...

 

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Full list of winners below...

Album Of The Year

Beck, Morning Phase - WINNER 

Beyonce, Beyonce

Ed Sheeran, x

Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

Pharrell Williams, Girl

Best New Artist

Sam Smith - WINNER

Bastille

Iggy Azalea

Brandy Clark

Haim 

Record Of The Year

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith - WINNER

Fancy, Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX

Chandelier, Sia 

Shake It Off, Taylor Swift

All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor

Song Of The Year

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith - WINNER

Chandelier, Sia

All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor

Shake It Off, Taylor Swift 

Take Me to Church," Hozier

Best Rap Album

The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem - WINNER

The New Classic, Iggy Azalea

Because the Internet, Childish Gambino

Nobody's Smiling, Common 

Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q

Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Say Something, A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera - WINNER

Fancy, Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX

A Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay 

Bang Bang, Ariana Grande, Jessie J & Nicki Minaj

Dark Horse, Katy Perry ft. Juicy J

Best Rap Performance

i, Kendrick Lamar - WINNER 

3005, Childish Gambino

0 to 100/The Catch Up, Drake

Rap God, Eminem 

All I Need Is You, Lecrae

Best Alternative Music Album

St. Vincent, St. Vincent - WINNER

This Is All Yours, alt-J

Reflektor, Arcade Fire

Melophobia, Cage the Elephant 

Lazaretto, Jack White

Best Rock Album

Morning Phase, Beck - WINNER

Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams 

Turn Blue, The Black Keys

Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Songs of Innocence, U2

Best Rock Song

Ain't It Fun, Paramore - WINNER 

Blue Moon, Beck

Fever, The Black Keys

Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams

Lazaretto, Jack White

Best Country Album

Platinum, Miranda Lambert - WINNER

Riser, Dierks Bentley

The Outsiders, Eric Church

The Way I'm Livin', Lee Ann Womack

12 Stories, Brandy Clark 

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

The Monster, Eminem ft. Rihanna - WINNER

Blak Majik, Common ft. Jhené Aiko 

Tuesday, I Love Makonnen ft. Drake

Studio, ScHoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid

Bound 2, Kanye West & Charlie Wilson

Best Rap Song

i, Kendrick Lamar - WINNER

Anaconda, Nicki Minaj

Bound 2, Kanye West & Charlie Wilson 

We Dem Boyz, Wiz Khalifa

0 to 100/The Catch Up, Drake

Best Country Song

I'm Not Gonna Miss You, Glen Campbell - WINNER

American Kids, Kenny Chesney

Automatic, Miranda Lambert

Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church 

Meanwhile Back at Mama's, Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Gentle On My Mind, The Band Perry - WINNER

Somethin' Bad, Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood

Day Drinking, Little Big Town

Meanwhile Back At Mama's, Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill

Raise 'Em Up, Keith Urban ft. Eric Church

Best Country Solo Performance

Something In the Water, Carrie Underwood - WINNER

Give Me Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church

Invisible, Hunter Hayes

Automatic, Miranda Lambert 

Cop Car, Keith Urban

Best Pop Vocal Album

In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith - WINNER

Ghost Stories, Coldplay

Bangerz, Miley Cyrus

My Everything, Ariana Grande

Prism, Katy Perry

x, Ed Sheeran 

Best Urban Contemporary Album

G I R L, Pharrell Williams - WINNER

Sail Out, Jhene Aiko

Beyonce, Beyonce

X, Chris Brown

Mali Is, Mali Music 

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Syro, Aphex Twin - WINNER

While (1, Deadmaus

Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon

Do It Again, Röyksopp & Robyn

Damage Control, Mat Zo

Best Pop Solo Performance

Happy, Pharrell Williams - WINNER

All of Me, John Legend

Chandelier, Sia

Stay With Me, Sam Smith

Shake It Off, Taylor Swift 

Best Reggae Album

Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta - WINNER

Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Back on the Controls

Sean Paul, Full Frequency

Shaggy, Out of Many, One Music

Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate, The Reggae Power

Soja, Amid the Noise and the Haste

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Cheek to Cheek, Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett - WINNER

Sending You a Little Christmas, Johnny Mathis

Nostalgia, Annie Lennox

Partners, Barbra Streisand

Night Songs, Barry Manilow

Best Americana Album

The River & The Thread, Rosanne Cash - WINNER

Terms of My Surrener, John Hiatt

Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo'

A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek

Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson

Best Spoken Word Album

Diary of a Mad Diva, Joan Rivers - WINNER

Actors Anonymous, James Franco

A Call to Action, Jimmy Carter

Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters

A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren 

We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration and the Power of Song, Gloria Gaynor

Best Gospel Album

Help, Erica Campbell - WINNER

Amazing, Ricky Dillard & New G

Withholding Nothing: Live, William McDowell

Forever Yours, Smokie Norful

Vintage Worship, Anita Wilson

Best Rock Performance

Lazaretto, Jack White - WINNER

Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams

Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys

Blue Moon, Beck

Fever, The Black Keys 

Best Metal Performance

The Last In Line, Tenacious D - WINNER

Neon Knights, Anthrax

High Road, Mastodon

Heartbreaker, Motörhead

The Negative One, Slipknot 

Best R&B Performance

Drunk In Love, Beyoncé ft. Jay Z - WINNER

New Flame, Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross

It's Your World, Jennifer Hudson ft. R. Kelly

Like This, Ledisi

Good Kisser, Usher

Best R&B Song

Drunk In Love, Beyonce ft. Jay Z - WINNER

Good Kisser, Usher

New Flame, Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross

Options (Wolfjames Version), Luke James ft. Rick Ross

The Worst, Jhené Aiko

Best R&B Album

Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface -WINNER

Islander, Bernhoft

Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc 

Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment

Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Best Dance Recording

Rather Be, Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - WINNER

Never Say Never, Basement Jaxx 

F for You, Disclosure ft. Mary J. Blige

I Got U, Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones

Faded, Zhu

Best Latin Pop Album

Tangos, Ruben Blades - WINNER

Elypse, Camila

Raiz, Lila Downs, Niña Pastori & Soledad Pastorutti

Loco de Amor, Juanes

Gracias Por Estar Aqui, Marco Antonio Solis

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Frozen - WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy

American Hustle 

Get On Up: The James Brown Story

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Music Video

Happy, Pharrell Williams - WINNER

We Exist, Arcade Fire

Turn Down for What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon

Chandelier, Sia 

The Golden Age, Woodkid ft. Max Richter

Best Music Film

20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill - WINNER

Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour, Beyoncé & Jay Z

Ghost Stories, Coldplay 

Metallica: Through The Never, Metallica

The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne, Pink 

2 armed gangs fight on a busy road in China

Dramatic closed-circuit TV footage has emerged from China, capturing the moment two rival gangs engaged in a huge brawl on a busy road in Jiangxi Province.

In the video, several cars can be seen stopping in traffic before dozens of men carrying weapons jump out and begin fighting. According to local news reports, the violent scene was sparked by a conflict between two rival gang leaders.

No one was killed in the fight, and no injuries have been reported.

Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press.

10 photos showing King Abdullah II of Jordan being a total badass

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramKing Abdullah II during a military training session in July.

Jordanian F-16s launched 20 airstrikes on Islamic State targets on Thursday following King Abdullah II's declaration to wage a "harsh" war against militants from the group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, after the brutal execution of captured Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbe.

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramAbdullah participating in a military special operations training exercises as Jump-Master.

King Abdullah II, a former commander of Jordan's special forces, pledged to hit the militants "hard in the very center of their strongholds," AP reports. 

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramAbdullah with military officials during an exercise.

The Jordanian government has denied the king's physical involvement in any aerial attacks.

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramAbdullah observing a military exercise in November 2013.

Dubbed the "warrior king," Jordan's 53-year-old leader has clocked in 35 years of military service. 

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramAbdullah at a military ceremony in Jordan.

According to the king's bio, he enrolled in the UK's Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1980 and went on to become an elite Cobra attack helicopter pilot.

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramKing Abdullah II pilots his helicopter while visiting different areas in his kingdom.

In November 1993, then-Prince Abdullah became commander of Jordan's special forces.

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramAbdullah laughing with troops after a meal in the field.

Three years later he turned Jordan's small special forces unit into today's elite Special Operations Command (SOCOM), arguably the best operatives in the Middle East.

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramAbdullah speaking with soldiers after sharing a meal.

Frequently training alongside US special forces, Jordan's units are approximately 14,000 strong and may further contribute to the fight against ISIS beyond Jordan's airstrikes. 

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramAbdullah observing a military exercise.

As the head of a constitutional monarchy, the career soldier holds substantial power.

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramAbdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces, at a military exercise.

Members of Congress have asked for an increase in military assistance to the kingdom, AP reports. The US is providing Jordan with $1 billion annually in military assistance.

The Royal Hashemite Court/InstagramKing Abdullah II starts his day participating in a military special operations training exercises as Jump Master.

The fight against ISIS lost a crucial partner, the United Arab Emirates, in December after the Jordanian pilot was captured, The New York Times reported. 

The UAE demands that the Pentagon improve its search-and-rescue efforts in northern Iraq before it rejoins the coalition, The Times said, quoting unidentified US officials.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/king-abduallh-of-jordan-is-a-total-badass-2015-2#ixzz3QyccbjBk

New nude pictures from Kim K feature for Love mag leaks

When you're as rich and as famous as Kim K, what do you need to be showing your puzzy is mags for again? You think you've seen it all? Well, more nude pics from her Love magazine shoot just leaked online. *sigh*. See it after the cut...

Reality Star Kim Kardashian Goes FULL FRONTAL For Love Magazine

Kim K is attempting to 'Break the internet again'- Paper Magazine style.

This time around, the 34 year old mother of one, goes full frontal in the February issue of Love

magazine. 

The new photos leaked online today shows the reality star standing in a doorway, her naked waxed body glistening with oil.
See the photos after the cut.

This to me is the wackiest set of photos Kim Kardashian has ever taken. 

Kendal Jenner Shows Off Newly Enhanced Boobs In Love Magazine

After Kim's foiled attempts to break the internet the second time, her kid sister Kendall photos, also taken for LOVE Magazine has been released. 

The 19 year old model seems to have collected the baton of nudity from her half sister Kim Kardashian as she showed off her newly enhanced boobs in the British magazine's February edition.

See the uncensored pic after the cut.

Isn't 19 too young to start having plastic surgery and even go topless in front of a mag? The Kardashians and their values, sigh.

Woman ties boyfriend to SUV and drags him until he dies

33 year old Jessica Kilde, of Ogema, Minnesota, has been charged with murder after she admitted killing her boyfriend by tying him to a truck and dragging him along a rural road.

Jessica pleaded guilty at the Becker County District Court, to second-degree intentional murder for the death of her boyfriend, 41-year-old Richard Baity. According to prosecutors, sheriff's deputies found the body of Baity on the road about 50 yards from his driveway, which is located on E. 370th Street in Maple Grove Township. Police discovered a piece of rope around his neck.

The rope around his neck and the piece of rope on Kilde’s van matched. They also found skid marks on the road, leading back to Baity’s home. Kilde told police that she and Baity had a disagreement at home that night, but it was nothing serious.

According to police, the two had been drinking alcohol and were smoking methamphetamine in the home earlier in the day. Kilde remains in jail pending her sentencing. Her criminal history includes convictions for drunk driving, domestic assault and disorderly conduct.

Source: Worldwideweirdnews.com

king of Jordan looking like a badass as he prepares for battle with Islamic State

After the brutal execution by fire of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL), rumours have been circulating on social media that King Abdullah II of Jordan had personally led air attacks against the Islamist militia.

These were coupled with a photo (right) of the king in military fatigues. Lots of people initially doubted its authenticity, but the photo at least seems to be legitimate.

It was actually posted on the official Facebook page of the The Royal Hashemite Court (Jordan's monarchy), pretty much guaranteeing its authenticity. 

The image caption simply said: "His Majesty King Abdullah II, The Supreme Commander of Jordanian Armed Forces, cuts his visit to the United States of America after the martyrdom of Muath Al Kasasbeh."

The Jordanian government have completely denied that Abdullah was actually involved in any aerial attacks. There was a superficial plausibility to the story, because the King is a military man. According to a 2013 interview, he's a keen helicopter pilot. After an early education at the UK's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he went on to command Jordan's special forces.

The Washington Examiner carried this amazing snippet from US congressmen who visited Abdullah in Jordan as part of an official trip: 

"He said there is going to be retribution like ISIS hasn't seen," said Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr., a Marine Corps veteran of two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, who was in the meeting with the king. "He mentioned 'Unforgiven' and he mentioned Clint Eastwood, and he actually quoted a part of the movie."

Hunter would not say which part of "Unforgiven" the king quoted, but noted it was where Eastwood's character describes how he is going to deliver his retribution. There is a scene in the picture in which Eastwood's character, William Munny, says, "Any man I see out there, I'm gonna kill him. Any son of a bitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only going to kill him, I'm going to kill his wife and all his friends and burn his damn house down."

Asari Dokubo Issues Fresh Threats On 2015 Elections

Niger Delta militant Asari Dokubo has threatened series of action against some opposition leaders and voters in the Niger Delta region should the February 2015 general elections don't go the way of President Goodluck Jonathan in the region.

Dashcam Captures Moment Plane Hits Bridge

Eleven people have been killed and dozens trapped after a passenger plane crashed into a river in Taiwan.

The TransAsia ATR 72-600 plane with 58 people on board was on a domestic flight when it hit a road bridge in the capital Taipei.

The moment of impact was captured on a passing driver's dashcam, and shows the aircraft's wing clipping a taxi before it disappears out of view.

State media said the plane came down in the Keelung River after taking off from Sungshan airport.

The driver of the taxi was not hurt and at least 28 people were pulled from the wreckage and taken to safety.

Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) said the flight, from Taipei to the island of Kinmen, lost contact at 10.55am local time.

The plane's fuselage was seen half-submerged in the river about 25 metres from the bank.

Passengers and rescuers were filmed standing on the hull and swimming in the water, with rubber boats surrounding the remains.

Rescue workers could be seen pulling carry-on luggage from an open plane door.

The accident comes just months after a TransAsia ATR-72 crashed while attempting to land on the island of Penghu off Taiwan's coast, killing 48 people and injuring another 10.

Stormy weather and low visibility were suspected as factors in that crash last July.

Medical Malpractice: Protests against LUTH after woman detained for unsettled hospital bill dies

Family members and youths in the Idi-Araba area of Lagos state last Thursday January 29th took to the streets of Idi Araba, to protest the death of one Mrs. Folake Oduyoye who reportedly died on Dec. 13th 2014 at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, after her husband could not offset her medical bill of N1.3million while she was admitted in the hospital for post delivery complications she developed after having a child at the hospital. Continue...

According to Sahara Reporters, Mrs Oduyoye's husband, Mr Oduyoye said she was transferred to LUTH following post delivery complications. He said after she was admitted into the hospital, she was treated and given a bill of N1m which he was able to offset through the help of relatives and associates from his wife's fashion trade. Mr Oduyoye said after his wife was officially discharged by the hospital, he was issued another bill of about N1.3million.

Mr Oduyoye said that he was able to raise N300,000 out of the bill and then had an agreement with management of LUTH to discharge her on the condition that he would provide a guarantor who would stand to ensure that he pays up the balance in a systematic manner and that the guarantor must be a staff of LUTH. He said his inability to provide a guarantor within their workforce made the hospital management detain his wife who in the process developed other illnesses with symptomatic cough. He said the hospital refused to treat his wife's new illness because of the unsettled bill.

"At this point they [hospital management] policed me everywhere, saying I might smuggle my wife out of the hospital. I slept beside her all 45 days in the hospital, watching other patients die on daily basis,” he said.

Sadly his wife passed away in the hospital on 13th of December, 2014,

"She asked me if we would go home any time soon, since she was said to be discharged a month and half ago. But that was only the last five minutes into end for her, I didn't know. At about 2a.m on 13th of December, she finally dropped on my lap,” he said.

One of the leaders of the protest and frontline human rights activist, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin said this was a case of government corruption.

"This is neglect and a rip off. Where is the National Health Insurance Scheme and where are the billions earmarked for public healthcare?", Okei-Odumakin said.

FCT police Excesses:Why should a girl be raped because she uses illicit drugs?

Abigail, a 25 year old girl resident in the FCT recounted how she was raped by some policemen on the account that she admitted to the use of illicit drugs. In order for her not to get arrested she was made to pay with her body. In her words ‘They forcefully climbed me to make love with me, so I was begging that it will just be one person but they refused and took turns to have sex with me, my body was violated’. Abigail’s case is just one out of the many cases of human right abuse that young people who use drugs do experience in the hand of law enforcement officers.

 Someone may want to ask, do drug users have any human right? Don’t they deserve whatever punishment they receive? This and many similar questions explained why human right abuse of this group have been normalised in our society and beclouded a need for us to confront the growing challenge of drug misuse with humane and evidence-based strategy. Recently, YouthRISE Nigeria, a Non-Governmental organisation with support of Open Society Institute of West Africa (OSIWA) presented an evidence-based report on documented cases of human right abuse experienced by young people who use drugs in Nigeria. The story of Abigail was one of the cases. Other cases include arbitrary and prolonged arrest, denial of access to justice, extortion, being beaten, getting locked up without food for days, sexual harassment, rape, forced rehabilitation and use of severe torture to make people drug free. The perpetrators of these abuse are not limited to law enforcement officers but included family members, religious centres and many more. 

The challenge of drug use in our society today is a reality among the youths who use drugs for one reasons or the other inclusive of escaping the harsh economic problem such as unemployment, poverty and homelessness.Young people constitute about 60 per cent of Nigeria population and it is important to take issues that affect them very serious.

The YouthRISE reportclearly showed Nigeria drug policy to be reactive to both internal and external pressures instead of being a proactive tool based on evidence of what works and what does not. While drug traffickers are criminals, it is out of place to treat drug users who are at the receiving end like criminals. The understanding of drug dependence should also make us to rethink that drug users are supposed to be referred to treatment and help centres and not getting locked up in prison asylums or police and NDLEA custody. Even though, it could have been said that these individuals broke the law, there fundamental human rights and dignity should be upheld.Moreover, drug use is a non-violent offence and locking people up because they use drugs is not really justifiable. This also contributes to over congestions of Nigeria prisons and detention centres. The findings from the report showed that some of the young people who were locked up for just using drugs became worse or hardened after getting out of the custody.

In conclusion, this topic is rarely discussed but it’s a growing challenge in Nigeria and like a time bomb among the youth. The continuous use of punishment and force to address drug use seems counter-productive.While the Nigeria drug law could be said to have been developed with good intentions, the unintended consequences resulting from its implementation calls for an urgent review especially for the protection and holistic development of the youth population who have already initiated drug use. While law enforcement is still needed, it should be targeted at the traffickers and those who deal in illicit drugs. The users should be given required support and not punishment.

Muna Obiekwe Laid to Rest

Late Nollywood actor Muna Obiekwe is being buried in his hometown Umudioka in Anambra state.
May he continue to RIP

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