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In the Song of the Year category, announced by actress Taraji P. Henson, Mars scored another nomination for ‘Grenade,’ but he goes head to head with animated lyricist Kanye West for ‘All of the Lights,’ his smash with Rihanna and Kid Cudi. Bon Iver, Mumford & Sons and Adele round out the category.

A hat-wearing Mars, after bringing in two acknowledgements for ‘Grenade,’ stepped out to unveil which entertainers landed the coveted Best New Artist spot. In one of the biggest surprises of the evening, two rappers landed here: J. Cole and Nicki Minaj. The former for his work on ‘Cole World: The Sideline Story,’ while the latter was recognized for her debut LP ‘Pink Friday.’ The two face off against The Band Perry, Scrillex and Bon Iver.

Check the 2012 Grammy Award Nominees below. The 54th Annual Grammy Awards air live from the Staples Center at 8PM EST on Feb. 12, 2012.

Record Of The Year
‘Grenade’ Bruno Mars
‘Rolling in the Deep,’ Adele
‘Holocene,’ Bon Iver
The Cave, ‘ Mumford & Sons
‘Firework,’ Katy Perry

Song Of The Year
‘All of the Lights,’ Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi
‘Grenade,’ Bruno Mars
The Cave,’ Mumford & Sons
‘Holence,’ Bon Iver
‘Rolling in the Deep,’ Adele

Best New Artist
Nicki Minaj
J. Cole
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
Skrillex

Album Of The Year
‘Loud,’ Rihanna
‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans,’ Bruno Mars
’21,’ Adele
‘Wasting Light,’ Foo Fighters
‘Born This Way,’ Lady Gaga

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21. Best Rap Performance
Look At Me Now

Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
Track from: F.A.M.E.
[Jive Records]
Otis

Jay-Z & Kanye West
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam]
The Show Goes On

Lupe Fiasco
Track from: Lasers
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]
Moment 4 Life

Nicki Minaj & Drake
Track from: Pink Friday
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]
Black And Yellow

Wiz Khalifa
Track from: Rolling Papers
[Rostrum/Atlantic]

22. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Party

Beyoncé & André 3000
Track from: 4
[Columbia Records]
I’m On One

DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
Track from: We The Best Forever
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]
I Need A Doctor

Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
[Aftermath]
What’s My Name?

Rihanna & Drake
Track from: Loud
[Def Jam]
Motivation

Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne
Track from: Here I am
[Universal Motown]
All Of The Lights

Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
[Def Jam]

23. Best Rap Song
All Of The Lights

Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
[Roc-A Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]
Black And Yellow

Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
Track from: Rolling Papers
[Rostrum/Atlantic; Publishers: PGH Sound/WB Music/EMI Music]
I Need A Doctor

Andre Young, Marshall Mathers III, Alexander Grant & Skylar Grey, songwriters (Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey)
[Aftermath]
Look At Me Now

Jean Baptiste, Chris Brown, Ryan Buendia, Trevor Smith, Dwayne Carter, Jr. & Wesley Pentz, songwriters (Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
Track from: F.A.M.E.
[Jive Records; Publishers: Songs of Universal/Culture Beyond Ur Experience, I Like Turtles Music/Downtown Music, Cherry315 Publishing/The Bad Bad Guys, Meloist Music, Mack Music/Young Money Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, T'Ziah's Music]
Otis

Shawn Carter & Kanye West, songwriters (James Brown, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Roy Hammond, J. Roach, Kirk Robinson & Harry Woods, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam; Publishers: Hip Hop Since 1978, EMI Robbins, BMG Gold/Hot Buttermilk Music/BMG Platinum/First Priority/Swing Beat Songs, Universal Music, Dynatone Publishing]
The Show Goes On

Dustin William Brower, Jonathon Keith Brown, Daniel Johnson, Kane & Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriters (Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci & Eric Judy, songwriters) (Lupe Fiasco)
Track from: Lasers
[1st & 15th/Atlantic; Publishers: Hey Lu Chill, Heavy As Heaven/Universal/Artist Pub. Group West, Dustin William Brown Pub. Designee, Jonathan K. Brown Pub. Designee, Sony/ATV, Best Dressed Chicken In Town, Tschudi Music, Ugly Casanova]
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24. Best Rap Album
Watch The Throne

Jay-Z & Kanye West
[Def Jam]
Tha Carter IV

Lil Wayne
[Cash Money/Young Money/Universal Republic]
Lasers

Lupe Fiasco
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]
Pink Friday

Nicki Minaj
[Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown]
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West
[Def Jam]

Via firstcoastnews.com – FORT MYERS, Fla. – A 30-year-old Fort Myers woman was arrested on Saturday after admitting to Fort Myers Police officers that she gave a 1-year-old child drinks from an alcoholic beverage.

Police say they received a call from a woman requesting assistance around 10:15 p.m. The woman disconnected the phone call quickly.

When police called back, the woman stated there was “no emergency.”

Officers were dispatched to the area and found a large group of people in front of a residence. Laqweeta Neal was identified as the woman who requested police.

Neal told officers that her brother slapped her in the face and twisted her arm behind her head after she provided the child with a “sip” from wine coolers she had been consuming.

Due to Neal’s admission that she provided a child with an alcoholic beverage, she was arrested and charged with child abuse.

Neal’s brother, Rousheem Williams, was also arrested for the obvious injuries caused to Neal. He is charged with battery.

She is bopping hard man!

Via Billboard – by Gary Trust – Rihanna rises to her 11th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, as “We Found Love,” featuring Calvin Harris, ascends 2-1 with Airplay Gainer honors in its sixth week on the survey.

Rihanna is just the seventh artist in the Hot 100′s 53-year history to tally at least 11 leaders, joining the Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (18), Michael Jackson (13), Madonna (12), the Supremes (12) and Whitney Houston (11). She passes Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder, each with 10 No. 1s.

Among women, Rihanna, thus, moves into a third-place tie with Houston for most toppers, after only Carey and Madonna.

“Found,” the lead single from “Talk That Talk,” due Nov. 21, spends a second week at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with 243,000 downloads sold, up 5%, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The weekly sum pushes the song past a million in release-to-date digital sales (1,057,000), marking Rihanna’s 20th download to reach the million-selling milestone, extending her record for the most such downloads among women. Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie,” on which she guests, is her best-selling digital song (5.1 million), followed by her top-selling title as a lead act, “Disturbia” (4.3 million).

Rihanna Escapes Hopelessness in ‘We Found Love’ Video: Watch

On Radio Songs, “Found” flies 11-7 (85 million, up 22%, according to Nielsen BDS). The song marks Rihanna’s 17th top 10 on the airplay ranking. Since her first week in the chart’s top tier (July 2, 2005) with “Pon De Replay,” she ties T-Pain for most top 10s in that span.

Wow… Powerful!!!

Via nydailynews.com – Paula Patton is the latest queen of CoverGirl.

The 35 year-old actress and star of the upcoming fourth installment of the “Mission Impossible” film franchise, is joining Queen Latifah as the spokesmodel for the brand’s cosmetic collection for women of color, Cover Girl confirmed on Twitter.

The beautiful 35 year-old star will be the face of the brand’s Vivid Impact Eyeliner, LashFanatic Mascara and Natural Hue Matte Pressed Powder, starting in January, per the Huffington Post.

Patton is married to soul singer Robin Thicke and is the mother of a toddler son, Julian Fuego Thicke.

Back in 1992, Cover Girl made history when it signed Caribbean stunner Lana Ogilvie, making it the first major cosmetics company to sign a black model.