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Grammy Awards: Eminem and Justin Bieber lose out

The 53rd Grammy Awards produced several surprise results last night, with favoured artists including Justin Bieber and Eminem losing out to lesser-known acts.

A handful of British groups also came away with prizes, with several who were still playing the London pub circuit only three years ago performing at the music industry's highest-profile event.

The coveted album of the year award – which had been expected to go to Eminem for his comeback record 'Recovery', the highest selling of 2010 in the US – went instead to Arcade Fire for 'The Suburbs'.

The Canadian indie group, who have won critical acclaim for all three of their albums since 2004, are now tipped to move into the top flight of mainstream international rock acts.

They echoed the shock of many inside the Staples Center in Los Angeles and watching on television when, in response, they took to Twitter and posted a message repeating “Oh my god” six times.

Eminem, the Detroit-raised rapper who burst on to the charts 12 years ago with 'My Name Is', had a disappointing night. Having been shortlisted for 10 awards, he took away

His loss in the best album category was the third in his career, and the most unexpected. 'Recovery', which won plaudits for its portrayal of prescription drug addiction, was seen as a return to form.

Lady Antebellum, a country trio from Nashville, Tennessee, ended up with the most awards overall, winning five out of six nominations, including the prestigious prizes for song and record of the year.

Meanwhile Bieber, the 16-year-old pop sensation, lost out on the award for best new act to Esperanza Spalding, a relatively obscure 26-year-old jazz singer and bassist from Portland, Oregon.

Spalding, who was the longshot according to every bookmaker, was the first jazz artist to ever win the category. In a stunned acceptance speech, she said: "I take this honor to heart so sincerely”.

She also beat the British acts Florence + The Machine and Mumford and Sons – both of who performed at the ceremony – to the newcomer award.

Both British groups' appearances marked the pinnacle of a remarkable few years in which they have gone from minor alternative favourites at home to world-renowned acts.

Mumford and Sons played onstage with Bob Dylan, while Florence Welch, the 24-year-old frontwoman of the Machine, took part in a tribute medley for Aretha Franklin.

Muse, the Devon-based prog rock group, won the award for best rock album for 'The Resistance', their fifth studio album since debuting in 1999.

Other British winners included La Roux, who picked up best electronic album, Iron Maiden, who took best metal performance, and Sade, who won best R&B performance by a duo or group.

The flamboyant Lady Gaga took three awards – for best female pop performance, best pop vocal album and best music video – after turning heads by arriving at the show in a giant egg carried by servants.

The performance Gaga gave of her new song, 'Born This Way', after “hatching” drew yet another round of comparisons with Madonna in her 1980s pomp.

Jay-Z, the rapper and music industry tycoon, also won three awards, including two for 'Empire State of Mind', his hugely successful tribute to New York recorded with Alicia Keys.

Justin Bieber in a Bar

February 13, 2011 08:55 AM EST

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Isn't Justin Bieber too young to be in a bar? He's only 16! However some bars have Bieber on board--although in name only. A new virgin cocktail called the Biebertini is cropping up in bars from coast to coast.

According to a report from People Magazine, the Biebertini is a mocktail, and it is indeed inspired by the teen pop singer. Some bars have actual cocktail versions for those Bieber fans who are 21+.

Is this a good thing? Shouldn't the young pop star's image stay as squeaky clean as it is right now? What will parents of teen and tween girls who idolize Justin Bieber think about a drink that is named after the Never Say Never crooner?

The mocktail version of the Biebertini actually sounds rather tasty. It is comprised of one-half cup of coconut cream, one-half cup of pineapple cream, one-quarter cup light cream, a banana and about twenty strawberries. When these ingredients are blended with ice and topped with whipped cream, Pop Rocks and a Blow Pop garnish, you have yourself a genuine Biebertini. The adult version features the addition of 1.5 ounces of Three Olives Bubble Vodka.

While tweens will undoubtedly want to sweetly sip the Bieberlicious concoction, maybe the drink--as well as references to Justin Bieber, should stay out of bars. Wouldn't it be a better idea if it remained in restaurants rather than watering holes?

Regardless, anything with the Justin Bieber moniker is destined to sell, so watch for your preferred version of the Biebertini to show up in a bar near you!

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NY school brands Justin Bieber fans' tribute T-shirts 'gang related'

NY school brands Justin Bieber fans' tribute T-shirts 'gang related'

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A group of Justin Bieber fans were sent home from a New York City school after their tribute T-shirts to the teen idol were branded 'gang related.'

The four teenagers had worn them to school before heading to the theatre to see Bieber's new film, 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.'

When the girls showed up at school in their black T-shirts painted with 'Bieber Crew' security guards on duty and school officials judged the shirts to be 'gang related'.

They were given the option of either taking the shirts off or turning them inside out.

According to TMZ.com, the students of Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, said that they 'were threatened with suspension,' reports the Daily Mail.

The homemade T-shirts were not viewed as a Bieber fanwear by the school and the principal called a meeting with the girls, their parents and the security guards.

One of the girl's parents said the principal informed the group that: "The T-shirts were inappropriate for school because they were gang related."

The principal went on to say that if any of the girls were seen wearing their Bieber tees at school again the offence would result in suspension.

The parent's seem to be none too happy with the school's "over the top reaction" to their daughter's choice in clothing with one parent saying, "It's ridiculous. They are good kids who love Justin Bieber." (ANI)

Justin Bieber's Grammy Gig: Behind the Scenes Look!

Practicing up to perfect his planned stage effort, Justin Bieber was busy rehearsing for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon (February 12).

The "Never Say Never" star worked his magic at the Staples Center venue while joined throughout by performance partners Jaden Smith and Usher.

Unwilling to give away details, Usher previously told press of Bieber's Grammy plans, saying that it’s going to be a “dynamic, energetic performance.”

Be sure to catch what's sure to be a thrilling evening, as the Grammy's air live from Staples Center on Sunday, February 13th at 8 ET/5 PT on CBS.

Enjoy the pictures from Justin Bieber's Grammy rehearsals with Usher and Jaden Smith (February 12).

Justin Biebehr not at Wilton movie screening, but hosts from Westport

Justin Biebehr not at Wilton movie screening, but hosts from Westport stillave a blast

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Justin was just not there.

Teen singing heartthrob Justin Bieber was a no-show for a special preview showing Thursday night, disappointing a group of hard-core fanatics from Westport, who hoped the singing sensation might make a surprise appearance at the Wilton screening -- a prize they won in an online video contest.

"We're not too mad at him. We'll forgive him if he finds a way to meet all of us," Colby Kranz, 13, one of the five video victors from Westport, said Friday. In spite of that disappointment, Kranz, as well as fellow Coleytown Middle School students Kendall Rochlin, Emme Boland, Olivia Lev and Alexa Davis had a great time at the "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," premiere. Their prize screening at the Bow-Tie Cinema took place a day before the movie opened in theaters nationwide.

Since Bieber had made an appearance in Rhode Island the previous night, the girls held out hope he might make an appearance in Wilton, even after they, their parents and 30-plus friends took their theater seats and dug into their popcorn.

"We thought any minute he would come behind us and surprise us," Kranz said.

That, alas, did not happen, the girls said.

But they felt a little like stars themselves because of all the media that covered the event.

While a message that preceded the movie asked theater-goers to be quiet during the film, the female fans just couldn't restrain themselves, especially Alexa.

"I asked Alexa to be quiet about seven times," said Colby. "She was singing every time Justin was singing."

Alexa said the movie was amazing.

"It really showed he's just a regular 16-year-old living his dreams," she said. "I recommend it for a lot of families because it was very inspirational and a lot of fun."

Over the last two weeks, the girls have won a nationwide video contest and had a movie premiere brought to their area because of their efforts. However, they must now adjust to living as normal teenagers again.

"Their stardom, their 15 minutes of fame is almost up," said Raechel Kranz, Colby's mother. "But with this article, you're extending it to 16 minutes
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Justin was just not there.

Teen singing heartthrob Justin Bieber was a no-show for a special preview showing Thursday night, disappointing a group of hard-core fanatics from Westport, who hoped the singing sensation might make a surprise appearance at the Wilton screening -- a prize they won in an online video contest.

"We're not too mad at him. We'll forgive him if he finds a way to meet all of us," Colby Kranz, 13, one of the five video victors from Westport, said Friday. In spite of that disappointment, Kranz, as well as fellow Coleytown Middle School students Kendall Rochlin, Emme Boland,Olivia Lev and Alexa Davis had a great time at the "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," premiere. Their prize screening at the Bow-Tie Cinema took place a day before the movie opened in theaters nationwide.

Since Bieber had made an appearance in Rhode Island the previous night, the girls held out hope he might make an appearance in Wilton, even after they, their parents and 30-plus friends took their theater seats and dug into their popcorn.

"We thought any minute he would come behind us and surprise us," Kranz said.

That, alas, did not happen, the girls said.

But they felt a little like stars themselves because of all the media that covered the event.

While a message that preceded the movie asked theater-goers to be quiet during the film, the female fans just couldn't restrain themselves, especially Alexa.

"I asked Alexa to be quiet about seven times," said Colby. "She was singing every time Justin was singing."

Alexa said the movie was amazing.

"It really showed he's just a regular 16-year-old living his dreams," she said. "I recommend it for a lot of families because it was very inspirational and a lot of fun."

Over the last two weeks, the girls have won a nationwide video contest and had a movie premiere brought to their area because of their efforts. However, they must now adjust to living as normal teenagers again.

"Their stardom, their 15 minutes of fame is almost up," said Raechel Kranz, Colby's mother. "But with this article, you're extending it to 16 minutes."

Justin Bieber's fans banned from school after tribute T-shirts are branded 'gang related'

They had spent painstaking hours making tribute T-shirts to teen idol Justin Bieber.

But a group of young girls were sent home from school this week after their outfits were branded 'gang related'.

The four teenagers had worn them to school on Friday before heading to the theatre to see Bieber’s new film, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.

Hopelessly devoted: Justin Bieber fans' prove they are of the die-hard variety [file picture]

When the girls showed up at school in their black T-shirts painted with ‘Bieber Crew’ security guards on duty and school officials judged the shirts to be ‘gang related’.

Golden Boy: Justin Bieber's new film, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, is poised to take the number one spot at the U.S. box office this weekend

They were given the option of either taking the shirts off or turning them inside out.

The students of Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York, revealed to the website TMZ that they ‘were threatened with suspension.’

The homemade T-shirts were not viewed as a Bieber fanwear by the school and the principal called a meeting with the girls, their parents and the security guards.

One of the girl’s parents said the principal informed the group that: ‘The T-shirts were inappropriate for school because they were gang related.’

The principal went on to say that if any of the girls were seen wearing their Bieber tees at school again the offence would result in suspension.

The parent’s seem to be none too happy with the school’s 'over the top reaction' to their daughter’s choice in clothing with one parent fuming: ‘It’s ridiculous. They are good kids who love Justin Bieber.’

Roosevelt High School is defending their stance with a representative for the school stating: ‘The students were not banned from wearing shirts displaying the image of Justin Bieber.’

The representative for the high school also says the girls are exaggerating the harshness with which they were disciplined insisting: ‘Nor were they accused of being in a gang.’

Bieber’s new film, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, arrived in theatres just in time for Valentine’s Day opening Friday across the U.S. and has already earned more than $12 million dollars.

The documentary-style film tells the story of Justin Bieber, 16, from a young boy with a musical inclination through his metamorphosis to becoming the biggest teen heart throb in the world.

'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never': Will Paramount's Christian outreach program get young men to see it?

Image Credit: Paramount PicturesJustin Bieber: Never Say Never hits theaters this weekend, and, God willing, could be the topic of many conversations come Sunday — at least that’s what Paramount, the studio behind the 3-D documentary’s release, is hoping. Paramount has held 20 screenings in 20 markets at the end of January for Christian leaders, some of whom then offered written endorsements, arranged group ticket sales for their fellowship, or requested a copy of the study guide produced for the movie titled “Never Say Never: For Nothing Is Impossible With God.”

Execs recognized that the film’s message of hope and Bieber’s strong Christian beliefs, about which both he and his mother Pattie Mallette have spoken extensively, were an opportunity to reach out to the faith community. The study guide is a collaboration between Bieber’s mother and Allied Faith & Family, an arm of Allied Integrated Marketing. It’s the first time Paramount has worked with Allied to supplement its general publicity, but not the first time the studio has had a faith-based element to a movie campaign. (The studio had faith-based outreach programs for the documentaries Waiting for “Superman” and An Inconvenient Truth and the adaptation of The Kite Runner.) Indeed, marketing to Christian groups became quite popular post-The Passion of the Christ; like secular marketing campaigns, it’s about making sure people who may not think a film has something for them see that it does — like Bieber’s pre-performance ritual that includes a prayer introduced to him by his Jewish manager, or Bieber and his friends saying grace at a pizza parlor.

So how effective will Paramount’s efforts be for this film? The study guide made its way into the inbox of Sean Meade, who serves as the National Network of Youth Ministries‘ national coordinator for middle school groups and also runs an organization called Stuck in the Middle, which holds events for middle school-aged students in the U.S. and Canada and does training for youth pastors. ”Big picture, I know a lot of people are planning to use this movie within their ministry,” he tells EW. “I work specifically with middle school students and with youth pastors who focus on that age group, and if you have middle school girls in your group, they’re gonna go see the Justin Bieber movie, and they’re gonna be talking about it, and those themes are something that really resonates with that early adolescent age. Youth pastors want to be talkin’ about this with their kids.”

That said, Meade doesn’t exactly see the guide itself coming in handy with what one would assume would be the target demo. “It starts off with an introduction from Justin’s mom talking about his faith, which is awesome. But then the very first theme is ‘Discerning God’s Plan for Your Life’ and it goes into what I call Christianese, where it’s Christian language that unless you’ve been born and raised in the church, you have no idea what ‘separating the wheat from the chaff’ or ‘the lures of the flesh from the operations of the spirit’ means,” he says. “If I start talking like that to my 8th grade guys group, they’re gonna think I’m crazy.”

But while he thinks the application is “a little cheesy,” he believes the lesson is solid. “Overall, it helps to understand that Justin’s a kid who worked hard and did his best, and you can do those same things and help discern what maybe God wants you to do with your life. You’ve got a kid who’s had, I’m sure, every opportunity to just go crazy and live out any kind of teenage fantasy that he’s ever wanted to, and yet seems to be very grounded and not only just a good kid, but seems to make a lot of wise choices. I watched Diddy last night on [Jimmy Kimmel Live!], and the guy looked teary-eyed talking about Justin and the themes of the movie. And he actually said that Justin had a God-ordained talent. I thought Man, if you’ve got Diddy talking about your God-ordained talent and what a good kid you are, you gotta be doing something right.”

Diddy made a plea to Kimmel’s viewers to see the film as a human success story, one that appeals to all ages and both sexes. “I think it’s definitely a hard sell for young boys,” Meade says. “My home church weekend activity tonight has like 150 junior highers coming together. I threw it out to my 8th grade guys, half joking, ‘Are we gonna go see the Bieber movie tonight after the event?’ They’re just one, so tired of hearing about Bieber from all the girls. But two, I think there’s a macho element of ‘I’m a guy. I can’t go to the Justin Bieber movie.’ Except for the couple of wise ones who’ve figured out that all the girls will be at the Justin Bieber movie, and they’re excited,” Meade says. “But that’s a whole different story.”

justin bieber history

justin bieber

Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario^[13] and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. Bieber's mother, Pattie Mallette, was 18 years old when she became pregnant with her son. Mallette, who worked a series of low-paying office jobs, raised Bieber as a single mother in low-income housing. Bieber maintains contact with his father, Jeremy Bieber, who married another woman and had two children. Bieber's paternal great-grandfather was a German immigrant to Canada.

During his childhood, Bieber was interested in hockey, soccer, and chess; he often kept his musical aspirations to himself.As he grew up, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.In early 2007, when he was twelve, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and placed second.Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew.