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Grammy Nominations Grammy Award nominations were announced this week. You can view the full list of nominees on the Grammy website . Herein, some nominees of interest: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album — Josh Groban , Stages ; Seth MacFarlane , No One Ever Tells You ; Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap , The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern ; Bob Dylan , Shadows in the Night ; and Barry Manilow , My Dream Duets Best Musical Theater Album — An American in Paris , Fun Home , Hamilton , The King and I , and Something Rotten Foo Fighters —Best Rock Performance, " Something from Nothing "; and Best Music Film, Sonic Highways Best Spoken Word Album —nominees include Dick Cavett , Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks ; Jimmy Carter , A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety ; and Amy Poehler , Yes Pelase Best Comedy Album —nominees include Wyatt Cenac , Brooklyn and Louis C.K. , Live at Madison Square Garden Best Score Soundtrack for Visu...

An American in Paris Starts Rehearsals The cast and creative team of An American in Paris  began rehearsals and met the press this week. Theater Mania has pictures of stars Robert Fairchild  and Leanne Cope  and director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon ;  Broadway Box caught up with them to find out everyone's favorite musical number in a movie musical; and Broadway.com interviewed the company, including book writer Craig Lucas  and music supervisor Rob Fisher , about what the show brings to Broadway (watch below). An American in Paris  will take up residence at the Palace Theatre beginning March 13. Opening night is set for April 12. Awards Round Up BAFTA Awards, DGA Awards and Grammys were handed out this week. Herein, a brief recap. BAFTA : Boyhood  took home the top honor, and director Richard Linklater and supporting actress Patricia Arquette were also honored; Eddie Redmayne  ( The Theory of Everything )...

Award Season Update As we head toward the Oscars , The Hollywood Reporter has nominees' secrets about their performances. They checked in with, among others, Leonardo DiCaprio ( The Wolf of Wall Street ), Amy Adams and Christian Bale ( American Hustle ) and Chiwetel Ejiofor ( 12 Years a Slave ). Academy Rescinds Nomination —In a rare move, the Academy's Board of Governors rescinded the Best Original Song nomination of "Alone Yet Not Alone," from the eponymous movie, leaving just four nominees in the category. You can get the whole story on the Oscars blog , but the bottom line is the songwriter improperly courted Academy nominators. Lupita Nyong'o , nominated for her riveting performance in 12 Years a Slave , spoke with Rolling Stone 's Peter Travers about the film...and her flawless fashion choices for the "prom-like events." Oscar Breakdown — The Hollywood Reporter 's Scott Feinberg assesses the Best Adapted Screenplay race , the n...

Kennedy Center Honors As I mentioned last week, on Sunday night artists, dignitaries and fans gathered to honor and salute the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors class. This years honorees were Led Zeppelin , ballerina Natalia Makarove , Dustin Hoffman , Buddy Guy and David Letterman . New York City Ballet dancers Sara Mearns, Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild were on hand to honor Makarove (check out Mearns' and Peck's Twitter feeds for stage-side and behind the scenes pictures of the night), and, as Rolling Stone reports . Foo Fighters and Lenny Kravitz were there to salute Led Zeppelin, Robert De Niro honored Hoffman, Gary Clark, Jr., paid tribute to Guy and Tina Fey spoke about Letterman. (Check out photos on Broadwayworld.com: the honorees ; the men ; the women ; at the stage door , and more details about the tributes on Playbill .)The annual celebration will be broadcast on CBS on December 26. These tribute performances are always thrilling for fans so set your DVR! ...

There wasn't a lot of entertainment news this week in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. If you can, consider assisting in the Hurricane Relief effort. Check in with New York Cares to find out how you can volunteer and help out. You can also make a donation in support of relief efforts; donate through the URJ's Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund [the URJ is a non-profit organization that will make sure your donation goes to those on the ground, not overhead costs] or the Red Cross . Storm-related Updates: Bruce Springsteen and friends, including Bon Jovi and Billy Joel , will perform at a benefit concert in support of the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The concert will take place and be broadcast live on NBC, HBO and other networks tonight (November 2). The event will be hosted by Matt Lauer. Rolling Stone has details. Dead Accounts , the new Theresa Rebeck play starring Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes , will begin previews on November 5, two days later than originall...