Grammy Nominees - Who are your picks for the winners?

Here are a list of nominations (full list has been edited to remove categories nobody cares about).
I starred my picks - this is who I want to win - not who I think will actually win. The Grammy's are terribly unpredictable, so I don't even try to analyze who is really going to bring home the awards!

1. Record of the Year

• Get Lucky - Daft Punk
• Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
• Royals - Lorde*
• Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
• Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell

2. Album of the Year

• The Blessed Unrest - Sara Barielles
• Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
• Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City - Kendrick Lamar
• The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis*
• Red - Taylor Swift

3. Song of the Year 

• Just Give Me A Reason - P!nk featuring Nate Ruess*
• Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
• Roar - Katy Perry
• Royals - Lorde
• Same Love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

4. Best New Artist

• James Blake
• Kendrick Lamar
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis*
• Kacey Musgraves
• Ed Sheeran

5. Best Pop Solo Performance

• Brave - Sara Bareilles
• Royals - Lorde*
• When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars
• Roar - Katy Perry
• Mirrors - Justin Timberlake

6. Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• Get Lucky - Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rogers
• Just Give Me A Reason - P!nk featuring Nate Ruess
• Stay - Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko
• Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell
• Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake & Jay Z*

7. Best Pop Vocal Album

• Paradise - Lana Del Ray
• Pure Heroine - Lorde
• Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
• Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke
• The 20/20 Experience (The Complete Experience) - Justin Timberlake*

8. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (Traditional = Old People Pop Music)

• Viva Duets - Tony Bennett & Various Artists*
• To Be Loved - Micheal Buble
• The Standards - Gloria Estefan
• Cee Lo's Magic Moment - Cee Lo Green
• Now - Dionne Warwick

9. Best Rock Performance

• Always Alright - Alabama Shakes*
• The Stars (Are Out Tonight) - David Bowie
• Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
• Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
• My God Is The Sun - Queens of the Stone Age
• I'm Shakin' - Jack White

10. Best Metal Performance

• T.N.T. - Anthrax
• God Is Dead? - Black Sabbath*
• The Enemy Inside - Dream Theater
• In Due Time - Killswitch Engage
• Room 24 - Volbeat Featuring King Diamond

11. Best Rock Song

• Ain't Messin 'Round - Gary Clark Jr.* 
• Cut Me Some Slack - Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear
• Doom And Gloom - The Rolling Stones
• God Is Dead? - Black Sabbath
• Panic Station - Muse

12. Best Rock Album

• 13 - Black Sabbath
• The Next Day - David Bowie
• Mechanical Bull - Kings of Leon
• Celebration Day - Led Zeppelin*
• ...Like Clockwork - Queens of the Stone Age
• Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young with Crazy Horse

13. Best Alternative Music Album

• The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You - Neko Case
• Trouble Will Find Me - The National
• Hesitation Marks - Nine Inch Nails*
• Lonerism - Tame Impala
• Modern Vampires Of The City - Vampire Weekend

14. Best Rap Performance

• Started From The Botton - Drake (If anything off this album wins any awards, I've officially lost all faith in the music industry)
• Berzerk - Eminem
• Tom Ford - Jay Z*
• Swimming Pools (Drank) - Kendrick Lamar
• Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

15. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (Seriously - this is a category?)

• Power Trip - J.Cole Featuring Miguel
• Part II (On The Run) - Jay Z Featuring Beyonce
• Holy Grail - Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake*
• Now Or Never - Kendrick Lamar Featuring Mary J. Blige
• Remember You - Wiz Khalifa Featuring The Weeknd

16. Best Rap Song

• F***in' Problems - ASAP Rocky Featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
• Holy Grail - Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake*
• New Slaves - Kanye West
• Started From The Bottom - Drake
• Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

17. Best Rap Album 

• Nothing Was The Same - Drake
• Magna Carta...Holy Grail - Jay Z*
• Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
• The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Yeezus - Kanye West

18. Best Country Solo Performance

• I Drive Your Truck - Lee Brice
• I Want Crazy - Hunter Hayes
• Mama's Broken Heart - Miranda Lambert
• Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker*
• Mine Would Be You - Blake Shelton

19. Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• From This Valley - The Civil Wars
• Don't Rush - Kelly Clarkson
• Your Side Of The Bed - Little Big Town
• Highway Don't Care - Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban*
• You Can't Make Old Friends - Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton

20. Best Country Song 

• Begin Again - Taylor Swift
• I Drive Your Truck - Lee Brice*
• Mama's Broken Heart - Miranda Lambert
• Merry Go 'Round - Kacey Musgraves
• Mine Would Be You - Blake Shelton

21. Best Country Album

• Night Train - Jason Aldean*
• Two Lanes Of Freedom - Tim McGraw
• Same Trailer Different Park - Kacey Musgraves
• Based On A True Story - Blake Shelton
• Red - Taylor Swift

22. Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

• America Again: Re-Becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't - Stephen Colbert*
• Carrie And Me - Carol Burnett
• Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls - David Sedaris
• Still Foolin' 'Em - Billy Crystal
• The Storm King - Pete Seeger

23. Best Comedy Album

• Calm Down Gurrl - Kathy Griffin*
• I'm Here To Help - Craig Ferguson
• A Little Unprofessional - Ron White
• Live - Tig Notaro
• That's What I'm Talkin' About - Bob Saget

24. Best Musical Theater Album 

• Kinky Boots*
• Matilda: The Musical
• Motown The Musical

25. Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Django Unchained
• The Great Gatsby
• Les Miserables (Deluxe Edition)*
• Muscle Shoals
• Sound City: Real To Reel

26. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

• Argo
• The Great Gatsby
• Life Of Pi*
• Lincoln
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

27. Best Song Written For Visual Media

• Atlas - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Coldplay)
• Silver Lining - Silver Linings Playbook (Jessie J)
• Skyfall - Skyfall (Adele)*
• We Both Know - Safe Haven (Colbie Caillat Featuring Gavin DeGraw)
• Young And Beautiful - The Great Gatsby (Lana Del Rey)
• You've Got Time - Orange Is The New Black (Regina Spektor)

28. Best Music Video

• Safe And Sound - Capital Cities
• Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film - Jay Z
• Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
• Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake Featuring Jay Z*
• I'm Shakin' - Jack White

29. Best Music Film 

• Live 2012 - Coldplay
• Cuatro - Green Day*
• I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone: The Making Of Get Up!
• Live Kisses - Paul McCartney
• The Road To Red Rocks - Mumford & Sons

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SAG Awards 2014

How many people actually watched the SAG Awards? No one? Yeah, me either. However, the red carpet was on fire! Lots of great looks - and some not so great, of course. Here's a quick rundown of the best and worst looks of the night.

*As always - click on the pictures to enlarge.

BIG WINNERS
Shades of blue seem to be a huge trend this season. These stars really got it right on Saturday night!

Amy Adams in Antonio Berardi

Jennifer Lawrence looking gorgeous in Dior Haute Couture

Love this Carolina Herrera printed gown on Julie Bowen

And Juliette Lewis in this printed gown by Vivienne Westwood's Gold Label Capsul

Lupita Nyong'o knocked it out of the park with this Gucci gown. Both color and cut are perfect. Best of the night in my opinion! 

Sarah Hyland in Pamella Roland - as always looks lovely and age appropriate

Elisabeth Rohm in Marchesa

She can just do no wrong on a red carpet. Sofia Vergara is stunning in Donna Karan Atelier.

AGING GRACEFULLY
In an industry that isn't always kind to those over the age of 40, these stars are still brightly shining!

Helen Mirran in Escada, Oprah Winfrey in Badgley Mischka, Meryl Streep in Stella McCartney, and Rita Moreno on Morgan Freeman (don't know the designer of her gown, and don't really care - she's awesome!)

JUST NO!
With all the hits, there must also be some misses...and there were.

Prints gone wrong: Edie Falco made herself look short and frumpy (which she's not) in this printed mixed hem dress, then cut the length of her legs with those gladiator shoes. I just don't get it. 

I'm not sure if it's the color, the shoes, or the cut of this Valentino jumpsuit on Julia Roberts that's not working for me, but it's just not. 

I'm all for flaunting the baby bumps, but this look is just not a good one. She doesn't even look pregnant here - she just looks like she's wearing something that doesn't fit correctly. Kerry Washington is way too cute to wear something that is so desperately crying for attention. 

Speaking of crying for attention - as usual, Mariah Carey is grasping to her youth that is long gone in this way too short LBD.

Oh, Blossom! I don't even know what to say...Vintage 1865 maybe?

Apparently Sandra Bullock is really trying to keep this Barbie dress trend going! Why, I don't know. This Lanvin is so 1980's, and not in a good way!

MORE JARED - BECAUSE I CAN
He's sweeping the awards, and deservedly so. He's a local (Northern Virginia guy) and just plain pretty. He also brought his mom to the SAG Awards (who is totally adorable)...all together now...AWWWWW!

*Photo Credit: AP Images

Golden Globes 2014

Did you watch? If not - no worries - I've got you covered, at least on what people wore!
The 2014 Golden Globes were a pleasant surprise. I was truly impressed with how great everyone looked. Even my worst dressed list doesn't come close to being as bad as most award shows. People are finally listening to their stylists (or at least looking in a mirror before leaving the house)!

Best of the Best

 

Reese Witherspoon in Calvin Klein is to die for! That turquiose, perfectly fitted, simple only the way Calvin Klein can, mermaid hem gown is perfection!

As much as I can't stand the actress, the dress is lovely. Kristin Chenoweth looks wonderful in this royal blue long sleeve gown by Aiisha Ramadan.

Only one with the height and figure of Cate Blanchett could properly pull of the black lace Armani number.

Then we come to Jenna Dewan. Not only is she married to Channing Tatum, but she just had a baby!! This Roberto Cavalli black and white gown with the print only accentuating her hourglass figure is a big win!

My number two spot goes to Sofia Vergara and Zac Posen for this beauty (but really, would anything actually look bad on her?)! Also love the turquoise jewelry.

And here is the absolute best of the night - and honestly, I'd never even heard of Margot Robbie before this event. I haven't seen Wolf of Wallstreet yet, but on a side note: I'm unimpressed by the apparent number of f-bombs in the movie, I can most certainly drop more on any given day in DMV traffic (that's DC, Maryland, Virginia not Department of Motor Vehicles for those non-locals).
I actually thought it was Jaime Pressly as she walked the carpet, and realized I was wrong when they interviewed her on NBC later in the broadcast. But the cut, the fit, and the detailed embellishment of this Gucci gown is not only my favorite of the Golden Globes, it's my favorite in many years of award shows. This dress will not soon be forgotten and although not seen in this photo, neither will the emerald green heels she was wearing!

Let the Girls be Girls
The cast of Girls showed up and really stayed true to their personalities. I may not love all the gowns, but I love that they are all true to who they are! Side note: if you are not watching this show, you totally should be! Great, if not completely weird cast of characters!

Baby Bumping

This group brought their plus-one as a carry-on! 

Kerry Washington in Balenciaga. Olivia Wilde in Gucci (loving all of their green this season, even though it was last year's color). Drew Barrymore in Jenny Packham - although not my favorite, it totally suits her style, so I can't hate!

Looking Lovely

In no particular order, here are a few ladies who lit up the red carpet. 

Amy Adams, channeling her American Hustle character, in double red Marchesa. Amy Poehler in sleek Stella McCartney. Taylor Swift in red and black Carolina Herrera. Mila Kunis in sparkling silver Gucci Premier. Rashida Jones in Fausto Puglisi - not sure about the gold palm trees, but she's quirky, so it sorta works. To wrap up, we have Sarah Hyland in my 7 year old's favorite of the night, the totally age appropriate in color and cut, Georges Hobieka. 

It's a Barbie World

I'm not sure if this a trend we can look forward to hating, or just a strange fluke, but these Barbie knock-off gowns are a little scary. I just don't get the total overload of bubblegum colored satin. Designers unknown...and should probably stay that way! 

  

What were they thinking?

The ones that left you saying "hmmmmmmm"!

I won't call out the designers here, but I will ask the question that we'll never get the answers to - what were they thinking? Kaley Cuoco is washed out by this printed gown. Emma Watson is just plain confusing in her pants/dress thing. Hayden Panettiere is just too short and cut off  in the middle by this assymetrical black and white number - us short folk can't do anything to appear shorter! Heidi Klum always pushes the limits, but this time, it seems she forgot to get ready - the 1998 choker was an interesting choice, as was the decision to wear shiny makeup and no lipstick. Jennifer Lawrence is usually adorable on red carpets, but this one is just ugly (there was even a meme created that pretty well sums it up - see below). Julia Roberts looked like she tried to make her strapless gown more conservative by throwing a Gap button down shirt underneath - what is going on there? And Paula Patton could have done without the extra ton of cotton balls it looks like she brought with her. That white poofy mess is just not good!

Eye Candy
For no other reason than to end with something pretty...here's Shannon and Jared Leto. You're welcome!

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Hugs and air kisses!

*Photo credit Getty for Sophia Vergara and Margot Robbie. All others AP Images.