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Mark Ronson: Grammys Just Like Yom Kippur | Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson: Grammys Just Like Yom Kippur

Originally posted 02/14/2008 02:15PM

Mark Ronson says his experience at the Grammys on Sunday night was a hungry one.

"It was a bit of a long day," the award winning producer told PEOPLE at London's H&M store opening Wednesday. "All my awards were in the beginning of the day before you see the glamorous thing on TV so I was sitting with no food and water next to my mum for nine hours. It was just like Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday where you have to fast."

Ronson who produced Amy Winehouse's Grammy-winning album Back to Black, picked up the producer of the year trophy at Sunday's show, then flew to the U.K., for a surprise gig at the high street chain's new flagship store opening in central London. (Also there: a bevy of fashionistas, as well as rock offspring Kelly Osbourne and Peaches Geldof, who took to the DJ booth later in the evening.)

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Mark Ronson Gets U.S. Citizenship for Election | Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson Gets U.S. Citizenship for Presidential Election

Originally posted 02/12/2008 02:55PM

He was just named producer of the year at Sunday's Grammy Awards but Mark Ronson recently earned another major designation – his American citizenship.

"I actually just got my American citizenship," Ronson, who was born in London but lived in New York, told PEOPLE at Microsoft Zune's Grammy party in Hollywood. "I wanted to be able to vote in this election – that's why I got it."

The mastermind behind Amy Winehouse's Grammy-winning album Back to Black, Ronson plans to reunite with Winehouse. "We're going to work on a record together sometime this year," he said. As for his Grammy honors, he adds that he's still a little bit in shock. "I never thought I'd be nominated. I'm always deejay-ing someone else's Grammy party. I'm always the bridesmaid."
–Kimberly Lansing