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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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Carrie Underwood Gets Her Own 'Before He Cheats' Baseball Bat

Originally posted 02/13/2008 10:00AM

Watch out, future jerk ex-boyfriends: Carrie Underwood is now armed. The "Before He Cheats" Grammy winner has been given her very own personalized version of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat featured in her hit song. (In the tune, Underwood, 24, croons that she "took a Louisville slugger to both headlights" of her unnamed cheating man's "4-wheel drive.") Congratulations, Carrie ... and please, be safe with that thing.

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Aretha at Grammys: Not Feeling the
R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Originally posted 02/12/2008 06:20PM

When Beyoncé and Tina Turner hit the Grammy stage for their high-octane duet on Sunday, most observers were left in awe. But the woman known as the "Queen of Soul" was left in a state of dismay over Beyoncé's introducing Turner as "the Queen."

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Natalie Cole: Amy's Wins Send a 'Bad Message'

Originally posted 02/11/2008 05:35PM

Dr. Phil, move over. There's a new advocate for tough love on the circuit: Natalie Cole.

The multiple Grammy winner – her first win, in 1975, was for best new artist of the year – told PEOPLE at Sunday's Warner Music Group post-Grammy party that she took a dim view of Amy Winehouse's awards sweep at the Grammy ceremony earlier in the evening.

"I don't think she should have won. I think it sends a bad message to our young people who are trying to get into this business, the ones who are trying to do it right and really trying to keep themselves together," said Cole, 58. "We have to stop rewarding bad behavior."

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Obama Beats Clinton – at the Grammys

Originally posted 02/11/2008 10:00AM

Barack Obama got the better of Clinton – Bill Clinton, that is – in a different kind of run-off this weekend.

The Democratic presidential hopeful won the Grammy for best spoken word album on Sunday for the audio edition of his book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. The Illinois Senator beat out two former presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, to claim the trophy. (Maya Angelou and Alan Alda also vied for the prize.)