 Madonna and Beyonce appear to have their eyes locked on the Grammy stage, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing " two sources with knowledge of the plans".The two superstars are expected to be among the big surprise moments during next week’s ceremony.Late last year Beyonce pulled off one of the best-kept secrets in recent music history when she stealthily released her self-titled album without as much as a hint. The Grammys is where Beyonce will make her first televised performance in support of her new album - which shattered iTunes records upon its release in December - according to a source with knowledge of the matter, while Madonna is expected to pop up and lend guest vocals during a performance from one of the night’s nominees, an additional source confirmed. Performing at the Grammy Awards without being a nominee would not be something new for the Queen of Pop; Madonna appeared on the show in holographic form together with the Gorillaz in year 2006 mashing up "Feel Good", inc with the "Hung Up" chorus, and then went on in the flesh with the full version of her "Confessions On A Dance Floor" lead single. Longtime Grammy Awards show producer Ken Ehrlich said he "can’t confirm" an appearance from Beyonce during an interview with Pop & Hiss to preview the show. Ehrlich didn’t confirm or deny Madonna's involvement. "Let’s put it this way … we have a really great history that goes back to the early days of Destiny’s Child," Ehrlich added. "I love working with [Beyonce]. She’s incredible. She is so into what it is that she does and making sure that everybody who sees her walks away saying, ‘wow.’ " "Should she be on the show this year?" he continued. "I would think that the potential is there for that kind of moment." Other Grammy performers include Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr; Daft Punk with Nile Rodgers, Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder; Kendrick Lamar with Imagine Dragons; Lorde; Katy Perry; Pink and Fun’s Nate Ruess; Robin Thicke and Chicago; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis; Kacey Musgraves; John Legend; Taylor Swift; Keith Urban and Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Blake Shelton. Reps for Madonna and Beyonce had yet to return requests for comment.The Grammy telecast airs at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time on January 26  |
Playboy publishes nude photos of Madonna taken before she was famous. The singer did a number of nude photo shoots from 1977-1980, starting when she was an 18-year-old student at the University of Michigan looking for some extra cash and trying to form a band. Now a huge star, Playboy publishes some of the shots taken in 1979 and 1980 in a revealing spread. A year earlier, the magazine turned down nude photos of Miss America winner Vanessa Williams , which their rival Penthouse published. "We think Vanessa genuinely didn't know what she was doing, didn't know her photos might be published," the article states. "Madonna, on the other hand, posed repeatedly for two noted photographers who routinely publish what they shoot." One of the photographers, Lee Friedlander, says of the shoot: "She seemed very confident, a street-wise girl." Madonna has little to say on the matter, but doesn't shy away. "I'm not ashamed,...
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