Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson will pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston at Sunday's Grammy Awards, producers for the telecast announced late Saturday.
"We are all pretty devastated. It hit us pretty hard," Grammy Awards executive producer Ken Ehrlich said in an interview that was fed to CBS affiliates Saturday. "A lot of us who worked on the show worked with her a number of times, so it's a very sad day for us and...
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Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride, Yolanda Adams and Florence Welch will perform an all-star tribute to Aretha Franklin at Sunday's Grammy Awards.
The segment will feature individual and collective performances of some of the Queen of Soul's classic hits.
Barbra Streisand to perform at Grammys
It is unknown if Franklin, 68, will attend the show. The 18-time Grammy winner underwent surgery for an undisclosed ...
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I always say that the families we help are metaphors for the larger story of America; this story is no exception. This week we helped a true American hero. A man who selflessly served his country in its time of need, all without seeking any spotlight or reward. The man I'm talking about is Jason Thomas, a former Marine who threw on his uniform and drove towards the danger on that fateful September morning of 2001. On September 11, 2001, a day that no American can ever forget, Jason Thomas was living on Long Island and had seen the reports of those planes hitting the World Trade Center. Donning his Marine Corp. uniform, he sped toward ground zero to lend a hand wherever he could. He and another rescuer found and rescued the two Port Authority Police officers from underneath the rubble of the Trade Center and were eventually immortalized in the Oliver Stone film World Trade Center. The most amazing part of the story is that Jason just went home after the rescue and never came forward...
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