10:09: Stevie introduces Alicia Keys by singing her chorus. Kind of scary, kind of fascinating. What are you wearing, Alicia? Can I please be your stylist for one day? And why are you screeching this catchy tune? Did you forget to warm up because you had to put your hair in that faux hawk? Advice: This hair is much better, but the mini and plastic-looking leggings aren't doing it for you. At all. Like, burn them.Oooo, John Mayer just arrived with his wicked guitar skills and goofy facial expressions. Now they're singing together. I can't hear John! I feel robbed.Now playing on TVGuide.com's Grammy Awards site:• Review our complete list of winners and nominees• Check our editors' predictions. Do you agree?• Vote for your favorites in our reader poll!• Browse photos of Grammy highlights, on and off the stage• Watch videos of your favorite nominees• And, of course, the live Grammys recap blog
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Color us shocked. We thought that after Janet Jackson's Super Bowl striptease got her barred from the Grammys, her fellow shock and rollers would pull out all the stops to keep CBS' censors on their toes. But last night's live broadcast of the 46th annual award ceremony was — gasp! — pretty darn classy. (It was so tame, in fact, that we didn't feel right calling it damn classy.) Read on, and see for yourself. There were:
Tasteful musical numbers. In recognition of the 20th anniversary of Purple Rain, Prince — who, we are pleased to report, kept his tush covered — performed three hits from his 1984 movie soundtrack with Beyonce, who, clearly forewarned about the skirt-blowing power of the wind machine, wore panties. Two hours later, the Destiny's Child vamp returned to bring down the house with a tour-de-force performance of "Dangerously
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