The Grammy Awards is the biggest night of the year on the music calendar when the A-listers pull out all the stops on the red carpet.  This year as expected the star-studded bash in Los Angeles didn’t disappoint with stars including Beyonce Knowles, Lady GaGa, Pink and Taylor Swift making an impression (both good and bad) as they arrived at the bash.  Lady GaGa, who opened the awards with a performance of her mega-hit Poker Face, wore a jaw-dropping, celestial Armani Prive lilac gown with bejewelled platform heels. There was also Pink, who is already a three-time Grammy winner started the performance with a silk robe on, then suddenly stripped down to reveal a sexy bodysuit  then turned in a fiercely-rousing performance of “Glitter In The Air” at Sunday’s 2010 Grammy Awards.  It wouldn’t be true Grammy’s if there was not slight hiccups like, Eminem, Lil Wayne and Drake who gave a very profane, highly-bleeped performance that kept the CBS censors busy and almost rendered the music unintelligible (SMH)

Fashion-wise, the Grammys are so much more fun than movie awards. For whatever reason, musicians don’t play by the same red carpet rules as movie stars; instead they just let their freak flags fly. I commend the most innovative and inventive–and in some cases, just plain pretty–looks. While many stars were going for typical floor-length couture, some famous females crossed the red carpet boundaries with their extremely high hemlines.  Jennifer Lopez managed to accomplish both floor-length and a mini with her bizarre Versace gold dress with a white panelled front and side, giving the photographers a glimpse of only one of her toned legs. And of course, given the title of her latest single ‘Louboutins’, she was wearing a pair of white Christian Louboutin peep-toe heels.

The Highlight- Michael Jackson’s kids accepting a Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of their father.  This was their first public appearance since Jackson’s memorial service, Prince, 12, and Paris, 11, dressed in black suits with red armbands, an outfit which Jackson often wore.  Although nervous, they spoke clearly and with great composure as they paid tribute to their father, who died last June.

Prince said: “We are proud to be here to accept this award on behalf of our father, Michael Jackson.

“First of all, we would like to thank God for watching over us for these past seven months, and our grandma and grandpa for their love and support.

“We would also like to thank the fans – our father loved you so much because you were always there for him.

“Our father was always concerned about the planet and humanity. Through all his hard work and dedication he has helped many charities and donated to all of them.

“Through all his songs, his message was simple – love. We will continue to spread his message and help the world. Thank you.”

The siblings were surrounded by their cousins on stage at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, where Jackson was in final rehearsals for his tour when he died.  Paris followed her brother to the podium and said simply: “Daddy was supposed to be here. Daddy was going to perform this year. He couldn’t perform last year.

“Thank you, we love you, Daddy.”

An Earth Song video which Jackson intended to show during his tour was played at the awards as a backdrop to a tribute performance by Jennifer Hudson, Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Usher and Carrie Underwood.

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