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Article: 50TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS; Puttin' on the Ritz, not blitz
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2008
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Celebrating 50 years of the Grammy Awards, you have to figure
that the celebrities would dress up for such a significant
anniversary.
Maybe because there has been a dearth of awards shows this season
because of the writers strike, Grammy-goers chose glamour over
spectacle. There was no dress-cut-to-there (a la Jennifer Lopez),
nor any crazy flowers in the hair (like Imogen Heap last year). The
2008 red carpet sprouted gowns in deep jewel tones of purple or blue
or mellow shades like the buttercup yellow worn by Fergie.
Natasha Bedingfield channeled Lana Turner's hairstyle, while
Alicia Keys went for old-style Hollywood glamour in an up-do and a
midnight blue Armani gown, claiming "a funky ...