54th annual Grammy Awards nominees
(significant categories)

Album of the Year
Adele, "21"
Foo Fighters, "Wasting Light"
Lady Gaga, "Born This Way" (pictured)
Bruno Mars, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans"
Rihanna, "Loud"

Record of the Year (artist/producer)
Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" (pictured)
Bon Iver, "Holocene"
Bruno Mars, "Grenade"
Mumford & Sons, "The Cave"
Katy Perry, "Firework"

Song of the Year (songwriters)
Kanye West, "All of the Lights" (pictured)
Mumford & Sons, "The Cave"
Bruno Mars, "Grenade"
Bon Iver, "Holocene"
Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"

Best New Artist
The Band Perry (pictured)
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki MInaj
Skrillex

Pop Vocal Album:
"21," Adele;
"The Lady Killer," Cee Lo Green;
"Born This Way," Lady Gaga;
"Doo-Wops & Hooligans," Bruno Mars;
"Loud," Rihanna.

Rock Album:
"Rock 'n' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul," Jeff Beck;
"Wasting Light," Foo Fighters;
"Come Around Sundown," Kings of Leon;
"I'm With You," Red Hot Chili Peppers;
"The Whole Love," Wilco.

R&B Album:
"F.A.M.E.," Chris Brown;
"Second Chance," El DeBarge;
"Love Letter," R. Kelly;
"Pieces of Me," Ledisi;
"Kelly," Kelly Price.

Rap Album:
"Watch the Throne," Jay-Z and Kanye West;
"Tha Carter IV," Lil Wayne;
"Lasers," Lupe Fiasco;
"Pink Friday," Nicki Minaj;
"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Kanye West.

Country Album:
"My Kinda Party," Jason Aldean;
"Chief," Eric Church;
"Own the Night," Lady Antebellum;
"Red River Blue," Blake Shelton;
"Here for a Good Time," George Strait;
"Speak Now," Taylor Swift.

The 53rd Grammy Awards will take place February 13, 2011 at the Staples Center
in Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS.

Holy Cow, Mindy McCready! On the same day she insisted that she's not missing and did not kidnap her 5-year-old son, Zander, she announced that she's expecting twins. The National Enquirer is reporting that McCready, 36, is five months pregnant. It is still unknown who is the father of the children. McCready, who does not have custody of her son, is under court order to return
with the child by today.

Even though Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott just welcomed a new baby Hattie into their family, the couple are planning on having yet another child.  Tori says that the chaos level hasn't changed since having two kids, so they feel there's room for more. "You lost your mind after the second one, so... the third, fourth and fifth, it's like you're so far gone, it's just kind of the same."  Tori says she's 38, so having another baby will have to come sooner than later.  Dean says, however, that they might have to shut down the baby making after #4.

Actress, Katherine Heigl has shot a topless ad for PETA saying she hates balls. She appears in just her underpants, holding a dog that has been neutered...so he's missing his balls. She introduces the "100% adorable" dog named, Jazzy saying "Before, he was only 98% adorable and 2% dangly, disgusting balls." Check out IHateBalls.com for more info on how you can help Heigl's cause.
(I find this line of promotion horribly disgusting..and balls are not ugly.)

News already broke this week that Ricky Martin was going to appear on Glee this winter as McKinley High’s new Spanish teacher. But here's another nugget of surprise...Gloria Estefan will be on the same episode starring as Santana's mother!  It should be quite a night!

Kelly Rippa's co-hosts for the second week of December on "Live"

Dec. 12 - Taye Diggs
Dec. 13 - Kevin Jonas
Dec. 14 - Bryant Gumbel
Dec. 15-16 - Michael Bublé

Kristin Cavallari and Chicago Bears Quarterback, Jay Cutler are engaged again.

Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 will air in a 90 minute special on December 14th.  The program, in it's 19th season, will feature Modern Family stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet, Simon Cowell, New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter, Donald Trump, Katy Perry and Pippa Middleton. The No. 1 Most Fascinating Person of 2011 will be announced on the show.

Kris Humphries plans to answer Kim Kardashian's divorce filing by seeking a legal separation.  Kris filed for an annulment against Kim Kardashian, on grounds Kim defrauded him into marrying her.  TMZ is reporting that Kris believed the marriage was real and wanted the marriage to be genuine. An annulment clears the record of ever being married.  Kim, of course, claims that she never defrauded Kris.  She loved him but the marriage just fell apart quickly.  Under California law, someone can annul a marriage if there's proof of impotency, incest, bigamy, unsound mind, force or fraud.

In other Kardashian news, Kourtney Kardashian has announced that she is 9 weeks pregnant with her second child with boyfriend Scott Disick. The couple already have a toddler son named Mason.  Entertainment Tonight is reporting that the couple may even be considering getting married. But don't look for a lavish production that Kim and Kris had, the couple are planning on getting married at the Kardashian home. I still think they'll make a wedding special about it or at least a couple of episodes of their show.

The printed chiffon dress Amy Winehouse worn for the cover shot of her "Black To Black" album sold at auction this week for $68,000. Proceeds from the dress will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charity set up by her father Mitch to help young people struggling with ill health, poverty or addiction.