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  In Praise of Leona Lewis' Cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt'

  December 9, 2011 – Leona Lewis, the former X Factor winner and "Bleeding Love" hitmaker, has covered "Hurt," the majestically self-lacerating finale from Nine Inch Nails' 1994 smash The Downward Spiral. Yeah, that's right: the song about feeling dead inside that Johnny Cash transformed into a harrowing contemplation of his own mortality on one of his late-career albums with Rick Rubin. …
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  It's Not Your Parents' Grammy Awards -- Or Is It?

  February 6, 2009 – Aside from the Orwellian Reaganscape darkening the horizon, 1984 was a personal watershed for me -- a parent actually showed an interest in music that I listened to (well, sort of). Because clueless Republicans involved in Fucked-Up Ronnie's re-election campaign had tried to exploit Bruce Springsteen's Vietnam lament "Born in the U.S.A," and because the video for Springsteen's pop trifle "Dancing in the Dark" (featuring a winsome Court …
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  Grammy Predictions: Who Will Win?

  February 4, 2009 – The 51st annual Grammy Awards feature an amazing roster of performers, including U2, Radiohead, Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Paul McCartney, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, the Jonas Brothers, and many more. (Watch the show Sunday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. on CBS.) And, it turns out, the Recording Academy is also giving out a few shiny awards. Below, read our predictions for who should win and who will win. …
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  Justin Timberlake and Leona Lewis Duet

  January 12, 2009 – Justin Timberlake and British pop singer Leona Lewis are making plans to cover Dolly Parton's classic tune "I Will Always Love You," reports the Sun. "Leona and Justin are huge fans of each other's music and are raring to go," a source told the UK newspaper, adding that the only thing standing in the way of the musicians' collaboration on the song -- made famous by Whitney Houston on The Bodyguard soundtrack -- was their mutually packe …
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