Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
The early-bird 2010 Grammy Awards ceremony is currently taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The televised portion of the ceremony will begin at 8pm this evening. Organizers have to do it in two installments: the Grammys hand out 21,389 awards. Those couldn't all be part of the televised show, or it'd run well into the next century.
The movie winners are: best compilation soundtrack album "Slumdog Millionaire," produced by Oscar winner A.R. Rahman; composer Michael Giacchino for "Up," chosen the best score soundtrack album; and composersA.R. Rahman, Gulzar, and Tanvi Shah for the Oscar-winning song "Jai Ho" (from Slumdog Millionaire), voted the best song created for a motion picture, television show, or visual media.
All exaggerations aside, about 100 or so awards are being handed out during the Grammy's afternoon ceremony, which began at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. Nine more winners, among them album, song, and record of the year, and best new artist — will be announced during the evening show, which CBS will telecast live on the East Coast at 8 p.m. ET.
The five Grammy nominees for Record of the Year are Beyoncé for "Halo," The Black Eyed Peas for "I Gotta Feeling," Kings of Leon for "Use Somebody," Lady Gaga for "Poker Face," and Taylor Swift for "You Belong With Me."
Full list of nominees here.