Monday News Update

Good morning...I hope you had a more restful weekend than I. A birthday party for my six year old and 24 of his closest friends, and a dog with a wonky stomach at 2 and 4 am Sunday morning does not make for a well-rested Stew.



The Grammys (click link for winners) were on last night and some highlights for me included Kayne West's performance and Tina Turner showing she has still got it at 68, performing Proud Mary with Beyonce. The Grammy's are famous for their WTF moments and last night was no exception. How about Rihanna and Prince sharing the same hairstyle or the fact that Herbie Hancock won album of the year. Hancock's win ranks up their with Jethro Tull winning for best Heavy Metal or 'Smells like Teen Spirit" (one of the must influential songs of all time) losing Best Rock Song to Eric Clapton acoustic version of Layla (a song that first came out twenty plus years earlier!!!).



Another music awards show took place last night, the ECMA's (click link for list of winners). I know that an awful lot of work goes into planning this event and it is always a top notch show but why would they put it up against the Grammy's!!! Why not have it the same weekend but put it off on Saturday or move it to another weekend all together. Any buzz that was generated is being swallowed up by the Grammy's. Add to the fact that this year's ECMA's was not televised you would have to call thsi years event a washout. This does not even take into account that Newfoundland (my home province) was shut out of the awards for the first time in a number of years!! Time for the ECMA's to get innovative and figure out a way to make their showcase event more than just a regional news story.



And some sad new this morning Roy Scheider died at the age of 75. The star of Jaws to me was one of the actors who I thought should have been a bigger star. Some of my favorite Scheider movies included Blue Thunder and All That Jazz.



Your weekend Box Office Results are:



1. "Fools Gold," $22 million.

2. "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins," $17.1 million.

3. "Hannah Montanna and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds," $10.5 million.

4. "The Eye," $6.6 million.

5. "Juno," $5.73 million.

6. "27 Dresses," $5.7 million.

7. "The Bucket List," $5.3 million.

8. "Rambo," $4.1 million.

9. "Meet the Spartans," $4.075 million.

10. "There Will Be Blood," $4.073 million.