BIG AL SAYS: GO ‘HEAD MIKE….DO YOUR THING. GOOD TO SEE HIM TRYING TO ENJOY HIMSELF FOR ONCE- AND MAKE A LITTLE BREAD!! AT LEAST DON KING NOT STANDING THERE WITH HIM!!

Last night at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, Jay-Z brought a small boy on stage with Rihanna and himself and now people are asking if that was Jay-Z’s son. Unfortunately it’s not Jay-Z son, but rather his nephew Jules. Jules is the son of Beyonce’s sister Solange.

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American Idol Season 8 had “Bikini Girl.” This year, talent show fans were treated to the vocal stylings of “Barney Girl,” a former child star with a whip!

Dallas native Erica Rhodes starred on the children’s television classic Barney & Friends in the early ’90s. Now a 23-year-old grad student, it looks like Erica’s been working overtime to get rid of the “Loser Stick” that can come with being an ex-Barney kid later in life. You haven’t heard Barney’s signature song, “I Love You,” until you’ve heard it from a morbid girl clad in black leather.

BIG AL SAYS: THAT’S IT…I’M MOVING TO TEXAS…I AIN’T SCURRED!!!

Confessions from a Reality Show Drama Queen: One of The Real World: DC housemates has admitted to faking cancer to get attention from a former boyfriend.

Erika Lauren Wasilewski, a 22-year-old Illinois native and Columbia College graduate, pretended to be in a deadly battle against skin cancer to win back an ex flame.

BIG AL SAYS: JUST LIKE JAY-Z SAID, “WOMEN LIE”

Sisqo is now a contestant on the UK Celebrity Big Brother reality show. Out there, they show it LIVE 24 hours a day, a TV channel is dedicated to JUST showing Big Brother in the UK. And this week, “The Thong Song” came back to bite him in the butt. Literally. The blonde bombshell and the other dudes of the house were put on display for a male beauty pageant. And of course, he chose the Borat-style mankini…in sleek and sexy black.

Yes, he even won.  That thoooong….

Here it is…The infamous Pants on the Ground guy General Larry Platt. Catchy song! It’s gonna be a hit, because Simon Said it. Enjoy!!

Tyra Banks is ending her Emmy-winning daytime talk show after five seasons.

Tyra will close the curtains on the show that taught young women how to smile with their eyes in the Spring of 2010. She says she’ll focus on the launch of Bankable Studios, a N.Y.-based film production company with the mission of bringing “positive images of women to the big screen.”

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY AWARDS, scheduled for THE STAPLES CENTER in LOS ANGELES on JANUARY 10, 2010 is set up for a replay of the infamous KANYE WEST interruption — as both BEYONCE and TAYLOR SWIFT are likely to be onstage at the event after scoring numerous nominations last night.

“Don’t worry, TAYLOR. KANYE WEST is not here,” quipped SMOKEY ROBINSON as he announced one category during the live GRAMMY nomination telecast from LOS ANGELES, which televised just 7 of the 109 categories.

Like last year, BEYONCE, who gathered 10 nominations, and TAYLOR SWIFT, nominated in 8 received the most attention. KANYE WEST was nominated for 6 awards, all for his collaborations with other artists.

LADY GAGA’s single “Poker Face” and album “The Fame” scored her five nominations.

THE BLACK EYED PEAS performed during the show, and earned six nominations, including a record of the year nomination for their hit “I Gotta Feeling.” “With the recession and this environment, it really felt like people needed a pick-me-up and kind of an escape to feel good,” FERGIE said about the song.

KINGS OF LEON were given four nominations this year thanks to last year’s “Only By The Night” album. The single “Use Somebody” is up for both song of the year and record of the year. The same album that gave them three nominations last year, one of which they won. “It’s good to have a record people can tolerate for that long,” drummer NATHAN FOLLOWILL said.

The five nominees for best new artist include THE ZAC BROWN BAND, KERI HILSON, MGMT, SILVERSUN PICKUPS and THE TING TINGS.

A complete list of nominees is available at www.grammy.com.