Ok, so I don’t know about you, but I made it a point to roll to Target and pick up my 3-D glasses for the Michael Jackson tribute before last night’s Grammy show.  They had them in sheets of 4, so I had more than I really needed for the show… just to be prepared.  Ok, so jump to the Grammys and here comes Lionel Richie to intro the tribute.  So, I grab my glasses.  Now, mind you, these are free, cheap Tarjay glasses.  I didn’t see Avatar (not really sure I’m gonna), so I didn’t have any fancy James Cameron richest movie ever glasses.  I just had the plain ole Tarjay ones.

So, the Earth Song movie starts and I’ve got the glasses on and I’m thinking, something don’t look right.  I mean, the Free Willy whale jumped out and I saw a butterfly but that was about it.  I just assumed I was on the cheap TV with the stolen hot-wired cable.  By the time the tribute was over, my eyes could only see red and blue for 5 minutes.  I was jacked up.  But, clearly it wasn’t just me with a wonky pair of frames.  Enter: Miss Jia… she had crappy glasses too!  But she opted to call Tarjay.

Here’s the audio of her call.  It’s long… but so worth it.

Photo courtesy: Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse – Getty Images

Ok, so I don’t know about you, but I made it a point to roll to Target and pick up my 3-D glasses for the Michael Jackson tribute before last night’s Grammy show.  They had them in sheets of 4, so I had more than I really needed for the show… just to be prepared.  Ok, so jump to the Grammys and here comes Lionel Richie to intro the tribute.  So, I grab my glasses.  Now, mind you, these are free, cheap Tarjay glasses.  I didn’t see Avatar (not really sure I’m gonna), so I didn’t have any fancy James Cameron richest movie ever glasses.  I just had the plain ole Tarjay ones.

So, the Earth Song movie starts and I’ve got the glasses on and I’m thinking, something don’t look right.  I mean, the Free Willy whale jumped out and I saw a butterfly but that was about it.  I just assumed I was on the cheap TV with the stolen hot-wired cable.  By the time the tribute was over, my eyes could only see red and blue for 5 minutes.  I was jacked up.  But, clearly it wasn’t just me with a wonky pair of frames.  Enter: Miss Jia… she had crappy glasses too!  But she opted to call Tarjay.

Here’s the audio of her call.  It’s long… but so worth it.

Photo courtesy: Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse – Getty Images

Omarion is pouting because he wasn’t invited to take part in the Michael Jackson tribute at tonight’s Grammy awards.  Uh, who is this kid again?

“If I’m not a part of that, then that’s not… I’m not gonna say it’s wack… But I’m just saying, everyone knows what I do, so if you gon’ have an MJ tribute…I take that back because Stevie [Wonder] did an MJ tribute. Everyone loved Michael. I’m not gon’ say that. I’m just meaning the performance [aspect]. How you gon’ have a Michael tribute without the playboy? [Laughs]. That’s my only thing, and I mean this in the humblest and the most competitive way. I’m competitive — that’s what the game is about. Especially after Mike passed away, I feel like the stage, it’s more important now. It’s a responsibility to me when I hit the stage to not play with it. If you walk back and forth that’s cool, too. If that’s how you entertain, that’s cool, but for the performances and for the dances and for the people that look up to Michael in the fashion I look up to Michael? I hope they bring it. Because if they don’t, then I will.”

Crickets have quit chirping and left the fockin’ building.

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Omarion is pouting because he wasn’t invited to take part in the Michael Jackson tribute at tonight’s Grammy awards.  Uh, who is this kid again?

“If I’m not a part of that, then that’s not… I’m not gonna say it’s wack… But I’m just saying, everyone knows what I do, so if you gon’ have an MJ tribute…I take that back because Stevie [Wonder] did an MJ tribute. Everyone loved Michael. I’m not gon’ say that. I’m just meaning the performance [aspect]. How you gon’ have a Michael tribute without the playboy? [Laughs]. That’s my only thing, and I mean this in the humblest and the most competitive way. I’m competitive — that’s what the game is about. Especially after Mike passed away, I feel like the stage, it’s more important now. It’s a responsibility to me when I hit the stage to not play with it. If you walk back and forth that’s cool, too. If that’s how you entertain, that’s cool, but for the performances and for the dances and for the people that look up to Michael in the fashion I look up to Michael? I hope they bring it. Because if they don’t, then I will.”

Crickets have quit chirping and left the fockin’ building.

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What’s the point in posting everyone else’s pics and pics we’ve got no plans to pay for? So here’s a little pre-Grammy roundup fo’ ya.

And by the way, catch our live-blog of the Grammy’s tonight. We’ll set it off at 8 pm (ET).  Come here to the Brew and check it out.

Here’s What’s Brewing…

Only Rihanna could pull off this Viktor & Rolf look – That Grape Juice

Thankfully, no one caught a beatdown this year after Clive Davis’ Grammy party (well, for Kendu’s sake, we hope that’s the case) – Concrete Loop

2010 Grammy predictions – Rap-up

Mah boo & Roberta Flack to duet @ the Grammys – 411mania

MJ’s kids will honor the King of Pop @ the Grammys – CNN

Grammy fashion fails – PopEater

…Speaking of the Grammys…

Show producers are planning a top-notch tribute to the King of Pop…in 3-D. Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood and Usher will perform the tribute which will include a 3-D mini-movie for “Earth Song.” That movie was to be included in Jackson’s “This Is It” tour.

This will be the first time a major awards show will be done in 3-D. For those of us not attending the show, you can watch along by picking up free 3-D Grammy glasses at Target. Stores will carry the glasses from this Sunday, January 24 through Sunday, Jan. 31 (the day of the show).

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…Speaking of the Grammys…

Show producers are planning a top-notch tribute to the King of Pop…in 3-D. Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood and Usher will perform the tribute which will include a 3-D mini-movie for “Earth Song.” That movie was to be included in Jackson’s “This Is It” tour.

This will be the first time a major awards show will be done in 3-D. For those of us not attending the show, you can watch along by picking up free 3-D Grammy glasses at Target. Stores will carry the glasses from this Sunday, January 24 through Sunday, Jan. 31 (the day of the show).

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Well looky looky…Chris Brown did a little Michael Jackson tribute, dance and lip-sync for the 27 fans at his “Fan Appreciation” show in Los Angeles last night. It kinda looks like the same old song and a dance he’s done for MJ before, but I reckon it has more relevance now that MJ’s dead and he’s trying to kill the Ike Turner inside him rebuild his career.

Well, take dat BET Awards!

Well looky looky…Chris Brown did a little Michael Jackson tribute, dance and lip-sync for the 27 fans at his “Fan Appreciation” show in Los Angeles last night. It kinda looks like the same old song and a dance he’s done for MJ before, but I reckon it has more relevance now that MJ’s dead and he’s trying to kill the Ike Turner inside him rebuild his career.

Well, take dat BET Awards!

Well looky looky…Chris Brown did a little Michael Jackson tribute, dance and lip-sync for the 27 fans at his “Fan Appreciation” show in Los Angeles last night. It kinda looks like the same old song and a dance he’s done for MJ before, but I reckon it has more relevance now that MJ’s dead and he’s trying to kill the Ike Turner inside him rebuild his career.

Well, take dat BET Awards!

Thirty minutes ago I had one of the best cinematic experiences of my life.  I saw “This is It” for the first of what I’m certain will be many times to come.  I bought my tickets online weeks before the film even opened, mainly because I’m lazy and don’t like to wait, but I was also scared that they’d sell out and I’d miss my chance to see the film on the big screen.  I’m also one of those go big or don’t go at all types, so if the tickets go on sale early, I stalk the website and am first in line to buy mine.  I know.  It’s a problem and I’m fully aware I have it.

When I arrived at the theatre, I was giddy yet cautious not to let my tissues get too far away from me.  All week long I’d thought this would be a great piece of cinema but one that would leave me in tears, thinking about how sad Michael Jackson’s demise was.  Or, how pitiful his final days were.  Boy, was I wrong.  Each moment of this film took me back to 1985, or 1990, or a school dance, or an awards show.  I thought about where I was when I saw him perform Billie Jean for the first time on TV, or how the Motown 25 VHS tape still lives in my grandparents’ house even though both of them are long gone.

Each song took me to exactly where I was when I first heard it.  I was captivated and awed by the sheer genius of Michael and the people with which he surrounded himself.  The ideas they crafted.  The way they recreated the major videos in Jackson’s catalog, giving them a modern feel but staying true to the classics we all love.  Can you imagine what a 3D Thriller would have looked like?  Well, I can now.

I didn’t cry (although things got a little shaky during Earth Song and Man In The Mirror), nor did I wallow too long in pity or sadness.  I left the theatre -not saddened- but reminded how brilliant this man was.  I left the theatre wanting more but yet satisfied that I’d had him in my life for 30+ years.  I even left the theatre wanting to recycle more!  (You’ll get it once you see it)

So, don’t be sad for MJ.  Don’t mourn for MJ.  Mourn for us if we don’t heed his warnings about healing the world.  Mourn for us if we don’t stop to appreciate the love we all have in our lives… the love he tried to share with the world.  Mourn for us if we don’t walk out those theatre doors with a bop in our heads, a song in our hearts and a glide in our steps.

That was it for him.  But, this film reminds us, it doesn’t have to be for the rest of us.

Thanks MJ!

P.S. STAY THROUGH THE CREDITS!

Thirty minutes ago I had one of the best cinematic experiences of my life.  I saw “This is It” for the first of what I’m certain will be many times to come.  I bought my tickets online weeks before the film even opened, mainly because I’m lazy and don’t like to wait, but I was also scared that they’d sell out and I’d miss my chance to see the film on the big screen.  I’m also one of those go big or don’t go at all types, so if the tickets go on sale early, I stalk the website and am first in line to buy mine.  I know.  It’s a problem and I’m fully aware I have it.

When I arrived at the theatre, I was giddy yet cautious not to let my tissues get too far away from me.  All week long I’d thought this would be a great piece of cinema but one that would leave me in tears, thinking about how sad Michael Jackson’s demise was.  Or, how pitiful his final days were.  Boy, was I wrong.  Each moment of this film took me back to 1985, or 1990, or a school dance, or an awards show.  I thought about where I was when I saw him perform Billie Jean for the first time on TV, or how the Motown 25 VHS tape still lives in my grandparents’ house even though both of them are long gone.

Each song took me to exactly where I was when I first heard it.  I was captivated and awed by the sheer genius of Michael and the people with which he surrounded himself.  The ideas they crafted.  The way they recreated the major videos in Jackson’s catalog, giving them a modern feel but staying true to the classics we all love.  Can you imagine what a 3D Thriller would have looked like?  Well, I can now.

I didn’t cry (although things got a little shaky during Earth Song and Man In The Mirror), nor did I wallow too long in pity or sadness.  I left the theatre -not saddened- but reminded how brilliant this man was.  I left the theatre wanting more but yet satisfied that I’d had him in my life for 30+ years.  I even left the theatre wanting to recycle more!  (You’ll get it once you see it)

So, don’t be sad for MJ.  Don’t mourn for MJ.  Mourn for us if we don’t heed his warnings about healing the world.  Mourn for us if we don’t stop to appreciate the love we all have in our lives… the love he tried to share with the world.  Mourn for us if we don’t walk out those theatre doors with a bop in our heads, a song in our hearts and a glide in our steps.

That was it for him.  But, this film reminds us, it doesn’t have to be for the rest of us.

Thanks MJ!

P.S. STAY THROUGH THE CREDITS!