People: Adele, Kendrick Lamar to perform at Grammys
Hello, it’s Adele, and she’s performing at next month’s Grammy Awards.
The Recording Academy told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the British singer, leading nominee Kendrick Lamar, the Weeknd and Little Big Town will perform at the Feb. 15 show.
Adele returned to music in top form with “25,” her third album that has sold about 8 million units in the U.S. since its November release. The lead single, “Hello,” spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
“This lineup of talented artists is just the beginning of what will, once again, prove to be music’s biggest night. We look forward to celebrating what’s been a wonderful year in music, honoring the best of the best and featuring never-before-seen performances,” Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow said in a statement.
Adele, who has won 10 Grammys, will qualify for nominations at the 2017 Grammy Awards because she released music after the deadline for the 2016 awards show.
Foxx pulls man from burning truck
Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx has played super villains and antiheroes on screen. The role of super hero he apparently saved for real life.
Foxx and the victim’s father said Tuesday that Foxx and one other person pulled a man from his burning truck moments before it became engulfed in flames near Foxx’s Southern California home.
Authorities couldn’t confirm Foxx’s involvement, but they said the pickup went off the road and into a ditch, rolling over multiple times and becoming engulfed in flames with the male driver trapped inside.
Foxx said he ran to the scene. He said another man, an off-duty paramedic, had large scissors that the two used to break the truck’s window, cut the man’s seat belt and pull him out.
The man has broken bones and a punctured lung, but he is expected to survive.
Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler has MS
Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been battling multiple sclerosis for the past 15 years.
“The Sopranos” actress told People magazine she was diagnosed with the degenerative disease when she was 19 years old, ahead of the show’s fourth season.
Sigler said she wasn’t emotionally prepared to reveal her condition to the public until now.
The 34-year-old actress said her symptoms have become worse over the past decade. Sigler noted that she can’t run or walk for long periods of time without rest.
The birthday bunch
Actress Ann Wedgeworth (“Evening Shade”) is 82. Singer Mac Davis is 74. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 66. Actress Geena Davis is 60. Singer Cat Power is 44. DJ Chris Kilmore (Incubus) is 43. Singer Emma Bunton (Baby Spice of the Spice Girls) is 40. Actor Jerry Trainor (“iCarly”) is 39.