The Youtube Community decided to come together to make their own unique remake of Michael Jackson's Iconic “We Are The World”  WRTW2.0 is undoubtedly a reaction to the much criticized Quincy Jones/Lionel Richie remake, ‘We Are The World 25 For Haiti’.

This version features some of the YouTube’s biggest artists and cover acts. Funny that WRTW 2.0 feels better than the Quincy/Lionel WRTW25 For Haiti remake featuring, autotune, rap music, howling sounds, Justin Biber, Kanye West, Jeniffer Hudson et al.

Awesome!

Michael Jackson continues to lead the way in groundbreaking ways once again. MJ's London “This Is It!” shows were meant to have a 3-D mini-movie for his song “Earth Song” shown to fans attending the shows. The shows are no more however MJ's vision and wishes will come true at the Grammy's, it will be the first time the Grammy's will feature 3-D technology at the show… MJ would have been the very first artist to feature 3-D during a live show.

Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich has announced that a 3-D mini-movie created MJ and his team for “Earth Song” will be presented as part of a tribute performance featuring Smokey Robinson, Usher, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Carrie Underwood.

MJ will be honored posthumously with the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award.

This year, Jackson will be a focal point of the show, with an unprecedented posthumous tribute. The Grammys will broadcast a 3-D clip the singer made for his hit “Earth Song,” a video that was to be integral to his comeback concerts in London in July 2009

Usher, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson will perform alongside the clip, which Ehrlich says will be the first time an awards show will feature 3-D.

“Whenever we would do a show with (Jackson), the first thing he would say to me was, `How can we do something that we (have) never done before?' And now we're doing something that hasn't been done before,” said Ehrlich, who worked with Jackson for almost 30 years, in an interview Tuesday.

Ehrlich produced the televised memorial to Jackson last year. He was with the singer the night before he died — and that's when he first saw the 3-D clip of “Earth Song,” a call to action about the destruction of nature and animals by man.

“There are these incredible images of the beauties of nature, and then they are seen through the eyes of a little girl, and that girl falls asleep and when she wakes up, she is witness to the destruction of nature,” said Ehrlich. “It's all about questioning what our values are.”

While a part of the clip was shown in the recent movie documentary “This Is It,” Ehrlich says the Grammys will show the full piece in 3-D. When he saw it with Jackson that night, Ehrlich said the singer was moved to tears.

“It was pretty emotional for him,” Ehrlich said. “Afterward he said to me that that song and that piece and that portion of the concert was as important to him than anything else in the show.”

He also went on to say viewers (the ones that will attend the show in LA) will be able to get free 3-D “Grammy” glasses from Target stores nationwide from Jan. 26 through Jan. 31. The Grammy Awards will air live on CBS Jan 31st. TV viewers will miss out on the 3-D effect but will see the video anyways.

Way for the Grammy's to get their ratings up.

Will you be watching the Grammys? We'll sure be watching, we love MJ and wouldn't want to miss seeing his vision and what meant so to him.

Originally posted on Tue, 12/01/2009 – 21:51

Some of the best artists were enlisted to sing Christmas duets for the Oprah’s Holiday Music Extravaganza, the show aired yesterday with these great pairings: Jennifer Hudson & Sugaland, Mary J & Andrea Bocceli, and Alicia Keys & Tim McGraw 

Alicia Keys and Tim McGraw.     

Alicia and Tim didn't seem to have much chemistry in their duet..... something seemed to be missing.

Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocceli. (my favorite of the pairings and fav song!)
  

Jennifer Hudson and Sugarland 

J-Hud showed off a new picture of her baby boy David Jr. She'll be going all out this year for her little David Jr for the Holidays. Its nice to see J-Hud looking so happy and radiant......

J-Hud will start filming Winnie! the Winnie Mandela biopic soon in South Africa. Can't wait to see her as Winnie Mandela…