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They are musical icons, but they've never won a Grammy Award

By MESFIN FEKADU know what?
AP Music Writer I've got it in my heart."
NEW YORK CITY (AP) — The Rolling Stones, sur-
Remember when the cast prisingly, have only been
of the TV series "Glee" awarded two Grammys,
earned a Grammy nomi- and Led Zeppelin finally
nation for their version of picked it up its first Gram-
Journey's "Don't Stop Be- my in 2014.
lievin'" at the 2011 Gram- Lou Reed only has one win,
mys, pitting them against for best long form music
Sade, Maroon 5 and Para- video, though his former
more? band, The Velvet Under-
It's fair that you don't recall ground, has never been
that moment — but guess rewarded for its music.
who never earned a nomi- Below we take a look at
nation for "Don't Stop Be- icons who currently, and
lievin'''? Journey. sadly, can't put these two
The Rock and Roll Hall of words before their names:
Famers have never even Grammy winner.
earned a Grammy Award, — Diana Ross*, 12 nomina-
and have only been nomi- tions: Stop in the name of
nated once in their entire love! How could this be?
career. Maybe this counts for some-
They're one of many re- thing: Ross did receive In this Nov. 19, 2017 file photo, Diana Ross, lifetime achievement award recipient, poses in the
spected acts in music to the Lifetime Achievement press room at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
have somehow been by- Award, a noncompetitive Associated Press
passed by the Grammys, honor, from the Recording
despite much younger Academy in 2012. decorated with Grammys: tions: Cline died in 1963, and "Another One Bites the
acts like Kanye West and — Snoop Dogg, 16 nomi- Ziggy and Stephen have just four years after the Dust" at the Grammys.
Beyonce winning more nations: Give this dog a eight wins each, while Da- Grammys handed out its — Notorious B.I.G, 4 nomi-
than 20 awards each. bone! mian, Cedella and Sharon first award. nations: It's sort of heart-
"I'm very grateful that the — Bob Marley*, 0 nomi- have three each. — Jimi Hendrix*, 1 nomi- breaking that Biggie lost
fans are (still) there regard- nations: The first reggae — Chuck Berry*, 0 nomina- nation: What stings more two Grammys at the 1998
less of what I have sitting Grammy was presented in tions: Beethoven just rolled is that his sole nomination show, which occurred al-
on my shelf," Journey's Neal 1985, four years after Mar- over in his grave. was for his instrumental most a year after his death,
Schon said in an interview ley died. — The Beach Boys*, 4 nom- performance of "The Star- to his close friend Puff Dad-
with The Associated Press. Despite that, we all know inations: "Good Vibrations" Spangled Banner" and not dy. But what's worse?
"If it happens, it's a nice he should have won or brought bad vibrations an original song. Digesting the fact that
gesture and something to earned nominations for al- when it lost in three cat- — Queen, 4 nominations: B.I.G's epic song, "Hypno-
look it at in memory of ev- bum, song and record of egories at the 1967 Gram- Bog Seger and Chicago tize," lost best rap solo per-
erything you've done and the year while he was alive. mys. are to blame for beating formance to Will Smith's
accomplished, but you At least his children are — Patsy Cline*, 0 nomina- out "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Men in Black."q
'Hobbit' director Peter Jackson

making WWI documentary

By JILL LAWLESS tal technology and hand or two, with high definition
Associated Press coloring, pairing it with ar- cameras."
LONDON (AP) — "The Lord chive audio recollections The film will have its pre-
of the Rings" director Pe- from veterans of the con- miere during the London
ter Jackson is going from flict. Film Festival in October
Middle Earth to the West- He said the aim is to close before being broadcast
ern Front, transforming the 100-year time gap and on BBC television. Every
grainy black-and-white show "what it was like to school in the U.K. will also
footage of World War I fight in the war." receive a copy.
into 3-D color for a new "We all know what First The film is part of the gov-
documentary film. World War footage looks ernment-backed 14-18
Jackson's movie, an- like," Jackson said in com- Now project, which has
nounced Monday, is ments broadcast Monday. presented works by more
among dozens of art- "It's sped-up, it's fast, like than 200 artists over four . In this file photo dated Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, director Peter
works commissioned by Charlie Chaplin, grainy, years to remember a con- Jackson poses for photos at the screening of his film The Hob-
British cultural bodies to jumpy, scratchy, and it im- flict in which 20 million peo- bit.
commemorate 100 years mediately blocks you from ple died. Associated Press
since the final year of the actually connecting with Other works premiering sary of some British women helmed the 2012 London
1914-18 war. the events on screen. this year include a large- winning the right to vote; Olympics opening cer-
The New Zealand-based "But the results we have scale performance piece and a performance cel- emony — will create a
director of "The Hobbit" got are absolutely unbe- by South African artist Wil- ebrating wartime homing mass-participation work
and "Lord of the Rings" se- lievable. They are way be- liam Kentridge about Af- pigeons that includes birds to be performed on the
ries has restored film from yond what I expected. rican porters who served fitted with LED lights. anniversary of the Nov.
the Imperial War Museum "This footage looks like it in the war; processions to "Slumdog Millionaire" direc- 11, 1918, armistice that
using cutting-edge digi- was shot in the last week mark the 100th anniver- tor Danny Boyle — who ended the war.q