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Credit: Adrienne Gibbs,    CONTRIBUTOR In a night with few memorable performances or last-minute upsets, the 2018 Grammy Awards saw its television audience shrink by more than 20% as the industry’s biggest stars took turns jabbing President Trump and lecturing viewers on immigration, DACA, and more. To absolutely no one’s surprise, the 2018 Grammys recorded the lowest ratings in several years. This year’s CBS broadcast brought in 19.8 million viewers, according to network officials. That’s down around 24% as compared to the 2017 Grammy Awards, which nabbed 26.1 million viewers. There are lots of reasons for this. Perhaps the length of the broadcast is an issue for people who have school and work on Monday mornings. Or perhaps viewers were simply not interested in the hodgepodge mashups of the evening. Of course, Kendrick Lamar’s opening performance grabbed everyone’s attention, but gauging from the live tweets of the event – and gauging from the live tweets si...

After a lengthy wait, his time has finally come! Marvel is just about ready to debut the first superhero movie of the year and you can watch along LIVE right here! Plus, check out an epic new sneak peek!  "Black Panther" " My king... we are home. " Tonight's the night as Marvel kickstarts an epic year of superhero movies with the red carpet world premiere for Ryan Coogler's long-awaited  Black Panther . Chadwick Boseman is expected to be in attendance tonight alongside almost all of his co-stars, including Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis, Sterling K. Brown, John Kani, Florence Kasumba, and more. Director Ryan Coogler and producer Kevin Feige will be there as well and also be on the lookout for some of your other favorite Marvel stars, including, but not limited to, Sebastian Stan, Don Cheadle, Laurence Fishburne, Walton Gog...

The 60th Grammy Awards celebrate the best in the prior year of music, with members of the Recording Academy voting across genres for their favorites in its categories. For the first time since 2003, the ceremony is being held in New York City, returning to Madison Square Garden after 13 consecutive years at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Returning once again after his inaugural hosting gig last year, James Corden will hold court over the evening's proceedings. Musical performers for the event include Cardi B, Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Patti LuPone, Bruno Mars, Maren Morris, Pink, Rihanna, Chris Stapleton, SZA, and U2, among others. Rihanna DJ Khaled and Bryson performing #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/yIjn65fhrG — Stav (@Stav_Per) January 29, 2018 The award winners (in bold) and nominees are listed below.  Dave Chappelle Wins Best Comedy Album at the 2018 Grammys Comedian Dave Chappelle acc...