meteoric rise

Out twin sister musicians Tegan and Sara have been on a meteoric rise to mainstream stardom since the release of their seventh album, Heartthrob, last fall.

Oscar nominee for Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence, is having quite a year. The young actress is enjoying a meteoric rise to fame following buzz for her gritty role in the Debra Granik film set in the Ozarks, and now Lawrence is slated to play the coveted role of Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games. Lawrence bested other great young actresses for the role including True Grit’s breakout star Hailee Steinfeld and Abigail Breslin.

A little show called ‘The Grammy Awards’ aired Sunday night and everybody was Tweeting about it! And while there were some strong performances including Jennifer Hudson, Florence Welch, Christina Aguilera and Yolanda Adams paying tribute to Aretha Franklin, Rihanna, Eminem busting it out and Gwyneth Paltrow proving her vocal chops with Cee Lo Green and a bunch of Muppets, nothing really quite caught our attention like P!nk’s aerial performance of "Glitter in the Air” at last year’s show. It got us thinking about some of our favorite performances from Grammy show’s gone by including Annie Lennox in drag, Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone toasting Janis Joplin and Janet Jackson taking the world by storm in the late 80’s. Gaga, lesbian icon k.d. Lang, Sinead O'Connor and more...

Mary Lambert is having the year of her life -- becoming a part of history at the Grammys, singing with Madonna, and finding new love.

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