Blog Posts by Victoria Leigh Miller, Yahoo! Contriutor Network

  • Grammy Security Increased Amid Dorner Manhunt

    By Victoria Leigh Miller, Yahoo! Contriutor Network | Stop The Presses! – Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:21 PM EST

    Extra police officers patrol outside the entrance to the 55th annual Grammy Awards. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

    The Staples Center in Los Angeles has beefed up security for tonight's 55th Annual Grammy Awards, as the massive manhunt for fugitive ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner continues. Besides additional barriers, there has been an extra police presence as the music's biggest stars walked the red carpet, according to CBS News.

    Dorner, who is alleged to have killed three people and injured several others in a revenge rampage, expressed a fascination with celebrities via an 11-page manifesto posted on Facebook, and Grammy promoters were taking no chances with security at tonight's high-profile event.

    Both uniformed and plain-clothed police were stationed throughout the venue.

    According to ABC News, police originally dismissed Dorner's manifesto as "self-serving" and "ramblings on the Internet," but have still decided to take extra precautions in light of tonight's heavily attended celebrity gathering.

    In Dorner's rambling post he referred to Queen Latifah, Kelly Clarkson, and Nora Jones as

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  • Taylor Swift’s Grammys Streak is Safe and Sound with ‘Hunger Games’ Win

    By Victoria Leigh Miller, Yahoo! Contriutor Network | Stop The Presses! – Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:28 PM EST

    Taylor Swift's Grammys streak is safe and sound. The pop-country star nabbed an early Grammy on Sunday night for her "Hunger Games" collaboration with the Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett, taking her Grammy tally past the half-dozen mark. The song, "Safe & Sound," was featured in the 2012 blockbuster movie "The Hunger Games" and won the pre-show Grammy for Best Song Written For Visual Media.

    Swift -- who opened the 55th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony dressed as the Mad Hatter in a Cirque de Soleil-style rendition of her hit song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"-- was on hand for the pre-telecast portion of the show, and she couldn't hide her excitement when the Visual Media win was announced.

    [ Photos: Red Carpet at the Grammys ]

    After taking the stage with fellow songwriters T-Bone Burnett, Joy Williams and John Paul White, an emotional Swift tweeted the news to her fans: "WE JUST WON A GRAMMY FOR SAFE AND SOUND!!!!!!!!!!"

    The "Hunger Games" promotional single beat out songs by

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  • The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony

    NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.

  • Woman on Trump: 'Somebody had to stand up to him'

    CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a skyscraper-condo sale told jurors Monday she had qualms about suing the real estate mogul and TV celebrity. But, she quickly added, "Somebody had to stand up to him."

  • Disney-owned ESPN cutting hundreds of jobs: source

    By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney Co's most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person with knowledge of the cuts said. The job cuts, comprising 4 to 6 percent of ESPN's staff of 7,000, include open positions that will not be filled, said the source, who asked not to be named because the information is not public. But ESPN will continue hiring for other open positions, the person said. The channel has recently won rights to exclusive coverage of the U.S. ...

  • Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case

    HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum — an act that was caught on cellphone video — agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

  • NY Cuomo letter warns Kardashian over T-shirt logo

    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sent a letter to Khloe Kardashian informing the reality star the logo on her T-shirt line may be violating copyright law.

  • A diversion in the air for 'Today'

    NEW YORK (AP) — Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City.

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