Grammys face backlash as Louis C.K. wins Best Comedy Album

spoken out about the incident, which resulted in Smith resigning from the Academy and getting banned from attending the Oscars (and all other Academy events) for 10 years.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSunday’s in-person Grammy Awards on CBS saw just a 1.4% increase in audience size from last year’s partly virtual ceremony, which was a record-low for music’s biggest night.Hosted by Trevor Noah from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the two-month-delayed 64th Annual Grammy Awards drew 8.93 million total viewers across multiple platforms, according to time-zone adjusted fast national data from Nielsen. The in-person show, which kicked off with Noah making a reference to Will Smith’s infamous slap of Chris Rock at last weekend’s Oscars, aired live coast to coast on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m.

Amy Schumer used a cut Oscars joke about Alec Baldwin and the "Rust" shooting during a comedy set this weekend in Vegas. Schumer ran through a handful of jokes that were too controversial for the Oscars ceremony at her April 2 comedy show at Las Vegas’ Mirage Theatre, according to Vanity Fair. Schumer co-hosted the 94th Academy Awards alongside Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes.

Dancing the night away! Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion and more of music’s biggest stars had the time of their lives at the 2022 Grammys — but not every moment made it on TV.

Grammys host Trevor Noah made a joke about Will Smith's controversial Oscars slap as he opened the ceremony on Sunday. At the Academy Awards on 27 March, the King Richard actor slapped presenter Chris Rock on stage after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, and once he returned to his seat, he yelled at Chris to keep his wife's name out of his mouth. A week later, talk show host Trevor took to the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to host the Grammys and made sure to reference the moment that had been dominating the headlines.

The Grammy Awards 2022 saw stars from the music industry gather at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday 3 April. Lady Gaga, Justin and Hailey Bieber and Billie Eilish wowed on the red carpet as they marked the biggest night in the music calendar. The 64th Grammy Awards had many memorable moments with Good For You hitmaker Olivia Rodrigio scooping three awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance for Drivers License and Best Pop Vocal Album for Sour.

At the Grammys on Sunday, the hosts took the chance to make subtle digs at Will Smith’s already-infamous altercation at the Oscars. The 94th Academy Awards saw milestone wins for CODA, but it was overshadowed by one event - after Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia, Will walked on stage and slapped him.

Tom Parker was remembered in The Grammys In Memoriam segment. The Wanted singer tragically passed away at the age of 33 after a battle with a brain tumour, and he was one of the stars remembered in a segment during the annual music awards ceremony in Las Vegas tonight.

Trevor Noah poked fun at Will Smith's Oscars altercation with Chris Rock during his opening monologue at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (03. 04. 22).

Tyler, The Creator's Call Me If You Get Lost won the Best Rap Album award at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The album was triumphant over projects from Kanye West (Donda), Nas (King's Disease II), and J.

One of music's biggest nights took place last night – Sunday 3 April – with the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Kanye West and Foo Fighters taking home more than one Grammy each. Musicians from far and wide flocked to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, donning their best attire for the star-studded evening.

Comedian Louis C.K. earned a coveted Grammy trophy at the 64th annual ceremony nearly five years after his sexual misconduct scandal first made headlines.

Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their song “Younger Me”, making history as the first song about coming out as LGBTQ+ to win the prize. It is also the first Grammys win for the duo, made up of siblings TJ Osborne and John Osborne. Accepting the award onstage during the pre-telecast portion of this year’s Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, TJ Osborne said: “For those of you who do not know, this song was written really in response to me coming out, and I never thought I would be able to do music professionally because of my sexuality.

Billie Eilish paid touching tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during the 2022 Grammy Awards. The “Happier Than Ever” artist attended this year’s ceremony, where the rock band received prizes including Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song. During her performance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Eilish wore a black T-shirt with an image of Hawkins emblazoned across the front.

Will Smith jokes have begun at the 2022 Grammys.  The 64th Annual Award show is being held in Las Vegas and during the pre-ceremony, LeVar Burton, introduced one of this year's presenters, Nate Bargazte, with a jab towards Smith.  ‘KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELVES’ "I want to warn you all that our next presenter is a comedian. If you know what I mean," Burton began his introduction.  LeVar Burton makes a Will Smith joke on stage during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

Trevor Noah returned to the GRAMMYs this year and kicked things off in style!The host and celebrated stand-up comic delivered his opening monologue, and didn't hold back when it came to poking fun at some of the A-list music stars in the room at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas — and some celebs who weren't actually there as well.After a lively opening performance by Silk Sonic, Noah came out and made some fun, playful jokes about the night's nominees — including calling Justin Bieber «the best thing to happen to peaches since that Timothée Chalamet movie» — and joked that there was so much star power, it felt like «a musical Madame Tussauds in here!»«It will be such a beautiful evening. Don't even think of this as an award show, consider it a concert where we are giving out awards,» Noah said.

referencing the indefinite delay of the awards show due to the Omicron variant. “Better late than never.”Hosted in Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena Sunday night, Noah threw jokes at the “music royalty” in the room, including Justin Bieber.“The best thing to happen to peaches since that Timothee Chalamet movie,” joked Noah, who’s dating “Titans” actress Minka Kelly, before Olivia Rodrigo hit the stage to perform her chart-topping “Driver’s License.”Earlier this month, the comedian noted that the Grammys, albeit a time to celebrate everyone’s favorite artists, would also highlight political topics, like the crisis in Ukraine.“I think the show is going to find the right place and the right space to do something,” the Emmy-winner said weeks prior to his big moment on stage.

Louis C.K. has been rewarded.