Mommy, want a Grammy?MOST MODERN MOMS JUGGLE CAREER AND FAMILY, but few get results like Melissa Etheridge. In one spotlight-swept week the legendary lesbian rocker collected a fistful fist·ful n. pl. fist·fuls The amount that a fist can hold. Noun 1. fistful - the quantity that can be held in the hand handful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold of Grammy nominations for her hit album Breakdown--and then appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone with life partner Julie Cypher, their two children, and the kids' father, fellow Grammy winner David Crosby. This year's Grammy nominations also include plenty more gay names to root for. Out songsmith song·smith n. See songwriter. Desmond Child could score with his Ricky Martin megahit meg·a·hit n. A product or event, such as a movie or concert, that is exceedingly successful. Noun 1. megahit - an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording "Livin' La Vida Loca" and the album Ricky Martin, which square off with mom-of-a-lesbian Cher's single "Believe' and album of the same name for Record of the Year and Best Pop Album, respectively. Transgender triumph Hedwig and the Angry Inch is up for Best Musical Show Album. Out American composer John Corigliano gets a nod for his film score for The Red Violin. And England's young classical dynamo Thomas Ades is tapped both for his composition Asyla and for conducting his own gaily gai·ly also gay·ly adv. 1. In a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner; merrily. 2. With bright colors or trimmings; showily: gaily dressed in ribbons and flounces. titled opera, Powder Her Face Powder Her Face is a chamber opera in two acts, Op. 14 (1995) by the British composer Thomas Adès (b. 1971). The English libretto is by Philip Hensher. It was commissioned by the Almeida Opera, a part of London's Almeida Theatre, for performances at the Cheltenham Music . |
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