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Live Nation Entertainment (LYV: NYSE), the leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, today announced key appointments to the New York office and the North American Touring team. Veteran entertainment executive and concert promoter Alan Ostfield will fill the newly created position of President, North Atlantic for Live Nation encompassing the New York and Philadelphia regions. Jason Miller is named President of New York for Live Nation. He replaces Kevin Morrow who will return to his hometown of Los Angeles to join the North American Touring office as Senior Vice President. Ron Delsener will continue in his role as Chairman of the New York market. Geoffrey Gordon remains President of Philadelphia, taking on an expanded role as tour producer. 'Alan comes to Live Nation with an incredible wealth of experience in managing major sports and entertainment businesses and facilities,' said Mark Campana, Co-President of North America Concerts. 'Jason Miller who will be running our New York office has deep artist relationships from his work over the last 20 years, and then add in the iconic Ron Delsener, I believe we have a big team playing in New York.'

After opening the show on last night's GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT with her new song 'Marry the Night,' Lady Gaga returned to perform an unexpected duet with Sugarland.

GRAMMY Sunday reigns as Music's Biggest Night, but a very close second is 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!!' - an event that blends one-of-a-kind, GRAMMY-worthy performances with the official announcement of the songs, albums and artists that are in the running for music's greatest golden honor. For the fourth consecutive year, the nominations special was broadcast live on CBS, but a houseful of lucky attendees got to witness the unique spectacle in person on Nov. 30 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.

Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards® (www.grammy.com) were announced last night by The Recording Academy® and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy.

The 2012 Grammy nominations were announced earlier tonight in an hourlong concert on CBS, and the nominees for 'Best Musical Theater Album' were THE BOOK OF MORMON, ANYTHING GOES, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

THE VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW returns to the CBS Television Network tonight, November 29th from 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT.

Grammy Award-winning artist Cee Lo Green will join the star-studded musical line-up on THE VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW, airing Tuesday, Nov. 29 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Two new faces will make their co-hosting debuts and two favorites return in the coming weeks on nationally-syndicated morning talk show 'LIVE! with Kelly.' Joining co-host Kelly Ripa for the first time will be 'Dancing with the Stars' professional dancer and Season 13 finalist DEREK HOUGH (Monday, December 5) and actor JONAH HILL (Tuesday, December 6). Returning to the show are favorites JERRY O'CONNELL (Friday, November 25) and singer JOSH GROBAN (December 7-9).

There are only four groups remaining on NBC's THE SING-OFF and tonight they will compete for a spot in next week's final competition. The groups have been challenged to sing mash-ups of two songs which are somehow related through their lyrics. In addition they will sing a song chosen by the judges.

The SCREAM TOUR hits PlayhouseSquare Fri., November 18 at 7 pm.. Tickets are $41, $76 and $101 (VIP/Meet & Greet.) They will be available beginning October 8th at Noon at playhousesquare.org, at 216-241-6000 or the PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office. For more info, log onto www.screamtour.com.

Global superstar Rihanna, who joined L.A. Reid during THE X FACTOR's 'Judges' Homes' round, will perform her newest No. 1 smash hit 'We Found Love' on THE X FACTOR results show Thursday, Nov. 17 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

In a first for both the television series and for the artist, 'Private Practice' will solely and exclusively feature songs from the legendary Mary J. Blige and her upcoming album, 'My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1),' during 'Private Practice': The Intervention, a two-hour television event airing THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Music and special features will be available on ABC Music Lounge (http://abc.go.com/music-lounge).

On tonight's episode of NBC's THE SING-OFF, the final five groups have been presented with the challenge to sing two R & B songs. As posted on EWonline, here is the set list for tonight's competition:

Global superstar Rihanna, who joined L.A. Reid during THE X FACTOR's 'Judges' Homes' round, will perform her newest No. 1 smash hit 'We Found Love' on THE X FACTOR results show Thursday, Nov. 17 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

The Top 11 Finalists, including Girls - Melanie Amaro, Rachel Crow and Drew; Boys - Astro, Marcus Canty and Chris Rene; Over 30s - LeRoy Bell, Stacy Francis and Josh Krajcik; and Groups - Lakoda Rayne and The Stereo Hogzz will perform songs from the movies LIVE tonight Wednesday, Nov. 9 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

Nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2012 were announced this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills by Elisha Cuthbert ('Happy Endings'), Julianne Hough ('Footloose'), Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers), Jennifer Morrison ('Once Upon A Time'), Sharon Osbourne ('The Talk') and Busy Philipps ('Cougar Town'), along with PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2012 host Kaley Cuoco ('The Big Bang Theory') and Executive Producer Mark Burnett. Prior to this morning's announcement, fans cast more than 40 million votes to pick new categories and determine the nominees for the annual awards show that celebrates fan favorites in movies, music and television. See below for a complete list of nominees.

Nominees for PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2012 were announced this morning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills by Elisha Cuthbert ('Happy Endings'), Julianne Hough ('Footloose'), Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers), Jennifer Morrison ('Once Upon A Time'), Sharon Osbourne ('The Talk') and Busy Philipps ('Cougar Town'), along with PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2012 host Kaley Cuoco ('The Big Bang Theory') and Executive Producer Mark Burnett.

MTV2 has announced the headlining acts performing at the SUCKER FREE AWARDS. Four-time Grammy Award winner, Lil Wayne, nominated for both 'Artist of the Year' and 'Classic Album' categories, will hit the Sucker Free Stage with YMCMB head honcho Birdman to set the stage ablaze with a performance of the new single Why U Mad from Birdman's upcoming album Bigga Than Life.

After a hugely successful run of The Rap Guide to Evolution, SoHo Playhouse, Inc. is very proud to premiere The Canterbury Tales Remixed, written and performed by Baba Brinkman with music and turntablism by Mr. Simmonds and directed by SoHo Playhouse Artistic Director, Darren Lee Cole.

Rap and Pop superstar Nicki Minaj will join the musical lineup on THE VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW, Tuesday, Nov. 29 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.