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Country artist Jason Aldean, Katy Perry, Usher, and five-time GRAMMY® Award winner Lady Gaga are among the many stars who will be performing on tonight's THE GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! - COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT.® Two-time GRAMMY® Award winner LL COOL J will again host. The special will broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles from 10:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Valerie Simpson (of the hit songwriting/performing duo Ashford and Simpson) and Mike Stoller (of the GRAMMY-winning songwriting team Leiber & Stoller) - both of whom lost their longtime songwriting partners (Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber) this past year - will join previously announced seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher in a moving tribute to songwriters on 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night'(www.grammy.com).

Valerie Simpson (of the hit songwriting/performing duo Ashford & Simpson) and Mike Stoller (of the GRAMMY®-winning songwriting team Leiber & Stoller) - both of whom lost their longtime songwriting partners this past year (Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber) - will join previously announced seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher in a moving tribute to songwriters on THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! - COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT®.

Four-time GRAMMY winner Rihanna, country music sensation The Band Perry and seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher are the latest performers added to the stellar lineup for 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night'(www.grammy.com).

Four-time GRAMMY winner Rihanna, country music sensation The Band Perry and seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher are the latest performers added to the stellar lineup for 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night' (www.grammy.com). Previously announced performers are country artist Jason Aldean, five-time GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga, three-time GRAMMY winner Ludacris, GRAMMY winner Lupe Fiasco, and GRAMMY-winning duo Sugarland.

Three-time GRAMMY winner Ludacris, GRAMMY winner Lupe Fiasco, and GRAMMY-winning duo Sugarland have been added to the lineup for 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night'(www.grammy.com).

Country artist Jason Aldean and five-time GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga are the first performers announced for 'The GRAMMYNominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night'(www.grammy.com).

Two-time GRAMMY Award winner Common, hip-hop innovator Grandmaster Flash, GRAMMY winner Lupe Fiasco, two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J, GRAMMY-winning hip-hop artist Melle Mel, rap star Rick Ross and rapper Scorpio will join together for a special performance of 'The Message,' on THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! - COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT. The special will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Wednesday, Nov. 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Valerie Simpson (of the hit songwriting/performing duo Ashford and Simpson) and Mike Stoller (of the GRAMMY-winning songwriting team Leiber & Stoller) - both of whom lost their longtime songwriting partners (Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber) this past year - will join previously announced seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher in a moving tribute to songwriters on 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night'(www.grammy.com).

Valerie Simpson (of the hit songwriting/performing duo Ashford & Simpson) and Mike Stoller (of the GRAMMY®-winning songwriting team Leiber & Stoller) - both of whom lost their longtime songwriting partners this past year (Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber) - will join previously announced seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher in a moving tribute to songwriters on THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! - COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT®.

MCC Theater has announced the complete cast for the newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, the musical. Carrie features music by Michael Gore, lyrics by Dean Pitchford (Academy Award winning composer and lyricist for the original film Fame) and a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (who also adapted the 1974 novel by Stephen King for the 1976 Brian DePalma film). Directed by Stafford Arima, performances for Carrie begin January 31, 2012, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC). The official opening night is set for March 1, 2012.

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns to the Triad Theater (158 West 72 Street) with its new edition, Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, on Monday, November 21 at 7pm featuring a cast that includes Matthew Broderick, Illeana Douglas, Carol Kane, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Sherri Shepherd, Michael Urie, and Alan Zweibel.

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns to the Triad Theater (158 West 72 Street) with its new edition, Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, on Monday, November 21 at 7pm featuring a cast that includes Matthew Broderick, Illeana Douglas, Carol Kane, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Sherri Shepherd, Michael Urie, and Alan Zweibel.

In a featured presentation of its 50th Anniversary season, La MaMa E.T.C. will reprise 'Golem' by Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT), a dance-theater rendition of the famed Jewish legend that may have been the first-ever puppet 'Golem' when La MaMa presented it in 1997.

Four-time GRAMMY winner Rihanna, country music sensation The Band Perry and seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher are the latest performers added to the stellar lineup for 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night'(www.grammy.com).

Four-time GRAMMY winner Rihanna, country music sensation The Band Perry and seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher are the latest performers added to the stellar lineup for 'The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest Night' (www.grammy.com). Previously announced performers are country artist Jason Aldean, five-time GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga, three-time GRAMMY winner Ludacris, GRAMMY winner Lupe Fiasco, and GRAMMY-winning duo Sugarland.

Talk show listings for Monday, November 14.

'The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS' Kicks Off the Network's Holiday Season of Special Events Said lineup includes the Eye's annual rebroadcasts of 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' and 'Frosty the Snowman.'