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Grammys go 3-D for Michael Jackson tribute
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-02-01 15:52
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LOS ANGELES: The Grammys rode the 3-D wave on Sunday with a special-effects-laden tribute to the late Michael Jackson in an awards show that featured many big spectacle moments.
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 Prince Michael Jackson (front R) and Paris Jackson (3rd L), children of the late singer Michael Jackson, accept an honorary Grammy on their father's behalf at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles January 31, 2010. [Agencies]
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Free 3-D "Grammy" glasses were distributed at Target stores nationwide so viewers could watch the show in 3-D from their living rooms. The Grammys' 3-D effort follows the huge success of James Cameron's 3-D movie "Avatar", which just became the highest-grossing movie worldwide.
There were plenty of other spectacular moments during the Grammys telecast, which opened with the flamboyant Lady Gaga performing her hit "Poker Face" in a glittery green butterfly outfit, falling prey to a faux kidnapping onstage and then materializing to perform opposite Elton John.
Multiple Grammy winner Beyonce belted out "If I Were a Boy" while Pink sang "Glitter in the Air" scantily clad and suspended from the air on a rope above the audience.
Part of the Jackson film shown during the Grammys aired in the recent documentary "This Is It" which was shot during rehearsals for Jackson's comeback tour and showed the pop star looking fit just days before his death in June 2009.
Jackson had intended the environmentally themed song and film to be part of that tour, which was supposed to have begun in July 2009. He was considered one of the most commercially successful entertainers of all time whose music and videos transformed the art and broke down racial barriers.
The clip features a lush forest through the eyes of a young girl.
