Joel Ryan, The Associated Press
Adele is set to sing at the Grammys. It will be her first live performance since surgery on her vocal cords five months ago.
Adele is nominated for six Grammys, and she'll be on deck to collect anything she wins: The 23-year-old singer is set to perform at the awards show.
Adele had surgery on her vocal cords last year, and the Grammys will be the first time she has performed live in five months, The Recording Academy announced Tuesday.
Her sophomore album, 21, has sold more than 6 million copies in the U.S. It is nominated for album of the year and best pop vocal album. The album has three singles that have hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart, including "Rolling in the Deep," which is up for record and song of the year.
The Grammys will air live Feb. 12 on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Nixon clarifies sexuality remarks
Actress Cynthia Nixon is trying to clarify her earlier remarks that got her into hot water with some fellow gay rights activists.
The "Sex and the City" star's personal life became an exercise in the politics of sexual orientation last week when The New York Times Magazine quoted Nixon saying that for her, being gay was a conscious choice. Nixon has been in a relationship with a woman for eight years. Before that, she spent 15 years and had two children with a man.
After some gay rights activists complained that Nixon's remarks could be used to deny a biological basis for homosexuality, the actress on Monday released a statement to The Advocate magazine explaining she is technically bisexual, and not by choice.
Nixon told the magazine: "What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship."
Another Reynolds memoir on way
Debbie Reynolds must have thought she'd said it all in her memoir a quarter-century ago.
But now she has plenty more to share, including her tale of betrayal by her third husband that left the film legend divorced anew, not to mention financially bankrupt.
William Morrow publishers said Tuesday that Reynolds will release her tell-all tome, titled "Unsinkable," next year.
In the book, Reynolds will revisit important moments of her life as an actress during Hollywood's Golden Age. She also will re-examine the scandalous end of her first marriage in 1959 when singer Eddie Fisher left her for their best friend, superstar Elizabeth Taylor, said William Morrow.
Briefly
Radio broadcasting giant Clear Channel is breaking into TV production, taking a minority stake in the production company of "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest, which produces "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and other family spinoffs. ... Paula Abdul says she's leaving "The X Factor" after one season as a judge on Simon Cowell's singing contest. Abdul announced her exit Tuesday, on the heels of the departures of "X Factor" judge Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones.
-- From Our Press Services
Today's birthdays
Actor-comedian Garrett Morris, 75; singer Don Everly of The Everly Brothers, 75; actor Sherman Hemsley, 74; jazz pianist Joe Sample, 73; bluegrass singer Del McCoury, 73; actor-writer- director Terry Jones (Monty Python), 70; guitarist Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 62; singer Lisa Marie Presley, 44. rapper Big Boi of Outkast, 37.
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