IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - Actress Nicole Kidman speaks onstage at Fox Searchlight's "The Stoker" premiere during the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2012 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Todd Williamson /Invision for Fox Searchlight/AP Images)
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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - Actress Nicole Kidman speaks onstage at Fox Searchlight's "The Stoker" premiere during the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2012 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Todd Williamson /Invision for Fox Searchlight/AP Images)
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Shia LaBeouf, a cast member in "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman," poses for an iPhone photo on Main Street during the sixth day of the Sundance Film Festival, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Daniel Radcliffe from the film "Kill Your Darlings," poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Fender Music Lodge on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP Images)
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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FENDER - Actress Jane Lynch is seen at the Fender Music lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Jack Dempsey/Invision for Fender/AP Images)
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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - Actress Nicole Kidman attends Fox Searchlight's "The Stoker" premiere during the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2012 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Todd Williamson /Invision for Fox Searchlight/AP Images)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 file photo, from left, American actor Taylor Lautner, American actress Kristen Stewart and British actor Robert Pattinson pose during a photo call at the Spanish premiere of the film "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 2" in Kinepolis Cinema in Madrid, Spain. Stewart, Pattinson and Lautner have walked their last “Twilight” red carpet with the arrival of the finale “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2,” and now must step into careers of their own using the superstardom the multi-billion-dollar franchise has provided them. ( AP Photo/Gabriel Pecot, File)
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FILE - In this undated publicity film image released by Lionsgate, Taylor Lautner, right, and Lily Collins are shown in a scene from "Abduction." (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Bruce Talamon, File)
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FILE - This undated publicity film image released by Entertainment One shows Robert Pattinson, left, and Kevin Durand in a scene from "Cosmopolis." (AP Photo/Entertainment One, Caitlin Cronenberg, File)
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FILE - This undated publicity film image released by IFC Films shows, from left, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, and Garrett Hedlund in a scene from "On the Road." (AP Photo/IFC Films, Gregory Smith, File)
GRAMMY PREZ ON CLOTHING COVER-UP
The Recording Academy's president says this year's great clothing cover-up kerfuffle was "much ado about nothing."
A memo from CBS surfaced earlier this week advising Grammy participants to avoid wearing see-through clothing and to make sure "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" during the show's broadcast.
"For some reason people thought this was something new or different or even foreboding as far as being restrictive," Neil Portnow said backstage after the show.
What was outlined in the memo was simply the standard the show has followed every year for at least a decade, he said.
What's more, he added, every TV network has to communicate its standards and practices to anyone appearing on its shows.
Jennifer Lopez and Kelly Rowland, who both wore only slightly revealing outfits, joked about the memo.
— Beth Harris — Twitter http://twitter.com/bethharrisap
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