SHOW BITS: Still more rules at the Grammys

“Did Taylor Swift just do an English accent?” director Judd Apatow tweeted immediately after it happened.

_ Derrik J. Lang _ Twitter: http://twitter.com/derrikjlang

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QUICKQUOTE: BONNIE RAITT

“I was up against all these guys who had much bigger records and a bigger splash. It makes an old girl feel good.” _ 63-year-old singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, who earned her 10th career Grammy in the best Americana album category for “Slipstream,” beating out a field that included Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers and The Avett Brothers.

_ Beth Harris _ Twitter http://twitter.com/bethharrisap

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QUICKQUOTE: TAYLOR SWIFT

“So he calls me up and he’s like, `I still love you.’ And I’m like, `I’m sorry, I’m busy opening up the Grammys.’” _ Taylor Swift, during her show-opening performance of her Grammy-nominated song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”

_ Anthony McCartney _ http://twitter.com/mccartneyAP

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KIMBRA WAS THE CHARM

After Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” won the Grammy for best pop duo/group performance, he revealed that Kimbra wasn’t his first, or even his second, choice for the song.

He had already gone through two female singers for the track and was waiting on another vocalist when “she called out.”

“I built so much expectation with that vocalist that I was feeling a little crushed,” he said backstage after collecting the Grammy.

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