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Former US president Bill Clinton, seen here in July 2004, won his
second consecutive nod for music's top awards in the best spoken
word album category for the recording of his best-selling
autobiography 'My Life' (AFP) |
Former US president Bill Clinton, movie star Steve Martin, actor John
Lithgow and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres won places alongside the world's
top musicians as Grammy Award nominees.
An unlikely nominee, Clinton won his second consecutive nod for music's
top awards in the best spoken word album category for the recording of his
best-selling autobiography "My Life."
Earlier this year, the former leader of the free
world won a golden gramophone
statuette
for lending his voice to the spoken word recording of
Russian folk tale of "Peter and the Wolf."
Other unlikely Grammy nominees unveiled Tuesday in Hollywood included
funnyman Steve Martin who also won a nod for best spoken word album for
the recording of his novel "The Pleasure of My Company."
Lithgow, who starred in the hit television sitcom "Third Rock from the
Sun," won two Grammy nods, including one for best spoken word album for
"The World According To Mr. Rogers" which he shares with former "Cagney
and Lacey" star Tyne Daley and comic Lily Tomlin.
Lithgow also won a nod for best spoken word album for children for
"Carnival Of The Animals."
US comics DeGeneres and Jon Stewart won nominations for best comedy
album, De Generes for "The Funny Thing Is..." and Stewart for his
satirical "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's
Guide To Democracy Inaction."
Pithy US author David Sedaris also won two nominations for the music's
highest honours, a best comedy album nod for his album "Live At Carnegie
Hall" and best spoken word album for "Dress Your Family In Corduroy And
Denim."
But while the news for Clinton was good, former US first lady, Senator
Hillary Clinton, did not repeat her Grammy nominations success of 2004,
when she won a nod for best spoken word album for the reading of her
autobiography "Living History."
The 47th annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on February
13 next year.
(Agencies) | 
Updated: 2004-12-10 10:47