A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

WILL SHE SHOW UP FOR THE AWARDS, OR SAY "NO, NO, NO?" The Grammy nomination list announced today is, as usual, epicly long (110 categories? really?), and full of WTF moments, but a few things of note:

• Record of the Year (performer award)--"Irreplacable," "The Pretender" (Foo Fighters), "Umbrella," "What Goes Around...Comes Around," "Rehab."
• Album of the Year--Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Vince Gill(?), Herbie Hancock(?), and Winehouse.
• Song of the Year (songwriter award)--"Before He Cheats," "Hey There Delilah," "Like A Star," "Rehab," "Umbrella."
• New Artist--Feist, Ledisi (??), Paramore (???), Taylor Swift, Winehouse
• "Our Country" nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance (which is no longer split among male/female, making for a much-needed category slimming, though country still has the male/female split).
• Daughtry racks up a fair number of nominations in Rock--Rock Performance, Rock Song, Rock Album, but is shut out of New Artist.
• Lily Allen deemed "alternative."
• "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" nominated for best rap song, but not best rap performance.
• Multiple AI alumni showing up--Clarkson, Fantasia, Daughtry, Underwood, Mandisa (Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album).
• Spoken word pits Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Maya Angelou, Jimmy Carter, and Alan Alda against one another.
• Flight of The Conchords! Yay! (Best Comedy Album nominee.)
• Songs from Into The Wild and Once get nominations for Best Original Song (filled out by Happy Feet, Casino Royale, and Dreamgirls).
• Surprising absences? Bruuuce is pretty much nowhere, and Tony Bennett's much Emmy-winning Duets only gets in for "Steppin' Out" with Aguilera.