TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 inside Oscar 2014: CAMPUS • American School of The fine art Doha donates money of winning to Syrian refugees P | 4 P | 8-9 MARKETPLACE • Ebn Sina Medical and Aamal Medical French electro music duo Daft celebrate family day Punk won the coveted record P | 5 of the year Grammy for “Get Lucky”. The event also saw RECIPE CONTEST surviving Beatles reuniting for • Send in your best recipe and win a dinner a performance. voucher for two P | 7 HEALTH • Making music videos helps young cancer patients connect P | 11 TECHNOLOGY • Why Google’s $3.2bn purchase of Nest And the Labs makes sense P | 12 Learn Arabic GRAMMY • Learn commonly used Arabic words goes to... and their meanings P | 13 2 PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 COVER STORY French DJ duo Daft Punk, teenage Lorde take top Grammys Album of the Year Random Access Memories, Daft Punk Record of the Year Get Lucky, Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers Song of the Year Royals, Joel Little By Mary Milliken and Piya Sinha-Roy S doing that,” Rodgers said backstage. Formed in the early 1990s by Thomas Bangalter and New Artist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis wo unconventional acts, French elec- Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Daft Punk tronic music DJs Daft Punk and New were pioneers of the electronic dance music Pop Vocal Album Zealand teen Lorde, took home the phenomenon that has recently swept the US Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars Ttop Grammy awards in a night that mainstream pop industry. rewarded robots and newcomers. It was impossible to know what the two The music industry’s glamorous gather- masked musicians thought about their big win Country Album Same Trailer ing also saw the two surviving Beatles, Paul because they choose not to speak as part of their Different Park, Kacey Musgraves McCartney and Ringo Starr, come together for a act. rare joint performance coinciding with the 50th Lorde, 17, won the Grammy for song of the Rap Album The Heist, anniversary of the British group’s breakthrough year with her breakout hit “Royals,” sharing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on American television. the award for songwriters with Joel Little. The quirky robotic duo, Daft Punk, scored the They triumphed over the writers behind Katy R&B Album Girl on Fire, Alicia Keys double win of album of the year for “Random Perry’s “Roar” and Bruno Mars’ “Locked Out of Access Memories,” and record of the year with Heaven,” among others. Rock Album Celebration Day, the summer dance hit “Get Lucky,” featuring “Thank you to everyone who has let this song Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. explode because it has been mental,” said Lorde, Led Zeppelin Rodgers praised the French DJ duo for cre- whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor, known ating their electronic music album using live for a gothic esthetic that goes against the scant- Rock Song Cut Me Some Slack, music recorded on to analog tape, calling it “a ily clad norm of young pop artists. labor of love.” The Recording Academy also anointed “The fact that they decided to put this much Seattle-based rapper-producer newcomers Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear effort into the music and bringing in musi- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with the Grammy Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS cians, they had this incredible vision and they for best new artist and three other awards in believed they achieved something greater by rap categories. PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 3 “Before there was any media, before there was any buzz about us, before there was a story, there was our fans and it spread organically through them,” said Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, as he accepted the best new artist award. “I hope this is inspiration to all the rappers out there and hip hop artists out there that they can continue to tackle any subjects you want,” Queen Latifah, said backstage. The 56th Grammy Awards, the music industry’s top honours handed out by the Recording Academy across 82 categories, also rewarded a crop of newcomers in several genres. Kacey Musgraves, 25, won best country album with “Same Trailer Different Park,” while alt-rockers Imagine Dragons won best rock per- formance for “Radioactive.” “This last year has kind of just blown up,” said Imagine Dragons front- man Dan Reynolds, dusted in the red powder from the band’s high-octane performance with rapper Kendrick Lamar. Justin Timberlake won three awards Beatles family including best music video, on which Jay-Z shared a credit, but Taylor Swift reunion at went home empty-handed. British songstress Adele, who swept Grammys the Grammys top prizes in 2012, shared a prize Sunday, for best song written he surviving Beatles reu- for visual media for 007 movie “Skyfall,” nited in spirit with their with songwriter Paul Epworth. Tlate bandmates at the Led Zeppelin won best rock album Grammys as Yoko Ono danced to for “Celebration Day,” recorded at their the jamming of Paul McCartney 2007 live reunion show at London’s O2 and Ringo Starr. Arena, in the pre-telecast section of the The two living members of show, while the Gipsy Kings and South the Fab Four were in attendance Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo to receive an award for lifetime shared the world music Grammy. achievement for the Liverpool There was also 71-year-old band, widely considered among the McCartney, who teamed up with most influential acts in music his- former members of grunge rock band tory. As Starr took the stage to join Nirvana, including Foo Fighters front- McCartney on his song “Queenie man Dave Grohl, to win best rock song Eye,” Ono -- widow of the late John for “Cut Me Some Slack.” Lennon -- swayed back and forth “It was magic for me playing with in the crowd in her trademark these guys,” said McCartney, adding “I dark shades and black hat. found myself in the middle of a Nirvana Their son Sean Lennon, who reunion and I was very happy.” bears a striking resemblance to his The Recording Academy’s “The slain father with his glasses and Night that Changed America: A unkempt hair, danced respectfully Grammy Salute to The Beatles” will next to his mother. Olivia Harrison, pay homage to the Fab Four’s February the widow of fellow late Beatle 1964 performances on the “Ed Sullivan George Harrison, and the wives of Show,” which is credited with launch- McCartney and Starr were also in ing rock music’s so-called British attendance at the Staples Center Invasion. in Los Angeles. With McCartney at the piano and Starr, sporting a red-and-black Starr at his drums on Sunday night polka dot shirt, also separately per- — in a surprise reunion — the two formed the song “Photograph.” played a new song, “Queenie Eye,” a Ono and Harrison later took the catchy tune that hearkened back to stage to present the Grammy for the Beatles’ trademark hits. It was only album of the year, which went to the fourth time they had performed French electro duo Daft Punk for together on stage since a 2002 concert “Random Access Memories.” to honour the late George Harrison. Joining in presenting the award, John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, and The show featured other eye-pop- The final performance by Nine singer Alicia Keys noted that past son Sean Lennon were in the crowd ping collaborations, including the Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Grammys for best album went in dancing along on Sunday. unlikely pairing of rockers Metallica Age, Grohl and Fleetwood Mac’s 1973 to George Harrison’s “The Kicking off the three-and-a-half- with acclaimed Chinese pianist Lang Lindsey Buckingham hit a sour note Concert for Bangladesh,” which hour show, Beyonce and rapper hus- Lang. as CBS rolled the end credits over raised funds for the war-torn new band Jay Z sang “Drunk in Love,” her Other performers included a who’s the music. country, and to John Lennon and first public performance since her who of music’s finest, ranging from Nine Inch Nails lead Trent Reznor Yoko Ono for “Double Fantasy,” self-titled album in December, a game- Katy Perry and Robin Thicke to vet- later sent out a tweet with the words released just before Lennon’s mur- changer in the music industry for its erans Carole King -- who played a duet “Music’s biggest night ... to be disre- der in 1980. stealth release. with Sara Bareilles -- and Madonna spected.” Agencies 4 PLUS | TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 CAMPUS MES students Students from Boys Wing explaining their project to the Chief Guest organise rally o make teaching beyond the classroom walls and make learning more lively and practical, MES CBSE-i presented a colourful programme Pakistani journalist visits PEC Tduring the morning assembly recently on the theme “Save air and Water”. It was presented by students of Grade I-VII. ohail Waraich, Pakistani jour- He also told the students that Speakers from Grade I-IV covered the issue by analysing data and nalist, author, television host while choosing books, they should presented the fact in a coherent manner. Youngsters also enacted a skit Sand analyst, visited Pakistan also read about subjects they do depicting the significance of air and water. Education Centre recently. not approve. Only then, they would To add vigour to the programme, a rally was organised by students of He toured the Science Exhibition develop unprejudiced and clearer Grade I-V (around 150 students), visiting sections of the school, holding and appreciated the hard work of understanding of the world.