I'm late to the party lol, but I thought Carrie looked amazing last night, both on the carpet and during the performance. The red carpet look is one of my favorite looks from Carrie ever. Both looks were very mature. I like seeing how Carrie's look has changed over the years...she's become quite the fashionista! Carrie and Tony were great as well.
Other highlights for me were:
LL Cool J's opening to the show - Very respectful. It was nice to see him offer a prayer.
Adele - She was so gracious during her wins, and her performance was wonderful. She showed some other people in the room how you do a proper Grammy performance.
Bruce and The E Street Band, Sir Paul and The Beach Boys - Nice to see older artists showing the younger artists how its done.
Bruno Mars - I love his retro vibe, and he is tons of fun. He showed a few others in attendance that you can put on a very entertaining show while still singing your song live.
Bonnie Raitt stills sounds fantastic after all this time. I love her, but I felt the Etta tribute was too short.
Glen Campbell "tribute" - Blake and TBP did a nice job, but the real highlight was seeing Glen do his thing up there on stage. He is a true treasure.
Jennifer did a great job with the Whitney tribute. She was very respectful. The Grammys handled Whitney's death with great grace...I was impressed.
A few lowlights:
All of those that opted to lip-sync instead of sing live...it's the Grammys for crying outloud! Chris Brown's lip-syncing was so obvious that I don't know why he bothered to even wear a mic at all.
Nicki Minaj's entire performance (and red carpet outfit as well) has me confused and a little unsettled. I feel like I should be offended by the entire thing lol. She is just trying to out-Gaga Lady Gaga. The entire performance would have been better suited for the VMAs.
What was with the girls that were texting while everyone else was giving Glen Campbell a standing ovation? Have some respect ladies.