LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the 58th annual Grammy Awards being presented Monday in Los Angeles at Staples Center (all times local):
4:30 p.m.
The Grammy Awards red carpet not only brings stars out, it brings them together.
Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and Alice Cooper posed for photos together, each one sticking out their hands to show off skull and bones rings.
The trio’s group, Hollywood Vampires, is performing for the first time on television at Monday night’s ceremony.
Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez set off a frenzy of flashes with their Grammys arrival when they posed for pictures together.
While professional photographers document the star-power meetups, the lesser known often go unnoticed.
But no problem, they keep busy pulling out their smartphones, taking selfies galore and photographing each other.
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4:15 p.m.
Kendrick Lamar is racking up Grammy Awards victories in the pre-telecast ceremony, earning four trophies before the televised part of the show even starts.
Coming into the show Lamar was the leading nominee with 11 nods in all. The 28-year-old rapper wasn’t on hand for his early wins.
Lamar won best rap song and performance for “Alright” and best rap-sung collaboration for “These Walls,” featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat.
He also shares the best music video prize with Taylor Swift for “Bad Blood.”
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4 p.m.
The Weeknd won’t know until the end of the month if “Earned It” will earn an Oscar, but he’s definitely taking home a Grammy for the song.
The Oscar-nominated track from the film “Fifty Shades of Grey,” was named best R&B performance at Monday’s Grammys.
The Weeknd also won the Grammy for urban contemporary album for “Beauty Behind the Madness.”
The Canadian singer wasn’t present to accept his prizes at the pre-telecast session of the Grammys. But he is scheduled to perform during the televised show.
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3:45 p.m.
With the Grammy Awards telecast set to begin in just a little more than an hour, the red carpet is beginning to look like the 405 Freeway at rush hour.
Security was able to keep early arrivals moving earlier in the day when the temperature outside reached nearly 90.
But as more throngs arrived, people quickly logjammed the carpet as nominees stopped to pose for photographs.
The popular spot to stop was against a backdrop of a golden Grammy, ensuring that even those who don’t win a trophy can say they were there.
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3:30 p.m.
Justin Bieber can finally say he’s not just a star but a Grammy Award-winning star.
The 21-year-old singer won his first Grammy on Monday, sharing the prize for best dance recording with Skrillex and Diplo for “Where Are U Now.”
Skrillex and Diplo also won the dance/electronic album category with “Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack U.”
Bieber wasn’t at the pre-telecast ceremony where the award was announced.
Diplo thanked the other artists nominated in both categories and also the recording academy “for supporting awesome music.”
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3:20 p.m.
Little Big Town’s hit song “Girl Crush” is a big winner at this year’s Grammys, bringing home back-to-back awards at Monday’s pre-telecast show.
“Girl Crush” took honors for best country song and best country group performance.
Chris Stapleton won the Grammy for best country solo performance for his song, “Traveller.”
Stapleton was clearly humbled by the award, saying, “I’ve never had one of these, and that’s amazing.”
He added: “I’ve been sitting out in this audience a couple of different times, and the third time’s a charm, I guess.”
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3:05 p.m.
The documentary about Amy Winehouse, which is nominated for an Academy Award, has won a Grammy Award.
“Amy,” directed by Asif Kapadia and produced by James Gay-Rees, won best music film at Monday’s Grammys.
It beat out Roger Waters’ “The Wall,” Foo Fighter’s “Sonic Highways,” ”What Happened, Miss Simone?” and “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown,” which was co-produced by Mick Jagger.
The Netflix-produced “What Happened, Miss Simone?” is also nominated for best documentary feature at the 2016 Academy Awards, which takes place Feb. 28.
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2:45 p.m.
Singer-rapper Pitbull is set to close out Music’s Biggest Night with a performance, but he started the day by winning his first Grammy Award.
The 35-year-old entertainer made good on his first Grammy nomination — best Latin rock, urban or alternative album — in a tie with Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade.
Pitbull won for his ninth studio album, “Dale.”
Lafourcade won for “Hasta la Raiz.”
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2:35 p.m.
Fashion-wise, anything goes at the Grammys.
Choices for early arrivals to Monday’s ceremony range from tuxedos to gowns to jeans and sneakers.
Robert Glasper, who wrote and performed on Kendrick Lamar’s nominated “To Pimp a Butterfly,” donned a green military jacket, white shirt and faded jeans.
His jeans fell short of the tops of his black, white and gold sneakers.
He says, “I can’t be gangsta with my ankles showing.”
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2:15 p.m.
Grammy nominees are really feeling the heat at this year’s awards show, and not just from the competition. It’s 88 degrees on the red carpet.
Some folks are walking into the carpet tent with faces glistening from sweat after getting out of limos and waiting in the hot sun to go through security.
Ladies are discreetly pulling powder puffs out of clutches to pat the sheen away.
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1:55 p.m.
Taylor Swift gave one of the best Grammy Awards acceptance speeches before the show even began.
Swift, who won the first Grammy of the night for her best-selling “1989” album wasn’t in the audience when the pre-telecast trophy was handed out. Guitarist Jack Antonoff, who worked as a producer on the album, called her on the phone as he picked up her trophy.
“What?! We won! We won pop vocal album,” she shouted.
The she asked if fellow nominee James Taylor was in the audience.
Swift said, “Can you tell James Taylor I love him?”
Dozens of Grammy Awards are handed out during a pre-telecast before the main show begins.
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