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Show | DailySHerald WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2006 UFE & STYLE EDITOR | Elyssa Andrus - 344-2553 - eandrus@heraldextra.com The Skinny together and build relationships at the same time? Teally be building social communities around television?” Yes,| thought, because, heck, that's how we've made friends for at least as long as I've beenalive — andif it ain't broke don't fix it. In middle Mariah Carey, Kanye West — expected to contend school you couldn't have a decent conversation with for Grammy supremacy anyoneif you hadn't seen the previous night's episode of “The Simpsons.” Butthen| re- membered that this is 2006, and I changed my mind. “No!" | said. “It should be done over the Internet.” It's called MySpaceif you're a teen- ager and FacePhoto Illustration AARON TAYLOR/Daily Herald ven the Vegas bookies are torn whenit comes to this heavyweight bout: the hot comeback queen vs.the king of the icy comebacks. There are hundreds ofartists lined up to compete tonight for Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, vying for statuettes honoring the best in American Indian music, children’s songs, polka and 105 other categories. into an obnoxious bluntness,including derisive responses to interBut get past the preliminary rounds ofthis 48th annual Grammy viewers’questions and haughty digs at his music peers during last show,tobe aired live at 6 p.m. oe and it’s clear that the real action comes downto a contest een two formidable pop poten- year’s awards ceremonies. Carey and West gointo the ceremonies with a leading eight tates; Mariah Carey and Kanye West. She's the formergirl-next-door who dominated sales tallies in the nominations apiece, and the outcome is anybody's guess. 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