LOS ANGELES _ Ron Howard, Grammy winner. The director and former child actor on Sunday earned the Grammy for music film for "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week _ The Touring Years," his detailed ode to the band's early years. Also earning trophies for the film are producers Brian Grazer, Scott Pascucci and Nigel Sinclair.
"I jumped into it as a kind of irresistible life experience and creative opportunity," Howard told the Los Angeles Times' Randy Lewis after the film got nominated. "But as soon as (the news) hit the internet, I started realizing how seismic anything having to do with the Beatles can be. I thought, 'It's always a high-wire act, but this one is really up there.' So I took it very seriously, of course, as I always do."
Other nominees included "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," about EDM superstar Steve Aoki; "Lemonade," featuring Beyonce; "The Music Of Strangers," about Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble; and "American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry."
