DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: It's the biggest night of the year for the music industry. Grammy Awards will be handed out to winners in 100 categories. So many big names getting together for Grammy night, the parties already in full swing. And our MORNING NEWS producer Jeni Cook is in Los Angeles for the Grammys, joining us on the phone right now. Jeni, thanks for breaking away from all the fun.</s>JENI COOK, CNN PRODUCER: Oh, good morning, Daryn.</s>KAGAN: What kind of things have you been seeing? Have you seen a lot of music stars out there already in Southern California?</s>COOK: Oh, yes, quite a few, actually. Monday night we saw just about everyone: Macy Gray, Gloria Estefan. They were all taking part in Music Cares, a charity event honoring Paul Simon and his contributions, basically, to the recording industry. Chevy Chase was there. There you see Macy Gray. She was the opening act for the evening. And then Gloria Estefan as well, which we just saw. She was also on the "Tonight Show" last night. We got to see her for the taping of that yesterday afternoon. There you see Paul Simon receiving his award.</s>KAGAN: Jeni, as the outside world looks at the music industry, kind of a buzz is about this performance that's going to take place tonight when Eminem and Elton John perform Eminem's big song "Stand" together. Are people within the music industry at these events talking about that too?</s>COOK: Yes. Actually, there was a lot of reference to that Monday night. And again yesterday, that's what a lot of the talk has been. A lot of people have been saying there will be some protests as well. So everybody's kind of gears up for a positive/negative reaction to both sides of that.</s>KAGAN: It will be interesting to see how it plays out, both on stage and in the protest form. Jeni Cook in Los Angeles, thank you so much. Have a great time at the Grammy Awards tonight.
Parties in Full Swing Ahead of Grammy Night