Three POP FIX reporters, Erin Darling, David Yi and Celeste Perez rocked the red carpet at Akon’s Pre-Grammy party, Saturday night, to bring you the hottest interviews (coming soon in video form) with celebrities, music industry up-and-comers, and established music moguls. Since we’ve already told you that Lady Gaga missed her flight and didn’t show, scroll down to see who actually made it! Click here for pics and videos.

UPDATE: Police officials tell E! Online that Rihanna is cooperating with them, stating that Chris Brown, her boyfriend, threatened to kill her. What had occurred was that Brown pulled over in Hancock Park after both got into an altercation after the Pre-Grammy Party, sources said. After, Rihanna threw Brown’s keys out of the window, sending Brown into a rage. Brown then said “I’m going to kill you” and allegedly choked Rihanna. She went unconscious and woke up bruised, hand marks on her arms. Chris Brown had fled when she awoke.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” Coldplay
“Tha Carter III,” Lil Wayne
“Year of the Gentleman,” Ne-Yo
“Raising Sand,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
“In Rainbows,” Radiohead

We can’t deny the overwhelming popularity of acts like Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo or Radiohead, but if you’ve ever heard “Raising Sand,” you’ll understand why this is our number one pick for Album of the Year. Not only does this album combine the forces of music legends Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, but it also draws from the genres of folk, country, blues and americana. Not only does it work.. it rocks.

Yesterday, THEPOPFIX reporters were out at Akon’s pre-Grammy party at 944 Magazine headquarters interviewing celebrities in the faint hope of asking Lady Gaga what she does with her “disco stick.” We stood there in line, myself, Erin Darling and Celeste Perez, standing with our camera, mics, and DSLR in tow in a small room standing elbow to elbow with some sweaty old paparazzi (one who wanted really badly to take our pics) the girls wearing painful three-inch stilettos, myself with unkempt hair, waiting patiently by interviewing celebrities like Eva Marcille (of America’s Next Top Model fame) Colby O’Donis, Adrian Bailon, and being shafted by the Kardashians, while failing to interview the host, Akon, himself. This is the sacrifice we made while waiting extremely patiently for Lady Gaga, who was promised to be in attendance…

So it goes in many a tumultuous relationship: one party wrongs the other party, apologizes, and then they have make up sex. This is exactly what just happened to Michael Phelps and Subway…minus the sex part. After he was dropped from cereal juggernaut, Kellogg’s, fellow-endorser, Subway, finally decided to speak out as well. However, instead of a slap in the face, and the whole “You don’t deserve me!” spiel, Subway happily opened its arms and accepted Phelps’ apology for the recent photos that feature him taking a bong rip.