The show featured performances by a host of top performers including Robin Thicke, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Miguel, Ciara and Janelle Monae, who closed the awards joined by Erykah Badu.
Mars also performed the song with Sting at 2013 Grammy Awards, joined later by Rihanna, Ziggy Marley and Damian Marley to pay tribute to reggae legend Bob Marley.
Rodriguez became the ninth player to win three M.V.P. awards, joining Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle in the American League, and Barry Bonds, Stan Musial, Roy Campanella and Mike Schmidt in the National League.
James becomes the fifth player with at least four MVP awards, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain.
He is the 10th N.B.A. player to win consecutive M.V.P. awards, joining a distinguished list that includes Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell.
Although it is obviously unusual, Bishop is not the first to be posthumously nominated for the Costa awards, joining excellent company including Ted Hughes, who won book of the year for Birthday Letters in 1998 and Simon Gray, shortlisted in 2009 for his post-Smoking Diaries memoir, Coda.
Spurs' Gareth Bale, winner of both player of the season awards, joins Arsenal's Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as Saints youth products.
Funds for up to 15,000 total samples (or 3,000 5,000 per award) for blood processing, DNA extraction, storage, and distribution will be provided for all awards joining the NGC.
The two-times winner of the Fifa World Player of the Year award joined Milan from Barcelona last year, but he has failed to make an impact at the San Siro.
Alex Wheatle is the 50th writer to have won the award, joining a roster that includes Ted Hughes, Philip Pullman, Mark Haddon and Jacqueline Wilson.
He is the 50th winner of the children's fiction prize award, joining past winners including Ted Hughes, Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson and David Almond.
