Idol Headlines for 12/19/14

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Jennifer Hudson, Train & More Set for CBS’s A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Tonight – Jennifer Hudson, Train, Earth Wind & Fire, Rixton, Katharine McPhee, Ashley Monroe, Dan & Shay and Jillian Michaels will appear on the 16th Annual A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, an entertainment special to be broadcast tonight, Dec. 19 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The special features uplifting stories about families who have adopted from foster care in order to raise awareness of this important social issue. – Read more at Broadway World

Kelly Clarkson Says New Album Will Be “Uplifting” and “Empowering” – Kelly Clarkson hasn’t released an album of all-new, non-holiday material since 2011’s Stronger, but she’ll have a brand-new record coming out in 2015. What will it sound like? Well, she describes it as “uplifting” and “empowering” and says that, music-wise, it’s got “a little bit of everything.” At a Nashville press conference on Thursday to talk about the benefit concert she’s holding on Saturday, Kelly was asked to describe the album, and at first, she decided to make a joke. “It’s amazing. And you’re going to love it,” she cracked. “You’re gonna be like, ‘This is right on up there with John Lennon, Imagine. [I] guaran-damn-tee it!” – read more at ABC News Radio

Carrie Underwood on Cross-Genre Collaborations – She’s thrilled that she got to sing with her peers, like Miranda Lambert, and idols (Willie Nelson). But she says, “I also got to do some stuff that was kind of unexpected… I got to sing with Steven Tyler, Tony Bennett. I got to be part of Stand Up To Cancer with Beyonce and Rihanna.” Things like that are really really special,” she adds, “kind of random, and really amazing.” Watch the video below.

Via Billboard

‘American Idol’ alum Brooke White creates album to fight child sex trafficking – When singer-songwriter and former “American Idol” contestant Brooke White was approached by Foundation Entertainment with an offer to donate to a charity of her choice, she found the decision to be more difficult than she had ever imagined. “Little did I know that it would be one of the most difficult choices to make, to find a charity,” White said. “It’s not that there is a lack of charity. There are so many, and I felt so overwhelmed. I just felt like every charity needed help, and there were so many causes that hit my heart.” – Read more at The Deseret News

Jessica Sanchez promotes new image – “Everybody knows me from ‘Idol,’ so I’m trying to make a transition into what I want to be doing with my music,” she said. “I want to be doing more of the urban, R&B, a little bit of pop, that kind of thing, and my image has to match that.” She’s in the studio a lot these days recording what she hopes will be a second album reinforcing that new identity. – Read more at UT San Diego

Survivor’s Natalie: I Wouldn’t Have Been Able to Win with Nadiya – “If Nadiya was there, I wouldn’t have been able to pull off what I did,” Natalie told TVGuide.com the day after her victory. “It would have been way more fun to play with Nadiya … but it wouldn’t have been easy for me to play the game I played, because I played a very subtle game as far as not letting people know what I was doing. I wasn’t out there like Jeremy and Jon, where I was in this position where people saw me as a threat.” – Read more at TV Guide

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