Idol Headlines for 01/07/10

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Today’s Idol Appearances

  • Jennifer Hudson to present at the Jewelry Information Center Gala in Los Angeles. 7 pm. More information HERE.
  • Kimberley Locke sings the National Anthem at the LA Lakeres vs New Orleans  Hornets basketball game, Staples Center, LA 7:30 pt.
  • Brooke White will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in NYC Times Square. 3:50-4 pm et.

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Jennifer Hudson will appear on the CBS Early show on Mon. Jan. 10 to talk How to sell your old stuff and…Pizza!

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Nigel Lythgoe tweets, “Happy New Year everyone. I love that over 10 million people watched “Live To Dance.” DANCE still RULES in 2011. Well done Paula and CBS.”

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Adam Lambert appears on The Talk Wednesday February 9 for Grammy Week. CBS 2 pm.

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Kim Caldwell tweets, “I’m the host of the second season premier episode of VH1’s You’re Cut Off this upcoming Monday…tune in!”

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Scott MacIntyre sings National Anthem at NHL game Friday Jan 15. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Anaheim Ducks at jobing.com Arena, game time 6 PM MST. (Via IdolsNow)

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Crystal Bowersox Mix 94.1 Interview

Crystal sings an acoustic version of “I Finally Got it Right”.

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EW’s Adam B. Vary sat in on the LA auditions with Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. He Shares his impressions of the panel’s chemistry on EW’s TV Insider’s Podcast.

Listen HERE.

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Chris August, Chris Sligh, Sidewalk Prophets At Winter Jam 2011

The Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular “American Bible Society Pre-jam Party” is all a flurry this year with special guests Fervent Recording artists Chris August and Sidewalk Prophets along with Word Records’ and American Idol Top 10 finalist Chris Sligh warming up the stage for Christian Music favorites Francesca Battistelli, KJ-52, Kutless, NewSong, RED, The David Crowder Band and Newsboys, plus speaker Tony Nolan. It’s a rock show where the stars just happen to be Christians. The 47-city nationwide tour kicks-off tomorrow, January 7th in Chattanooga, TN and will wrap April 3rd in Peoria, IL.

“To say that I am excited about Winter Jam would be an understatement,” exclaims Chris Sligh. “Whether you talk about my attending Winter Jam as a fan in Greenville, S.C., or the fact that I’m getting to tour with people who are becoming good friends like Chris August and Newsboys, I’m elated to be a part of something so special!”

Read more and see schedule HERE

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Constantine Maroulis Defends ‘Spider-Man’ Musical: ‘They’re Creating Art’

Critics have savaged the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, but one Tony-nominated actor who’s seen the $65 million dollar budget production insists the show is pure art. “It was the most poetic, provocative and beautiful piece of theater I’ve seen in a long f—ing time,” says Rock of Ages star and American Idol alum Constantine Maroulis. “I realize theater is not a contact sport but they’re in a fight, making art, creating something that’s bigger than anything.”

Maroulis notes that the producers “implemented several Act 2 changes this week” in dealing with the challenging acrobatics, but he adds, “I hope they don’t change it too much. If they do, I think a lot of people won’t get it.”

Read more at the Hollywood Reporter

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Seacrest on ‘Idol’: ‘We Found Some Excellent Contestants!’

via ExtraTV

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Girlfriend of Jennifer Lopez Ex-Husband Seeks Restraining Order Against J.Lo

The girlfriend of Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband is planning to go to court Friday to seek a temporary restraining order against J.Lo, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

Claudia Vasquez is making an ex parte application in Los Angeles Superior Court for the order against the Jenny From The Block singer.

If Vasquez wins, she will look to turn the temporary restraining order into a permanent one and then proceed with a TV project about the singer/actress and now American Idol judge.

Read more at RadarOnline

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  • lorismile

    OHHH Adam on TV again!!!! YEAHHHHH!!!

    Loved him when he went on the View. Can’t wait for this one!

  • BootStar

    I think the movie and acting were considered a respectable effort but I don’t think the people behind it were working that hard to make Nashville love it and it wasn’t as “insidery” a movie. I’d say the country music establishment was happy to soak up the reflected glory from the movie since it got positive attention.

    But the difference with Country Strong is that the studio’s partnered hardcore with the Music Row establishment to sell it to mainstream country fans (the music of Crazy Heart was geared towards alt country fans).

    That’s really interesting. I’m not terribly plugged into what goes on in Nashville, but that explains a lot for me. I wouldn’t be surprised if the movie does well at the box office, at least in markets where mainstream country music is really popular.

    smallie, the music for Crazy Heart was produced by T-Bone Burnett (O Brother Where Art Thou?, Cold Mountain, Walk the Line), so it was definitely more in the alt-country/Americana wheelhouse. I’m not even sure where Crazy Heart actually played, but I’m guessing it was more in arthouse-type theaters. I had to buy it on DVD to see it since I don’t do Netflix and didn’t feel like waiting five years to see it on cable.

    windmills, how do the big kahunas in Nashville view somebody like T-Bone Burnett? Is he considered an outsider? He’s produced so many of my favorite artists’ albums, but you’d never hear any of them on WXTU, the local country music station where I live (and rarely listen to). The only place you’d hear those artists here is WXPN, Penn’s public radio/AAA station. It’s so weird to me that the average “country music” fan in Philly likely has no idea who Alison Krauss is!

  • sma11ie

    It’s not that they don’t have personal leanings… it’s just that they don’t really own them

    (Oh, as to Adam; read his SYTYCD columns, which might give you a good idea of how he’d do Idol. I was not impressed)

    I’m a casual viewer of SYTYCD, so I don’t generally read the recaps/coverage, but I’ll check out a few of Adam’s pieces. But you’re right, he’s and Brian give me a similar vibe of “not owning” their opinions.

    Eek! Still can’t believe new season is finally imminent. And we still have so few (confirmed!) details on the new format! Argh. Problem is, Idol probably won’t let us know until most of the audition epi’s are through. I actually don’t even like the audition episodes that much, way too much emphasis on sobbackstories. I’m really eager to get through them onto the live shows.

    BootStar, I remember Jeff Bridges name-dropping/thanking T-Bone a lot in his acceptance speeches. I really enjoyed the music in Crazy Heart a lot more than I typically enjoy country. I think I must prefer more of the alt-country/Americana spectrum of “country” then.

  • girlygirl

    Kris’ new merchandise store is up and running :)

    KrisAllen
    The merch store is open! Check it out. http://bit.ly/hrQpXC.
    1 hour ago

  • CindyM

    I’d love to have a happy medium between Adam Vary and Slezak. Slezak was so over the top for the people he liked that it became ridiculous and I think his objectivity went out the door. I love snark, but I think sometimes he went a bit too far.

  • http://mjsbigblog.com/luvadamlamberts-american-idol-tour-2009-washington-dc-re-cap.htm luvadamlambert

    kinda late haha sorry, but ITA with adam’s rant about teen moms on twitter…gross jmho…im kinda glad he agrees because between the “glambulge” and stuff i was kinda worried haha
    saw the official youtube channel too-i DIED when he roared–sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute !!!!!!!!!! :P

  • http://mjsbigblog.com/luvadamlamberts-american-idol-tour-2009-washington-dc-re-cap.htm luvadamlambert

    oh and kind of OT but we were watching dreamgirls in drama today (first time i had ever seen it) and jennifer hudson was aboslutely unbelievable especially in “And I am telling you”…i take back everything i’ve said about her not being a superstar hahaha…i should proabbly actually watch things before i judge :P

  • windmills

    The lyrics on that Crystal song are pedestrian but I LOVE Crystal’s voice on it. She sounds beautiful. The melody is pretty too.

    BootStar: T Bone Burnett is transcendent, he’s got a huge amount of respect from everybody which includes the Nashville establishment. But he’s not part of the mainstream country establishment (nor would he want to be IMO). His name carries a ton of cachet though so if a mainstream country act were to work with him then there’d immediately be more interest in what that person did, even from the Nashville establishment.

    It’s one of those things where I think the Nashville establishment would be happier if he were part of mainstream country because I don’t think they’re all that happy with how things are right now. I don’t think they like THAT much pop but that’s where the blockbuster sales are coming from right now and so there hasn’t been a wave of change yet. Usually it all cycles around.

    I’d bet the average country music fan actually would know who Alison Krauss is. In the 1990s she was a pretty big presence on the mainstream country scene and her duet with Brad Paisley on Whiskey Lullaby was a hit in 2004. She was being nominated for CMA Female Vocalist Of The Year as recently as 2008.

  • Keel

    Yeah, I’d be really surprised if your average mainstream country fan wouldn’t know of Alison Kraus. I’ve heard of Alison Kraus (and her songs) and I’m not even a country listener (of any kind). She’s pretty well known even outside of country.

  • BootStar

    I’d bet the average country music fan actually would know who Alison Krauss is. In the 1990s she was a pretty big presence on the mainstream country scene and her duet with Brad Paisley on Whiskey Lullaby was a hit in 2004. She was being nominated for CMA Female Vocalist Of The Year as recently as 2008.

    Oh, I hope you’re right about that!

    Yeah, I’d be really surprised if your average mainstream country fan wouldn’t know of Alison Kraus. I’ve heard of Alison Kraus (and her songs) and I’m not even a country listener (of any kind). She’s pretty well known even outside of country.

    But your average “mainstream country fan” in a large northeastern metropolitan market? She’s a darling of the PBS/NPR set up here, but I dunno about WXTU listeners. Of course NOBODY in these parts will admit to even LISTENING to country music, even though WXTU is, if I’m not mistaken, one of the biggest country music stations in the US.

  • sma11ie

    I’ve heard of Alison Kraus (and her songs) and I’m not even a country listener (of any kind). She’s pretty well known even outside of country.

    Yeah, I think BootStar’s point/speculation (until windmills offered some info that supported otherwise) was that, based on her local experience, it seemed music listeners outside of country (herself, people like you) seemed to know Allison Krauss more than mainstream country listeners.

  • tripp_ncwy

    Kris’ new merchandise store is up and running

    KrisAllen
    The merch store is open! Check it out. http://bit.ly/hrQpXC.
    1 hour ago

    They now have the new store linked to KrisAllenOfficial.
    http://www.krisallenofficial.com/us/shop

  • http://MJO judes

    tripp_ncwy:
    01/07/2011 at 2:26 pm

    Kris’ new online store has opened with a lot of new merchandise for sale. Get a free signed poster with all orders.
    http://www.shopbenchmark.com/krisallen/

    Ooh I like the light blue shirt that’s been added.

    Chris August, Chris Sligh, Sidewalk Prophets At Winter Jam 2011

    This is interesting – I was just looking at a video of one of Chris August’s songs 70 x 7 [ which is good] which was sent to my email . I have never heard of him before & now twice in an hour I’ve seen news of him!

  • Ratna12

    Kris’ new merchandise store is up and running

    KrisAllen
    The merch store is open! Check it out. http://bit.ly/hrQpXC.

    Kris’ hooded sweatshirt is really, really comfy and $15 cheaper than when I bought it in concert. Aaagh !!

  • jinger

    This is pretty OT but I thought I’d ask anyway since there has been some discussion of country. I just saw that Sara Bareilles and Matt Nathanson would be opening for Sugarland this summer and Need To Breathe is opening for Taylor Swift. Are we going to see a split in the genre soon into Americana pop/rock inspired by Mellencamp/ Springsteen/ Petty/ Fleetwood Mac versus traditional country like Strait and Tritt? If so, where will the pop/rock people land? There seems to be a huge demand for that type of sound, but they are actually a little without genre right now. I would like to see the country people get their genre back, but I don’t want to give up the Americana/bluesy pop/rock.

  • almondean88

    AT LAST! I have been waiting to get Kris’s new t-shirt! And the signed poster is a great bonus!

    http://www.krisallenofficial.com/us/shop

  • windmills

    jinger: I just saw that Sara Bareilles and Matt Nathanson would be opening for Sugarland this summer and Need To Breathe is opening for Taylor Swift. Are we going to see a split in the genre soon into Americana pop/rock inspired by Mellencamp/ Springsteen/ Petty/ Fleetwood Mac versus traditional country like Strait and Tritt?

    Other than the 1 tour where they had Ashton Shepherd and Kellie Pickler open for them, Sugarland’s included non country opening acts for a bunch of tours the last few years and they’re not even pretending their new album is country. I remember they covered Matt Nathanson’s song Come On Get Higher way before it became a big hit.

    Taylor’s basically a pop act already and she had Justin Bieber as 1 of her opening acts last year. I don’t think they’re that representative. Although Keith Urban did have Kris open for him a bunch of dates and Carrie had the bluegrass-influenced but mostly pop/rock Sons Of Sylvia as her secondary opening act last year. But those 2 situations had a lot to do with personal friendship along with believing in them as artists. It’ll be interesting seeing who they choose for their opening acts the next time they tour. I don’t think Keith has announced his opening act for his 2011 tour yet.

    There’s definitely lots of discussion about splitting the country genre, I think it just depends what happens. They always say it’s a cyclical thing especially with what’s in at pop changing every so often.

  • jinger

    Thanks, windmills. I just feel really bad for the traditional country fans. There seems to be a lot of frustration lately, and I agree that Swift is pure pop princess. Two of my favorite acts are Keith and Little Big Town and they have been for as long as they’ve been around, but I wouldn’t consider myself a big country fan, so I’m trying to figure out why I like them so much. lol I am sure everything will work itself out. Oh, I’ve also always loved Alison Krauss :)

  • windmills

    jinger: I love LBT and I like Keith a lot too! LBT’s also going to be on some of the Sugarland dates as you probably already know. I think Keith’s new album is a step up from Defying Gravity which I didn’t like other than Til Summer Comes Around (which is one of his best songs ever). At least it does a better job of mixing the country with the pop. Did you know that the LBT ladies sing backup vocals on You Gonna Fly on Keith’s album? They sound great together! I’m hoping they’re the ones Keith takes out on the road.

  • plays strings

    windmills:

    01/07/2011 at 4:09 pm

    The lyrics on that Crystal song are pedestrian but I LOVE Crystal’s voice on it. She sounds beautiful. The melody is pretty too.

    She did sound great here and it was a good interview for her. She’s at her best live that’s for sure. Jive seems to have that part right.

    As for the “pedestrian” lyrics, I think that may be more of a compliment than what you intended. I like words that cause me to create pictures as I’m listening and this song does that. Good lyrics tend to drive good melodies and when they mesh you get really good songs. So if you liked the melody, the lyrics were probably better than your giving her credit for.

    To be sure, some of Crystals more “pop” songs do have some “pedestrian” lyrics. IMO this song is not lyrically impaired, like it a lot.

  • windmills

    plays strings: So if you liked the melody, the lyrics were probably better than your giving her credit for.

    Nah. This is one where I would’ve liked the melody even more if I weren’t distracted by some of the pedestrian lyrics ;)

  • jinger

    windmills: I don’t know if you’re still around, but I hope you’re right about Keith taking LBT out this summer. I don’t care for poppy Keith, so I didn’t like Defying Gravity much except Til Summer Comes Around. I like his stuff that leans toward Stupid Boy and I Told You So, etc. I’m also not a big fan of Put You in a Song, but I really like You Gonna Fly and Georgia Woods. I thought LBT’s first album was a bit better, but I’m warming up to this one just fine :) Fingers crossed for this summer!

  • BootStar

    Oh, I’ve also always loved Alison Krauss

    My faith has been restored in humanity! :-)

    I think Keith’s new album is a step up from Defying Gravity which I didn’t like other than Til Summer Comes Around (which is one of his best songs ever).

    I’m glad it’s not just me. I think he’s a fantastic performer, but, aside from “When Summer Comes Around” (which I, too, LOVE), that album overall is the classic definition of ‘meh.’ I’ll have to check out his new one.

    Bonus: NYT review of Country Strong. (They compare it unfavorably to Coal Miner’s Daughter, BTW.) LOVE the opening paragraph.

    The corn is as high as a mechanical bull’s eye in “Country Strong,” a runny-mascara melodrama about a country-western superstar warbling, weeping and wailing her way back from another stint in rehab to the glare of the stage. Gwyneth Paltrow, working a deep-fried accent and a strategically conspicuous cross necklace, plays Kelly Canter, a high-profile train wreck who, in the wake of a disastrous tour and an alcohol-induced miscarriage, heads back on the road in hopes of setting her life and career straight. As they apparently like to say in Hollywood (still!), the only successful woman is a desperately unhappy woman.

    I Am Woman. Hear Me Sob, Y’All.

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