Idol Headlines for 10/27/08

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Search continues for Jennifer Hudson’s nephew

CHICAGO (AP) à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Jennifer Hudson’s offer of a $100,000 reward for the safe return of her nephew stood on Monday as investigators and community members continued their search for the 7-year-old boy now missing for a third day.

“Detectives are working 24 hours on this case,” said Chicago police spokeswoman Monique Bond. “There’s a lot of forensic evidence. We have to work the evidence and try and solve this case. Most importantly, we want to find the child.”

Police said they did not have a motive for the killings but called the case “domestic related.” Bond said Balfour, who had been in police custody since Friday, was transferred Sunday to the Illinois Department of Corrections “based on his active parole violation unrelated to this investigation.”

Associated Press

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Hudson offers $100,000 reward for missing nephew

CHICAGO (AP) à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  Jennifer Hudson and her family offered a $100,000 reward Sunday for the safe return of her missing nephew, as investigators looked for forensic evidence near the home where her mother and brother were found shot to death.

Mourners dressed in their Sunday best milled outside the childhood home of the singer and Oscar-winning actress, along with investigators seeking clues to the whereabouts of 7-year-old Julian King, the son of Jennifer Hudson’s sister, Julia.

In a statement Sunday evening from publicist Lisa Kasteler, Jennifer Hudson appealed to the public for its help, offering the reward and asking that any information be given to Chicago police.

“Jennifer and her family appreciate the enormous amount of love, support and prayers they have received while she and her family try to cope with this tragedy and continue the search for Julian,” the statement said.

Associated Press

DREAMGIRL’S NIGHTMARE | Family offers $100,000 reward for safe return of boy, 7, after murder of actress’ mother, brother

Where is 7-year-old Julian King?

Police searched for the nephew of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson Sunday as they blanketed the Englewood neighborhood with fliers.

Hudson and her family offered $100,000 for the boy’s safe return, and her MySpace page appealed for clues in the double-murder of her mother and brother, which tipped authorities to Julian’s disappearance.

Amber Alert signs blazed on Chicago highways asking people to watch for the boy.

New York Post

10/27: Michael Johns at Atlanta Motor Speedway NASCAR race

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  finalist Michael Johns, formerly of Buckhead, flew into town for a gig in front of 80,000-plus NASCAR fans Sunday to do a pre-race concert and the National Anthem.

He sang three cover songs. He said thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s no reason to introduce anything new in this environment. He chose Freeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“All Right Now,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Lynyrd Skynyrdà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Sweet Home Alabama,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  and Pearl Jamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Alive.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  (When he performed at C.J.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Landing earlier this decade in Buckhead, he loved channeling Eddie Vedder.)

Hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s video I took of him singing à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Sweet Home Alabamaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ :

Access Atlanta

Melinda delivers soul scorcher

Melinda does not disappoint. Everything you liked about her in Season 6 — and our memories haven’t faded to the point that we can’t recall that she was the Blog Pound’s consensus should-have-been winner that year — is readily apparent on an album that channels her into a classic, ’60s-influenced soul mold (think Aretha, Gladys Knight, Carla Thomas, Bettye Lavette, etc.) with effective detours into standards and, somewhat surprisingly, the blues.

USA Today

OSU’s Idol not idle

Kyle Ensley gained national attention when he appeared on the most-watched show on American television.

But the Oklahoma State University senior says there is a lot more to him than his ability to sing, which landed him a Top 50 spot on American Idol.

The Valliant native is majoring in political science and international business. At 22, Ensley still has six years to try out for the show again, but he is unsure if he will do so.

“I have this (Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs) Fellowship through the Department of State,”  Ensley said. “It pays for grad. school and it also guarantees a four-year job in the Department of State working as a foreign service officer. After grad. school I will be working in an embassy somewhere as a diplomat.” 

The show would interfere with his academic pursuits, so it likely will wait.

stillwater-newspress

Hollywood hotties at the event for Childhood Diabetes

Singer Katharine McPhee arrives at the Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills October 25, 2008. The ball benefits the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes. Picture taken October 25, 2008.

International Business Times

Cloris Leachman just wants to have fun on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Feisty Cloris Leachman has been raising more than a few eyebrows during her unexpectedly long run on ABC’s popular ballroom competition Dancing With the Stars.

Randily approaching the show’s three-judge panel showing some leg (and occasionally other body parts), sarcastically putting down rival competitors or explaining on live TV that one performance drew inspiration from a “skanky ho,” Leachman, 82, isn’t the best celebrity hoofer, but she’s arguably the most unpredictably entertaining.

USA Today

Taking a twirl with Cloris

She’s not the only, um, mature woman to have graced the stage of “Dancing With the Stars,” but she’s probably the most immobile: At 82, Cloris Leachman proves there’s a fine line between ballroom dancing and standing perfectly still. But in this seventh season of the ABC hit, the Oscar-winning actress with the cheeky sense of humor has practically managed to take over the show. How much has she resurrected her image? She’s getting cast in a Quentin Tarantino film, which means that soon she’ll get to swear as freely as she wants. Here are some reasons why, of all the scene-stealers over the years, we love Cloris the best.

Boston.com

Dancing with the Stars: Brooke Burke favorite to win

Couple of days left until another episode of “Dancing with the Stars” airs, time to look at the odds on the winner, following last week’s elimination. A bit of a surprise last week, when Toni Braxton and Alec Mazzo were chosen to go home, but the odds makers remain confident in one thing – Brooke Burke with partner Derek Hough will win the Season 7 of Dancing with the Stars. The odds on Brooke at the online sportsbook Bodog are all-time short at 1/2, meaning that bettors would get only half their bet in winnings, if correct. Even the earlier injury scare did nothing to shake the confidence bookmakers have in Brooke Burke. To see what a big Dancing with the Stars favorite Brooke and Derek are, the closest to the couple in odds come Warren Sapp with odds to win Dancing with the Stars 7 at 7/4. Underdog remains Cloris Leachman with long odds 75/1. Here are the outright odds on winning Dancing with the Stars, as posted by Bodog:

ogpaper.com

‘Dancing with the Stars’ Hopefuls Reveal Each Other’s Annoying Habits!

They’re finding success as partners on “Dancing with the Stars” — but what do Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke really think of each other? The dancing duo is on the ET set quizzing one another about secret nicknames, annoying habits, pre-show rituals and much more!

Last week, the Olympic gold-medalist and his pro partner received their best score so far, a 27, for their hot Salsa.

Catch Maurice and all-new dances from the remaining contestants on “Dancing with the Stars” Monday night on ABC!

Entertainment Tonight

Review: Hedley

OTTAWA- Music critics live to skewer bands like the Vancouver pop-punk quartet Hedley, who played to a nearly sold-out crowd at the Civic Centre Saturday night.

The band, at first glance, owes most of its success to frontman Jacob Hoggard’s reputation of being the rebellious third-place finisher of the second season of Canadian Idol, itself a perennial whipping boy for prefabricated musicians filling out arts sections across the country.

Canada.com

 
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  • frogcooke

    Q&A from Seton high Theres some epicness here its funny lol lol When he gets to the 3 wishes, he said finding the right girl is important and lol it was funny.
    ————-

    Dont have audio yet bu todays interview in atalnta was epic!!!! They brought in 3 fans and each had to give a 60 second reason why they are davids fan and why he should pick them to go to the houston jingle ball. lol They told him he was on the phone(he was actually in studio). They brought them back in one at a time and said the video they recorded of it was messed up. They had david behind a curtain and surprise them while they were ‘redoing’ their 60 second thing. lol It was so funny!

    There is going to videos up on the radio site later today. Q100 in atlanta

  • frogcooke

    http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1527814.htm

    Prior to releasing his own music, Cashus and his writing partner, collectively known as The HitterZz, were writing songs and hooks for other people. In Spring 2008, the duo signed a deal with Primary Wave Music Publishing and have penned songs for various artists including Jamie Foxx, Prima J, Leona Lewis, The D.E.Y., David Archuleta and Jennifer Lopez.

  • frogcooke

    the 40 minute q100 interview this morning is now up at http://fansofdavid.com/ :)

  • http://www.myspace.com/gwendolyndiane GwendolynD

    Melinda delivers soul scorcher

    Looks promising….

    Can’t wait.

  • frogcooke

    This morning recorded WNCI interview is also now up at fansofdavid.com

  • abbysee

    In a day filled with so much tragedy re the Jennifer Hudson family, it’s a welcome respite to watch the Seton interview with young David. He actually made me smile….that’s been difficult this morning. He’s a joy.

  • LK08

    abbysee,

    If we could get David Archuleta’s sunshine in a bottle, it would be worth gold.

  • frogcooke

    access atlanta has a blog up about todays interview with pics

    btw they are fixing the wnci link on FOD, they had up the old interview, they are putting up the new one.

  • frogcooke

    one of the videos is up from this morning where David sneaks up behind the fan and surprises her. lol

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLN3JDFb5tQ

    I hope they put up the other two lol lol And I though teen girls had a high pitched voice!! LOL This lady gives them a run for their money. haha

  • cruzceleste

    ^Thank you froggie, I guess is in this kind of situation that we all need a good laugh and the Archie ´s videos are good for that…poor Lady almost have a heart attack…
    ETA:
    I think FOD crashed, keeps getting freezing in my laptop, or maybe is just my poor laptop…

  • cruzceleste

    LOL, the same lady form the previuos video posted by Froggie when she find out that she made to the finalist to the concert, the description from the video saids:

    My sister in law’s reaction to making the top 3 finalists for the biggest David Archuleta fan in Atlanta

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WlloE_bLNAo

    So funny…

  • Duke

    LoL

    I got THE BEST bumper sticker today, it says:

    Which November event is most important to you?
    (empty box w/ no check) Presidential Election
    (empty box w/ no check) Twilight Movie
    (checked box) David Archuleta’s Album

  • jd1111

    I wonder if the Idols now know about the horrible tragedy, like Simon Cowell. They should help in some way, nothing can reverse all these horrible things back but perhaps they can help to raise awareness about violence and gun abuse.

    I think Archuleta hasn’t known about this yet, he seems happy all the time and oblivious much about things that are happening. But there’s one thing I don’t remember exactly where when he said we should improve some underdeveloped areas in the country. The young man has a heart of gold indeed, and I believe he would pray for Jennifer and her family.

  • cruzceleste

    ^I do think they all know, but as you said there is no much that they all can do… think about is Archie or Cook were to suddenly stop in a middle of an interview and start talking about what happened Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure lots of “haters” will jump up and start saying that they are only trying to promote themselves by this tragedy, they might can make and statement if the interviewer will bring the subject to the interview, but I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think they will do so…

    Probably as you said, all of the people in the business are doing as we are fans are doing… pray for the Hudson family…

  • cruzceleste

    Which November event is most important to you?
    (empty box w/ no check) Presidential Election
    (empty box w/ no check) Twilight Movie
    (checked box) David Archuletaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Album

    How do you get that in your facebook, I want one too…

    ETA:
    (IÂ ´m posting a lot today)
    Because I do believe we need a good laugh, here is another fan reaction form meeting Archie:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8te4j3YUVI&feature=channel

    So cute…

  • ozarka

    Q&A from Seton high Theres some epicness here its funny lol lol When he gets to the 3 wishes, he said finding the right girl is important and lol it was funny.

    That was my favorite part. He said his 2nd wish was to find the right girl to spend his life with in the future. He then puts his hand up to his brow, scans the all-girl audience and says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Maybe sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s here somewhere.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  A major uproar then ensues. Here is a still photo of that priceless dry wit moment.

  • Duke

    cruzceleste,
    lol
    you basically have to scour through thousands of bumper stickers and hope to get lucky.
    for some reason, my friend has found me 3 of his- but this one is my favorite.

  • cruzceleste

    ^Thank you, I better start looking for it… lol

    Here is an interest article…

    In a low-sales era, what’s a hit in music?

    The economic downturn may represent a grave new world for most folks, but not those in the music industry.

    Way before world markets began circling the drain, record companies saw their sales dive into free fall. Album purchases – at least the legal kind – have been quickly eroding for most of this decade. (Thank you, Napster and all your peer-to-peer file-sharing offspring).

    Let’s face it: We’re never going back to those halcyon days. Certainly, we’re not going back to the go-go days of the ’90s, when you had more than a dozen performers who could move more than 10 million copies of a given CD – an era crowned by Shania Twain’s “Come on Over,” which pushed a whopping 15.5 million copies. That figure made it the largest-selling CD of the entire Nielsen/SoundScan era, which began in 1991, when the industry began using verifiable sales tallies.

  • sma11ie

    He then puts his hand up to his brow, scans the all-girl audience and says, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Maybe sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s here somewhere.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  A major uproar then ensues.

    Wow, Archie is getting to be quite the tease!

  • sma11ie

    Looks like Julianne Hough is getting her appendix taken out:
    http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b65743_julianne_dancing_star_without_appendix.html

    Sorry about the ugly link!

  • http://www.myspace.com/gwendolyndiane GwendolynD

    I’m beginning to think that this season of DWTS is cursed.

    At this rate, Cloris is going to win by default.

  • abbysee

    Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m beginning to think that this season of DWTS is cursed.

    At this rate, Cloris is going to win by default.

    Gwendolyn you have hit the nail on the head. It’s destiny! LOL! Or do you think she has a voodoo doll in her dressing room that looks like Brooke Burke, or Lance? Who’s next? DWTS, the thriller…..it’s not just dancing, lol.

  • ozarka

    Archie has added yet another venue to his growing roster of performances in December. He will be at B96 FM’s Jingle Bash in Chicago on December 16th. The event will also feature Rihanna and Jesse McCartney. Wow, he’s gonna be a busy, busy guy that month.

  • frogcooke

    His cds are showing up on itunes, but not yet available for preorder(probably at midnight)
    12.99 for the deluxe, 9.99 for the regular. :)

  • frogcooke

    There are 16 tracks for the deluxe version(one is pre order only) Angels is available to purchase now. Plus a digital booklet and the crush music video.

    1. Crush
    2. Touch My Hand
    3. Barriers
    4. My Hands
    5. A Little Too Not Over You
    6. You Can
    7. Running
    8. Desperate
    9. To Be With You
    10. Don’t Let Go
    11. Your Eyes Don’t Lie
    12. Angels
    13. Waiting On Yesterday
    14. Falling
    15. Let Me Go
    16. Somebody Out There (pre-order bonus)

    Angels is available as a single, it shows up sperate like crush does.

    the regular version of the album also has the pre order song and digital booklet.

  • cruzceleste

    I want that album…and the special track by pre order…

  • frogcooke

    btw Angels automatically downloads with the deluxe pre-order not the regular pre-order. lol Or you can just buy it seperate

  • soundscene

    So with the Wal-Mart exclusive track… we’re getting SEVENTEEN SONGS.

    :clap_tb:

  • abbysee

    I want that cd now! The deluxe is mine, and I guess the walmart one too. I am too damn easy. At least I can give the walmart one to my 17 year old….

  • Jabkmc

    We’re easy abbysee….but not cheap it seems. LOL!

  • abbysee

    Not cheap at all, lol. But I must have them all!

  • frogcooke

    arrrggg I wish it were nov 11th already

  • cheese

    I just downloaded my Josiah EP – it’s the best $4.95 I’ve spent recently. Yay!

    Are all those songwriters trying to confuse poor Archie? “Let Me Go” and “Don’t Let Go”? You Archie fans get a lot of songs! Gosh!

  • abbysee

    arrrggg I wish it were nov 11th already

    Me too!

  • frogcooke

    LOL cheese xD and some obsession with hands.. lol 17 total songs heh
    can. not. wait.

  • ozarka

    Oh my gosh!! SEVENTEEN songs all together! That boy spoils us way too much. Does anyone know what exclusive song will be on the Walmart version?

  • clee1107

    I pre-ordered deluxe edition. Angles is just beautiful beautiful song. I’m in tears now. I’m so proud of David. Go David!!! :clap_tb: :clap_tb:

  • frogcooke

    I forget the name of it but its the song he co wrote with daniel beddingfield, ozarka

  • mac

    I just downloaded my Josiah EP – ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the best $4.95 Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve spent recently. Yay!

    Just got mine too cheese! Love it.

  • frogcooke

    The ad is up on itunes!

  • ozarka

    I forget the name of it but its the song he co wrote with daniel beddingfield, ozarka

    Thanks Froggie. That would be “Works for Me” then.

  • frogcooke

    yup thats it ozarka lol

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/iamthepurplewalrus purplesmile

    I just downloaded my Josiah EP – ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the best $4.95 Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve spent recently. Yay!

    Just got mine too cheese! Love it.

    Aaah! I want to get it, too. Sucks that I can’t purchase from iTunes. Boo!

  • LK08

    Cruz- that lady looked like she saw a ghost!