Exclusive: How American Idol’s Lauren Alaina Lost 25 Pounds!
Sometimes it’s OK to be a loser — take it from American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina, who shed an incredible 25 pounds in just five months.
“Changing my diet was the big thing, ” the 5-foot-7 Georgia native tells the new issue of Us Weekly (out now). “I had to learn correct portion control.”
“I eat an egg-white omelet for breakfast, shrimp and veggies for lunch and chicken with asparagus for dinner, ” the single 16-year-old high school junior says.
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Top 20 Gets Tough With Kellie Pickler
GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown is getting ‘tough’ this week with Kellie Pickler. Kellie stopped by to talk about her new single, “Tough, ” as well as the video which was inspired by Kellie’s childhood. Kellie also shared details about her upcoming album, 100 Proof, and her role on the CW’s hit show, 90210. Tune in tonight at 8/7 CT to catch Kellie’s interview and this week’s Top 20 videos!
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‘Glee’ Exclusive Photo: Grant Gustin, Warbler Villain
On who this Sebastian guy is…
Sebastian is new to Dalton. He’s a gay character, obviously, but he’s kind of a new type of gay character. He’s someone you wouldn’t necessarily know is gay unless you asked him, but he’d be the first person to tell you. He’s very confident and comfortable with who he is and what he wants. Darren (Criss) was that new confident strong gay character, and Sebastian is taking that a step further. He’s a guys-guy, just a dude who happens to be gay. He’s a lacrosse player, he’s popular. He’s after Blaine, obviously, and he’s also trying to take the place that Blaine had as the leader of the Warblers. He’s been referred to as a villain, which I guess is true in the sense that he’s going to get what he wants and he doesn’t care who he steps on along the way, but he does so with a smile on his face.
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Dot-Marie Jones explores her range on ‘Glee’
It’s apropos that Dot-Marie Jones’ favorite music group of all time is Heart. As it turns out, her heart is pretty big, too.
The Glee star admits that “you can’t really hide big on me” when it comes to the 6-foot-3 actress and former 15-time world arm-wrestling champion. She’s a fan of giving real hugs, as both Betty White and her Glee co-star Chris Colfer’s grandmother learned at the recent Emmy Awards ceremony, as well as cyber ones to her “lil’ punkins” — the more than 61, 000 followers who follow her on Twitter.
Read more at USA Today
Behind the music: How X Factor winners lose out
Last week, the news leaked that The X Factor has dropped the “£1m recording contract” top prize. Apparently this happened in 2009, but contestants were sworn to secrecy, so the change has only now come to light. The contracts this year’s finalists have been asked to sign give them an advance of “just” £150, 000 for their first album, according to the Sun. The advances for the follow-up albums increase by just under £100, 000 with every release, which means the act would have to release four albums to earn a million pounds. No act has so far managed to reach that point before being dropped.
The 2008 Britain’s Got Talent winner, George Sampson, has spoken about feeling let down by Simon Cowell for dropping him after his first single flopped, and of being upset that he didn’t make any money out of his record deal – in fact, he said, he “owed” money to Cowell’s label, Syco.
Read more at the Guardian
