Idol Headlines for 12/04/11

By On 12/04/2011 · 94 Comments · In American Idol, Headlines

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Appearances:

Kris Allen, Stefano Langone  Darren Criss, Amber Riley and more will perform at the The Trevor Party at the Hollywood Palladium.  Idol music director, Michael Orland will be performing with Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka. The event, for the Trevor Project, will honor Lady Gaga.  Many more Glee stars will be making appearances. More information HERE.
Clay Aiken performs for Home for the Holidays. More info HERE.
Jordin Sparks’  “Celebrity Holiday Homes” episode airs on HGTV 8 pm
Casey Abrams will kick off the Vegas Marathon. In addition to a pre-race concert, he’ll sing “God Bless America” immediately before the race begins. 4:02 pm.
Crystal Bowersox plays Nashville Sunday Night at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville TN

Kris Allen – Alchemy Songwriting Contest

David Hodges, Kris Allen & Andy Davis, judged at last night’s The Alchemy Songwriting Competition in Arkansas to Benefit the Blackbird Academy of the Arts. Photo: @Rislea

Jordin Sparks – Children’s Medical Center Holiday Parade

After a live performance on Saturday, Jordin Sparks made her way down the parade route at the Children’s Medical Center Holiday Parade in Dallas Tx Photo: @JunPx

Kellie Pickler in the Christmas spirit

Kellie tweets, “I’m with Oscar “The Grouch” Ha ha!”

Jennifer Lopez Smiles, Shines In Peru (PHOTO)

Jennifer Lopez continued globetrotting this weekend and we think the Peruvian sunshine definitely agrees with her.

The singer was spotted in Lima, Peru, filming scenes for her upcoming talent show, “Q’Viva: The Chosen,” Saturday wearing a shining yellow dress and a big smile on her face.

Lopez has been jetsetting around the world with rumored boyfriend and backup dancer Casper Smart, hitting up Hawaii over Thanksgiving with her twins before flying to Morocco to perform at the launch of the Morocco Mall in Casablanca.

See the Photo at Huffington Post

J.R. Martinez Wins Unsung Hero Award

Just because he won ABC’s Dancing with the Stars two weeks ago doesn’t mean injured Iraq war veteran J.R. Martinez can’t put on his dancing shoes to help other disabled vets.

Martinez, 28, was guest of honor at Lois Pope’s the Lady in Red Ball at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club Friday night in Palm Beach, where he was presented with the Unsung Hero Award for “overcoming devastating injuries to make a full life for himself and in so doing bring the plight of America’s three million living disabled veterans into our country’s consciousness.”

Read more at People

 
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  • Anonymous

    no hints…

  • Anonymous

    Isn’t this a bad time to be releasing a new single what with x-mas music everywhere?  I’ve always heard it’s not a good time to do it so why is Adam doing it right in the middle of x-mas?

    Sorry Smeggingnuts. Didn’t mean to reply to you, just in general.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think it’s going out for adds, just being released in the sense of a preview. It’ll probably go for adds at the beginning on the year.

  • Anonymous

    Oh, okay.  Didn’t think of that.  

  • Anonymous

    you guys see the TMZ report about Drew fans threatening Paula and Nicole? That’s crazy, it’s just a tv show!

  • Anonymous

    Interesting interview with Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace, who has written with a number of Idols including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and David Cook.  All three are mentioned here as he discusses the double-edged sword of launching a career off shows like Idol and XFactor. He talks quite a bit about Cook and the perception he fights about not paying his dues despite having been a struggling (but working) musician and songwriter for years before Idol.

    The Idol stuff starts around 3:30 but the whole thing is interesting:

    http://bit.ly/vVB1wk

  • Anonymous

    Yep, I think you’re right about those nice southern manners  – my husband is like that, too (well, if southern Oklahoma is close enough to ‘southern’ lol) – we are never late getting anywhere, never too early, but never late. :)

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for bringing the interview over. Really interesting comments by Maida. I like how he mentions how difficult it is for the contestant after the show is over.

  • Anonymous

    Some people take these shows way too seriously.

  • tripp_ncwy

    Video (local news): 
    Kris Allen – judging Alchemy songwriting contest – on FOX16

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFG2EdlyaWE&feature=youtu.be

  • Incipit

    he discusses the double-edged sword of launching a career off shows like Idol and XFactor. He talks quite a bit about Cook and the perception he fights about not paying his dues despite having been a struggling (but working) musician and songwriter for years before Idol.

    ladymadonna512, Thanks. That whole thing ‘was’ very interesting – especially the POV on the Idol Stigma from an artist whose career was built in reverse to David’s (or Kelly’s, or Carrie’s), since Raine had a label deal and opted to go Independant, and they came at it from the other side of the coin. 

    Also, Raine Maida makes an articulate champion, ya know?

  • Anonymous

    SonyMusicAfrica: 
    @GlamBoi10 The new single ‘Better Than I Know Myself’ is on its way in the coming week

    More confirmation of a single. I like how a bunch of the country-specific Sony twitters have tweeted about it or replied to fans. 

  • mmb

    Sony Africa later corrected themselves and said press release coming this week- not single itself. Anyway, it’s coming soon!!!

  • Anonymous

    Those Sony tweets cracked me up this morning. They must have had some problems with the translation because it started off saying the single was on it’s way, then the press release about the single, then the press release but no news about any singles, lol.

  • Anonymous

    I was wondering if anyone has heard Stand Up at any football games yet? I was at the Steeler- Bengals game yesterday. We got there early and stayed to the very end and I never heard it. They played alot of rap while the team warmed up, and alot of the typical Ozzie songs, classic rock. Maybe it’s a regional thing. Oh, and they played Blur’s Song 2 ( Woo Hoo )after every touchdown which totalled to 5- GO STEELERS!

  • fuzzywuzzy

    I think that girlygirl2 posted that a friend of hers’ was going to a football game soon (I can’t remember which one), and was going to report about whether or not SU was played.

  • GS61

    I think it may be regional thing or a choice per stadium/organization maybe?

    TyMolinaro tyler molinaro
    @JFabb @Indeloon85 @ArcherNation My family just saw @DurbinRock on the jumbo-tron singing Stand Up at the Niner’s game!
    20 Nov

  • fuzzywuzzy

    I think that you’re right.  James apparently video’ed clips of himself wearing all of the NFL jerseys, so they probably are making those and SU available to all of the teams, and they are deciding whether or not to show the clips and play the song at a local level.

  • Anonymous

    James apparently video’ed clips of himself wearing all of the NFL jerseys…

    Because apparently James doesn’t have a publicist to do this sort of stuff for him.

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