Bo Bice will sing the National Anthem for the Detroit Lions vs the Carolina Panthers game this Sunday at 1 pm in Detroit.
@KrisAllen tweets, “Back in the studio with @tpagnotta today and cutting some vocals.”
Kelly Clarkson on the Set of Her New Music Video
@NikkiRichLA: @kelly_clarkson is rocking out on the set of her music video “What Doesn’t Kill You” & wearing NikkiRich!!!
Exclusive Video: Nikki Reed Jokes: I Spent Honeymoon With Breaking Dawn Costar!
“Jackson [Rathbone] was basically on my honeymoon,” Reed joked when she visited Us Weekly’s NYC offices Thursday. “[Paul and I] got married and then had to leave a few days later for the international tour.”
Luckily for Reed, McDonald, 27, accompanied her overseas. “I think the Twilight promo stuff can be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m really lucky that Paul is so supportive,” she gushed. “It takes a special kind of personality to be able to go and do that with someone.”
Read more at US
A few thoughts on Danny Gokey’s exit from RCA Nashville
Chris Foran reported earlier on Milwaukee native Danny Gokey and RCA Nashville’s parting of ways.
My initial reaction? Not too surprised. It’s not that Gokey doesn’t deserve to be part of a record label that will support and promote his music. He does.
It is that Gokey never was – and really never should have been – a country singer.
Read more at JSOnline
Oprah Winfrey’s Primetime Series to Launch on New Year’s Day
It’s been a busy week for the folks at Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network.
OWN has announced that Winfrey’s primetime series Oprah’s Next Chapter will launch with a two-hour premiere on Sunday, Jan. 1 from 9-11 p.m. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler at his New Hampshire home. In the two-hour premiere, Winfrey and Tyler cover everything from his years of drug addiction, his complicated relationships with his wives and American Idol.
Oprah’s Next Chapter will move to its regular time slot beginning the following week at 9 p.m.
Read more at Hollywood Reporter
‘X Factor’: The Great Rock And Roll Swindle
“In a perfect world/We’d all sing in tune/But this is reality/So give me some room.” – Billy Bragg.
You couldn’t call it unexpected, but when “rock week” came to The X Factor for two nights, it turns out only one of them actually knew what to do with a rock song. Rock weak was more like it.
“What’s the point of having a theme if you’re going to totally disregard it?” Simon Cowell snipped to L.A. Reid, who clearly dodged the rules by giving Chris Rene a reggae song, Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry,” to fit nicely in his comfort zone.
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter
‘Glee’ Adele Mash-Up on Track for High Hot 100 Debut
A dele’s magic touch will help the “Glee” cast score its highest-charting hit this season, as its mash-up of her “Rumour Has It” and “Someone Like You” is set to storm next week’s Billboard Hot 100 and Digital Songs charts.
The single is shaping up, in fact, to be one of the Fox show’s top tracks overall dating to its May 19, 2009, premiere.
Industry sources suggest that the medley, released Tuesday (Nov. 15), could sell 160,000-180,000 downloads by the end of the current chart tracking week (Nov. 20).
“Teenage Dream” marks the “Glee” cast’s best sales frame, having arrived with 214,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, on the Digital Songs (No. 1) and Hot 100 (No. 8) charts dated Nov. 27, 2010.
Read more at Billboard
Lady Gaga To Be Honored As LGBT ‘Hero’
At this year’s annual Trevor Live event, the singer will be honored by the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization that offers suicide-prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Gaga will receive the Trevor Hero Award, Press Party reports. The organization will also recognize Google Inc. with the Trevor 2020 Award.
Fergie, Mary J. Blige, Miley Cyrus, Gleeks Chris Colfer and Darren Criss, Julianne Hough and “True Blood” star Joe Manganiello are just a few of the stars slated to appear. Criss made headlines last year when he was joined onstage by Katy Perry at the event. The two performed her track “Teenage Dream,” which he had famously covered on “Glee.”
Read more at MTV
Mark Ballas’ DWTS’ blog: Finals week!
The Finals of Season 13 of Dancing with the Stars is here! I have heard many fans compare this week of DWTS to the World Series, the NBA Finals, and even the Super Bowl. I might point out that many of these fans are of the female variety; however, as a professional dancer, I do like to think that the mirror ball trophy is just as prestigious as winning the commissioner’s trophy or a championship ring.
Read more at USA Today
