Nick Lachey Records Duet with American Idol Judge

Forget Simon! New American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is the one getting all the attention.

The singer-songwriter recorded a duet for Nick Lachey’s upcoming album, Coming Up For Air.

“She and I wrote it together,” Lachey told Access Hollywood Friday. “Initially, just in the studio, we thought, ‘All right, let’s sing it together and then we’ll maybe find someone else to be on it,’ but she did such a great job on it.”

His track with the fourth Idol judge is called “Temporary,” and Lachey said they both had a great experience producing the song.

US Magazine

ET Online Exclusive: David Osmond Sings for ET

Donny and Marie Osmond’s nephew David just got the boot from “American Idol” — and now he’s singing exclusively for ET!

Listen as David sings his original song “Last Day” — in a performance you will see in its entirety only on ETonline!

And then, click here to watch David’s explanation of why he thinks he was eliminated from the FOX hit singing competition.

ET Online

More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…

American Idol 8à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s fake controversies: singersà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ pro experience, Casey Carlsonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bikini pictures

American Idol typically has a scandal or two during its four-month run, but what happens if there isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t really anything to talk about? Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s when ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s time to make a big deal out of not very much at all, creating fake controversies just to fill space, like when idiot, sensational bloggers make a big deal out of a not-all-that-uncommon phrase spoken by an auditioner.

Reality Blurred

Conway Man Makes Top 75 in American Idol

We first told you last week about a UCA student who made it to Hollywood on American Idol. Well, good news for 23 year old Kris Allen. Last night, he made it to the top 75.

Friends of Allen expect him to go far in the competition. They say the excitement continues to rise, as Allen continues to shine on the show.

“He has a huge support system. He’s been a great friend and he’s extremely humble. Everyone loves him to death,” Carrie Bowen, a Kris Allen fan said.

MSNBC

‘American Idol’ Chat: Hollywood Week Evictee Sharon Wilbur

Hosted by American Idol expert Richard Rushfield of The Los Angeles Times:

Zap2it

Bikini girl Katrina Darrell says she’s not ‘just some fluke in a bikini’

Katrina Darrell, 20, famously known for making out with Ryan Seacrest in a bikini during her à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  audition, didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make it past Hollywood week. Few are surprised, including Darrell, whoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s nevertheless nothing but optimistic for whatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s coming next. (In her case, that means offers from Playboy, FHM and some stint in Las Vegas.) Sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s also already accumulated more than 4,100 friends on MySpace.

LA Times

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢sà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Kara DioGuardi On Bikini Girlà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Playboy Call: à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹I Thought That Was Great For Herà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢

Earlier this week, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢sà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Bikini Girl, Katrina Darrell, revealed to Access Hollywood that she has been approached by a popular menà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s magazine. And, according to à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  judge Kara DioGuardi, that is exactly the direction the woman who auditioned in a swimsuit, should take her career in.

à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Playboy, did I hear Playboy? She was maybe doing something for Playboy?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Kara told Access on the Grammy MusiCares red carpet Friday evening in Los Angeles. à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“I actually called that months ago. I thought that was great for her.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

When Katrina stopped by Access Hollywood on Thursday, she told Tony Potts that though she is off à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  now, she hopes to return via the upcoming Wild Card round.

Access Hollywood

Archuleta acts (sort of)

During David Archuleta’s run on “American Idol” last season, the Utah teen came in for quite a bit of unwarranted criticism.

Refusing to believe that he could possibly be as humble and emotional as he appeared, the cynics claimed he was acting.

And now we have absolute, irrefutable proof that Archuleta wasn’t acting on “American Idol.”

He has an acting role on tonight’s episode of Nickelodeon’s “iCarly.” And he can’t act.

Mormon Times

Vulture Predicts the Winners of Next Yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Grammys

Well, the Grammys are this weekend and we’re vaguely excited, sort of! In addition to a bunch of not-bad performances, Sunday night’s ceremony will feature the hippest slate of nominees in recent memory: Lil Wayne! M.I.A.! Radiohead! Estelle! Wait a minute, though à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  didn’t those artists all release their albums in like, 1987? Yes! Thanks to the Grammys’ early-closing eligibility window (to qualify for a nod, CDs must be released by the end of September*), most of the records competing for top awards are ones we stopped listening to over a year ago. And the ones we’ve been listening to for the past four months can’t win anything until next February. So which artists will take home the top awards in 2010? After the jump, we speculate.

NY Magazine

Jennifer Hudson Ready ‘To Get On With Her Life,’ Says Clive Davis

“She’s coped internally. She’s coped with her family,” Sony Music’s chief creative officer said. “I’m sure she’s coped within her religion. I was there at the funeral. I think that she has … to dig down deep, because this has been an indescribable tragedy.”

Davis also said that he and Hudson have talked in-depth about the tragedy. He said she’s ready to get back to work, which includes going on a spring tour and releasing a new music video for “If This Isn’t Love.”

“Through the dialogue we’ve had over this period, she knows she’s got to get on with her life,” Davis said. “She knows that she’s dedicated to making her family, especially her mother, proud of her.

MTV

Jennifer Hudson’s Brave Return

Jennifer Hudson is back in the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Spotlight.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

A few months after a horrible family tragedy, Hudson rehearsed yesterday afternoon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for tomorrow nightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala.

Hudson sang her hit à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Spotlightà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  twice, once for practice and then again for TV camera crews who were shooting background material for interviews theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d already taped with Davis.

Fox News

Antico, Gale, Bojtos, Pfrogner and More Will Join DeGarmo in Oz, the Musical

As previously announced, Diana DeGarmo, the “American Idol” finalist who made her Broadway debut in Hairspray, will star as Dorothy in a limited tour of Oz, the Musical, which is described as a “contemporary musical twist” on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”

Written, directed and choreographed by Todrick D. Hall, the musical is scheduled to launch Feb. 7-8 at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, TX. Other Texas tour dates include Feb. 13-14 at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium in Fort Worth, Feb. 17 at the Jefferson Theatre in Beaumont, Feb. 21 at the Hippodrome Theatre in Waco and Feb. 28 at the Selena Auditorium in Corpus Christi.

Playbill

On set with Theo Tams

Canadian Idol winner Theo Tams is gearing up for the release of his debut album and just wrapped up a photo shoot with famed Canadian photographer Andrew MacNaughton.

“Eight months ago I was a university student living in southern Alberta and now the album comes out and it’s a completely different life,” Tams told CTV’s etalk.

Since his Idol win last September, Tams has been busy touring with fellow runner-ups Mitch MacDonald and Drew Wright on the Top 3 tour and writing tracks for his debut album.

“We’ve been recording a single, which is going to be out soon,” said Tams.

CTV

 
  • ozarka

    Does anyone know if Donny and Marie are part owners of Entertainment Tonight or something? It seems they are always on it. They might as well call the show “Donny and Marie Tonight.” LOL! It’s annoying how they are always plugging their Vegas show on it, like every other night, and now their plugging their nephew, of course.

  • Jolene

    I’m so happy David Osmond didn’t make it to the Top 36 right now. We’re hearing too much about him as it is, I can’t even imagine what we’d be in for if he got to the finals. Yeeesh!

    I’m waiting for the 15 minutes (or is it seconds in this case?) to run out.

    About iCarly with Archie:

    Just don’t expect to hear Archuleta sing — which is almost a bit of bait-and-switch.

    WTF? I thought he was doing Crush and ALTNOY?

  • windmills

    Fun fact: Temporary is the song that Kelly Clarkson and Chris Daughtry recorded as a duet but it didn’t make her album.

  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste

    WTF? I thought he was doing Crush and ALTNOY?

    He is singing Crush tonight during the hold presentation segment and altnoy the next saturday in the repetition… don ´t worry he will sing… ;D

    THERE’S SOME FUNNY stuff on the faux talent show that takes shots at the real “American Idol.” Like the endless attempts to stretch out the suspense by the host before announcing who the winner is.

    Like telling viewers the winner is — going to announced right after these messages.

    “Another commercial!” Sam exclaims in frustration.

    “And they wonder why they’re losing teens to the Internet,” Carly adds

    lol, I love iCarly

  • SallyinIllinois

    Jennifer is the inspiration for all Idols who get the boot early….and get a lucky break. She’s the American Idol that personifies American Idol. She has certainly evolved into a (near) super star.

  • frogcooke

    yeah he doesnt sing it on the show it self, but during crush night hosting I think.

  • sonyab

    I love the Osmonds. I always love watching them on Entertaintment Tonight. Danny is so funny. :)

  • CathyMK

    From Vulture’s prediction for Best New Artist in 2010:

    Just kidding à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  it’ll probably go to David Cook or someone terrible.

    Well, at least they said “OR someone terrible”, instead of “someone terrible like DC”, LOL. I think they’re becoming Cookified!

  • caringgirl

    Cathy, Im not holding my breath about vulture becoming cookified…because quite frankly, I dont see it ever happening lol.

  • ilovetohateai

    in case you missed the snark, the vulture article is saying that Best New Artist in 2010 will probably go to someone terrible, including DC!

  • SashaB

    I think Vulture is snarky and OTT to get a reaction. You have to fish through the fog, but I do think they are more Cooked than it appears at first read. Heh.

    I would love to hear that Kelly/Chris duet. Maybe they can perform it live together?

  • star

    There’s two new videos of Adam Lambert as Fiyero in Wicked on YouTube today…

    As Long As You’re Mine

    Dancing Through Life

    Fun fact: Temporary is the song that Kelly Clarkson and Chris Daughtry recorded as a duet but it didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make her album.

    My memory is a little fuzzy on the Kelly/Daughtry duet stuff…but if I’m remembering correctly, didn’t Kara mention something about a Daughtry duet song she wrote that didn’t work out? So I guess Nick Lachey snatched it up, then? Or is it all just some kind of crazy coincidence…

    ETA nevermind, omg. I’m not awake yet. :P

  • Jolene

    I think Vulture is snarky and OTT to get a reaction. You have to fish through the fog, but I do think they are more Cooked than it appears at first read.

    Yeah, I think it’s actually a way too elaborate and oftentimes unfunny brand of sarcasm pointed at Archie, not Cook. I know the Archie fans adore the Vulture, though, and many Cook fans take their jabs seriously, so I think it all sort of misses the point. Or not, maybe they mean exactly what they write and they were completely serious when they posted this.
    It’s possible.

  • IdolFanatic

    Nick Lachey and Kara working together huh. That should be a good song. I adore Nick and think Jessica Simpson was a fool to let him get away. But he’s probably better off now. He’s so talented and so down-to-earth. I hope he has much success in both his career and personal life.

  • Sarah

    Re: the Vulture’s usually unsuccessful attempts at satire and snarkitude about the world of pop culture in general:

    Call me slightly shocked: they didn’t refer to DC in their usual way, as in “the balding, pitchy, unworthy winner”. To me, that little word “or” spoke volumes! ;)

  • bigjr6633

    Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m so happy David Osmond didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t make it to the Top 36 right now. Weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re hearing too much about him as it is, I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t even imagine what weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢d be in for if he got to the finals. Yeeesh!

    Thank you, I’m so tired of hearing about David Osmond. Just because he’s an Osmond he’s getting this attention. Those other more taented singers who got cut, they aren’t getting any attention at all. Does anyone actually care that much that he got eliminated, life will go on it’s just a show and I doubt he would’ve brought anything new to the show just some crazed Osmond fanatics.

  • CathyMK

    Thereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s two new videos of Adam Lambert as Fiyero in Wicked on YouTube todayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

    Isn’t it time for the semi-finals YET? Can’t wait to see him take command of the AI stage.

  • Barbariba

    Isnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t it time for the semi-finals YET? Canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t wait to see him take command of the AI stage.

    I’m with ya CathyMK. I’m really looking forward to seeing and hearing Adam Lambert explode on the AI stage. He is one talented individual!

  • LK09

    I saw “Wicked’ on broadway the first year it was out and have tickets for the touring show in April. Does anyone have any idea whether Adam was on Broadway or where he was?

  • frogcooke

    David performed ALTNOY at the Ohana day thingy just now. :) Lisa got pics and video! :D

  • Kylene

    He was in the LA cast – he was Fiyero’s understudy and had roles in the ensemble as well.

  • LK09

    How long was he in LA? My son saw wicked in LA for his honeymoon July of 2007.

  • SallyinIllinois

    Where is the Clive Davis party at online? I cannot find it!

  • snuffles

    Here are the videos of Adam playing Fiyero in the LA Production of WICKED

    Dancing Through Life

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWmMGMu9gUA

    As Long As Your Mine

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

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    Here are the videos of Adam playing Fiyero in the LA Production of WICKED

    Somebody already posted them earlier today. Check out the first couple of posts in the thread. Thanks, though.

  • skylight1219

    I, too, love the Osmonds.

  • snuffles

    Whoops! My bad! I swear those links didn’t come up at first. LOL!

  • frogcooke

    Ohana Day Video fo ALTNOY and cheerleader posing:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_qnhpj1z_c

    Pics and video thanks to Lisa(soundscene)

  • Jabkmc

    Whoa! A lot of skin there in front of Archie. haha! ALTNOY! Excellent!

  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste

    I think Ohana and I think “Lilo & Stich” heh…
    eeek I would have so nervous if I was in a stadium alone singing like that…. Go David Archuleta!!!! He was awesome…

    Whoa! A lot of skin there in front of Archie. haha!

    I was thinking the same think… lol … hope he has his sharpie at hand…

  • LK09

    I read that soundscene was at that Hawaii performance.

  • frogcooke

    iDavid iBites things on iCarly!

    http://www.icarly.com/iSnaps/Default.asp?ChannelID=1

    Six pics:
    David bites Low-Fat Fat Cakes! Delicious!, David bites novelty glasses, David bites a shiny red wallet, David bites an extra large umbrella!, David bites a tennis racket, and…. the bestest of them all… him in glasses holding a troll with a thumbs up…Thanks for looking at my iBite gallery! Archuleta out!

  • Jabkmc

    LK09 – It was Lisa (Soundscene) who took that video and those pictures. lol

  • frogcooke

    New blog… lol

    CRUSH NIGHT ON NICKELODEON RIGHT NOW!

    Hey guys,

    It’s David again. I just wanted to remind you about the things that are coming up pretty soon! CRUSH NIGHT on NICKELODEON airs TONIGHT! Right now! And they’ll be showing the iCarly episode I make a guest appearance in. Then on Sunday I’ll be singing the national anthem at the Pro Bowl all the way in Hawaii! haha. So don’t forget to tune in and I’ll let you know more about how things have been later on. See ya!

  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste

    OMG look at this pictures taked by soundscene… (ps. he looks really happy with those cheerleaders, a dream come true for a teenager hehe;D )

    International fans can watch Crush night here

  • lefty

    iDavid iBites things on iCarly!

    :lol_tb: OMG – that’s so bizarre and hilarious! I think the tennis racket is my fave.

    eta: he looks about 10 years old in those nerd glasses.

  • soundscene

    Haha, yeah, he did awesome with ALTNOY today. It nearly sounded like the recording, except he changed it up some. But he totally nailed the bridge. Really excellent. I think people were impressed. I was up higher (hence the reason it was so far away), but it turns out that the sound was much better up there. Down below the sound sort of echoed. Both the AFC and NFC players had already left the field, so everybody was basically just staying to see him perform. As I left I heard people singing the song. Just Jared Jr. has the professional shots from the field.

  • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=587900002&ref=name cruzceleste

    Thank you for the little recap soundscene… glad you have fun…

  • JOJOSIE

    I’m glad David Osmond is off the show for his own sake as MS is a disease that can really effect your life without much notice. The fact that he has been in a wheel chair and now seems normal tells a lot about this ailment. Losing his voice may have been caused by his MS and I think TPTB know these things. Now about Adam I’m so glad to see these new videos of him in Wicked. He’s my early favorite. He is mega talented, and gorgeous. I downloaded a picture of him off one of the Idol sites and thought about using it as a screen saver, but it’s so intense (his face only) I’m afraid I’d be staring at it all the time.

  • wordnerdarchie

    There were some interesting soundbites on Extra this weekend about Idol. It includes a short interview with Paula, David Cook, and comments by Ryan.

  • oceana

    Well Vulture said that about DC, and the Mormon newspaper said that DA can’t act. They all get equal time in the media. It’s very cool to be anti-Idol and so there will always be that.

    Ha ha, about the Osmonds owning a share of ET. I have basically quit watching it because I’m so sick of Marie Osmond. She’s extremely polarizing so I don’t think ET did themselves any favors by making her a regular. Donny’s okay by himself, but she … is an attention hound.

    I think an Osmond on the show would have dominated too much, he would have lasted almost to the end due to the huge contingent of Osmond fans, there would have been too much attention paid to the family (who would have been front and center in the audience every week), not to mention drama and angst if David’s MS should flare up during the show. It sounds like a circus, and it wouldn’t have been fair to the other contestants (or us either, and many of us might have quit watching).

    p.s. I look forward to hearing the Nick/Kara duet. Too bad about the Chris/Kelly duet. Maybe they’ll sing it somewhere someday.