Skylar Laine had dinner with an NSyncer – Skylar had some special dinner plans yesterday. “Can’t wait to have dinner with @LanceBass tonight! My hometown boy!” She tweeted.

Elise Testone and Hollie Cavanagh interview with FOX San Diego 5. Watch it HERE.  They are rehearsing solo, duets, trios and group numbers for the tour.

Phillip Phillips, back on his feet!

LOOK WHO MADE IT TO REHEARSALS YESTERDAY! Hollie tweeted the photo. Erika Van Pelt tweeted, “Next time you want to mess with Elise and I, try not to look like a predator creeping behind a four door sedan in a dark lot ;-)”. Phil must be feeling better. Heh.

American Idol winner Scotty McCreery performs at CityPlace – Garner Magnet High School graduated a platinum artist when country crooner Scotty McCreery walked across the stage to receive his diploma, with honors, just over a week ago. It was a huge week for the 18-year old who won the 10th season of American Idol in May, 2011. The boy with a man’s voice won his third major music award when he took home the ‘buckle’ for Breakthrough Video of the Year from CMT, and right after the show he jetted back to his North Carolina hometown to don a royal blue mortar board and gown and graduate with his class. – Read more at Palm Beach Post

American Idol star Hollie Cavanagh on being a Scouser, going on tour and what she misses about Liverpool – She said: “I remember saying to [fellow contestant] Deandre [Brackensick] that we would go back next year and get into the top 10 and we did. “The top 10 was my goal so each week I was surprised. “I just kept pushing myself and then I got into the top five and then the top four. I never expected it so to get to the top four was pretty good. My dad Peter always says ‘you can do this, you’re a Scouser’.” Hollie, 18, who now lives in Texas, said she was “excited” about joining her Idol pals on the road and hopes it could lead to a record contract. She said: “We’ve been told a lot of people come and see the shows so I’ll get to show who I am as an artist.” – Read more at Liverpool Echo

Kelly Clarkson – eTalk Interview – 06-19-2012

Kelly talks about her boyfriend, Brandon. She’s not in a hurry to have kids.

James Durbin succeeds despite challenges

Exclusive: How Britney Spears, Demi Lovato Are Bonding at X Factor – At the Kansas City, Missouri auditions June 8, X Factor UK judge Louis Walsh, 59, filled in for an ill Simon Cowell, 52, and taught the two pop stars a funny game he likes to play on the European version of the reality hit, Us Weekly has learned. According to a source, the judges secretly chose a word before each contestant performed and then tried to use it during their critiques. The more difficult the word, the better. “Every time one of them said the word, they all started giggling like naughty school children.” – Read more at UsMagazine

Nick & Drew Lachey Announce 98 Degrees Will Reunite For One Performance! [AUDIO] – Nick Lachey may have denied a tour a couple months ago when he tweeted: “So psyched to see all the excitement for a 98 degree tour, but the only tour I’ll be doing this summer is at baby’s ‘r us!” But on Wednesday Nick and Drew Lachey called in to “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” to announce that 98 Degrees will be reuniting for one performance at the Summer Mixtape Festival in Hershey, PA. The two also chatted about fatherhood and the possibility of Drew being part of the “Dancing with the Stars” All-Star cast. – Listen to the interview at RyanSeacrest.com

 
  • Anonymous

    More:
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    @rfgharris @scottymccreery @TANYAWEST07 @TownofGarner heard YouTube will do special promo for WTT vid on Fri and it should be on Vevo Mon.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    I liked this lower key version of RBY. James seems to do small changes in the melody everytime he sings it, it’s kinda like he’s digging the song, much different from the early rough performances.

  • shamrock

    James has always loved “Right behind you”. He declared it as his favourite song before any of us even had heard it. And I agree with iani, it would have made a better HAC-Single, especially as it is one of the few songs that translates really well into accoustics.

    Thanks for the interview and transcript links, justmefornow and Sue, and MJ for adding it to the headlines:
    James comes across as really likeable, mature and well-spoken. If nothing else, this interview and the transcript show in excellence why he is such an inspiration for so may kids who feel as outsiders.

    And heartly, I really dig the new ‘do with the blonde growing out, too.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AGWO435FL6UN2ICRVTFLWRJZSA Lexie

    Smiles–Scotty just played a round of gold with Cledus T. Judd:))

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/GJ7GOGSVLTJY6SJDVVZYAEUL4Y Jean White

     Great Poster/billboard/ad/photo of Taylor!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/GJ7GOGSVLTJY6SJDVVZYAEUL4Y Jean White

     What a great interview – and loved the last couple of minutes – he sounds so good. Enjoyed the little bit of Right Behind You.

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  • Anonymous

    That’s one duet I wouldn’t want to see. If he was going to duet with an Idol, I would hope it would be either Fantasia or Kelly. 

  • DragonFly

    Taken from the text of James’ interview:   In the midst of it all, we found out that we were expecting our sweet son Hunter. That right there is the proudest moment of my life and no famous game show or extravaganza concert can top that. EVER!!Heidi and Hunter balance me. Throughout my adventures and heartache on AI to the adventures and heartache on the road of rock ‘n roll, they have always supported me. 
    And when I’m home, I’m just Daddy.”

    —Just couldn’t let that go with just a link. 

    Acoustic RBY–perfect/a great ending for the interview. 

  • Anonymous

    Lovely interview with James and Sanjay Gupta. I had not seen it. That was a lovely rendition of Right Behind You. It has never been my favorite song, but that was lovely. 

  • Anonymous

    mj – how did you get that CNN video to embed on your site?  I can’t seem to figure out how to embed vids from anything other than youtube. LOL

  • Anonymous

    It seems to me that James has grown quite a bit since those extremely rough first performances of Love Me Bad, and even his interview skills have gotten so much better.  He even dresses better these days.  I also think he has learned how to control his voice more for acoustic performances. He seems to have learned a lot and grown up a lot in these past six months.  This next album he is working on should be really interesting.