Idol Headlines for 8/14/14

Which Houseguest will be evicted from Big Brother tonight? Plus, HoH competition and more. I’ll be live blogging beginning at 9/8c pm CBS.

The second of the American Idol 14 judges round takes place in St. Louis, MO today.

The American Idol alum is remembered during funeral services – A small group of loved ones gathered for a private ceremony in memory of American Idol finalist Michael Johns at Los Angeles’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday. Johns’s family began traveling from his native Australia to be with his wife, interior designer Stacey Vuduris, shortly after they learned of the singer’s sudden death from a blood clot on Aug. 1. Johns is expected to be cremated and taken back to Australia. Read more at au.Lifestyle.yahoo.com

Betty Boop Movie in the Works with Simon Cowell (EXCLUSIVE) – Betty Boop is returning to the big screen, with Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Animal Logic Entertainment developing and producing the first feature-length film for the feisty cartoon flapper. The project has been in the works for several months with Fleischer Studios, owner of the Betty Boop charater, partnering with Syco Entertainment and Animal Logic — which performed the animation for “The Lego Movie” — on a music-driven hybrid animated comedy. Producers are Zareh Nalbandian and Jason Lust from Animal Logic and Simon Cowell and Adam Milano from Syco. No writer or director is attached yet. – Read more at Variety.com

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‘Survivor’ Editors End Strike Over Union Contract – The Survivor postproduction crew is headed back to work after a brief strike. Mark Burnett’s Island Post Productions Inc. agreed to give the crew union recognition, the Motion Picture Editors Guild announced Wednesday. “Contract talks have been scheduled for Friday. In the meantime, our strike action has been suspended, and Survivor post-production employees will return to their jobs on Thursday,” the Guild announced on its Facebook page Wednesday night. “Our picket line will stand down until further notice. Please do not report for picket duty tomorrow. Kudos to the crew of Survivor for their resolve they showed today and this important victory.” – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter

Jennifer Hudson’s Son David, 5, Gets Epic Birthday Party With SpongeBob, Ninja Turtles—See the Adorable Photos and Video! – Jennifer Hudson recently threw the mother of all Nickelodeon-themed birthday parties for her son David Daniel Otunga, Jr., who turned 5 on Aug. 10. Iconic characters such as SpongeBob Squarepants and four heroes in a half shell made an appearance. “Look who came to Little David’s Birthday Party!” WWE wrestler David Otunga, the boy’s dad and fiancé of the 32-year-old Oscar and Grammy-winning Dreamgirls actress and singer, said alongside a photo collage of their family at the event, posted on his Instagram page. “Not sure who was more starstruck, him or Mommy & Daddy.” – Read more at EOnline

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Carrie Underwood Crushes it for Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley is asking fans to send in videos of themselves crushing cans for his upcoming video “Crushing It” and his pal, Carrie Underwood, participated. Watch her crush a can of coke on her forehead. FEARLESS! That’s Brad in the background, “She’s gonna crush it!”

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