ABC to Air Ariana Grande Benefit Concert in U.S. as Global Broadcasters Sign Up (EXCLUSIVE) – ABC will air Ariana Grande’s One Love benefit concert Sunday, one of a host of international broadcasters that have signed up to air the live event dedicated to helping victims of the Manchester attack. BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is coordinating the international effort and has placed the concert with broadcasters in 38 countries so far, with more agreements expected. The event will run live on ABC’s Freeform cable channel with a one-hour highlights show then going out on ABC stations after the NBA finals. – Read more at Variety
Lauren Alaina: Concert Premieres 0n AT&T AUDIENCE Network 6/2 – Tune in to the AT&T AUDIENCE Network concert special “Lauren Alaina” airing Friday, June 2, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT via DIRECTV Ch 239, AT&T U-verse Ch 1114 and DIRECTV NOW. The show will delve into Lauren’s musical influences and personal background in an intimate interview with series host Ted Stryker as well as a full concert featuring fan favorites including her No. 1 hit “Road Less Traveled,” “Doin’ Fine,” “Three” and more. Lauren’s current album Road Less Traveled, is available now via Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope Records (here). Watch the trailer for “Lauren Alaina” (here) and her behind-the-scenes story (here). – Read more at Broadway World
Randy Jackson Dishes on ‘Idol’ Reboot: ‘They Wanted Me to Take Ryan Seacrest’s Job – In fact, Jackson told ET that he’s already been approached about being a part of the reboot, but not in the way you’d think. “They wanted me to take Ryan Seacrest’s job, because they said ‘Look man, look, you got it. You know how to do it, dog,’” he said of the competition’s former host. “I would only host with Ryan. He’s my friend. You know let’s see — Kelly and Ryan, Ryan and Randy. Oh man. It’s gonna work man. I feel it!” – Read more at ETOnline
Mark Burnett Opens Up About Gwen Stefani’s Future on ‘The Voice’ – “Once you’ve got a red chair, you always have a red chair,” Burnett told ET’s Nancy O’Dell on Wednesday. “Coaches go on tour and make albums. This is the challenge of The Voice, is fitting into the schedule of these currently top-selling artists… [but] we love all our coaches.” “It’s amazing to have both Jennifer and Kelly. I’ve known Kelly for a long time, and Jennifer is amazing. I’ve worked with her on award shows before, and you saw she performed last week on [The Voice finale],” Burnett said. – Read more at ETOnline
Adam Wakefield talks ‘The Voice,’ Blake Shelton, future plans – On his future plans, he said, “I’m releasing my first EP on July 21st. So many of the people who got to know me from The Voice only know a little bit of my original music. I’ve been working on my own material in both the studio and on the road and I’m excited to release it this summer. I love playing live and definitely plan to hit the road and I’m really looking forward to playing the new stuff out there.”
He listed Miranda Lambert and Jenny Gill as his dream female collaboration choices in life. “I want to definitely say ‘thank you’ to the fans for being so supportive and embracing what I do.- Read more at Digital Journal
Post-‘Idol,’ Lauren Alaina Is Healthier, Happier and Honest – Six years after being a finalist on “American Idol,” country singer Lauren Alaina is finally feeling happy, healthy and celebrating hard-earned radio success. All it took was to be honest with her fans and herself. The bubbly, enthusiastic singer with an impressive vocal range was a fan favorite on the reality TV show, being named runner-up in 2011 behind country singer Scotty McCreery. But behind-the-scenes, she was a teenager who was struggling with body image issues that escalated once she was in the public eye. – Read more at Associated Press
Billboard Celebrates Pride Month:
Adam Lambert: Love Letter to the LGBTQ Community – Y’all are my true inspiration. You’re life lines that have kept me grounded and thankful. All the LGBTQ musicians, dancers, drag queens, bar stars, club kids, DJ’s, designers, actors, stylists, glam squads….. YOU are my circus family. It is because of all those years traipsing round our nocturnal playgrounds that I had any sense of how and why I wanted to stay the course; to rep for my queer family! – Read more at Billboard
Kelly Clarkson: Love Letter to the LGBTQ Community – It always makes me feel sad when someone from the LGBTQ community comes up and says thank you so much for being supportive, and how hard their life has been, and how helpful it is when people in the spotlight use their influence to help others. It shouldn’t be this rare, unique thing. It should be a no-brainer to lift, and support everyone, in every community, and encourage people rather than fear or judge what is different from themselves. I can’t wait for the day when there’s not a need for someone to be thanked for doing the obvious. – Read more at Billboard
The host of the Bachelor Franchise Responds to Racist Tweets
Host Chris Harrison claims Bachelorette producers were not aware of Lee Garrett’s racist tweets. Hm….
For those asking, no, of course we didn’t know about the offensive tweets from Lee’s account. None of us were aware of them Very unfortunate
— Chris Harrison (@chrisbharrison) June 2, 2017
