Headlines: Adele Says NO to Super Bowl 17 Performance

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Adele Says She Declined Offer to Perform at 2017 Super Bowl Halftime Show – Adele won’t be saying “Hello” to the Super Bowl after all. Shutting down speculation in the past week that she was in talks to perform at 2017’s Big Game, Adele said she was offered the opportunity, but declined. She told a crowd at her Los Angeles concert Saturday night that “that show is not about music,” in remarks captured by fans and posted on social media. “First of all, I’m not doing the Super Bowl,” she said. “I mean, come on, that show is not about music. And I don’t really — I can’t dance or anything like that. They were very kind, they did ask me, but I said no.” – Read more at Variety

Arrrgh, Y’all! See Kellie Pickler as a Pirate on Nick Jr.’s Shimmer and Shine – Forget her No. 1 country albums, Dancing with the Stars trophy and American Idol success. According to Kellie Pickler‘s 3-year-old niece, her aunt’s most impressive accomplishment yet may be appearing on Shimmer and Shine. “I have to tell you, I have a lot of street cred with my niece ’cause this is one of her favorite shows!” the singer, 30, says of the animated Nickelodeon series about a little girl and her genie pals.
Pickler will play Zora, a genie pirate, in a two-episode story airing early next year. She will sing two original songs for the show. – Read more at People

Fantasia is in control, and finally happy: ‘I’m the definition of strength’ – “I’m at that place in my life now that if I can’t do what my heart is telling me to do, then I won’t do it anymore,” the 32-year-old singer confessed during breakfast at a Beverly Hills hotel. With her new album — released late last month via RCA Records, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B chart — the singer wanted to show she was in control. And after “12 long years …. and a lot of ups and downs,” she finally was. “What [labels] have done is they have watered down the artist. Everybody has an opinion. This person thinks you should dress like this. This person thinks this is what your music should be like because this is what’s selling right now,” she said. “What you’re doing is … prostituting the artist’s gift, and I couldn’t have that anymore.” – Read more at the LA Times

Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young – How Diane Paulus Put Two Actors on the Path to Marriage – When you met in Hair, did you really connect over being contestants on American Idol? Was it weird to go back for Simon Cowell’s last show? DD: When we first met, we didn’t have to talk about American Idol, which was kind of refreshing for both of us. It was just like, “Oh yeah, I got you.” We actually never had a full-blown conversation about it until almost two years into our relationship. AY: It felt like we went to the same college and knew the same professors, and that everybody had their opinions on everybody, but we knew them on a different level. DD: When we went to Idol in 2010, it was very strange because I had a different history with the show then Ace did—everybody loves Ace. It was really scary for me to go back, but he ended up being kind of like my security for the show. – Read more at Playbill.com

‘Racist piece of s**t’: Blake Shelton is blasted by furious fans as ‘historic sexist, Islamophobic and homophobic tweets are unveiled – The social media posts – which have since been deleted – included jokes about a non-English speaker being a bomber and a ‘fantasy’ about then 16-year-old Dakota Fanning. The authenticity of the posts, which are said to have been shared in 2011, has not been independently verified. Twitter users posted screenshots of the messages and accused The Voice US star, 40, of deleting the ‘disgusting’ and ‘extremely offensive’ tweets. The tweet read: ‘Wish the d******** in the next room would either shut up or learn some English so I would at least know what he’s planning to bomb.’ Shelton was also branded a sexist following a tweet which read: ‘I was 19 years old when my heart first got broken. I’m over it now but I wonder what that fat ugly b**** is up to.’ The homophobic allegations stem from a message reading: ‘Grown men who wear Chuck Taylor’s may as well write on their forehead ‘Cucumbers turn me on!” – Read more at DailyMail.co.uk

DWTS Pro Mark Ballas Congratulates former dance Partner Aly Raisman

Mark was paired with Aly on the show’s 16th season in 2013. The gymnast won gold with her fellow teammates Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian in the all-around gymnastics event in Rio on Tuesday (Aug 9). She later picked up silver, finishing second behind Simone, in the women’s individual all-round gymnastics event on Thursday (Aug 11).

Hope Solo Slams Swedish Women’s Soccer Team As ‘Bunch of Cowards’ After Olympic Loss – Hope Solo wasn’t in such a great mood after Team USA’s loss to the Swedish women’s soccer team at the Rio Olympics on Friday, August 12. “I thought that we played a courageous game. I thought we had many opportunities on goal,” she said, according to Wahl. “I think we showed a lot of heart. We came back from a goal down. I’m very proud of this team. But I also think we played a bunch of cowards. The best team did not win today. I strongly believe that. I think you saw American heart. You saw us give everything we had today.” Hope competed on Dancing with the Stars with pro Maks. Later, she accused him of physical abuse. She’s also been arrested for assaulting family members. – Via US Magazine

Lauren Alaina, Carrie Underwood Opry Reunion…

American Idol Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood remains an important mentor for Season 10 runner-up Lauren Alaina. The two performed on the Opry stage Wednesday night (Aug 10)

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