Headlines: Carrie Underwood Talks CMAs, Christmas in Rockefeller Center

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NBC CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH THE ANNUAL “CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER” LIVE ON WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29 – Brett Eldridge, Jennifer Nettles, Leslie Odom Jr., Pentatonix, Gwen Stefani and The Tenors Are Set to Take the Stage NEW YORK – Nov. 6, 2017 – NBC kicks off the holidays with the lighting of the iconic tree in the heart of New York City with “Christmas in Rockefeller Center(R)” on Wednesday, Nov. 29 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT). The evening with include festive performances by Brett Eldridge, Jennifer Nettles, Leslie Odom Jr., Pentatonix, Gwen Stefani and The Tenors, with additional acts to be announced. NBC’s “Today” anchors Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker will host the highly anticipated holiday special. – Read more at FutonCritic

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The CMA Awards air Wednesday at 8 pm with Hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley: CMA Awards Co-Hosts Say ‘Country Music Is Here to Stay’ – All eyes will be on Nashville Wednesday night, as the 51st Annual CMA Awards air live at 8 p.m ET on ABC. Not only will this year mark Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley‘s 10th time hosting the event, it will also be the first major country music award show since the deadly shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, during which 58 country music fans were killed and more than 500 wounded. But that doesn’t mean the show will be a sad one. Parade had a chance to chat with the co-hosts about how the tragedy will be addressed, how they plan to bring the funny during such a heavy time and, of course, Carrie’s wardrobe changes. – Read more at Parade

Lee DeWyze adds glam to seventh HIT Idol event – Hundreds of people filled the Historic Ironwood Theatre Saturday as finalists of this year’s HIT Idol competition entertained the crowd before and after learning who the six winners were. Adding to the fun was the participation of Lee DeWyze, Season 9 winner of “American Idol,” who performed with the contestants and also gave a concert of his own. – Read more at YourDailyGlobe

New Endorsement Deal for The Voice’s RaeLynn

Fort Wayne’s Addison Agen has started work on a new album – While home in Fort Wayne, Addison took advantage of the opportunity to step into a local recording studio Oct. 29 to begin recording some of her new songs, she said. The self-described Indie-folk music artist said her songs sound somewhat sad, but they really aren’t. “The lyrics are what I really pay attention to,” she said. She wants people to hear what she is saying in the songs, she said. Her lyrics and music are meaningful to different types of people, she added, and different people take them different ways. – Read more at news-sentinel

Crystal Bowersox, American Idol finalist, at JDRF Southwest Ohio Type One Nation Summit

Nashville recording artist and American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox is in Cincinnati to give an exclusive performance and speak to adults and children at the 4th annual JDRF Southwest Ohio Type One Nation Summit. The summit is held during the month of November, which is National Diabetes Awareness Month.

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Katharine McPhee & David Foster What Game? – The Lakers beat the Memphis Grizzlies Sunday night in L.A., but David Foster and his new gf, Katharine McPhee, might not have noticed.
The two had great seats, but it didn’t matter because it looked like Katharine was more into David’s convo than Lonzo Ball’s ball skills.
They’ve been spotted together all over town the last couple of weeks, and were even snapped smooching. So far no official statement on the status of their relationship, but the body language pretty much says it all. – See pap photos at TMZ

Haley Reinhart: ‘Everything Happens for a Reason’ – We first met bubbly singer Haley Reinhart during season 10 of “American Idol,” where she captured both the hearts of many and the third-place slot. After that Miss Reinhart went on to become an internet sensation by singing lead with the hipster collective known as Postmodern Jukebox. The group’s swing jazz version of the Radiohead song “Creep” got a kagillion (it’s a word) views/streams. For her latest CD, Miss Reinhart takes an unexpected music travel back in time to the ‘60s with “What’s That Sound?” a collection of the era’s greatest gems sung with a fresh take and musical passion by the twentysomething. – Read more at Washington Times

Q&A: Sawyer Fredericks (“The Voice”) – I chatted with “The Voice’ winner Sawyer Fredericks about his time on the show and the transition from reality show contestant to the music industry. Talk about your childhood, where you grew up, etc I was born in Newtown. We then moved to Roxbury, Connecticut. When I was eight years old, we moved to Upstate New York. I’ve been living on my family’s farm ever since. – Read more at BaltimoreMediaBlog

Kelly Clarkson Joins Nick Cannon & Kelsea Ballerini at Halo Awards 2017 – Kelly Clarkson is a vision in black as she arrives at the 2017 Nickoleodeon HALO Awards on Saturday night (November 4) at Pier 36 in New York City. The 35-year-old entertainer was joined at the awards event Nick Cannon and country singer Kelsea Ballerini. – See the Photos at Just Jared

Kelly Clarkson will ‘go high’ in the face of criticism (sometimes) – Today Sunday

Kelly Clarkson ‘Never Felt Sexually Attracted to Anybody’ Before Husband Brandon Blackstock – During a private show for SiriusXM listeners at the Highline Ballroom in New York City Friday, the 35-year-old Grammy winner revealed to the crowd that Blackstock was the first man that gave her that feeling inside. “This isn’t a downer to anybody I dated before him, but I’m just going to be real: I never felt like, honesty, sexually attracted to anybody before him,” Clarkson confessed. “And I’m not downing my exes. You know, everybody’s different. But there was something about him.” “I honestly thought I was asexual — I’d never been turned on like that in my whole life,” she said. – Read more at People.com

Kelly Clarkson weighs in on that time Avril Lavigne elbowed her at the VMAs – “It was her,” Clarkson said, “but I will say this: Years later she saw me and she said, ‘Oh my gosh, I don’t know, people keep saying I elbowed you in the face, and I’m so sorry!’ … She did it, but I don’t know if she felt bad about it, or, like, she didn’t mean to do it or what. But it felt purposeful.” – Read more at Entertainment Weekly

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