The CMT Awards air tonight at 8 pm.
Pharrell to Perform New Song With Little Big Town at CMT Music Awards – The super-producer is lending his talents to Little Big Town’s upcoming album, WANDERLUST, and ET has learned exclusively that he’ll be joining the group on-stage at the CMT Music Awards to perform a new song together. – Read more at Entertainment Tonight
CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton Among Video of the Year Finalists (Exclusive) – CMT revealed its video of the year finalists on Wednesday, with Carrie Underwood’s “Smoke Break” and Blake Shelton’s “Sangria” among the final pack of nominees. Chris Stapleton’s “Fire Away,” Luke Bryan’s “Strip It Down,” Thomas Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man” and Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind” also made the cut of the six contenders. – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
Danny Gokey Announces Next Album Due Out November 11 – While fielding questions from the media back stage at the K-LOVE Fan Awards, we asked Danny Gokey – winner of Male Artist of the Year and Breakout Single – for an update on his next album. Gokey announced that his new studio project is set to release on November 11, 2016. “We were trying to push it to next year and our label said ‘no’; so we got into the studio and got to work…And I got to tell you, well, you’re not supposed to talk about your own things, but I’m really happy with this album!” – Read more at ChristianBeat.org
‘The Voice’s Adam Levine Joins Comedy Feature ‘The Clapper’ – EXCLUSIVE: With his future in doubt as part of NBC’s The Voice after next season, Adam Levine has no doubt what his next gig will be: The Maroon 5 frontman will moonlight from his duties as judge on top-rated series to appear in comedy feature The Clapper. He will join other Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, Tracy Morgan, Leah Remini, Russell Peters, P.J. Byrne and Mickey Gooch Jr. Brenda Vaccaro also just joined the cast. – Read more at Deadline
Kris Allen: ‘Something to Prove’ – Q: The rumor is that once you win on “Idol,” they basically own you and your music. True? A: I think that the “own” thing is a little harsh. Very harsh actually. What they do is give you a management contract with the creators of the show. They also give you a record deal. But it wasn’t some crazy 360 deal. Actually, it was a pretty good deal. Everyone there was trying to help, whether they were doing things in the right way or not. – Read more at Washington Times
Kelly Clarkson Seen for the First Time Since Welcoming Son Remy Blackstock – On Tuesday night, fans got their first look at the 34-year-old American Idol winner since she gave birth to son Remy Blackstock eight weeks ago. Cat Brewer interviewed Clarkson at Starstruck Entertainment in Nashville as part of the documentary Sign the Show: Deaf Culture. According to her website, Brewer “brings together entertainers, Deaf community members and ASL interpreters to discuss, in a humorous, heartfelt and insightful way, accessibility for the Deaf and what it’s like to connect Deaf and hearing audiences at live performances.” Other famous participants include comedian D.L. Hughley, America’s Next Top Model and Dancing With the Stars winner Nyle DiMarco, Train singer Pat Monahan and The Talk host Aisha Tyler. – Read more at E News
Renee Ellmers Knocked Out of North Carolina Primary
The North Carolina republican who beat Clay Aiken for a seat in congress has been knocked out of the running in the primaries. The American Idol 2 alum is celebrating.
It’s official! Goodbye @RepReneeEllmers You won’t be missed. #walkawayrenee pic.twitter.com/7bJxQy9JXn
— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) June 8, 2016
Cassadee Pope on ‘Complicated’ New EP: The Ram Report – “With Frame by Frame, the songs were just my favorite of the bunch. I was just writing whatever came to my head,” Pope recalls. “Now, I feel like I have a bit more of a focused plan for my lyrics and what I want to say, and that’s to empower people and show a little bit more of a complicated side of myself. I’m vulnerable but I’m also very confident and empowering. And I think these songs just really rounded out perfectly.” – Read more at Rolling Stone
Sonika Vaid Talks American Idol, New Music and Future Projects – We spoke with the 20-year-old singer about all things American Idol, as well as her appearance at the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards, and much more. Sonika even dished on her upcoming music and we are SO excited for it! – Read more at J-14
After turning heads on ‘The Voice,’ what’s next for Hannah Huston? She’s leaving her options open – Q. I’m sure people keep asking, but what do you have planned next? A. That is such a good question. The future is a tricky thing to talk about because I think I have ideas and plans and visions of what that’s going to look like. I think one thing that will remain the same is that I’ll be constantly trying to seek out time to write and work with people. I’d love to do shows here in Lincoln, and I’d love to do shows elsewhere. Q. Will you return to teaching? A. That’s still a conversation. I think teaching will always be a part of me. For right now, I think it might not be right away. It might not be (for) the next couple years. But I definitely want to get back to it. – Read more at Omaha.com
The Bachelorette’s JoJo Fletcher on Chad’s Fate: ‘You Can’t Threaten People, No Matter What You’ve Been Through’ – If I could have seen what happened that morning with Chad and the guys, maybe that would have changed my thinking going into the date. So hard to know. I do know that behind all the anger in Chad, there is probably a decent person. Chad’s been through so much in the past year. And that’s why I broke down the way I did. Because I knew what he’d been through. But it still doesn’t excuse his behavior. You can’t threaten people, no matter what you’ve been through. I don’t want that in a friend, and I definitely don’t want that in a husband. – Read more at People.com
Simon Cowell Says Fifth Harmony Will Perform on ‘AGT,’ One Direction ‘I Don’t Think We’ll See As A Group For A While’ – Cowell, who joined “AGT” as a judge this season, says Fifth Harmony will come onto the NBC series to perform this summer. One Direction, however is in the midst of a hiatus, and will not. “We’ll have Fifth Harmony definitely this year because they’ve got an album coming out,” Cowell told Variety in a recent interview, referring to their second studio album “7/27,” which was released in late May. “It will be fantastic to have them on the show.” Cowell continued, “One Direction I don’t think we’ll see as a group for a while now, if I’m being honest with you. But the girls, definitely.” – Read more at Variety.com
