‘American Idol’ Alum Jax Discusses Her Cancer Battle: ‘I’m Running, I’m Healthy and Working Out’ – BB: How are you feeling? You look great. Jax: I feel good today. I’m getting a lot of love and support, which feels overwhelming. At first, I was not feeling okay, not looking okay, and just not doing okay. I wanted to be stable when I decided to tell people what was going on, and confident, and positive that everything was going to be okay, because I wasn’t two months ago. You were out in Los Angeles before any of this happened. You were out there hiking up mountains. I was in L.A. doing press for “La La Land” and recording. I was climbing mountains with (American Idol Season 9 alum) Didi Benami. I was doing everything out there, and it was just a lot. But I was not myself. It took a lot every day for me to kind of just wake up every morning and start my day. I was in a really dark, dark place. Every day I’d have to get up, call my parents and have an emotional breakdown on the phone, and then start my day. It was like part of my day. I was crying. – Read more at Billboard.com
Eateries rally behind Sal Valentinetti, pizzeria’s crooner – Sal Valentinetti went from delivering pizzas for Albertson’s Da Angelo Pizzeria in his Cadillac DeVille to singing for millions of viewers on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” Now, Da Angelo and seven other area restaurants are trying to propel the 20-year-old crooner to victory in the contest by inviting locals to grab a bite and cast a vote for Valentinetti. “Every time he’s on it’s like we’re on with him,” said the pizzeria’s owner, Steven Giangrande. – Read more at the IslandNow.com
Luke Pell Is Front-Runner to Be the Next Bachelor: Find Out Who Else Is on the Short List! – Get the roses ready! Luke Pell is the front-runner to be the next Bachelor, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal. “It’s looking like Luke right now as the next Bachelor, but there are a couple others on the back burner in case he doesn’t work out,” a source tells Us. Others being considered include Robby Hayes, Chase McNary and Wells Adams. – Read more at US Magazine
