Headlines: Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Cassadee Pope and More

Together at Last!

American Idol’s Lauren Alaina and Trent Harmon to appear together in May

A Birthday Scavenger Hunt

Kelly Clarkson Attends Nashville Predators Game with son Remy

Meanwhile…the preds swept their playoff series against the Blackhawks Last night

American Idol alum Carrie Underwood gloats a little. Her husband, Mike Fisher, is captain of the team.

Cassadee Pope Receives her Grammy Nom Certificate

THe Voice alum Cassadee Pope and Chris Young were nominated for their duet “Think of You”

Scotty McCreery turns ‘Idol’ win into country career – “I was hoping for the golden ticket, but I really didn’t think I was going to make it past Hollywood,” McCreery said. To his shock, the deep-voiced country singer not only made it on “American Idol” as a finalist but was declared the winner of the 2011 competition. Even now, he has a hard time believing he received the victor’s shower of confetti on the season finale. “It was shocking to win the whole thing,” he said. “You just buckle over and start crying.” – Read more at Selina.com

DWTS’ Maks & Val Chmerkovskiy Were Bullied for Their Accents and Robbed After Fleeing Ukraine for the USA – After the fall of the USSR, the brothers’ father, Aleksandr, started a lucrative retail business but “knew that could be taken away at any moment,” says Maks. When the business burned down in what the family believes was a mafia arson attack, they immigrated to the U.S. Maks was 14 and Val was 8 when they moved to New York City. Within eight months, the family went through their entire savings. “My dad had two college degrees but came here and was boxing pizzas,” says Val. “He was willing to pay his dues for the opportunity to live here and breathe this air.” – Read more at People

Maks Chmerkovskiy Returns to the Ballroom with Heather Morris

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