Headlines: Kelly Clarkson Honors Oprah, Simon Cowell Health Update

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CMA ANNOUNCES PRESENTERS AND PRE-TELECAST FOR ‘THE 51st ANNUAL CMA AWARDS,’ AIRING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK – New Artist of the Year nominees Lauren Alaina, Luke Combs and Brett Young; radio personality Bobby Bones; NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson; model Karlie Kloss, star of Freeform’s “Movie Night with Karlie Kloss”; country artist Dustin Lynch; actress Lea Michele of ABC’s “The Mayor”; “Mission: Impossible” actress Michelle Monaghan; actor, director and author Tyler Perry; stars of ABC’s “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World” Jason Ritter and JoAnna Garcia Swisher; “Pitch Perfect” actresses Ruby Rose and Brittany Snow; and three-time CMA Awards winner and 20-time previous nominee Trisha Yearwood will step in as presenters and help co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood during “Country Music’s Biggest Night™.” Additionally, first-time nominees LOCASH will vie for Vocal Duo of the Year and host the pre-telecast portion of the night. – Read more at Disney ABC Press

American Idol 13 alum Jessica Meuse auditioning for Masterchef

College reunion!

Current The Voice contestant Brooke Simpson met up with her old college pal, American Idol season 14 singer, Clark Beckham

Kelly Clarkson Honored Oprah Winfrey Elie Weisel Legacy Award

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley promote 2017 CMA Awards GMA

How Kelly Clarkson Helps Her Teenage Stepdaughter Combat Social Media Bullying – “Social media can be just horrible. It’s like junior high on steroids,” the singer, 35, says in the current issue of PEOPLE. But Clarkson — who recently celebrated her new album Meaning of Life at the iHeartRadio Album Release Party with Kelly Clarkson at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles — says she uses her experience with online haters to serve as an example for her 16-year-old stepdaughter, Savannah. “I just say, ‘You see all this stuff that gets said about me all the time? Just brush it off. Just worry about your own path, your own front porch, and everyone else can worry about theirs,’ ” she explains. – Read more at People

‘Idol’ alum Haley Reinhart speaks her mind on ‘60s-inspired album – “I’m wearing my go-go boots right now,” she says, during a recent phone chat from her newfound home in Los Angeles where she’s holed up getting ready for a tour that heads to Lincoln Hall Nov. 5. (Reinhart was most recently in Chicago for a court appearance stemming from an altercation with a bouncer at a Palatine bar over the summer that led to charges. The singer plead not guilty to charges of misdemeanor battery. The topic was off limits for our interview). – Read more at Chicago Sun Times

Ruben Studdard: Detroit music was a big part of life – Studdard recently performed in a tribute to the Temptations, honoring Alabama’s bicentennial and original Temptations members Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams, who grew up in the Birmingham neighborhood of Ensley. “We feel connected to that story,” Studdard says. “Alabamians were part of the upswing of Motown and its musical journey.” Studdard, a self-described music historian, fulfilled a longtime goal earlier this year when he visited the Motown Museum for the first time. He says he’d endeavored to stop by during previous stays in Detroit, but his schedule had never before aligned with the museum’s hours. – Read more at Detroit News

Jennifer Hudson Explains The Difference Between ‘Jennifer Hudson’ And ‘JHud’ – “It’s all me at the end of the day, I am who I am ,” she said. “I refer to Jennifer Hudson as, like, everyone from jump has always known me as Jennifer Hudson. The celebrity Jennifer Hudson. And, from that everyone comes up with their own persona or perception or whatever they think that is. That’s not the person. And, that’s not who the person is. A lot of the time people get that twisted. “I want people to know that I’m human. J Hud is the girl, Jennifer Hudson is the celebrity.” – Read more at Essence

‘The Voice’ winner Jordan Smith bringing holiday spirit to Macy’s tree lighting in Chicago – For “The Voice” Season 9 winner Jordan Smith, Halloween is just one more day he has to endure each year to get to Christmas. “It’s a little early — I know it’s November — but I’ve already started listening to Christmas music,” Smith said in a phone interview with the Tribune. “Usually I start as soon as Halloween is over. Nov. 1, I wake up in the morning, start getting ready and I put on the Christmas music because I love the music, I love this time of year. It’s my favorite time of the year.” – Read more at Chicago Tribune

Chris Mann makes his own music of the night – Singer-actor Chris Mann, who makes his Feinstein’s at the Nikko debut this week, laughs self-deprecatingly at the irony of it: “Thank you?” he says, his voice rising to a question. “Isn’t it interesting? I guess you have to sort of half like him.” It’s a role he wanted for a long time. “I’m a child of the ‘80s, so I listened to it growing up.” He calls landing a 700-performances tour “a dream come true” but after two years, he was ready to hang up his mask. “No more makeup!” His top three Phantoms? London’s Ramin Karimloo (“He’s the new standard”), Broadway’s Hugh Panaro (“He coached me, which was incredible”) and Michael Crawford (“You can’t beat the original”). – Read more at SF Examiner

Sharon Osbourne Shares an Update on Simon Cowell’s Health Nearly a Week After Hospitalization

Simon is recovering nicely.

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