Lauren Alaina: iHeartRadio On The Verge Artist – Georgia native Lauren Alaina captured America’s hearts when she appeared on Season 10 of “American Idol.” Lauren recently released a self-titled five-song EP, the highly-anticipated follow-up to her No. 1 debuting first album Wildflower. Lauren co-wrote every track on the EP including the ESPN exclusive promo track, “History,” and her latest empowering single, “Road Less Traveled.” – Major radio promotion for Lauren – Read more at iHeartRadio
(American Idol 9 singer) Faking It’s Katie Stevens to Lead Freeform Drama Pilot Issues – Three months after the untimely cancellation of MTV’s Faking It, star Katie Stevens is rebounding with a lead role on Freeform’s Issues, a drama pilot about the cutthroat world of magazine publishing in New York City. Inspired by the life of Joanna Coles, the editor in chief of Cosmopolitan, Issues takes place at Scarlet magazine, where Stevens’ Jane was just hired to her dream position. She and her co-workers — social media director Kat (Chasing Life‘s Aisha Dee) and harrowed assistant Sutton (Political Animals‘ Meghann Fahy) — unite under Jacqueline (Transparent‘s Melora Hardin), the intimidating EIC of Scarlet. – Read more at TV Line
Jennifer Hudson to star in Animated Christmas Movie
So excited to share that I’ll be SING-ing in Illumination’s new animated film @SingMovie out this XMAS! #SINGmovie pic.twitter.com/JMi47OSaA0
— Jennifer Hudson (@IAMJHUD) August 22, 2016
Kris Allen Works with Habitat for Humanity
America’s Got Talent’s Grace VanderWaal on That Taylor Swift Comparison and Writing Music – “It’s always been a dream to audition for American Idol,” she explains about how a “bland” person could audition for a reality show. “But you have to be 15 or older. And as you may know, this [was] the last season. And so we always said that when I was 15, I was going to audition for American Idol. And then one day my mom just called me downstairs and she had her laptop out and was like, ‘I signed you up for America’s Got Talent.’ Just like that. And then the next weekend I auditioned,” she says. – Read more at Teen Vogue
U.S. Gymnast Laurie Hernandez Gets Surprised by Her Favorite ‘Voice’ Coach Adam Levine – Seacrest continued, “A lot has been made of your fanship and the team’s fanship of Zac Efron. He has had his moment,” before showing Hernandez a filmed video message from Levine. “What’s up, Laurie?” the Maroon 5 frontman asked, as Hernandez looked on, speechless. “This is Adam Levine. Just wanted to say hello. Congratulations, you’re kicking butt out there and we’ve been watching you from the States. Excellent work.” – Read more at US Magazine
More than 100 Reality Stars Raise $135,000 (and Counting) for Give Kids the World – If you were anywhere near Orlando, Florida, last weekend, you may have seen some familiar faces – the stars of TV’s biggest reality shows, all united for a charitable cause. Stars of Survivor, The Bachelor, Big Brother and other reality shows participated in Hearts of Reality, an annual gathering that raises money for Give Kids the World, a children’s charity that grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. – Read more at People
The Voice’s Meghan Linsey Thanks Friends and Volunteers for Helping Out her Effort to Aid Louisiana Flood Victims – It’s funny how God’s plans always seem to be a lot bigger and more put together than I can ever imagine. When I decided to start the GoFundMe (bit.ly/HelpLouisianaFloodVictims) last week with my friends Sawyer Fredericks, and others, I was thinking that maybe we’d raise some money, find families who needed some things and help out as much as we could. But then God started working on my heart. He made me remember that I am always asking for ways to serve and that this was a huge opportunity to do so. He called me to go and I said “yes”, but I’m not gonna lie, I was scared! I was afraid that we wouldn’t be able to do enough in 2 days. Like how could we possibly put all of this together in such a short amount of time??? But then God said “chill, I got this” and I started to calm down and things just started to come together. – Read more at Facebook
