Simon Cowell’s Live-DJ Competition Show Dropped by Yahoo – A live show from music-biz impresario Simon Cowell is no longer a go at Yahoo — the latest casualty of the Internet company’s shift away from TV-style original programming. “Ultimate DJ,” from Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, was to have featured up-and-coming electronic dance music DJs competing against each other for a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment. Cowell appeared on-stage at Yahoo’s 2015 NewFront event in New York in April with then-CMO Kathy Savitt to introduce the live series. While Yahoo earlier this week had said “Ultimate DJ” was still in play and targeted to debut in early 2016, the company has since made the decision to not move forward on the project. A rep for Syco declined to comment. – Read more at Variety.com
CMA Awards Hosts Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley on Singing to Their Kids – “I sing all the time, I didn’t even realize… He’s just exposed to me singing all the time,” Underwood, 32, told ABC’s Robin Roberts in an interview for the ABC News special, “Countdown to the CMA Awards: Country’s Greatest Crossover Hits with Robin Roberts,” airing on Monday, Nov. 2 at 10 p.m. on ABC.
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‘DWTS’ celeb Bindi Irwin delivers Halloween greetings to Children’s Hospital LA patients – Hundreds of local kids won’t be able to join their friends on the trick-or-treat trail because they’re in the hospital. But thanks to thousands of you who sent in Halloween greetings, patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles won’t be missing out. The hospital surprises were even sweeter because “Dancing with the Stars” celeb Bindi Irwin delivered them. – Watch the Video at ABC7
