Headlines: Sundance Head Music Update, NBC Sets Emmy Date

NBC SET TO AIR THE 70TH PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS ON MONDAY, SEPT. 17 LIVE FROM THE MICROSOFT THEATER AT L.A. LIVE – The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards are scheduled for Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 live coast-to-coast (8-11 p.m. ET / 5-8 p.m. PT) from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. (It’s a Monday night due to NBC’s Sunday Night football. I’m guessing The Voice will premiere a week later)NBCumv.com

The Voice season 12 winner Sundance Head New Music Update

Keisha Renee responds to racist comments aimed at her on social media – “I didn’t want anybody to know,” said Renee, the 31-year-old singer from Inglewood, who is one of eight contestants headed to semifinals on Monday, Dec. 11. The comments were made on videos that “The Voice” uploads to its YouTube Channel and Facebook page, with the purpose of allowing viewers to put in their two cents. “I’ve had a lot of racial comments geared to the fact that I’m an African-American woman and I want to make country music, which they feel is more of a Caucasian-based genre of music,” Renee said. “I’m being told I can’t pursue it because I’m black, or that they don’t want to see a black person rapping country. – Read more at LA Daily News

Here’s why ‘The Voice”s Keisha Renee is a fan of country music – “The Voice” semifinalist Keisha Renee loves a good story, which is what drew the Inglewood singer to country music in the first place. She calls it the storytelling genre. “Every song is not just, ‘We went to the club, and we drank our drinks,’” she said. “It literally paints the picture from when you were at home getting ready for the club to what happened when you went there and saw this tall gentleman with a brown leather coat on. It really explains everything, so when you listen to this song you can see it play out before your eyes.” – Read more at Daily Bulletin.com

‘Dancing’ Baby! Kym Johnson & Robert Herjavec Expecting First Child Together – “Dancing with the Stars” Kym Johnson and husband Robert Herjavec have a baby on the way! On Monday, Kym announced that she’s pregnant with their first child by posting a pic of an ultrasound. She wrote, “It’s a thumbs up ?.” Robert is also a father to three kids from a previous marriage. The baby news comes just months after they celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Kym and Robert met as partners on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2015 and continued dating after they were booted from the show. – Read more at Extra

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