Headlines: The Voice’s Craig Wayne Boyd Kicks off PledgeMusic Pre-Orders

The Voice 7 Winner Craig Wayne Boyd Announces PledgeMusic Album Pre-Orders

The album is due out March 2017.

Speechless’ Enlists Julianne Hough – ABC is extending its relationship with Julianne Hough. The Dancing With the Stars judge has been tapped to guest star in the network’s freshman comedy Speechless, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Hough will guest star in the ninth episode of the season as Miss Bloom, a young, beautiful and enthusiastic new choir teacher. She’s excited to teach all of the new choir students, including JJ (Micah Fowler). – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter

Cassadee Pope on Fans Who Insist She’s Dating Duet Partner Chris Young: ‘Let Them Think Whatever’ – “It’s so funny. We’ve said a million times that we’re not dating, but the fans still like to think so, so we let them think whatever — if it makes for a good experience in seeing us live,” she says. “We are just having fun on stage, and try not to take it too seriously. Obviously, the song is from that tough place that couples go through when they break up. They have to start this life apart, and they have a lot of the same friends. It is a very relatable subject line and a heartbreaking song, but it’s also lighthearted, because it’s life — and that’s what we go through and what we have to deal with. “From the first time we did it live, we realized we had great chemistry together on stage, so we just went with it. If the fans think that, then we’re doing it right.” – Read more at Billboard.com

Maksim Chmerkovskiy’s EW blog: On improving each week and that big proposal – On addressing last week’s “uncomfortable” issues: Amber is a real person with feelings, just like anyone else on the show. As an entertainer, you come to expect some of these types of things, but everyone has real emotions, which is hard to put into perspective for a viewer. I think it’s great that everyone talked out their feelings. I was really proud of Amber and how she handled it live, right after the performance. At a certain point, you have to smile and move on with life. There’s nothing you can do when it comes to social media and people’s opinions. You just can’t win with everyone. – Read more at Entertainment Weekly

Why there is less reality TV on television this fall – “Everyone wants to be innovative, but they’re also really, deeply afraid to fail,” according to Tim Duffy, who co-founded the production company Ugly Brother Studios after nine years as senior vice president of original series at Spike. See the most-read stories in Entertainment this hour » “A confusion and fear coming from the top down and bottom up” is “getting in the way of trying new things; it’s getting in the way of good content rising to the top,” said Jay Blumenfield, whose production company the Jay and Tony Show has produced reality for broadcast as well as basic and premium cable, such as CNBC’s “Follow the Leader” and Showtime’s “Gigolos.” – Read more at LA Times

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