Dancing with the Stars continues on ABC at 8/7c pm. Join Franky for his live blog. The Voice LIVE shows begin tonight with the playoffs. Ten of the Top 20 will sing tonight at 8/7c pm on NBC. I’ll be live blogging!
Carrie Underwood to Sing a Medley of her Hits at Wednesday’s CMAs – For the contemporary country music lovers, Deaton has Luke Bryan kicking off the show, as well as performances from Florida Georgia Line and Carrie Underwood, who is singing a medley of her last four No. 1 songs. – Via The Tennessean
John Mayer, Phillip Phillips concert at i Wireless canceled – According to the Ticketmaster website, a John Mayer concert scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the i Wireless Center in Moline has been canceled. Phillip Phillips was set to open for Mayer. Additionally, the same concert lineup has been canceled for Nov. 20 at the Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena in Sioux City, Iowa. – Read more at QCTimes
Reality Check: Big Surprises From The Voice Knockouts! Plus: X Factor’s Sorry ‘Mentoring’
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Carrie Underwood gets her ‘Maria’ moment – “She’s one of those people who showed up the first day and knew every line of the script and every note of every song,” Zadan says. “She’s an unbelievably hard worker.”
And, Zadan reports, the twang is gone. And she’s up for the challenge. Keeping within the structure of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s score has meant she can’t change the melody or hold the notes out, as she might with one of her own hits, but she’s happy to learn. “I like instructions, I like directions. People freak out when I’m on time,” she says. – Read more at The New York Post
Carrie Underwood Admits She’s Become a Critic of Other Hosts – Carrie Underwood will co-host the CMA Awards with Brad Paisley on Wednesday night for the sixth year in a row. She admits that she’s become a bit of a critic of hosts of other shows. Whether it’s noticing when someone misses their cue or thinking, ‘They don’t read a teleprompter as good as me and Brad.’ Carrie laughs and says, “You watch them and think about all the stuff you could have done to make it better. It’s just, I guess, part of the territory.” – Read more at The Country Vibe
A Glittery Opening for Broadway’s After Midnight, With Fantasia, Dulé Hill, Hugh Jackman, Clay Aiken, and More – The Broadway premiere of After Midnight celebrated its opening at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on November 3. Following the performance, the cast members and their guests gathered next door at the Copacabana to toast the new production. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, the musical revue celebrates the years that Duke Ellington spent as band leader at Harlem’s famed Cotton Club. The company is led by Dulé Hill, Fantasia Barrino, and Adriane Lenox, with Karine Plantadit, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Julius “iGlide” Chisolm, Virgil “Lil’ O” Gadson, and Jared Grimes. Justin Guarini was also there. – See the photos at Theatre Mania
New Clue in Weed Mystery … Courtesy of Adam Lambert – Only Adam Lambert really knows for sure if that lit cigar he passed Miley Cyrus at his Halloween party contained the devil’s weed … and over the weekend, he dropped a pretty big clue. Lambert was at LAX when a photog asked point-blank about the photo TMZ posted, showing the former “Idol” superstar handing Miley something that looks (and probably was) a big, fat blunt. You gotta see Lambert masterfully bob, weave and deflect when asked about it — but then came the big moment … when the photog said, “If it was a joint, say nothing.” – Adam does a good job of turning the tables on the pap – See the Video at TMZ
Wrapped up in a bow! Cara Santana looks pretty in pastel pink as she hangs out with American Idol’s Pia Toscano – The actress was spending time with Pia Toscano, 25, whose birthday celebrations were held the night before at Cecconis restaurant. On Twitter she wrote: ‘Happy Belated Birthday Celebration for @piatoscano !!! I adore you! @alyssaesparza #cecconis’ And the pair clearly cannot get enough of each other as they out the very next day at Caufield’s, and were both spotted puffing away on cigarettes whilst Cara also brought along a large bottle of water. – See the Photos at Daily Mail
Amber Riley: I’m Shocked I’m Doing So Well on Dancing With the Stars – “I am genuinely shocked I am doing as well as I am,” she says. “But I’m the type of person that if I feel something is going to defeat me, I am going to want to do it [even more].” – Read more at People
