Tonight, Glee Episode 4 “The Hurt Locker Part 1” airs on FOX
Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley Headline Faster Horses Festival 2015 – The third annual Faster Horses Festival in Brooklyn, Michigan, boasts a who’s-who list of country stars. Florida Georgia Line, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will headline the three-day event, set for July 17th — 19th on the grounds of the Michigan International Speedway. – Rolling Stone
Carrie Underwood tweets: Pregnancy perk: using my belly as a tabletop for my snacks! Nom nom nom…
Rosie Perez Will Return to The View After All – Despite rumors of her firing, Rosie Perez will return to co-hostThe View on Feb. 3, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Perez joined Rosie O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg and Nicolle Wallace at The View table four months ago, but the actress took a break from the series this month to rehearse for Larry David’s upcoming Broadway play Fish in the Dark. – Read more at TVGuide
Pharrell to guest on ‘The Simpsons’ – EW has learned that the “Happy” rapper/producer/songwriter/fashion designerVoice coach will make a cameo appearance as himself in the Feb. 8 episode of the animated Fox comedy.
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Concert preview: Lee DeWyze framing his success – Lee DeWyze doesn’t go by the conventional mile markers of the music industry — singles sold on iTunes or sold-out stadiums on world tours — to measure his success. No, his benchmarks are admittedly a bit more subjective: He finally put out an album, “Frames,” that he had full creative control on; he co-produced a companion video for the song “Fight” and won an award from an indie film festival; and after a night of binge-watching the popular TV show “The Walking Dead,” he was inspired to write “Blackbird Song,” which appeared in a subsequent episode and became a viral hit as a result of the exposure. – Read more at Salt Lake Tribune
Q+A: Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young talk ‘Joseph,’ marriage and Bacchanal Buffet – Congratulations on opening night at the Smith Center last night. Both of you were fantastic. How do you think it went? Diana DeGarmo: Thank you. It felt like a great show. This is the entertainment town, and it was amazing to perform it for locals who also are in entertainment. The show went smoothly, and the audience was warm and inviting. The Smith Center is stunning — absolutely beautiful. – Read more at Las Vegas Sun
‘The Voice’s Kat Robichaud Talks Amanda Palmer, Body Image, & Her New Album – “The night I was eliminated, I was standing next to Caroline Pennell, who is the complete opposite of me. This lovely, lovely Ellie Goulding type of singer who is very easy to love. She was the apple pie. And for me, I was the knife. I was abrasive. And sometimes for people I can be really hard to swallow. So the night I was eliminated, I was thinking [about the voters] you want the apple pie, and I’m the knife.” Read more at Bustle
Paula Abdul‘s 7 wackiest moments from ‘American Idol’ – The news that Paula Abdul is returning to television — as a judge on Season 12 of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” — is good news for her fans. It’s also good news for those of us who’ve missed Abdul’s weird, wacky and often unpredictable behavior during her eight-year run on “American Idol,” which ended in 2009. – Read more at The New York Post
Marshall Williams Brings The ‘Post-Modern Gay’ to “Glee” – While we’re sitting through the moon-eyed stares of estranged couple Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Blaine (Darren Criss) on the final season of Fox’s Glee, you may find yourself distracted by a new gay face around McKinley High. Meet Spencer Porter and the actor who plays him, Marshall Williams. Spencer is a new kind of gay character for Glee in that he’s out, an athlete and isn’t one to go around waving the pride flag. – Read more at The Backlot
