American Idol 14 Hollywood Week continues, with more group rounds and final solos, tonight at 8/7c PM on FOX. Stay tuned for Empire at 9 pm. Courtney Love guest stars. Then, switch to ABC for another installment of Nashville at 10/9c pm. Watch for Windmills recap!
Wellington’s Emily Brooke chats about “Idol,” Urban and Hollywood week – Friends and fans of Emily Brooke – She knows you really, really want to know if she’s still in the running on FOX’s “American Idol,” currently airing episodes from its “Hollywood Week” round. You’d like to know if her appearance tonight is her last or just the latest in her so-far promising ascent to Carrie Underwood-like heights. She knows you want to know. She just can’t tell you. “There have been a lot of people who are like ‘Come on, just tell me,’” the 15-year-old country singer. “No.” Drat. – Read more at Palm Beach Post
This week’s Reality Check
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Jordin Sparks Secret! The American Idol season 6 winner tweeted, “Just finished a secret project in Nashville. I can’t wait to tell you! #shhh”
Gay Couple Seen In Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Heartbeat Song’ Video Got Engaged On Set – The gay couple featured in Kelly Clarkson’s “Heartbeat Song” surprised their cast mates by getting engaged on the set of the new video. In a case of art imitating life, Chad Laboy and Zac Woodward sport wedding bands in the final sequence of “Heartbeat Song,” which is the zippy first single from Clarkson’s album “Piece By Piece,” due out March 3. As this behind-the-scenes video released by Clarkson’s team shows, Laboy legitimately popped the question to Woodward during their downtime on the “Heartbeat Song” set. – Read more at Huffington Post
The Swon Brothers: Life After ‘The Voice’ – “I think, for the most part, we lucked out in where we landed with that show and with Blake,” Zach says. “I mean, Blake Shelton has got a lot to do with it because he kind of prepared us for what was coming next. I think we connected with a lot of people that have stuck by us and really latched onto our music, and we’re lucky for that.” #More than anything, Zach says, the secret to capitalizing on TV success is to not waste any time. The Swon Brothers signed with a booking agent immediately after “The Voice,” before considering any contract offers, and they began performing. #”I think we spent two days at home when the show ended, did some laundry, said hi and bye to Mom and Dad and went straight to Nashville and got to work,” Zach says. – Read more at Jackson Free Press
Fired ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Star Vivica A. Fox Blasts Kenya Moore’s ‘Little Cheap Shot’ – Fired NBC “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant Vivica A. Fox snapped back at recent comments from “Real Housewives of Atlanta” diva Kenya Moore who previously told TheWrap, “Bosses don’t cry in the boardroom.” “I saw that little cheap shot she tried to make,” Fox said to TheWrap on Tuesday. “I’m an emotional creature, I’m a woman, and I’ve never been ashamed to show my feelings and that I care.” – Read more at The Wrap
Vivica A. Fox Defends Apprentice Exit, Gives Kenya Moore Feud Update – “To those who say I chickened out, you’re entitled to your opinion, but I’m a realist and I think I made the right decision,” she says. “I didn’t want to say mean things about either of them, because neither of them deserved that. Between them, they brought in close to half a million dollars, and that should be commended. That’s why I bowed out; there’s no sense in fighting a fight you can’t win. I’d been there for seven weeks, so I was tired and ready to get back to my wonderful life.” – Read more at TV Line
Courtney Love on ‘Empire’: It’s a Tribute to Whitney Houston – “Back in the day, I wouldn’t play rock stars. I got offered a lot of [those] parts, and I turned them down, but it’s a new time, and it’s a new dawn, and I’m really committed to doing this full-time whether it be theater or television or film,” Love told The Hollywood Reporter of her acting aspirations, which also recently included FX’s Sons of Anarchy.- Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
