GLEE’s Darren Criss and Violinist Joshua Bell Join AFTER THE STORM to Benefit Typhoon Victims; Concert Set for 6/15 at the Kennedy Center – Grammy Award-winning violinist, Joshua Bell and Glee and Broadway star sensation, Darren Criss join award-winning Broadway artist Lea Salonga, Hollywood actor Lou Diamond Phillips, tenor Rodell Rosel, Christine Rocas of Joffrey Ballet, singer Apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas and a host of other celebrities will come together in the nation’s capital for a benefit concert for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The Philippine Embassy said the concert, dubbed “After the Storm,” will be staged at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, 15 June 2014. – Read more at Broadway World
American Idol, The Day After: Top 6 Performances Dish
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Matt’s Inside Line: Scoop on Vampire Diaries, POI, Once, Arrow, The Mentalist, Big Bang and More – Do you know if we’ll ever hear Kelly Clarkson’s cover of “Fade Into You” from Nashville? –Amy
“It would be great, but I don’t know that there are any firm plans,” ABC TV music SVP Dawn Soler tells us. “Whenever anybody cuts an album, they cut like 30 tracks and then it’s kind of down to [culling] those last minutes. I haven’t heard anything lately, but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen.” – Read more at TV Line
Reluctant At First – Ready, Willing And Able Right Now – Last but not least, here’s something else this 17-year-old already knows: The enormous challenge facing the current class of females working to break through. “Yes, I have been thinking about that a lot; hearing how tough it is for female artists to have their moment. I have been listening as hard as I can to figure out a way for me to have my own unique sound. The girls – and I have it sometimes, too – of course, tend to have the heartbreak songs other girls can relate to. We notice every feeling and detail so we want to sing about it. There’s a lot of the same sound out there; I want to be the one who’s different.” – Read more at All Access
After the Show: The Top 6 – AMERICAN IDOL XIII
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