Idol Headlines for 9/12/13

Tonight, it’s another elimination on Big Brother 15 as the show gears up for next week’s finale! Join me for our live blog at 9/8c pm NBC

The X Factor premiere continues with a TWO HOUR episode tonight beginning at 8/7c pm on FOX. Check out Sir Mac’s live blog

Project Runway continues on Lifetime a 9 pm. Check out the recap from Carlos.

A lyric from Scotty McCreery’s upcoming album, See You Tonight, set to be released on 10/15 – “Pop tops poppin’, flip flops floppin’, drop tops droppin’ down.” Windmills will reveal the song the lyric is from later!

David Cook has decided to go Over the Edge for Brain Cancer and he wants you to go with him! On Saturday, November 2nd David will be rappeling down the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego – the tallest building on the San Diego waterfront – to raise awareness and funds to support San Diego-based brain cancer research. Please show your support so together we can raise more money for Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure than we ever could alone! For more information on how to donate, join the team and or watch David complete this fete in person, CLICK THIS LINK.

Kelly Clarkson Is “Almost” Finished With Full Country Album – “We’ve made almost a whole record,” Clarkson told Albany, NY’s GNA radio. “We haven’t finished because I’m on tour, but we’ve made a whole record I’ll end up releasing.” But don’t fret, fans of Kelly the Pop Diva: She isn’t make this a permanent career change. “With Jewel and Sheryl Crow, they kinda quit in pop and came over to country,” Clarkson said. “I love both. I don’t necessarily know if I have one foot in it and one foot in the other.” – Read more at Fuse

Wynton Marsalis, Fantasia riff on Duke Ellington tunes in ‘After Midnight’ — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO – Take one American Idol alum and pair her with a master of jazz and what do you get? Some serious tunes, or as Fantasia Barrino calls it, the “meat and potatoes” of music. In the video below, we go behind the scenes with Wynton Marsalis and Fantasia as they prepare for their upcoming Broadway show, After Midnight. The musical features the songs of Duke Ellington and tells the story of his years at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem. – Check out the Video at Entertainment Weekly

‘X Factor’s’ Simon Cowell on Show’s Word of Mouth: ‘It’s All I Ever Think About’ – Known for his bold pronouncements and unwavering honesty, “The X Factor” executive producer and judge Simon Cowell admitted that he feels the heat to succeed. “There’s always pressure,” he told TheWrap. “But in the world we live in now, the public dictates your future. There’s so much word of mouth with Twitter and Facebook, they control your future. It’s all I ever think about, ‘Will they like it? Will they talk about it?’ And if it does, then it will be fine.” – Read more at The Wrap

Million Second Quiz: Is the Ryan Seacrest Era Ending? – Usually, the point of a TV quiz show is to see how the contestants fare. NBC’s new Million Second Quiz is no exception, but its contestants aren’t the only people who have a lot riding on the show. Million Second Quiz may be evidence that the end could be in sight for the era of Seacrest ubiquity. The show, which debuted on Sept. 9 and will run for a consecutive million seconds—a little under two weeks—is airing during primetime almost every night while the contest continues online. So far, it hasn’t proved to be a big hit for the network or for Seacrest. – Read more at Time

‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling to Star in, Write Song for TV Movie ‘Rocky Road’ (Exclusive) – “Glee” alum Mark Salling is moving from McKinley High to Wall Street — and then back in with his parents. Salling, who played jock/bully Puck on the Fox hit “Glee,” will star in the upcoming TV movie “Rocky Road,” which will premiere on cable network UP next year. n the movie, which began production outside of Toronto this week, Salling will play Harrison Burke, a trader at a prestigious Wall Street investment bank who’s living high on the hog until a round of downsizing renders him unemployed. Jobless and in debt, Burke moves back in with his parents in a quaint New Hampshire town, telling them that he’s on vacation. – Read more at The Wrap

Jennifer Lopez Splits With Publicist – Jennifer Lopez has parted ways with her publicist Mark Young after about three years. The newly reinstated American Idol judge has signed with Sunshine Sachs, where she will be repped by Ken Sunshine, Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Whitney Tancred. – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter

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