Phillip Phillips performs at the Rock in Rio music festival tonight, opening for John Mayer and Bruce Springsteen.
Head Of Reality John Saade Exits; Lisa Berger Eyed As Replacement – he shakeup at the top of the broadcast networks’ reality departments continues. Veteran ABC reality executive John Saade is leaving the network. For the past two years, Saade served as EVP Alternative Series & Late Night Programming, overseeing all of ABC’s primetime alternative/reality series and Jimmy Kimmel Live. As the reality genre is struggling on broadcast, there has been a change in the head of reality post at three of the four major networks in the past couple of months, with Saade, Fox’s Mike Darnell and CBS’ Jennifer Bresnan exiting. – Read more at Deadline
The Voice: Cher Says Mentoring Was “Very Difficult,” Got “Emotionally Involved With Everybody” – Perhaps it’s time that Cher becomes a judge on a singing competition show. We all know she has some rather strong—and very public—opinions. And most recently, Blake Shelton snagged her to mentor his team on The Voice. “It was much more of a responsibility than I thought,” Cher told me earlier this week while promoting her new album, Closer to the Truth (on sale Sept. 24). “I didn’t know what it was going to be, but I couldn’t imagine it was going to be anything, um, deep.” – Read more at EOnline
‘Idol’ trade-offs – Since winning “American Idol” in 2009, Kris Allen’s life has changed. Although his music career has taken off, there still are some trade-offs. “You have to think about things differently. I’ve tried to go about my life in the same way, but you think about some things differently, like privacy,” Allen said in an interview Monday. “An example would be we just had a kid and I’m not trying to put my family out there a bunch. I think there are things like that. “People notice you around town and people ask for pictures, but it’s all flattering. If you want to make music, that’s part of it.” Allen will perform Sept. 27 at Hart Auditorium at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg. The concert is part of the university’s Center Stage Performing Arts Series -Read more at PostRegister.com
Tony Nominee Constantine Maroulis Joins Jessie’s Girl at the Canal Room Beginning Sept. 21 – Rock of Ages Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis, most recently on Broadway in the revival of Jekyll & Hyde, joins the 80’s rock band Jessie’s Girl for six consecutive Saturday night performances at the Canal Room beginning Sept. 21. Show times for the six Saturday performances are 8 PM and 11:30 PM. – Read more at Playbill
Simon Cowell, pregnant Lauren Silverman seen arguing in New York – Lover’s spat? Simon Cowell and socialite Lauren Silverman put the PDA aside Thursday in New York as the two were spotted in what looked to be a heated argument. The duo, who are expecting their first child together, were photographed in the backseat of an SUV raising their voices at one another. See the Photos at the NY Daily News
Glee Star Max Adler Is Engaged to Longtime Girlfriend Jennifer Bronstein – Something to be gleeful about! Max Adler is engaged to his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Bronstein, the actor revealed to Us Weekly. The actor — who previously had a recurring role on Glee as Dave Karofsky — actually popped the question over a year ago while visiting Rome. The couple haven’t gotten a chance to plan their wedding yet because of traveling and new projects, but they have already solidified one detail — the Glee cast will all be invited! “Everybody. I want them to sing,” he said of his former costars. “I already committed Darren [Criss] to giving a song.” – Read more at US Magazine
Dancing’s Derek Hough: We Were Not Expecting to Get a 27 – I thought our cha-cha went very well. There are times when certain dances and certain music come together and it’s just magic. I think that’s what happened with Amber. It was timing. Everything just clicked. But we definitely were not expecting to get a 27. I was like, “Why?! Don’t give us a 27!” In the moment, you’re like, “That’s amazing!” Then after a minute, you’re like, “Oh, no. The bar is set so high now.” A lot of the scores were high in general, which surprised me, but in some ways, I think that’s good. The judges were scoring based upon what they were seeing and feeling right then and not because they felt they had to give a comparably lower score because it was the first week. – Read more at TV Guide
