Appearances
Brooke White (Jack and White) at the Hotel Utah Saloon, San Francisco, CA
Danny Gokey at The Limelight, Nashville, TN
Elliott Yamin at the Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
Jason Castro at The Loft, Dallas, TX
Lindsey Cardinale at The Listening Room Cafe, Nashville, TN
Trenyce in “Thriller – Live”, London, UK
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Jane Lynch appears on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Chaz Bono appears on the Ellen Degeneres Show
Kris Allen set to perform at the 3rd Annual Chocolates for a Cure benefit Gala to raise funds for the Waner Children’s Vascular Anomaly Foundation. The gala takes place at the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza, Kansas City, MO on Saturday, November 5th.
Sundance Channel Orders Second Season of Fashion Rehab Show ‘All on the Line’ (Adam Lambert to Guest Judge)
Sundance Channel has announced a second season of fashion rehab show All on the Line. And this time Nicole Miller is among the designers who submit to the top-to-bottom audit from Elle creative director and series star Joe Zee.
The second season also will feature even more boldface names and friends of Zee who help judge the designers’ progress. They include American designer Rachel Roy, American Idol finalist Adam Lambert, Mark Badgley and James Mischka of Badgley Mishcka and model Veronica Webb.
Read more at Hollywood Reporter
Jennifer Lopez – Behind the Scenes of Her Papi Video
Grand Ole Opry Returns To Cable For Limited Run
The Grand Ole Opry radio show is returning to television, but only for a limited run. The Opry will return to GAC: Great American Country, the network that once carried weekly Opry broadcasts, for six “Opry Live” episodes to begin airing Oct. 4. The first show scheduled to air, an 80th birthday salute to country legend George Jones, was filmed last night and will feature performances by Alan Jackson, Jamey Johnson, The Oak Ridge Boys and Lee Ann Womack. Shows airing on Saturdays (with repeats Sundays and Tuesdays) in subsequent weeks will feature a who’s who of new stars, superstars, and legends of country music, including: Trace Adkins, Lauren Alaina, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Ronnie Dunn, Scotty McCreery, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Randy Travis, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood and more. Airdates will be announced at opry.com and gactv.com.
Read more at Radio-Info.com
Danny Gokey Honored to Play Grand Ole Opry
Danny Gokey was in Nashville this past weekend and he returned to perform at the legendary Grand Ole Opry. No matter how many times he plays the Opry, Danny admits that his nerves always kick in before taking the historic stage.
“There’s always nerves — you know, from the first time when I was super nervous, my nerves don’t operate like that anymore when I go there, but there’s still the nerves there because it’s such a sacred stage, ” Danny says. “So many historical, legendary people and events have taken place there, and you just gotta honor the stage, but, oh, man, I like it. I think the crowd responds really well, and it’s really great.”
Read more at Country Music is Love
Celebrities Honor Favorite Teachers! Education Ambassadors Adrian Grenier, Jennifer Hudson and George Lopez Say ‘Thanks’ With TeacherWishList.com School Supplies in Partnership with Bounty and The Get Schooled Foundation
NEW YORK, Sep 14, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Following the successful launch of TeacherWishList.com, and just in time for back-to-school, Bounty has partnered with The Get Schooled Foundation (an organization dedicated to improving education by working directly with students and their teachers) to celebrate and support teachers in their classrooms across the country with the help of actor and HBO Entourage star Adrian Grenier, Grammy-winning singer Jennifer Hudson and People’s Choice Awards-nominated actor and comedian, George Lopez.
Grenier, Hudson and Lopez, with Bounty’s assistance, are helping to fulfill their favorite teachers’ school supply wish lists while also raising awareness for the resources available to teachers through social media for the newly launched TeacherWishList.com. The trio will not only assist their favorite teachers, but will also encourage fans to help register teachers in their communities on the site. Grenier, Hudson and Lopez will fulfill the wish lists of:
— Jennifer Hudson’s music and choral teacher, Richard Nunley, formerly of Dunbar Vocational High School and currently teaching at Kenwood Academy High School in Chicago
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James Durbin Collaborates with Pennyroyal Studio to Benefit Tourette Syndrome
James Durbin is the latest addition to Pennyroyal Studio’s diverse Signature Collection collaborators which donates a portion of proceeds to charity. For James, the design has a meaningful message, “My wing earring reminds me that anything is possible. It symbolizes the freedom you feel when you’re doing what you know you were born to do. I want to share this with my fans to encourage them to dream big and pursue their passion with everything they’ve got.” The ‘wing’ earring was created for James while he was a contestant on American Idol, and his signature is on the back of each piece sold.
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Concert preview: Taylor Hicks at McKinney Performing Arts Center (September 17)
“I’m very blessed, ” says singer/songwriter Taylor Hicks in his signature southern gentleman drawl, “I got the biggest break in the business.”
I’d just asked the question, how has your life changed in the past five years, even though I imagine he’s been asked and answered it thousands of times since becoming the winner of American Idol, when on May 24, 2006, with 63.4 million votes, his devotees known as the Soul Patrol let the nation know that the Season Five winner was indeed, The Man.
Read more at Pegasus News
‘Glee’ Dante Di Loreto interview: ‘Glee can be spectacular and intimate’
How do you think having a new writing staff will change the show?
“I think hopefully the writers will be able to have the time to enjoy the amazing work they’re doing because before what would happen was they’d turn in some fantastic script and we’d all want to sit around and talk about it and how amazing it was, and they were immediately locking themselves in the room to do the next one. It was an unbelievable challenge they set for themselves and it’s quite amazing that we pulled it off.
Read more at Digital Spy
Heather Morris’ ‘Glee’ Season 2 Outtakes
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