American Idol Headlines for 01/05/11

David Cook tweets, “Great day so far! In the studio, tracking guitars. Had a great interview with @aswinn. Ate lunch. And now… More guitars!!!”

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Jennifer Lopez tweets, “In the studio this week working on the finishing touches for my album…YAY!! I have one question for you…What Is Love?”

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Piers Morgan Says Getting Simon Cowell To Cry Helped Him Get His New Gig

Piers says when he was in the running to get his new gig, he submitted an interview he did with Simon Cowell in which the notoriously critical former “American Idol” judge cried, and he tells Nancy, “Let’s face it — if I can make the hardest heart in the world weep, then I’ve got to have a chance. … I do have a particular style that I think the American public will find quite engaging. I like it to be entertaining, to be fun, lively. … A little bit, like I said in some of the promos, dangerous.”

See the Video of Entertainment Tonight

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Blake Lewis Interview with 88.1 WCWP NY

Highlights from the interview: On Jan 15 Blake is releasing a video called “She Loves The Way on You Tube. His next single “‘Till We See The Sun”, and a couple of video collaborations “The Operator” with DJ Dan and “Suddenly” will be released soon.

For the next album, he plans lots of collaborations, side projects. He’s writing a lot–working on a more “cohesive” sound. He’ll tour outside of the US for the next record. Blake just signed with Blackhole records in Europe to release his single

Blake moved to Los Angeles from Seattle in June. He’s working on some anime stuff and would like to create a cartoon he would eventually bring to his stage show. Blake would do all the voices. He’s rebuilding his website, BlakeLewisOfficial.com.

Listen to the interview below

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