Pia Toscano: Just too beautiful and talented
Oh, the outrage! Oh, the indignation! Two weeks ago, lovely Pia Toscano, over whom judge Steven Tyler had gushed that a million men in a million bars were raising their glasses to her, was voted off “American Idol” and by the public no less. The judges were stunned. Jennifer Lopez practically broke into tears. And Twitter was all atwitter with celebrities voicing their disgust at the injustice. “Who are the people who vote on American Idol?” tweeted Ashton Kutcher. “Baffled, ” wrote actress Minka Kelly. “I may be done for the season, ” groused the normally unflappable Tom Hanks.
Read more at the LA Times
Matt Morrison tweets, “@KrisAllen thanks for writing such a great song. Having a lot of fun rehearsing it for my tour. Can’t wait for people to hear the song!”
Kris Allen tweets back, “@Matt_Morrison glad you like it man. Can’t wait to hear what it sounds like.”
Constantine Maroulis will perform on Dancing with The Stars Tuesday night (Same night as Pia Toscano), “I will be performing with @RockOfAges on @abc_DWTS tuesday april 26th #guiltypleasuresweek”
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David Archuleta “Breaks the Silence” with Invisible Children in Nashville, TN
SAN DIEGO, April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Invisible Children is excited to announce David Archuleta as the most recently added headliner for their event: Break the Silence, which is the end of their campaign ’25’ that launched earlier this year. The former American Idol contestant, one of the youngest ever, will take the stage at Lipscomb University’s Allen arena in Nashville, TN, on Monday, April 25th, to raise awareness and funds to end Africa’s longest running war. Mumford & Sons was announced earlier this week as the featured performer in Austin, TX.
Music has always been an integral part of Invisible Children’s awareness efforts. The organization has participated in over 25 national music tours, been the beneficiary of music festivals such as CMJ, has official partnerships with La Blogotheque, Spin, Filter, and Windish, and continues to feature new music in their documentaries. The media-based company understands the cultural impact of music and has worked with countless artists to communicate their mission in unique and relevant ways.
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Sparks is Cats meow
It’s no surprise that Jordin Sparks calls herself a “Disney girl.” The sixth American Idol winner is as sweet natured and wide eyed as a fairy-tale princess. (Really.)
“The little girl in me always freaks out if Disney reaches out and wants something. I get so excited, ” Sparks, 21, says. She ends almost every sentence with a giggle.
Sparks hasn’t graduated to feature films (yet), but she belts the theme song for African Cats, a documentary that follows families of lions and cheetahs on the African savannah. It’s in theaters this weekend and the third release for Disneynature, following Earth (2009) and Oceans (2010). A portion of the proceeds is being donated to the African Wildlife Foundation.
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Jordin Sparks: I can’t wait for fans to hear my new music
It’s been less than three years since Jordin Sparks’ claimed the “American Idol” crown and yet her professional output would easily fill the resume of any industry veteran — 1 Grammy nomination, 2 best-selling albums, 4 Platinum singles and a loyal army of fans that await every song, Tweet and breath she drops, makes and takes.
Now Jordin is lending her unique voice to “African Cats, ” the latest DisneyNature documentary, by performing the theme song, “The World I Knew.” But she’s no stranger to the Mouse House.
In addition to covering “Beauty & The Beast” for last year’s re-release, Jordin has been obsessed with the movies since childhood as I found out when she rang PopWrap up to chat about their latest collaboration, her favorite Disney Prince and when fans can expect to hear new music!
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Idol Alexis Grace Drops Hook in G.C. Eternal Grizz Song
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Grizzlies do a good job of pumping up sports fans here in the Bluff City, and the team has become inspiration for several recording artists lately.
The latest comes from local rapper B.C. Eternal and former Amerian Idol contestant Alexis Grace. “We Be Ballin” hit the airwaves Friday on The Q107.5 FM .
Both join FOX13 with more on the song and Grizzlies Pride.
Idol Alexis Grace Drops Hook in G.C. Eternal Grizz Song: MyFoxMEMPHIS.com
Jennifer Hudson is reunited with her Bafta award on The Graham Norton Show… FIVE YEARS after it was lost in the post
When she won a Bafta Award in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson was delighted but was unable to collect the prestigious prize in person.
So officials decided to send the award over to her in the US through the post… but it never arrived.
And now, five years after she was meant to receive the prize, Hudson was reunited with her award during an interview on The Graham Norton Show.
Read more at the Daily Mail
Killa Kela & Blake Lewis in Hollywood – Beatbox Battle TV
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Tyga Wants Careless World Debut To Tell ‘A Story’
Now Tyga is prepping his forthcoming album, Careless World, which he told MTV News is about 75 percent done.
“I’m definitely looking forward, his buzz is up, it’s ridiculous, ” Mack said. “We’re about to drop this single soon, it’s called ‘Far Away, ‘ featuring Chris Richardson and from there it’s basically, we need to capitalize. He also has another song that I’m waiting for Nicki [Minaj] to do her verse on. We’ll try to drop that single. From there, let’s just see when the people are ready for his album. But he got a lot of songs done so we’re definitely trying to put him out before the end of the year.”
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Catching Up With Sanjaya Malakar
This week, Stefano Langone went home on “American Idol’s” top 7 results show, joining the illustrious ranks of other seventh-place finishers like Jennifer Hudson, Kimberly Caldwell, Ace Young, Ryan Star, Kristy Lee Cook, Anoop Desai, and Tim Urban. But perhaps the most notorious seventh-place contestant is Season 6’s Sanjaya Malakar, who continues to be namechecked in the blogosphere and on E!’s “The Soup, ” despite keeping a relatively low profile in the four years since his elimination. Even Josh Groban tweeted about Sanjaya recently, totally out of the blue. You can’t buy that kind of publicity.
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Bucky Covington Takes His ‘Hometown’ on the Road
Bucky Covington may “hope heaven’s a lot like” his hometown, but he’s also go high hopes for yours. The North Carolina native kicked off his Hometown tour in March and is scheduled to play more than 30 shows across the country before October.
While most artists are vying for the big venues in major cities, growing up in Rockingham made Bucky appreciate those who played smaller towns. “You’d have to go out of town to experience anything like a live concert, ” he recalls to the Augusta Chronicle about growing up in a rural area. “The idea of this tour is to go to places like that, outside of big cities.”
Read more at The Boot
Jennifer Lopez Poses With Lil Wayne On ‘I’m Into You’ Video Set
What happens when Jennifer Lopez and Lil Wayne shoot a video together? Well, according to two new stills from the “I’m Into You” video set, the two take it very seriously and dress all in black.
In one photo, J.Lo is seen standing in a very little black dress and thigh-high boots, looking fiercely into the camera. Wayne is standing next to her, also in all black, checking the time on his watch. In another shot, the pair stands back to back, in the same outfits, both looking like they are deep in thought.
See the photo at MTV
‘Fall Out’ From Kara DioGuardi’s Sexual Abuse Revelations Anger Ex-Congressman Father
He told RadarOnline: “Kara has written a wonderful book to try and inspire young people – it is about how she managed to succeed in the music industry.
“People have focused though on these other aspects. Other than that I have nothing to add – you will have to talk to Kara or her publicist about what precisely she said in the book.”
Kara and her powerful father remain close though despite her revelations – tragically her mother Carol died in 1997 after a 7-year fight with ovarian cancer.
Read more at RadarOnline
‘American Idol’ In 60 Seconds: Stefano Says Goodbye To JamesVia MTV
‘Glee’ star Chris Colfer discusses his new pilot for Disney and Kurt’s return to McKinley — EXCLUSIVE
It’s a good week to be Chris Colfer. Not only was the Glee star named one of Time‘s 100 Most Influential People, but the actor also made a deal with the Disney Channel for a pilot based on the children’s book, The Little Leftover Witch. It’s the actor’s second script deal; Colfer’s set to star in his own screenplay, the teen comedy Struck by Lightning, this summer once the Glee concert tour wraps. Did we mention that Colfer is only 20 years-old? In between a break on the set of Glee, EW talked to Colfer about his Disney pilot and what’s in store for Kurt and Blaine.
