Today’s Idol Appearances
- David Cook performs on the Ellen Degeneres Show
- Kara Dioguardi appears on Live with Regis and Kelly
- Pia Toscano and Constantine Maroulis appear on the DWTS results show. ABC 9 pm.
- Anthony Federov rings the NASDAQ opening bell at 9:30am. Watch HERE.
Blake Lewis is set to DJ at Blush in Las Vegas on 4/30 (Via Blake Lewis Army)
Lee DeWyze will perform at Turner Hall in Milwaukee, WI on June 24 at 8 pm. More info HERE.
Kimberly Caldwell is the spokesperson for National Pretzel Day–which is today, by the way!
Siobhan Magnus tweets, “I’m wicked excited, you guys! going back to Nashville next week to work on the album with Mike Flanders&Crew!!” Her debut single, “Beatrice Dream” will be released on Sunday May 1.
Alexis Grace is set to be a judge at the Elvis Week Memphis round for the 5th annual Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist run by Elvis Presley Enterprises. The competition takes place on on August 11 and 12, 2011. More info HERE.
Sanjaya Malakar will be a presenter at the 26th Annual Lortel Awards Reception & Ceremony. The Awards Ceremony, titled “Off-Broadway Rocks” will be held on May 1, 2011 at 7 p.m. EST at NYU Skirball Center. More information HERE.
More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…
Pia Toscano Misses Her Man’s Show
Stepping out for a fun-filled evening, Pia Toscano was spotted at The Mint nightclub in Los Angeles last night (April 25).
The “American Idol” cast-off looked a bit disappointed as she made her exit, as she reportedly missed her boyfriend Mark Ballas’ performance.
See the photos at Celebrity-Gossip
Siobhan Magnus lifts veil on new solo track
HYANNIS — The big belting voice blasts through the song.
The signature Siobhan Magnus vocal intensity, made famous last year on “American Idol, ” now appears on her first original single.
Magnus and her manager played the song “Beatrice Dream” for the press Monday, a sneak peek before her first solo track is released on iTunes on Sunday.
The radio-ready, rock/pop song is being released independently on Magnus’ personal label, Snotface Records. Three more songs, already recorded, will be unveiled throughout the year on iTunes, said her manager Tony Raine. By fall, they hope to have an “album’s worth of songs.”
Read more at Cape Cod Times
I don’t know why this cracks me up…it just does
Constantine Maroulis tweets, “@kevincovais and me…ha! Ran into him at Grove with Malena!” Kevin Covais came in 11th during Idol Season 5. He’s working on several film projects at the moment, including Men In Black III. Constantine will be leaving the Rock Of Ages tour in July.
Rock musical for dudes
“It’s a musical for dudes. That’s the secret formula, ” Maroulis said in an interview. “Beautiful, sexy women. Flashing, crazy lights. Blazing guitars. It’s got a Judd Apatow style of humor.?.?.?.? The girls want to see a Broadway show and love the guys for bringing them.”
Come 2012, “Ages” will rock multiplexes as well. Director Adam Shankman will follow his “Hairspray” success with a movie version featuring Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough, formerly of “Dancing With the Stars.” Bowie will be played by up-and-comer Diego Boneta, but Maroulis said Shankman asked if he’s interested in a part and discussions are under way.
In July, Maroulis’ work with the “Rock of Ages” stage show will be done. “I’ve set out and accomplished everything I’ve wanted to do, ” he said of the role he’s played for three years.
Read more at JSOnline
‘Glee’ takes Manhattan — like the Muppets, but with more screaming
Mayor Michael Bloomberg had a message for the cast of Glee this afternoon: Welcome to Manhattan! At least, that’s the jist of what I think was said at this afternoon’s press conference, held outside the same place Wicked calls home on Broadway.
To be honest, I didn’t hear much between the poor sound at the podium and the chattering foreigners who were arguing with the press over a prime photo-taking position in the crowd. Not that one had to hear much to get the point: Glee‘s in Manhattan filming their season finale, and, like everything else, the city wanted to bring as much attention to it as possible. The surprise? It was a lot of (welcomed?) hoopla — even for the Glee team.
Read more at EW.com
Gleeful Easter
“GLEE” star Darren Criss spent Easter Sunday evening — or “Happy Jesus Zombie Day, ” as he called it — at Don Hill’s for the Dropout party, where he jumped onstage and belted out a song he wrote with Charlene Kaye. A source said Criss was there to support on-off girlfriend Mia Swier, who also performed with her band, Shoot the Freak. When we asked the merry actor if he’s single, he replied, “I’m Irish.” He also talked up his castmates, calling Max Adler, who plays football player Dave Karofsky, a “teddy bear, ” and Heather Morris, who plays ditzy cheerleader Brittany S. Pierce, “the smartest person I know.” The “Glee” stars are in town shooting the season finale.
Read more at the New York Post
The TV Column: ‘The Voice’ rises. Here’s what we heard.
Though you can hardly swing a dead cat in any of the top-10 TV markets in the country without hitting a promo for NBC’s new singing competition series “The Voice, ” most TV critics are not getting a chance to see the show in advance of Tuesday night’s unveiling. But NBC held a screening Monday afternoon for fan boys and girls at its digs in Burbank.
The network’s new programming chief, Bob Greenblatt, stopped by briefly but had nothing to say to the crowd. Paul Telegdy, NBC’s head of reality programming, however, kicked things off by telling them that Mark Burnett would not show up, as promised, because he was “stuck in post-production in Santa Monica” and that this very first episode we were about to see had been delivered to the network at 9 o’clock Monday morning.
Read more at the Washington Post
Interview: “The Voice” Executive Producer Mark Burnett
While there’s no longer a question as to whether or not “American Idol” can survive without Simon Cowell (it’s doing just fine if you haven’t noticed), Cowell’s highly anticipated “X Factor” isn’t the only upcoming series attempting to get a piece of the musical competition ratings pie. Tonight, in fact, NBC launches its latest entry, “The Voice, ” which is based on the popular “The Voice of Holland” series in the Netherlands. “The Voice” differs from “Idol” in that it starts the competition with four coaches – pop songstress Christina Aguilera, singer/rapper Cee Lo Green, singer Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and country star Blake Shelton – merely listening and picking contestants without seeing their faces in order to each build a team of singers that will eventually battle each other to the finish.
Read more at The Futon Critic
