Katharine McPhee – New Version of “Terrified” coming tomorrow!
Be sure to check out www.ew.com tomorrow to hear the new version of “Terrified” featuring my friend Zachary Levi the star of the hit NBC show Chuck!
And then on Friday check out VEVO to see the premiere of the video!
Melinda Doolittle: My book, BEYOND ME, comes out tomorrow!
My new book, Beyond Me, is releasing tomorrow!
Beyond Me talks about the behind the scenes of IDOL, but much more than that, it contains life lessons I’ve learned along the way:
I hope you all get a chance to read it. Beyond Me is my journey poured into a book in the hopes that the things I’ve been through can help someone else along their way.
And best of all, if you purchase it from my website, MelindaDoolittle.com, you’ll be making a donation to Malaria No More! (Jordin Sparks wrote the Forward)
More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…
Adam Lambert plays WHAM BAM 2010
Adam Lambert plays Wham Bam with special guests, Orianthi, Karl Wolf and Spose for Toronto KISS 92.5, on June 19th. Tickets go on sale May 8.
Idol royalty continues airplay reign
There were no big shake-ups this week, as last week’s Top 5 held onto their spots in the Mediabase airplay chart. The Top 10 looks nearly identical to last week’s, too, with the exception of David Cook’s Time of My Life replacing Carrie Underwood’s Cowboy Casanova (which got about 400 fewer spins this week) at No. 10.
But the top contenders may have peaked: Adam Lambert’s Whataya Want From Me fell by nearly 450 spins after a several-week climb, and Kris Allen’s Live Like We’re Dying seems to be slipping as well. Kelly Clarkson’s Already Gone was the only song in the Top 5 to creep up this week, with a modest increase of 10 spins
Siobhan Magnus Visits Good Day NY
More than 1, 100 IPS student musicians to perform free concert Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse
More than 1, 100 elementary, middle and high school student musicians from Indianapolis Public Schools will perform Thursday evening (May 6) at Conseco Fieldhouse in celebration of the successes of a 10-year partnership that has restored music education programs in all IPS schools.
The 7 p.m. concert is a free event, although tickets are required for admission. Tickets are available through any IPS elementary school.
American Idol season No. 8 winner Kris Allen will also be in town courtesy of VH1 and make a guest appearance during the concert.
Great Musical Moments In Reality TV: Siobhan Magnus Sings Sifl & Olly’s “Fake Blood”
Siobhan, a diehard horror-flick buff, was doing a live Twitter session with her fans when she, quite awesomely, publicly professed her love for fake blood. This prompted me to ask if she knew the song “Fake Blood” by MTV cult puppets Sifl & Olly…and the following moment of pure puppet/”Idol” synergistic magic ensued:
Carrie Underwood’s Beauty Tips Are Gorgeous
But it’s what Underwood had to say that I am really digging. When they asked her, “What makes you feel pretty, ” she had the best answer. “It’s the way we spend our time with others and not the time that’s spent on ourselves, ” she said. And even though she is one of the most glamorous country stars to ever grace a stage and she always seems to have her hair perfectly styled, her makeup just right and her outfits super cute, she also says that “feeling beautiful isn’t about hair or makeup or fancy clothes. I feel beautiful when I am giving myself to others: meeting a Make-a-Wish child at a concert or raising money for a worthy cause.”
STAGE TUBE: Constantine on Times Square Car Bombing, ROCK OF AGES and More
Rock of Ages star Constantine Maroulis recently sat down for an interview with ABC News to talk about the show, his growth since American Idol, and the recent Times Square bomb scare. Maroulis reported that he is still a big fan of Idol, and even predicted Lee Dewyze as a possible winner for this season.
Margaret Cho: Adam Lambert is confronting a homophobic rock world
“I don’t think the same flexibility exists for men, even though some of the greatest rock stars have been pretty androgynous, like Freddie Mercury or David Bowie — although Mercury wasn’t really out and Bowie was straight. There’s definitely a double standard, and it’s true for a lot of gay men in rock and roll.”
And those stars adopt different career survival strategies, says Cho, like Morrissey, who professes to be celibate yet is presumed to be gay, and Elton John and Ricky Martin, who came out late in their professional careers.
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson on ‘Idol’ and the music business
With Crystal Bowersox now officially the last woman standing on “American Idol, ” we thought this week would be the perfect time to speak to other powerful women in rock and get their take on how our favorite show has evolved. On Tuesday, we’ll present a chat with the illustrious Melissa Etheridge, but Monday, we have the women of Heart, whose songs have been performed on many a season of “Idol, ” and who we ran into at a benefit for the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center on Saturday night.
If Ann and Nancy Wilson were starting out today, would they audition? Not a chance. Read on for more “Idol” talk from the game-changing sister duo, whose new album, “Red Velvet Car, ” is due out in late summer.
Meat Loaf Brings ‘Teddy Bear’ To America
The 13 songs on the new album, which comes out May 11 in North America, are companion pieces to a short story written by screenwriter director Kilian Kerwin about a wounded soldier whose thoughts are flashing forward to a future that may never be. “It’s the synopsis for a screenplay, ” Meat Loaf tells Billboard.com, and there have already been discussions about taking the project to a cinematic level.
Meanwhile, Meat Loaf is anxious for fans on this side of the pond to get an earful of “…Teddy Bear, ” which was produced by Rob Cavallo and features songs by Jon Bon Jovi, Justin Hawkins (the Darkness, Hot Leg), Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida, Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman, Desmond Child, “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi, James Michael and newcomer Rick Brantley. Guests include DioGuardi, Jack Black, Patti Russo, guitarists Brian May of Queen and Steve Vai, actor Hugh Laurie and Meat Loaf’s daughter Pearl Aday.
Stamp Out Pet Overpopulation
I participated in a press conference Friday afternoon at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, Calif., with Ellen DeGeneres, who is co-owner of HALO, Purely for Pets; Petfinder.com founder Betsy Saul; Postal Service CFO Joseph Corbett; and AHA spokesperson Jone Bouman, to unveil the new U.S. Postal Service social awareness stamp — Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet.
The USPS has printed 300 million of the 44-cent stamps as a way to bring awareness to the issues of adopting shelter animals and promoting spaying and neutering. The stamps went on sale Friday throughout the nation, and if there is a great public response for the stamps by May 30, the USPS promised to do another major run.
‘Dancing’ stars team up for Cha Cha Challenge tonight
What will we be watching? ABC says each couple will perform a dance they’ve not yet done in the competition, including the Quickstep, The Viennese Waltz, the Waltz or the Argentine Tango. They’ll then team up with their competitors in the Cha Cha Challenge. Team GaGa – Pam & Damian, Cheryl & Chad and Nicole & Derek – will dance to Lady GaGa’s Telephone. Team Madonna – Evan & Anna, Niecy & Louis and Erin and Maks – will perform to Madonna’s Holiday.
Tomorrow night, the sixth couple of the season will be sent home, after Train performs Drops of Jupiter and Hey, Soul Sister. (Read more on Train here.) This week’s Macy’s “Stars of Dance” performance features “Viva Elvis by Cirque du Soleil, ” with a medley of Elvis Presley’s songs.
TV Academy Honors fetes ‘CSI, ‘ ‘Glee’
A “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” episode about prejudice and an Alzheimer’s documentary with Maria Shriver are among eight programs to be honored Wednesday for demonstrating the power of TV.
The third annual Television Academy Honors spotlighting shows found to exemplify “television with a conscience” will be hosted by Dana Delany. The announcement was made by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
— “Glee” for the episode “Wheels, ” which highlights entrenched biases, including those faced by people with disabilities.
‘Glee’: Cory Monteith on getting physical with Jesse St. James, discovering his dark side
While Kurt’s plan to hook his dad up with Finn’s mom — in order to get closer to Finn — may have failed to yield the desired results for Kurt, the newly blended Hudson-Hummel family seems to be sticking around “Glee.” At least for the time being.
“I’m going to be doing more scenes with Mike O’Malley (Burt Hummel), ” Cory Monteith tells Korbi TV. “In the episode ‘Theatricality, ‘ we shot this scene … a fantastic scene with Mike and Chris Colfer who plays Kurt, and it’s amazing. Finn really — and this is a bit different than you would expect — discovers a side of himself, a very dark side of himself. A very unsavory reaction to the situation going on for him.”
