Idol Headlines for 05/13/11 – The Evening Edition

UPDATE: TV Guide Magazine tweets, “This just in from Fox: Wednesday’s @AmericanIdol will be 2 hours and the @BreakingInonFOX finale moves to Tuesday (5/17, 9:31/8:31c)” That would mean Wednesday’s performance show would be stretched to two hours. The remaining 3 contestants sing 3 songs each, so that’s 9 songs. “Breaking In” has not been doing well in the ratings, so it’s no loss to move it.

‘Dancing with the Stars’ Pro — Rushed to Hospital

“Dancing with the Stars” pro Kym Johnson was rushed to the hospital moments ago — after sustaining an injury during rehearsals for the show … TMZ has learned.

Johnson — who’s paired up with Pittsburgh Steelers great Hines Ward — took a nasty spill while rehearsing with the NFLer for an upcoming show.

According to her rep, Johnson was taken to an L.A. area hospital for “precautionary measures to assure she is OK.”

TMZ

From Randy Jackson’s new website, RandyJacksonNext

Steven Tyler, Randy Jackson and Casey Abrams jam out.

Pia Toscano Talks: Is She Dating Mark Ballas?

Despite the intense speculation that the American Idol songbird and Dancing With the Stars pro are dating, Toscano insists there is no—we repeat, no!—romance.

“We’re just friends, ” she told us last night at the launch party for the Samsung Infuse 4G at L.A.’s Milk Studios.

As for her recording life, Toscano revealed, “I’m in the studio just trying some things right now. The album’s not really happening right this second, but we’re working toward it.

“Hopefully, ” she said, “after the tour, everything will come together.”

Read more at EOnline

Kellie Pickler will play 500 Festival Parade

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The 2011 IPL 500 Festival Parade will start with country singer Kellie Pickler. The 500 Festival made the announcement Friday afternoon.

Pickler will be singing her unreleased single, “Tough.” Children from the Indianapolis Children’s Choir and Anita’s Dance Companies of Wisconsin will accompany Pickler in the opening number for the parade.

The Parade is May 28 at noon in downtown Indianapolis. 24-Hour News 8 is still awaiting confirmation on who will be the parade’s grand marshal.

WISH TV

Stars outraged by James Durbin’s elimination from ‘American Idol’

Show Tracker readers, in great number, have been sounding off about the injustice of it all since the blow was delivered Thursday night.

What’s more, you’ve got lots of company among the celebrity set.

“I’m sad to see James go on Idol!!! :( he was one of my favorites!!, ” tweeted “Dancing With the Stars” pro Cheryl Burke after Durbin’s elimination was announced.

Read more at LA Times

25 Things You Don’t Know About James Durbin

American Idol contestant James Durbin, 22 — who placed fourth when he was voted off the FOX hit on May 12 — shares the 25 things you don’t know about him with Us Weekly.

Read more at US

‘American Idol’ Prediction Results: We Didn’t See it Coming Either, James Durbin

Sometimes we “Idol” prognosticators get it totally right and then there’s this week.

All around, we couldn’t have been more wrong about what was going to happen on Thursday night’s “American Idol” elimination show. After all the Haley Reinhart talk and the certainty that the blues grunter would be sent back to Chicago (where there are, it should be noted, tons of perfectly decent cheesy blues bars eagerly awaiting her return), James’ booting was a bolt of heavy metal thunder that came totally out of the blue.

Read more at MTV

James Durbin Gets Some Advice From Daughtry Producer

“I think it’s a tricky moment for James where he might not want to hear what people have to say to him, but I’d be very clear and tell him there are two kinds of success: personal and commercial, ” said rock producer Howard Benson, who helped shape the smash debut from fourth-place finisher Chris Daughtry and who has worked on albums by everyone from My Chemical Romance to Theory of a Deadman.

“If you want to be commercially successful and you’re going in this [old-school metal] direction, that’s a huge gamble, ” Benson said. “It’s OK to make that gamble because it’s your career. But if it doesn’t work, you have to be prepared for that.”

“Durbin could make something really interesting. He could bring metal back to the mainstream if he was coached right on the production. But you can’t go back to the past and try to remake things that have already been done.”

Read more at MTV

Carrie Underwood sings with Randy Travis

At around 1:17 Carrie Underwood interview and snip of her “Is It Still Over” duet with Randy Travis. From RandyTravis.com.Checking in With an ‘American Idol’

In the audition video that eventually propelled Taylor Hicks to become the 2006 American Idol, he tells Simon Cowell, “I want my voice heard.”

Five years later, with the show on the verge of inducting another into its storied ranks, I asked Hicks if he does indeed feel heard.

“I think the question is, what would [Simon] say?” Hicks said in our recent interview in New York. “I think America has already answered it. I feel blessed and thankful. I am entertaining people and helping others. That’s kind of what my mantra is.”

Read more at FOX Business.com

‘Extra’ Exclusive: Paula Abdul on Re-Teaming with Simon Cowell

“It was a real sweet homecoming to see Simon again, ” smiled Abdul, saying how grateful she was Simon pushed for her. “That means a lot in this business.”

The dancer/singer also explained why the deal was signed in the 11th hour. “You have to take time to make sure all the i’s are dotted, the t’s crossed, that’s the way the Hollywood business works.”

Read more at ExtraTV

Paula Abdul Signs With CAA

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of getting a new job as a judge on Fox’s X Factor, Paula Abdul is also getting a new agency representation. Abdul has just signed with CAA. For the past almost 2 years, since her abrupt departure from American Idol in the summer of 2009, Abdul had been at UTA. But she has recently been at odds with the agency over commissions on her blockbuster deal for X Factor, which UTA has argued that it is entitled to and the singer has claimed she shouldn’t pay as she got the job because of her pre-existing relationship with Simon Cowell. Abdul had threatened to leave if the agency didn’t agree not to commission her for X Factor. That has now become a reality. At CAA, she joins her pal Cowell who is also repped there. In addition to her stint on American idol, Abdul also had her own show, Live to Dance, on CBS.

Via DEADLINE

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