Idol Headlines for 06/22/11

Get set for a LIVE chat with the American Idol 10 Top 11 tonight at 6:30 pm ET. I’ll be posting the live stream so that we can all watch together! More information HERE. There will be one more live chat next Tuesday, on June 28.

Daughtry performs at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls NY tonight.

Adam Lambert tweeted last night after Nakia sang “Whataya Want From Me” on The Voice: “Yeah Nakia! Saaaang boy!! Great performance. I think Adam might know who I am after this next album. Get ready for me Levine. Hahah. But for the record, Im def a Maroon 5 fan. Fans: there is NO reason to be angry. Thanks for being protective but it’s all good.”

Apollo Global Completes Acquisition of ‘American Idol’ Owner CKx

NEW YORK – An affiliate of private equity firm Apollo Global Management has completed the roughly $510 million acquisition of American Idol owner CKx Inc., the companies said early Wednesday.
CKx is the owner of American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer 19 Entertainment and also owns the rights to the likeness and names of Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali.

After failed acquisition attempts by others in recent years, Apollo made a cash tender offer of $5.50 per share for CKx and a follow-up offer, which expired earlier this week.

Read more at THR

Birmingham’s Ruben Studdard unveils details of his marathon and half-marathon

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Ruben Studdard acknowledged that no one would expect to see his picture on the front of Men’s Health Magazine.

But despite not being personification of physical fitness, the former American Idol winner is lending his name and participation to a fitness event that includes a marathon and a half-marathon.

The Huffman High alumnus unveiled the website for his Ruben Studdard Celebration Weekend Tuesday at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

Read more at AL.com

Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher at the New Kids on the Block Concert

Ha ha ha!

Via VisitMusicCity

Carrie & Mike backstage with Gary Levox of Rascal Flatts and Andrew Fromm

Via @HowieD

Archangels rejoice!

“It’s great to be able to come and do a full show, with a full band this time. Because just the fan club that was in Malaysia was really great… and they still are, ” he said, chuckling slightly.

The Other Side Of Down, his most recent album, will domi­nate and set the repertoire of songs you will hear, but don’t be surprised if he serenades you with some of his older hits.

Even Archuleta is looking forward to be back on our shores for a proper concert this time around.

Read more at Mmail

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Kellie Pickler Holds Nothing Back on New Album

Who are some other of your songwriting heroes on the credits of the new album?

I’ve been able to write with several writers I’ve never been able to write with before. Dean Dillon is one. I couldn’t even believe that he took the time of day to write with little ol’ me. I remember writing with him and Dale Dodson. They wrote one of my favorite songs, Lee Ann Womack’s ‘Have You Seen That Girl?’ In the past five, ten years, that ‘Call Me Crazy’ album is one of my favorite that’s ever been released by a female. From front to back, every song on that record is amazing. I have ruined that CD, I’ve had to buy more than one copy, just playing the hell out of it. I adore Lee Ann and her work. To be able to write with someone who’s written, I don’t know how many songs, it’s one of those things where you sit in a room and look at him and think, “I hope that when I’m his age that there’s someone sitting in the room with me, looking at me the way I’m looking at him.” That’s what you aspire to be like as a writer.

Read more at The Boot

Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez, Kate Winslet to Be Honored on Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced the new Walk of Fame Honorees for 2012. The artists were chosen to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame among hundreds of nominations on an event on June 17.

Jennifer Lopez is being honored under the recording category.

See the full list at THR

Jennifer Lopez In Talks For ‘Parker’ And ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’

EXCLUSIVE: There has been much speculation over whether Jennifer Lopez will return for another season as judge on American Idol. Adding to the intrigue: she is in talks to star in not one, but two feature films. I’m told that Lopez is in discussions to play the female lead opposite Jason Statham in Parker, the Taylor Hackford-directed action film adaptation of the Donald Westlake mystery novel series. Deadline revealed yesterday that the picture was acquired for U.S. distribution by FilmDistrict CEO Peter Schlessel. Statham will play Parker, a thief who follows a strict moral code, but a hard guy who’s willing to kill if crossed. That character was previously played by Mel Gibson in Payback and Lee Marvin in Point Blank. The hope is to hatch an action franchise. John J. McLaughlin wrote the script and Steve Chasman is producing with Kimmel, Hackford, Les Alexander and Jonathan Mitchell. Lopez plays the female lead, a character named Leslie, who gets involved with Parker as he executes a heist.

Read more at Deadline

‘X Factor’ auditions come to AA Center in Dallas

“There won’t be a second song for you. I feel like we went through all four seasons with the first one.”

Yes, folks, Simon Cowell is back as a singing-competition judge, delivering barbs as only he can. He and his fellow panelists on The X Factor , — Nicole Scherzinger, L.A. Reid and a radiant, sharper-tongued Paula Abdul, — are in Dallas this week to film audition segments for the show, which debuts on Fox this fall.

And any rumblings that he’s a sweeter version of his American Idol self are false. Thankfully.

“OK, so this is very easy, ” he told another hopeful at a taping at American Airlines Center on Tuesday. “It’s a no.”

Read more at Dallas News

Chris Colfer on Emmys, Golden Globes and, oh, yeah, his future on ‘Glee’

On the Glee class graduating Chris says:

“I don’t know what I can say on camera with a straight face and what I can’t!” Colfer replies nervously when I ask him for the dish. “I would just tell the fans: Don’t be worried. That’s all I’m gonna say because a lot of fans are worried that the characters are going to graduate and leave the show, but that’s not necessarily the case. Don’t fret.”

See the Video at the LA Times

Pray For Nakia’s Mom and Grandmother!

Just found out that while I was performing tonight, back home in Alabama, my Mother had emergency surgery to save her finger after a spider bit her AND my Grandmother fell and injured herself on her way to visit her in the hospital. No one told me prior to my performance because they didn’t want me to worry prior to singing.

I know I have been hounding y’all for votes, but please pray for my Mother and Grandmother for a speedy recovery. Nothing is more important to me right now than this. I don’t even know if either of them got to watch me perform tonight.

Read more at Official Nakia Tumbler

‘The Voice’ Semifinals: 10 Behind The Scenes Secrets

The Hollywood Reporter was in the audience for The Voice semifinals show on Tuesday. It was once again a very hot evening – we’re talking temperature, though the show wasn’t bad either. And we kept our eyes peeled for anything out the ordinary, fun, or just plain strange in order to bring that experience to you, our dear readers.

Read more at THR

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