Anwar Robinson at The Singer’s Lounge, New York, NY
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Pia Toscano is set for Live with Regis and Kelly on Tuesday August 16.
Adam Lambert tweets “The song in question is no longer called “Freak Flag”. It has a new lyric so it has a new title. But thanks for your excitement!!” (about a song Adam is working on mentioned in last night’s VH1 Behind the Music)
Check out Blake Lewis’ newly designed website at BlakeLewisOfficial.com. He tweets, “Launched my new website tonight. My good friend designed it for me. Simple n clean.”
Chris Daughtry is headed to the desert for a photo shoot for his upcoming album. See the twitvid HERE.
Elliott Yamin tweets, “Whoa!…just found out I mite be co-hosting the Miss Virginia pageant with Miss America 2010 @_caressacameron nxt spring!”
Chris Daughtry tweets, “Who wears sunglasses while cutting guitars? B-Crad that’s who http://twitpic.com/62q38g”
Former ‘Idol’ Jordin Sparks Gets Personal on New Album
Jordin Sparks shuttled between New York and Arizona to work on the new album, but there are no specifics yet on a release date.
“I am not sure, we are still working on it, ” she says. “We have got some songs from it is fun to be dancing with you and now we are floating because we are together and a ballad and a song like I cannot believe you said that to me, get out of my sight … different things like that so we are trying to make it all cohesive. When I heard “I Am Woman” (for the first time) I thought that is the song I need to put out there and for the rest of the album I want to make sure it all fits together”.
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Casey Abrams Seeing Myself on TMZ Made Me Become a Spokesman
Casey Abrams didn’t plan on revealing to the world he was dealing with ulcerative colitis when he becamse a contestant on “American Idol” — but then he became hospitalized, and saw himself splashed all over TMZ, and decided to speak out.
Abrams tells TMZ he didn’t know how to handle his disease when he went on “Idol, ” which landed him in the hospital — and he read all about it on TMZ. He told us, “It’s kind of funny that right when I went to the hospital and checked TMZ, the headline was ‘Casey Abrams Hospitalized.'”
Read more at TMZ
Which Twilight Star’s Manicure Includes Pics of Her Man’s Face?
Wow. That’s just incredibly creepy. Read more at E Online.
‘American Idols Live Tour’ Detroit: Chatting with Casey Abrams, Naima Adedapo, Jacob Lusk and Thia Megia
DETROIT — The “American Idols Live Tour” stopped in Detroit Sunday and Casey Abrams, Naima Adedapo, Jacob Lusk and Thia Megia talked with the press about their experiences on the past season of “Idol” and their stories from traveling the country this summer while on tour.
Read more at MLive
Jane Lynch’s Sue Sylvester cut from ‘Glee’ movie
Lynch’s Sylvester did appear by video on all the tour stops and even showed up in person at a concert that was filmed for the movie. She also warns people (jokingly) not to see the movie in the movie trailer: “Please, save your money. This thing sucks.”
But at a press conference before the premiere Saturday, cast members found out that Lynch doesn’t appear in the film. Creator Ryan Murphy said she’ll be in the next Glee movie incarnation. “We’re doing another version in a couple of weeks on DVD, ” he said. “Jane will be on that. We’ll do it that way.”
Read more at USA Today
Production execs on ‘Glee’ spinoff: ‘Plenty of time to resolve the issue’
“The series is going to evolve as it always has, ” said Gary Newman, the president of 20th Century Fox TV, which produces the dramedy for its sister network Fox. “I think as the season goes on and Ryan and his other executive producers and writers sort of find the stories that feel like they are resonating, the series will go in one direction or another. I think there is plenty of time to resolve the issue of what happens to the seniors. This group is like a family and there are squabbles and misunderstandings and miscommunications but fundamentally it’s a very tight group of people and I think this is a little blip that once we get into the season will be in the rear view mirror.”
Read more at InsideTV
‘Glee’ cast on bad headlines, song choices, and ‘getting back to what show is about’
The cast members, who head back to work Monday, were mum on details about plot points for the new season, but Lea Michele (Rachel) teased that the songs in the “back to basics” season 3 are “a lot of songs that have not been on the charts in a while and have been hits in the past. I love doing things like that.” Added Max Adler (Dave) later, “It’s a mixture [of old and new]. I believe Ryan Murphy said he was getting some criticism for getting bigger songs. Now he is looking for songs that just fit the story that aren’t necessarily top 40. Whatever he does turns into gold so I’m just excited.”
Read more at EW
More on the Glee controversy.
Chris Colfer tells Access on the Glee 3d red carpet that the situation was blown “way out of porportion” and Ryan Murphy unfairly “villanized”. See the video HERE.
During pre-premiere press, Chris and Lea Michele reinforce that the situation was a “misunderstanding” and talk a little bit about (with Jenna Ushkowitz and Amber Riley) the upcoming season. See the video HERE.
Chris Colfer talks about writing and staring in his indie film, “Struck by Lightning”
How long has he been working on the project? Plus, did he feel any conflict of interest in casting “Modern Family” star Sarah Hyland in the movie? On working behind the camera vs. working in front of it.
Watch the video HERE.
Peter Edge Named CEO of Sony’s RCA Music Group
NEW YORK – Peter Edge has been promoted to the post of CEO of RCA Music Group, and Tom Corson is now president & COO, Doug Morris, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, announced Monday.
Last month, new Sony Music boss Morris officially named L.A. Reid chairman & CEO of Epic Records.
Reporting to Morris, Edge will oversee the day-to-day operations of the group and its labels, which include RCA, Jive, J and Arista, as well as their affiliate labels.
Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
