Idols Live heads to Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY
Phil Stacey at New Life Center, Roseburg, OR
Trenyce in “Thriller Live” UK London
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James Michael: Sixx:A.M.’s Renaissance Man
Right now in my world, I have a couple of different projects that I’m pretty much right in the center of. I’ve got a band from St Louis [BROOKROYAL] that I just finished up producing six songs for. I literally just finished the mixes on that yesterday. Then I was out in LA writing with James Durbin, who was one of the American Idol guys. I think he was one of the rock kids, amazing singer. So I’ve been writing with him and we’re kind of looking at the possibility of making a record together.
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Off The Record: Casey James
19/BNA’s Casey James puts an industry spin on the artist interview:
What station did you grow up listening to? I grew up listening to about seven stations. A few were Dallas-Ft. Worth stations KTFW, KZPS, KEGL and KDGE. I listen to
everything and switch it up all the time.
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Celebrity Column: Scotty McCreery, other Idols find time to get ‘crazy’ on road
When the Idols Live tour kicked off July 6, Season 10 champ Scotty McCreery and some of his fellow contestants found the perfect way to chill before performing for the crowd in Salt Lake City.
“The very first night we pranked Jacob Lusk. We poured a bucket of ice on him in the shower, ” McCreery said. “It just got us laughing so hard.”
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Thanks to Taylor Hicks for Guest Co-Hosting!
ylor and Wendy tour the patio of his new restaurant, Ore.
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Nick Ashford of Ashford & Simpson Songwriting Duo Dies (Video)
Nick Ashford, who wrote many Motown classics with his wife Valerie Simpson, died Monday. He was 70.
His longtime friend and former publicist Liz Rosenberg told the Associated Press that Ashford died in a New York City hospital.
He had been suffering from throat cancer and had undergone radiation treatment.
Among the songs Ashford & Simpson penned are “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, ” “You’re All I Need to Get By” and “Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand.”
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X Factor winner Matt Cardle hasn’t seen Simon Cowell since his win
REIGNING X Factor champion Matt Cardle yesterday revealed he has not seen Simon Cowell since winning last year’s series.
Matt, 28, who had a No.1 with When We Collide, told BBC Radio 1: “I haven’t seen him personally since the show. There’s been some light contact over the phone.
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Jane Lynch: I Was Addicted To Cough Syrup
Glee star Jane Lynch used to be addicted to cold medicine, RadarOnline.com has learned.
The 51-year-old Emmy Award winning actress has revealed in her forthcoming biography, Happy Accidents, how she used to drink bottles of NyQuil syrup — an over-the-counter medication that aims to relive symptoms of the common cold — when she stopped consuming alcohol in 1991 at the age of 31, due to fears she was becoming dependent on booze.
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Lady Gaga to guest on ‘The Simpsons’ — EXCLUSIVE PHOTO
This should make all the little TV-watching monsters happy: Lady Gaga has recorded a guest spot for an episode of The Simpsons! In “Lisa Goes Gaga, ” the singer (seen here recording her lines on Aug. 22) makes a pit stop in Springfield after learning that it’s teeming with low self-esteem, and winds up trying to cheer up a dejected Lisa through the power of speech, song, and a flash mob. The adventurous performer admits that her visit to Simpsons HQ was “a little nerve-wracking.” “I make music, but I don’t do voice-overs every day of the week, and their characters are so awesomely convincing and sincere and wild and funny, I had to remind myself constantly of the sincerity of the humor, ” she tells EW. “That’s what I was trying to focus on, not putting on a character too much and really being as sincere as I could with the lines.” And where does this guest spot rank among her professional experiences? “I would say this is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done, ” says Gaga, 25, noting: “My dad’s probably going to do 80 backflips when the episode comes out.”
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Glee Project’s Samuel Larsen on Christianity, Sexuality, and Cutting His Trademark Hair
Samuel Larsen wants people to know his acting skills aren’t limited to intense “Blue Steel” gazes. Of course, as the co-champion of The Glee Project‘s inaugural season, Samuel is now lined up with a seven-episode arc on Season 3 of the Glee mothership that should give him plenty of opportunity to prove his naysayers wrong. TVLine caught up with Samuel to talk about how his Christian beliefs inspired Glee creator Ryan Murphy, why he thinks he managed to avoid conflict and drama with his fellow contestants, and whether or not he’d sacrifice his trademark dreadlocks for his art.
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