Idol Headlines for 08/30/11 – The Evening Edition

Kelly Clarkson will be interviewed on 1043MyFM tomorrow. Listen Live HERE.

Carrie Underwood is shooting a new Olay commercial. Look for interviews from US Weekly and Fitness Beauty Department.

James Durbin has a new twitter name @DurbinRock and DurbinRock.com is registered with Wind Up Records with a “Coming Soon” message.  James tells Wet Paint that he wants to release an album in November, around Thanksgiving.

Scotty McCreery, ‘The Trouble With Girls’ – Lyrics Uncovered

“This song is only maybe three or four months old, ” White tells Taste of Country. “It was pretty special lyrics. Chris is a few years younger than me, but we grew up in same area in north Alabama. I didn’t know him growing up, but this was the first time we sat down to write. Chris is a melody genius. He sat down at the grand piano and began playing that melody. He’s got two little babies, and I’ve got a daughter and a son. We were talking about understanding girls and women.”

“We came up with [the title] ‘The Trouble With Girls, ’” recalls White. “We spent three or four hours here at Universal Music in Nashville and wrote the song.”

Read more at Taste of Country

Sony Nashville Update – Promo Staff Changes Continue To Be Confirmed

The confirmed changes continue to trickle in, as they are confirmed on the SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE restructuring announced last week . ALL ACCESS has confirmed that CHRIS WATERS will move from his current post in the Southeast at BNA to take the Southwest for ARISTA. That region was formerly handled by DIANE MONK, who exited.

Read more at All Access

New Universal Music CEO has star-making plan

“A&R people are an indication of your commitment to new music and to new artists, ” he said. “There are so many categories of A&R people; some are talent scouts, some have an instinctive sense of marketing, and others are brilliant at making records.

“There are High Street opportunists aware of fashion trends and individuals who can be turned into recording artists. I started as a talent scout; I’m still a talent scout. It’s about identifying anything that is creative.”

Grainge added, “The commitment to rejuvenating and refreshing at Universal is constant. I’ve always felt that if you constantly challenge, by definition there’s always something new.

“We made a deal with ‘The Voice’ and ‘American Idol’ and another TV show partnership. They are things I’m incredibly excited about.

Read more at the New York Post

Danny Gokey – My Best Days Are Ahead of Me (93.7 The Bull 9th Annual Float Trip)

Interview with Casey James backstage at Sugarland’s Incredible Machine Tour.

Jennifer Lopez’s Ex-Husband Ojani Noa Calls Her Mother A ‘Gold Digger’

Jennifer Lopez’s first ex-husband Ojani Noa has won the fight to release intimate footage from their short-lived marriage. But he isn’t happy with the way Lopez, her family and her legal team have been treating him and has gone as far as calling the singer’s mother a gold digger.

“I’m not that horrible guy to her or anybody, ” Noa tells me. “I just wanted to get my life and story out there and for whatever reason people have judged me and misinterpreted my life. I’m a regular guy trying to make a living and trying to work. I never in my life or 12 years since I’ve been divorced from her ever said anything bad about her or her family.”

Read more at Huffington Post

Jerry Lewis: MIA at this year’s MDA Telethon

NEW YORK (AP) — No one would sniff at all the dollars Jerry Lewis raised for muscular dystrophy: a couple of billion during his 45-year reign as host of the MDA Telethon.

But what kind of TV did he offer in exchange? The short answer: Jerry put on a show like no other.

Labor Day this year promises to be bland by comparison, with the 85-year-old Lewis now banished from the annual rite he built from scratch and molded in his image.

Read more at Chron.com

GLAAD on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ casting: ‘Tremendous step forward’

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation doesn’t typically weigh in on the latest round of celebrities on Dancing with the Stars, but then it’s not every season that a transgender and an openly gay man decide to tango under the mirror ball. As a result, GLAAD lauded ABC for including Chaz Bono and Carson Kressley in the 13th season.

“With both gay and transgender contestants represented on this upcoming season, ABC will send viewers a strong message about the diversity within the LGBT community, ” said Herndon Graddick, senior of director of programs for GLAAD, in a statement. “At a time when transgender representation in the media is sorely lacking, Chaz Bono joining the cast is a tremendous step forward for the public to recognize that transgender people are another wonderful part of the fabric of American culture. Appearing on such a high-profile show will allow millions of Americans to get to know him in a whole new light.”

Read more at EW

Emmys Host Jane Lynch Wants ‘Glee’ Cast to Be Part of the Show

Emmy host and nominee Jane Lynch wants to see her Glee colleagues incorporated on the broadcast.

“I’ve pitched a couple of ideas for the Glee cast, ” she told reporters Tuesday during a conference call ahead of the Sept. 18 awards show. “I bet there will be an appearance.”

“My nerves will mostly be focused toward doing the show, ” said Lynch, who won the supporting actress in a comedy prize last year and is nominated in the same category for her role on Glee. “It’s almost a relief not to have to think about having been nominated.”

Read more at THR

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