Idol Headlines for 09/01/11 – The Evening Edition

Kellie Pickler tweets, “Had a blast filming with the cast of 90210!! So exciting!!!” Check out Kellie’s photos from the set HERE.

Crystal Bowersox will be sticking around Chicago for awhile. She tweets, “Our move has been put off by a few opportunities. were in chicago for just a little while longer. Yes, we still have the PO Box. Love y’all” Crystal and her family plan to move to Nashville eventually.

Hm. It looks like Carrie Underwood is shooting an Olay commercial today. She did some press from the set on Tuesday.

Bo Bice made a surprise appearance/performance at the Music City BBQ Fest

The Marshall Tucker Band brought southern rock to the riverfront stage in Nashville at the Music City BBQ Fest (8/26).

Bo Bice and Katie Armiger made surprise appearances to join their heroes onstage contributing to “Fire On The Mountain, ” and “Can’t You See, ” respectively.

See a photo at Music Row

After Bowersox’s show canceled, supporting act Elliott Yamin finds new venue

Just two days after it was announced that the diabetes fund-raising show that “American Idol” runner-up Crystal Bowersox’s was to give at Stabler Arena has been canceled, it was announced her supporting act — Elliott Yamin, also an “American Idol” finalist — has found another venue.

Yamin is scheduled to play Planet Trog nightclub at 3578 MacArthur Road, Whitehall Township at 6 p.m. Sept. 9. The Stabler show was to have been Sept. 10, it was just announced.

Read more at McCall.com

Frenchie Davis Will Host Leading Men Concert Featuring Brandon Victor Dixon, Chad Kimball, Levi Kreis, Ace Young

Rent’s Frenchie Davis, a recent finalist on NBC’s “The Voice, ” will act as Mistress of Ceremonies for New York’s Finest: The Leading Men of Broadway Sept. 16 at 8:30 PM at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

Produced by Chris Isaacson Presents, this one-night-only concert will feature the talents of David Burnham (Wicked, The Light in the Piazza), Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (The Color Purple, The Scottsboro Boys), Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball (Memphis, Into the Woods), Tony Award winner Levi Kreis (Million Dollar Quartet) and “American Idol” finalist Ace Young (Hair, Grease).

Read more at Playbill

Jackson native Adam Woolsey gets his shot before ‘American Idol’ judges but is not chosen for show

Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler gave Adam Woolsey his due, but that didn’t include choosing him to be a contestant on season 11 of “American Idol.”

Woolsey, a Jackson native and student at Michigan State University, auditioned for “Idol’s” celebrity panel of judges at Reliant Arena in Houston on Aug. 26.

Read more at MLive

‘X Factor’ USA judges to name favorite artists in radio special

The X Factor USA judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and LA Reid will reveal their favorite artists in a new radio special called ‘The Judges’ Ultimate Picks’.

The Fox All Access radio series will debut a one-off episode later this month where the X Factor USA judges will select which songs they believe best represent pop music’s hottest stars.

See the schedule at Digital Spy

Glee Star, Kevin McHale Kevin McHale has teamed up with gay youth suicide prevention organization The Trevor Project to help launch its new Talk to Me campaign.

The campaign coincides with National Suicide Prevention Week, Sept. 4-10.

Is Glee Star’s “Bruised-Up Barbie” Photo Shoot Glamorizing Domestic Violence?

Glee’s resident ditzy cheerleader Brittany posed for a photo shoot for L.A. provocateur photographer Tyler Shields, and the pics are generating controversy for what critics say is imagery evoking domestic violence, or even Rihanna following the beating she suffered at the hands of Chris Brown.

And what does the photographer have to say? E! News got the exclusive…

RELATED: Chris Brown Cops Plea to Domestic Violence, Avoids Showdown With Rihanna

“In no way were we promoting domestic violence. We wanted to do a bruised-up Barbie shoot and that’s exactly what we did!” Shields exclusively tells E! News.

I find this a little disturbing…

Read more at EOnline

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