American Idols Live heads to Araneta Coliseum, Manila Philippines!
SYTYCD performs at the Gwinnett Arena, Duluth, GA
Elliott Yamin performs at the Jewish Mother, Virginia Beach, VA
Trenyce performs in “Thriller – Live” in London, UK
More at IdolStages
Paula Abdul on Live with Regis and Kelly
Paula Abdul on Late Show with David Letterman, 11:35/10:35c pm CBS
Kelly Clarkson on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno 11:35/10:35c pm NBC
Simon Cowell on Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN 9 pm
Simon Cowell on Jimmy Kimmel Live 12:05/11:05c ABC
Kelly Clarkson’s album, Stronger, is now available for pre-order at iTunes. Order it here.
The last chance to audition for American Idol 11 begins tomorrow, as registration opens in Rutherford NJ. Auditions will take place on Thursday, September 22. For information on how to audition, check this link.
Watch the special “Different is the New Normal” featuring James Durbin at WNET 13. The special follows a young man dealing with Tourette’s.
A day with the Idols
As their only stop in Asia, the Idols (grand winner Scotty McCreery, Filipino-American Thia Megia, Lauren Alaina, Haley Reinhart, James Durbin, Casey Abrams, Jacob Lusk, Naima Adedapo, Paul McDonald, Pia Toscano, and Stefano Langone) look forward to meeting their Filipino fans especially during their performance on Sept. 20 and 21, 8pm.m. at the Smart Araneta. At a press conference held last Saturday at the Manila Hotel, the Idols, most of whom are first-timers in the Philippines shared their expectations and what they looked forward to during their visit here to Manila.
Read more at Manila Today
Carrie Underwood Honors Smokey Robinson at the 20th Annual Ella Awards
Via HipHollywood
Carrie Underwood performed “You Really Got a Hold on Me” at the 20th Annual Ella Awards to honor Smokey Robinson. Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole and more were also set to perform. See more photos HERE. Smokey sang “Girl” to Carrie!
Go Behind the Scenes with Carrie Underwood and Olay
Carrie Underwood‘s squeaky-clean image and girl-next-door charm make her the perfect ambassador for Olay, and in her most recent campaign for the brand, the star helps women dive skin-deep into solving their own beauty mistakes.
In the clip above, Underwood — who has always been generous about sharing her get-glam secrets — sets the record straight about some common skincare blunders.
Watch the video at People
‘Idol’ contestant plays one for the kids
Jason Castro, third runner-up on season seven of “American Idol”, rocked his long-locked dreads as he played at El Rey Theatre Sept. 12 in support of Orphan Care International.
The Orion: How did you land a show here at El Rey in Chico?
Castro: I was invited here by one of my biggest supporters, who also has a nonprofit organization called Orphan Care International. We’re here fundraising trying to raise money for an orphanage in Africa.
Read more at the Orion
Photo Coverage: NEW YORK’S FINEST at Ford Amphitheater
On Friday, September 16, 2011, Chris Isaacson presented “New York’s Finest: The Leading Men of Broadway” on the open-air stage of the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood, CA which was directed by Tony Award-nominee Sam Harris (The Life, Grease, Liza at the Palace) and Music Directed by Brent Crayon.
Four of Broadway’s Finest Leading Men starred in the one-night-only concert event including David Burnham (Wicked, The Light in the Piazza), Tony Award-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (The Color Purple, The Scottsboro Boys), Tony Award-winner Levi Kreis (Million Dollar Quartet) and American Idol’s Ace Young (Hair, Grease) with NBC’s The Voice star Frenchie Davis (Rent) as Mistress of Ceremonies!
Read more at Broadway World
‘American Idol’ finalist Melinda Doolittle’s musical dreams coming true
“It was truly wonderful to record the album using live instruments and to be able to sing songs that paint a picture, ” Doolittle said. “And now I get to travel the country and perform them live with my band — what could be better?”
Doolittle will perform at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 24 at Greeneville’s Niswonger Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $30 for adults, $12.50 for students and $25.50 for groups and the Pick 4 or More Series.
Read more at Times News
‘The X Factor’: 6 Things to Know About Host Steve Jones
“I’ve been training all my life for this, ” says X Factor host Steve Jones. The dashing Welshman makes his U.S. debut this Wednesday when the show premieres, and it’s been a long road getting there. Two years to be exact, during which time he turned down other TV gigs in his native England on the off chance that X Factor creator and head judge Simon Cowell would call him for duty. When did his phone finally ring? Two days before the Los Angeles auditions. Says Jones: “It got a little hairy towards the end, but it paid off thankfully.”
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter
How Glee Boss Ryan Murphy Plans to Win You Back in Season 3
Here’s what Glee boss Ryan Murphy says he likes about his new team of writers: “We hired people who will read scenes and scripts and go, ‘We can do better, let’s change that. Like, they’ll literally say, ‘You know what? We don’t wanna do that with Mercedes. No one wants to f—ing see that.'”
It will start with four major stories that connect the core cast: Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) together aspire to careers on the Broadway stage, Will (Matthew Morrison) and Emma (Jayma Mays) try to make it work as a couple, two members defect separately from the glee club, and another struggles with the very idea of life after high school. Murphy says he especially wanted to get back to that last idea, a key Season 1 theme now central to the show’s senior class: Is everyone meant to fulfill their dreams outside of Lima, Ohio? Are you a Lima loser if not?
Read more at TV Guide
Simon Cowell on U.S. “X Factor” launch: “It is the biggest moment of my career”
