Kris Allen is in New York City today to film a segment for an upcoming Alzheimer’s telethon, set to air in December on NBC. It’s probably this, inaugural ‘Together for Care’ Telethon, set to air December 4. via @RLM1919
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@DweezySignal tweets: “Lee DeWyze will be at WPST (Princeton, NJ) on Sat singing in the Live Lounge. 12 Loyal listeners can win tickets to hear him. –> www.wpst.com”
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AOL Radio adds Lee DeWyze’s “Me & My Jealousy”, “Live it Up”, “Brooklyn Bridge”, “Beautiful Like You” & “Dear Isabelle” to their Pop Idols radio station. Check it out HERE.
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One-Hour Entertainment Special Will Feature Nominations for “THE 53rd ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS” from Club NOKIA in Los Angeles
Two-time GRAMMY Award winner LL COOL J will again host THE GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! – COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC’S BIGGEST NIGHT® to be broadcast live from Club NOKIA in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec. 1 (10:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. LL COOL J has hosted the show for the past two years.
Pop star Justin Bieber, rapper B.o.B, country artist Miranda Lambert, singer/songwriter/producer Bruno Mars and pop star Katy Perry are the first performers announced for the special. Additional presenters, performers and information will be announced shortly.
The road to Music’s Biggest Night culminates with “THE 53rd ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS” at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles live on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2010 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Read more at CBS Express
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Check out a new song from Alex Lambert written and recorded with his friend, rapper Jarvis Jfly Henderson. It’s called “New World”
Via alex-lambert.com
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Nigel Lythgoe on new ‘American Idol’ judges: No softies on the panel!
“I don’t think there are any softies on this panel, but if you legitimately wow them, they will tell you. They are still in the studio and working currently. They are still making albums and they really know the current business and what people are looking for, so that makes them great judges and sources of information and advice for these young people just starting out or those going down the wrong career path as it were.”
Today is the last day of auditions until Hollywood week, says Fox. The road auditions officially wrap tonight.
Read more at Entertainment Weekly
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Jordin Sparks On Good Day NY
Jordin will be at Dots store in Franklin Square, NJ to promote her new fragrance, “Because of You”
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RBN: Lee DeWyze “Princess (Reprise)” Advance Preview, Full Band Gameplay
RockGamer Studios and WuLi Records present: Lee DeWyze “Princess (Reprise)” Advance preview, full band gameplay. Coming soon to Rock Band Network.
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Lee DeWyze Talks About His New Album, His Songwriting and Winning American Idol
DeWyze’s love for great singer/songwriters began on Sundays during his childhood when his dad, a postal carrier, would play classic albums for him and his three siblings. He loved everything from Grand Funk Railroad and Kris Kristofferson to Simon & Garfunkel and the Mamas & The Papas, and his passion for Cat Stevens is tattooed on his arm via lyrics to “Father and Son”–that song is a centerpiece on DeWyze’s favorite album, Stevens’ Tea for the Tillerman. When he was 14, DeWyze found his dad’s old guitar in the closet and begged for him to get it re-strung. He learned to play chords on his own using a book of Beatles songs his dad gave him; at one point, he even made up new words to “Yellow Submarine”!
Read more at songwriter universe
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David Archuleta on Sky Diving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJclY3za1I&feature=player_embedded
via MusicChoice and ArchieAdorable
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Matt Giraud announces special Christmas Show w/ VIP access and EXCLUSIVE presale password for his online fans.
The show is Dec. 11 at 9pm at Rockford Fine Arts Auditorium in Rockford, MI. VIP Tickets are $30 and regular tickets are $20. The VIP tickets include a soundcheck party and a meet and greet. ALL seats are reserved, so don’t wait until last minute. More details HERE.
Presale begins at 10 am on Friday November 12 and runs until midnight on Sunday night, November 14. THE PRESALE PASSWORD IS MATT (ALL UPPER CASE)
Tickets for the general public go on sale Monday, Nov. 15 at 10am. More information HERE.
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New, slightly different 30 Second Idol Promo played during Glee last night
Clips of new auditioners at the end.
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Cheryl gets pie in face for charity
X Factor judge Cheryl Cole graciously accepted a custard pie in the face as royalty and fellow stars honoured some of the nation’s unsung heroes.
The pop star volunteered for the treatment from schoolboy Cameron Small, who won Young Fund Raiser of the Year gong at the Pride of Britain awards on Monday night.
The 12-year-old said he was “shocked” to be embarrassing the singer, adding: “I threw it hard and it hit her right in the face. Then she put some of it on me.”
But Cole – who drew criticism for refusing to send home an X Factor contestant at the weekend – said: “It was a small thing to do for such a brave young man.”
Read more at Press Association
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Simon Cowell’s 6th ‘X Factor’ Scandal In UK
Fox brass are getting more and more nervous about the way Simon Cowell is conducting this controversial but lucrative 7th series of The X Factor in the UK before the show comes to the U.S. in Fall 2011. Viewers are ringing up ITV and TV regulator Ofcom complaining that Sunday’s vote show was rigged. They’re mad because Treyc Cohen, 28, was booted off The X Factor after a sing-off with tabloid favourite Katie Waissel, whose panic attacks and other escapades make for better ratings than Cohen’s serviceable voice but dull presence.
Read more at Deadline
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How producers rigged X Factor voting shambles: Dermot was ordered to take majority verdict after Cheryl refused to vote
Millions watched as Miss Cole dithered over whether to plump for Treyc Cohen or Katie Waissel.
Yesterday, however, O’Leary revealed how Miss Cole’s apparently agonising decision had actually been decided by show bosses during the commercial break – as more cynical viewers perhaps might have suspected all along.
‘We thought it might happen before the break when we found out who was in the bottom two, ’ he said.
‘We decided if she wasn’t going to vote, we would go to the majority verdict.’
Read more at the Daily Mail
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‘Glee’: Dot-Marie Jones talks the never-been-kissed Coach Beiste
Dot-Marie Jones has quickly become a breakout character on this season of Glee, thanks to her heartbreaking and hilarious performance as McKinley High’s newest faculty member, Coach Shannon Beiste. The series’ most recent episode, “Never Been Kissed, ” was a showcase for the 46-year-old actress: In the episode, her character revealed that she still had never been kissed at the age of 40. (On the upside, she did get to pucker up with Matthew Morrison mere seconds later.)
Read more at Entertainment Weekly
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Backstage at DWTS: Bristol Palin Reveals Secret to Making It This Far
“I think lots of people see themselves in me because I’m pretty untouched when it comes to celebrity status, ” Bristol told us (with a straight face). “I’m pretty raw and vulnerable when it comes to this whole thing. I’m just having fun and people see that.”
And Mark agrees. Apparently Bristol is some sort of People’s Champ.
Read more at EOnline
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Kurt Warner Thinks It’s “Unfair” He Was Voted Off ABC’s DWTS
Kurt Warner tells UsMagazine.com his Dancing With the Stars days shouldn’t be over.
After he was eliminated on Tuesday’s show, he sarcastically told Us backstage, “Gosh it was unfair! I mean, I think we all feel, in some way, it is unfair when we get voted off. I think we felt for a long time that we should have gotten better scores than we did, so you’re disappointed. We’re all biased.”
Read more at US
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Video: SNEAK PEEK! Gwyneth Paltrow Performs “Umbrella” on Glee
via US
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Jim Cantiello’s Glee Cap!
via MTV
