Katie Stevens to appear on Portugal Idol. She tweets, “Exciting news: to all my fans in Portugal! I just booked my ticket! I will be a performing on Portugal Idol on December 12th! See you soon!”
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Danny Gokey to appear Nov. 17 in Glendale
National recording artist and “American Idol” finalist Danny Gokey is focusing on a new community relief program involving those famous glasses of his.
The Milwaukee native will return to his hometown Wednesday to announce the project.
The new program “involves a new vision-care relief program for the needy, ” but details will not be revealed until that date, his spokeswoman, Pam Kassner, said Thursday.
Read more at JS Online.com
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Pink Vs. Adam Lambert: Who Has The Better ‘Whataya Want From Me’?
The international edition of Pink’s upcoming Greatest Hits … So Far!!! collection will include her version of Adam Lambert’s megahit “Whataya Want From Me.” It’s a song she recorded (and ultimately dropped) from her 2008 Funhouse album before handing it off to Lambert, who turned it into a platinum-seller.
Pink’s rendition is nearly identical to Adam’s. (Listen to snippets in the embedded video below.) The biggest difference is a pronoun switch in the chorus. One can only assume Pink’s version — which she co-wrote with Max Martin — includes the original lyrics: “He messed me up” versus Adam’s generic “It messed me up.” (In hindsight, it’s a bummer that Team Lambert felt the need to “straighten” the song.)
Read more at MTV
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EXCLUSIVE: Fantasia’s 12-Hour Settlement Talk With Boyfriend’s Wife Unsuccessful; Lawsuit Imminent
American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino met with her boyfriend’s scorned wife, Paula Cook, earlier this month in an attempt to keep the details of Barrino’s alleged affair with Antwaun Cook private and out of the Mecklenburg County courthouse, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
A source close to the situation says the two women attempted to settle their dispute through private mediation but the ladies were unable to reach a settlement, propelling Cook to move forward with a civil lawsuit against the singer.
Read more at Radar Online
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Stars Rally At The 2010 Alzheimer’s Association Rita Hayworth Gala
Al Roker, Kris Allen, Natalie Morales, Hector Elizondo and Nikki Blonsky were amongst the many stars that came out to show their support for the Alzheimer’s Association gala that raised money and awareness for the disease. Plus, how has Alzheimer’s affected their lives?
Via Access Hollywood
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dick clark productions to Stream Live Red Carpet Show for the 38th Annual ‘American Music Awards®’
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — dick clark productions (dcp) president, Orly Adelson, announced that for the second year in a row, dcp will stream a live red carpet online pre-show, “Coca-Cola Red Carpet Live! @ the 2010 American Music Awards” on November 21st at 2:00 PM (PT) / 5:00 PM (ET), powered by Ustream. The pre-show will precede the live broadcast of the 2010 “American Music Awards®” at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on ABC. The stream will be available on ABC.com, Secretformula.com/amas, Ustream.tv/amas and through a series of embeddable applications on participating media and talent websites including Facebook Fan Pages.
Adelson stated, “Through multiple hosts and various social media platforms, our digital coverage will provide unprecedented access for fan participation, interactively bringing them onto the red carpet.”
Read more at PR Newswire
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Yet another CMA interview from Casey James
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Nikki Sixx Defends Steven Tyler as ‘American Idol’ Judge
But Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has now stepped up, joining Tyler in his corner. “I get what he’s trying to do, the whole point of Steven Tyler being on ‘American Idol’ is to not make it cheesy, ” Sixx said on his radio show, ‘Sixx Sense.’
“It’s to have a real artist on there. Steven knows how to dress, so he has style; he knows how to design sets; he knows how to write songs, obviously; he plays instruments; he’s one of the greatest singers and one of the greatest frontmen of all time. So who’s better to judge somebody and give them advice or maybe say they don’t have it than Steven?”
As Sixx explained his position more, it became clear that his view is based on the idea that the show will be a more reputable place of discovery with Tyler on board. “There should be more Steven Tylers on there. So when I talked to Steven about that, we were talking about how he has the ability to find the next Jimi Hendrix, the next Janis Joplin, the next Kid Rock. This is a positive thing for music. This is a pipeline that we usually don’t have.”
Read more at noisecreep
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Exclusive: Glee Rethinking Super Bowl Strategy
Glee is showing symptoms of tribute fatigue. Despite talk that the Fox hit’s post-Super Bowl episode would be a love letter to either Bruce Springsteen or Michael Jackson, I’m hearing producers are strongly reconsidering the single-singer route.
Word is Ryan Murphy & Co. are leaning toward staging a “regular” episode of Glee after SB XLV featuring music from a variety of artists rather than a stunt-heavy hour, a-la Britney and Madonna.
Read more at Movieline
