Idol Headlines for 12/03/11

Tomorrow night, Kris Allen, Stefano Langone, Darren Criss and Amber Riley will perform at Trevor Live at the Hollywood Palladium to benefit the Trevor Project. There will also be a slew of Glee stars and more set to make appearances. Kris will sing “Imagine” backed by a choir. The red carpet, which will be livestreamed, begins at 5 pm PST.

Kris Allen is one of the judges for the Alchemy Songwriting Competition today in Arkansas, 7:30 pm Central.

Backstage with Haley Reinhart at LA Live (Video Interview)
– Watch the Video Interview HERE.

The X Factor’s Drew Ryniewicz Has Design Ambitions

The judges sent Drew Ryniewicz packing when she failed to move them with her “save me” song during The X Factor’s double elimination sing-off Thursday night. But the 14-year-old hasn’t given up her dream of eventually making it big in the music biz – or of pursuing a secondary career as a fashion designer.

“I actually really want to have a clothing line,” Drew told reporters following her elimination from the competition. “Every singer has something else on the side that they do – whether it be a clothing line or [or something else] – everybody has something.”

Read more at People.com

Jennifer Hudson at the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade taping

Jennifer Hudson, Scotty McCreery, Cee Lo Green and more taped their songs for the Disney Pars Christmas Day Parade, set to air on ABC Christmas Day.

James Durbin Attempts to Turn ‘Idol’ Success Into Stadium Status

Aside from 2006 contestant Chris Daughtry, whose band has moved 6.1 million copies of its two albums, according to SoundScan, no “Idol” contestant has made a long-lasting dent on rock radio. But when Wind-up senior VP of marketing Bill Richards watched Durbin’s set during the American Idols Live! tour stop at New York’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in late August, he realized the singer could break the spell.

“It’s a fairly sedate show, very family-oriented,” Richards says of Idols Live! “And when [Durbin] comes on he just goes, ‘Everyone get up!,’ and it turns into a huge rock show for his few songs, and you’re like, ‘Oh, OK, he’s the real deal.'”

Read more at Billboard

Ruben Studdard performs at Houston’s tree lighting ceremony

It was a night to remember at Houston City Hall as Mayor Annise Parker lit the city’s Christmas tree.

Watch the video at KHOU.com

‘Glee’ Cast Reveals Details of ‘Weird’ Backstage Antics

‘Glee’ heartthrobs Chord Overstreet and Harry Shum Jr. recently told AOL TV about their favorite game– “psychiatrist.”

“We sit in the room and one person leaves the room and has no idea what’s going on and everyone in the room has to come up with a problem that they all have,” Shum told us during a recent phone interview. “Then, the ‘psychiatrist’ has to come in and guess what problem everyone has.”

Despite the faux title, the actor says being a “psychiatrist” on the ‘Glee’ set is not an easy job.

Read more at AOL.TV

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