Lauren Alaina looking forward to a holiday at home
Other than her upcoming performance on Fox’s American Country New Year’s Eve Live, Lauren Alaina has pretty much wrapped up the career portion of her 2011.
“I’m finally home,” Lauren said by phone Tuesday. “You know, I haven’t been home much since February. I’m going to spend Christmas with my family, then I’m going to go to Gatlinburg with my best friend right after Christmas, and we’re going to go ice skating and skiing.”
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Mystery concert: ‘American Idol’ finalist Matt Giraud to perform Friday at an undisclosed location
KALAMAZOO — “American Idol” finalist Matt Giraud will perform a mystery show in Kalamazoo on Friday.
Giraud, who lives in Kalamazoo, will perform at 8 p.m. at an undisclosed location that will be revealed between 3 and 4 p.m. Friday on Giraud’s Facebook page and through his Twitter page. Check back at MLive.com for details.
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James Durbin Helps Make The Holidays Special With A Visit To CHOA!
The patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta recently welcomed American Idol’s James Durbin and his band members, Jeff Fabb, Blake Bunzel, Tyler Molinero, and Dylan Rosenberg to “The VoiceSM.” The band played a few songs for the crowd from James’ debut album, “Memories of a Beautiful Disaster.”
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PHOTO: Joanna Smith Gets A Helping Hand From Lauren Alaina
It’s the time of year when traveling quickly becomes a headache, and that was the case for country music singer Joanna Smith last week. After her plane was late in New York, she had to rush to make it to her show at Huntington. She made it – with only moments to spare, but didn’t have time to do her hair and makeup on her own.
That’s when American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina stepped in. Lauren curled Joanna’s hair for her, since they were both performing at the concert, and got her friend all ready to hit the stage – and on-time!
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‘American Idol’: Steven Tyler deems ‘The X Factor’ a ‘whole different show’
“I think the personalities, Randy’s (Jackson) and mine and J. Lo’s (Jennifer Lopez), make for just a little richer mixture,” Tyler tells Zap2it. “The interaction between the judges on ‘Idol’ is why I used to watch it, the few times I did. Because it was strong then was the only reason I took the job. I thought, ‘They want personality? Look out!'”
Tyler thinks he made the right call, now having one “Idol” season under his belt. “I’m not always right, but I was very happy last year that it worked out the way it did. I was a little scared and a little cautious, and I didn’t know what to say and how to say it. I feel a little bit better this year.”
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‘Glee’: Supporting the Arts and Beyond
In its three years, Glee – and its growing cast – has supported a plethora of charities, most recently providing $1 million in donations to support music education through its Glee Give A Note campaign, which saw schools in Ohio, New York and Alabama each receive $50,000 in grand prize cash.
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