Idol Headlines for 12/26/11

Seacrest’s hospital studios broadcast to kids It is the one-year anniversary of “The Voice,” a broadcast media center located in the hospital lobby, a gift from media personality and former Dunwoody dweller, Ryan Seacrest. Through his Ryan Seacrest Foundation, the celebrity host plans to install the broadcast centers in pediatric hospitals nationwide. Another studio opened at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in July, and two others are planned at children’s hospitals in Boston and Orange County.

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Michael Mayer Says SMASH’s Marilyn Musical ‘Well on their way toward a producible work’ While it hasn’t even debuted yet on NBC, according to NY Magazine, the musical within SMASH might be on its way to the Broadway stage. Jesse Green writes: “If Smash is successful and gets renewed, the Marilyn musical should reach “Broadway” next winter—much faster than a real production would. But, even stranger, if the Marilyn musical is itself successful, producers hope to crack it out of its Smash shell and move it to the actual Broadway sometime thereafter.” He continues: “Rebeck maintains that authenticity is not the same as realism, which is why the Marilyn musical sprints from conception to out-of-town tryout in the equivalent of fifteen weeks. (The original plan of one musical per season was rejiggered when Greenblatt moved to NBC, bringing Smashwith him but scheduling it as a February replacement.) If the series is picked up for fall, a new, completely different musical will gradually enter the story line while Marilyn is mounted and the process begins again.”

Read more at Broadway World

Marc Anthony to Jennifer Lopez’s Boy Toy Casper Smart: Hands Off My Kids! You just knew that when Jennifer Lopez, 42, started traipsing around the world with 24-year-old boyfriend Casper Smart, it wouldn’t sit well with fiery estranged husband Marc Anthony, 43. But what really steams the salsa singer is the way Casper was frolicking on a Hawaiian beach last November with toddler twins Max and Emme, Marc’s children with J.Lo. “He hit the roof,” a close pal tells OK!. “He thinks Jen’s crazy for allowing Casper to get close to the kids so soon. Marc was convinced it’s just a rebound fling and now he hears she’s setting up a room for him in her house.”

Read more at OK

Jennifer Lopez Talks About Topping the Hot 100 On day 15 of our 1,000 Hot No. 1s video series, we move from yesterday’s 2001 rock hit — Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me” — to a late-20th-century pop gem as we chat with Jennifer Lopez about her 1999 No. 1, “If You Had My Love.” “Still I think about that and still it’s like wow, my first record I ever did went to No. 1,” Lopez tells Billboard.com. “It’s just an overwhelming feeling. . . This is a very special thing.”

Watch the video at Billboard.com

McCreery wraps up big year with charity work GARNER – After a year that saw him go from the halls of Garner High School to Hollywood TV studios to arena stages across the nation, Scotty McCreery will close 2011 by visiting with hundreds of children who are much less fortunate. McCreery, the 18-year-old “American Idol” winner, is traveling to the Dominican Republic on Tuesday with a group of family members and friends. They will be delivering shoeboxes filled with gifts to poverty-stricken children. The trip is part of “Operation Christmas Child,” the international charity program organized by Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse organization.

Read more at Charlotte Observer

New home for singer’s family almost complete Michael Grimm had promised if he won the million-dollar prize on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” in 2010, he’d use part of the winnings to move his grandparents out of the mobile home and into a house in Hancock County. At the March groundbreaking ceremony are Grimm, wife Lucie Zolcerova and Laura and Thomas Butters. He earned the title and the money, and in March, broke ground on the half-acre Diamondhead lot, saying he hoped to have the people who raised him in their new house by July.Though it’s now the end of the year, and there have been a few setbacks, the house is almost ready for the Butterses to turn into a home.

Read more at Sun Herald

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Simon Cowell Hits The Waves In Barbados (PHOTO)

While others are spending the weekend bundled up to keep warm, Simon Cowell decided to head south to Barbados to celebrate the Christmas holiday. The “X Factor” judge was spotted enjoying some time on a personal watercraft Dec. 24 — just days after the “X Factor” finale in which 19-year-old Melanie Amaro took home the winning title.

See the photo at Huffington Post

Military Wives Choir named Christmas number one over X Factor winners Little Mix

The choir, which was formed by television presenter Gareth Malone, was announced as the chart-topper during a special edition of Top of the Pops. Military Wives Choir have been named Christmas number one over X Factor winning group Little Mix (Getty Images) The group was put together for his programme The Choir, which culminated in a live performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Wherever You Are is dedicated to British soldiers who will be spending the festive period fighting for their country overseas and those who have lost their lives during war. Little Mix topped the charts with their cover of the Damien Rice song Cannonball last week after their victory on the X Factor over Marcus Collins, but were unable to hold on to the top spot to take the Christmas crown.

Read more at Metro UK

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