Lee DeWyze will be singing the National Anthem at the Chicago Bulls January 1st game. More information HERE.
Family Members Furious Over Singer’s Engagement – Steven Tyler’s big engagement news did NOT go over so well with several members of his family … who are telling friends they simply don’t like his new fiancee … TMZ has learned. Sources connected to the Tyler clan tell us … several family members have clashed with Erin Brady for years … and have told friends, “She’s just not nice.” One source tells us, “She’s just been mean to the family.” And to make matters worse — we’re told several family members have griped that they had no idea about Steven’s proposal plan until AFTER he popped the question to 38-year-old Brady this weekend … and they felt slighted by the omission. – Read more at TMZ.
Restaurant names dish after X Factor winner – SUNRISE, Fla. (WSVN) — A local business has named a dish in honor of X Factor winner Melanie Amaro. Melanie, who is from Sunrise, won the X Factor last week, earning a $5 million recording contract and her own Pepsi commercial. Now, Scuotto’s Pizza & Pasta in Sunrise has created the Melanie Amaro Pizza, in her honor. Melanie’s family held weekly X Factor watch parties at the restaurant. The pizza will feature Melanie’s favorite toppings: pepperoni, bacon and mushrooms. – Read more at WSVN
Kelly Clarkson, breakup queen? – Reflecting on how her fifth album, Stronger, came together, compared to her previous efforts, Kelly Clarkson gushes: “Oh, it was so much easier!” She breathes this out as though something heavy is being released from her – and her Texas drawl, previously kept in check, rolls out with it. “We just really clicked, the whole team that went into this album,” she says. She was in sync with executives at her record label, RCA, and her A&R guy. She connected with the co-writers she’d been eyeing, Greg Kurstin (Sia, Kylie Minogue) and Rodney Jerkins (Destiny’s Child, Mary J. Blige). And just generally, she thinks there was another important factor at play: “I think, because it’s my fifth album, people are getting more used to me, like writers know me better, producers know me better. I think it becomes a lot easier with each record.” – Read more at the Montreal Gazette
Kellie Pickler and Kyle Jacobs ‘Lookin’ Forward’ to First Wedding Anniversary – “I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since Kyle and I got married,” Pickler says. “I’ve been so blessed. He’s the prize, so I’m glad he’s stuck it out as long as he has so far, and I hope that he can stick it out forever.” Last week, Kellie told us that she and Kyle were “gonna go somewhere warm” to celebrate their big day. She also says they have plans to start a new tradition for their anniversary. “Somethin’ special that we know we’re gonna get every anniversary is fireworks,” she reveals. “So, we are lookin’ forward to that.” – Read more at Country Music is Love
Scientists buzz Simon Cowell for promoting pseudoscience – Simon Cowell believes he can look and feel young by taking an intravenous cocktail of vitamins C, B12 and magnesium: “It’s an incredibly warm feeling … You feel all the vitamins going through you. It’s very calming.” Ursula Arens, a dietitian at the British Dietetic Association said that Cowell’s treatment was unlikely to be providing much benefit and that, unless someone has a vitamin deficiency, their food intake should provide all the vitamins they need. “The absorption of vitamins is very efficient so – apart from people who are very ill or have particular gut problems – nearly all of what you eat is taken up by your body,” she said. “If you are worried about not getting enough vitamins from food, and cannot change your diet, then vitamin supplements are a simple way to give you reassurance.” – The Guardian
Dick Clark: Rockin’ it on New Year’s since 1972 – Ask Dick Clark for his top memories of his iconic New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show and he ticks off a handful. “The year of the Iran hostage crisis, the ball almost didn’t drop,” he says; in 1980, the owner of One Times Square wanted to cancel to protest Iran’s detention of 52 Americans. “Then, of course, there was the millennium,” Clark says. “The most nerve-racking would have to be the first New Year’s Eve after the 9/11 tragedy.” – Read more at USA Today
