Tonight, MORE Knockout Rounds on The Voice 8/7c PM NBC.
Lazaro Arbos $160,000 Crowdsourcing Goal to Fund Debut Album – Do you have $300 to spare? $300.00 will get you a physical copy of American Idol Season 12 alum, Lazaro Arbos’ CD, Just Be Brave. $100 two downloadable songs. A more intimate and elaborate reintroduction to Mr. Lazaro Arbos!! Lazaro is back again with his richly anticipated debut album, giving us a more upfront and upclose view of all that makes him so intriguing to every heart he’s touched! Despite a stutter he has battled since age 6, Lazaro bravely ventures forward with the zeal to sing strength and beauty into the hearts of people all over the world! Lazaro Arbos is an ardent musician that not only caresses his love of music, he is also equally as passionate about his love for people and taking part in creating a world that confronts and conquers the ails that challenge humanity. He hopes to speak inspiration and change into the ears of music lovers everywhere! It is his desire to contribute 20% of the proceeds of this album to the following four charities…Check out the “perks” at Indiegogo.com
How Adam Lasher Became an Activist Through American Idol – OC Weekly (Taylor Morgan): What was it like to be on Idol? Adam Lasher: I went into it thinking I’m going to do exactly what I want to do. I told them and they were like great! I was surprised. I got to sing original songs,show the world what I could do, and it was a free platform. Just because they didn’t pick me doesn’t mean I’m not happy with the outcome. I was also able to tell my story, gain a larger following with YouTube and music companies, but most importantly I have a presence in the diabetic community. That was a bonus I didn’t expect and I’m really passionate about it. I’m still riding the wave! – Read more at OC Weekly.com
Mickey Guyton’s ‘Quarter Life Crisis’ Leads to Promising Debut – Mickey Guyton’s career strategy was born of humility. After juggling college with two part-time jobs in Los Angeles, she moved to Nashville in 2011 to pursue her country music dreams — just like practically half the city’s transplants. So the fact that she scored a record deal fairly quickly out of the gate is not lost on the singer-songwriter. “I know how lucky I am to do this,” Guyton tells Rolling Stone Country, gushing over Music City’s largely undiscovered talent pool. “Living here in Nashville and seeing the sea of amazingly talented individuals, I understand that this doesn’t happen every day. So I make it a point to put it all out there and give 100 percent of what I’ve got.” – Read more at Rolling Stone
Find Out Who Was Saying “Eff the Judges” After Dancing With the Stars – Do not mess with Whitney Bischoff’s man! That was the lesson the Dancing With the Stars judges might’ve learned after Monday night’s show, as she was not happy with the low scores they gave her fiancée Chris Soules and his professional partner Witney Carson. After finding themselves at the bottom of the scoreboard, The Bachelor star was “not happy” with his performance when he chatted with E! News’ Ali Fedotowsky backstage. Thought she was in the ballroom audience, Whitney didn’t wait until after the show to comfort Chris. “She is there for me,” he explains, “and the first thing she did was send me a text after it and said, ‘Eff the judges, you did a great job!'” – Read more at EOnline
TVtype: Oklahoma’s Carrie Underwood among thousands who responded to mother’s post on Facebook – When a Canadian mother took to Facebook to help out her young son, she had no idea what would happen and who would respond. Turns out Oklahoma country music star and new mom Carrie Underwood was among the thousands who responded to a post by Melissa Camus talking about how not one child had RSVP’d to her 13-year-old son’s birthday party, according to etonline.com. – Read more at Tulsa World.com
American Idol mentor shares his thoughts on the show – Today, we talked to Scott Borchetta, President and CEO of the Big Machine Label Group and one of the most successful forces in the music industry today, about his mentoring of the contestants on American Idol XIV. – See the Video at KHON2.com
A visit to ‘American Idol’ finalist Joey Cook’s pre-NOLA roots in Virginia – Poe’s Pub, “a neighborhood watering hole, and it can be a biker bar at times,” is one of the Richmond venues where Cook performed. “She’s a brave soul,” Curran said. “She’s this little 18-year-old girl, and she got up there and sang her heart out.” It was also in Richmond where Cook sang for an “American Idol” producer for the first time – a date with destiny arranged by Jacobson, proprietor of the Victorian Station tea room in Hampton, where Cook had performed at open-mic nights. – Read more at Nola.com
Fox Sues To Keep ‘Empire’ As Title of Hit Series (Exclusive) – In response to a demand that it pay $5 million and cast several artists in the hit TV series Empire, Fox filed a trademark lawsuit on Monday seeking a declaration that it has every right to use the show’s title. A preemptive lawsuit holds risks as the “Blurred Lines” verdict demonstrates, but on the other hand, Fox might wish to avoid another Glee, which ran into trademark trouble in the U.K. with a judge there basically allowing the owner of a comedy club to assert dominion.
In this instance, Fox is suing Empire Distribution, Inc., which is identified as a California corporation that has not only come forward asserting rights to “Empire,” “Empire Distribution” and “Empire Recordings,” but has also in a demand letter claimed trademark dilution by tarnishment via a series that features “a label run by a homophobic drug dealer prone to murdering his friends.” – Read more at Hollywood Reporter.com
