Carrie Underwood is set for the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday August 4.
Samuel Larsen and Damian McGinty Set to Return to Glee: TVGuideMagazine tweeted from ComicCon in San Diego: “Glee’s @SamuelLarsen just stopped by our Comic-Con yacht and told us he and @damianmcginty will both be back on the show this season.” Samuel and Damian were The Glee Project season 1 winners.
It’s Chris Daughtry’s yearly trip to Comic Con. Look who he met! “Just ran into Kevin Smith @ThatKevinSmith”
Kellie Pickler talks making ‘100 Proof’, splitting with her label – So was it at all frustrating for you to make this rootsy, strong, self-reflective album and then to split ties with Sony? Well, it wasn’t promoted. When my album came out, I didn’t even have a song out on the radio. Nobody does that. [The label was] spread thin. When I was making my record, the CEO left. He retired. They brought in Gary [Overton]. My A&R left. They brought in somebody else. I went through four heads of promotion when my record was coming out. The only consistency was inconsistency. Did that make recording tough? Recording this album, to be honest — and I don’t mind saying this — the process was hell. We couldn’t agree on songs. The thing is, my life is a country song. I don’t need to be manufactured, and I don’t need anyone to tell me what to say or what to sing. – Read more at Entertainment Weekly
Scotty McCreery relishes life after ‘Idol’ – It’s been about two months since Phillip Phillips was named the winner of the 2012 season of “American Idol.” So how does that make Scotty McCreery, the 2011 “Idol” feel? Pretty good, actually. “I’m not the American Idol,” he says with a chuckle. “I’m an American Idol, and that’s fine.” “I’d be told that once a new Idol was named, the previous Idol supposedly has to fight a bit more for attention,” continues McCreery. “I don’t see it. I feel like I’m still on the ride.” – Read more at The Daily Record
Casey Abrams: ‘I Don’t Wear My Heart On My Sleeve Anymore’
David Cook On First Manila Visit: ‘I Almost Got Force-Fed Balut’ – “Ah, I almost got force-fed balut, which was fun,” he tells Bulletin Entertainment with a smile during the pocket interview after the presscon for the “David Cook Live In Manila” concert this weekend. “I couldn’t do it, though,” he admits. Three years since that first trip—and hopefully with newfound nerves of steel to face off with the Philippine delicacy we love to foist on our foreign visitors—David still talks about the Manila show he’s done with David Archuleta in May 2009 with such warmth. – Read more at MB.com
Kellan Lutz & Chris Daughtry are Fast Friends at the “Darkness & Light” Party at Comic-Con – Kellan Lutz and Chris Daughtry attended DC Entertainment’s “Darkness & Light Party” benefiting We Can Be Heroes at Michael J. Wolf Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego, during Comic-Con last night. The Twilight star and the rocker were buddy-buddy as they posed for pictures on the red carpet before Chris took to the stage to sing some of his hits. – Read more at OK
ACM Lifting Lives My Cause: Carrie Underwood – C.A.T.S. Foundation
Britney’s New Diet Expert: Simon Cowell! – Simon Cowell has honed his skills as a judge on The X Factor, but these days he’s critiquing costar Britney Spears. His verdict? Her diet needs work. Hoping to slim Brit down for the premiere of the second season, Simon has her on the same crazy diet he’s doing. Brit is supposed to start her day with oatmeal and tea — no more Pop-Tarts and Starbucks — and end with steamed salmon or skinless chicken for dinner. – Read more at RadarOnline
Dianna Agron Playing De Niro’s Daughter in Luc Besson’s ‘Malavita’ (Exclusive) – Glee star Dianna Agron is in negotiations to play the daughter of Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer in Malavita, the Luc Besson thriller being made by EuropaCorp and Relativity. Tommy Lee Jones is also in talks to join the cast of the dark action comedy. Besson, who is directing as well as co-writing, is producing with Pierre-Ange Le Pogam and Virginie Silla. – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
