American Idol Live plays the Target Center in Minneapolis MN today. Concert begins at 7 pm CDT.
David Cook sings the National Anthem before the Home Run Derby in Kansas City. The game will air on ESPN at 8 pm. Yesterday’s Charity Softball Game featuring David, Haley Reinhart and Chord Overstreet airs immediately after at approx. 10:30 pm ET.
America’s Got Talent moves to Tuesdays and Wednesdays this week. Yeah. I know.
Lee DeWyze will be on Hell’s Kitchen TONIGHT on FOX. Check your local listings for times and channel.
Nigel Lythgoe’s new show, Opening Act, premieres on E! tonight at 10 pm. Each episode will focus on one lucky artist, plucked to open for a music superstar, is coached for the biggest opportunity of their lifetime.
Chris Daughtry will Appear at the DC Entertainment booth at Comic Con – Join WE CAN BE HEROES ambassador and music sensation Chris Daughtry – who re-recorded his hit single “Rescue Me” for the campaign – and DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Jim Lee at a special signing of exclusive, lithos of a Batman sketch drawn by Daughtry and inked by Lee. – Check out the schedule at MarketWatch
Eric Stonestreet and David Cook help build new homes for tornado victims – KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Big time celebrities taking part in All-Star festivities turned into construction workers to help tornado victims. They helped build the frames for nine new homes for the Habitat for Humanity organization outside Kauffman Stadium. Blue Springs native and singer David Cook, and Kansas City, Kan. native and actor Eric Stonestreet were among those offering help. – Read more at KSHB
Photos: Jason Derulo, with Jordin Sparks, at Rao’s, Celine Dion, Venus, Pure – Singer Jason Derulo’s latest visit to Las Vegas was jam-packed and included his girlfriend “American Idol” Season 6 winner Jordin Sparks. The R&B heartthrob capped his weekend Saturday night hosting and performing at Pure in Caesars Palace. Jason arrived at the hotspot holding hands with Jordin and posed for photographers on the arrivals carpet as fans screamed their names. The couple were seen cuddling and kissing in their VIP booth on Pure’s main stage before Jason took the mic about 1:15 a.m. today and, with Jordin recording the set on her cell phone, performed “We Don’t Wanna Go Home,” “Ridn’ Solo,” “It Girl” and “Whatcha Say” as partygoers sang along. – See the Photos at Las Vegas Weekly.com
Kellie Pickler Shares Her Health & Fitness Secrets – Kellie Pickler sat down with Fitness Magazine recently to discuss her health and fitness routine, her diet and her music. She also revealed whether or not she and husband Kyle Jacobs are planning children any time soon. “That’s something that is important to talk about before you get married!” she told the magazine. “You have to make sure you both want the same things. We’re not actively trying, but if it happens, it happens.” – Read more at GACTV
More detail on the new Bucky Covington music video. Plus, album name and release date – “The video, which will premiere in the coming weeks, is full of non-stop neo-outlaw action, as Bucky and Shooter are up to no good, have a run in with the law, and end up in a high-speed chase through the tiny town of Greensburg, KY. The raucous video, shot during record high temperatures in the region, also features cameos by country star Kellie Pickler, 5-time WWE Champion and current TNA Impact Knockout wrestler Mickie James, and professional freestyle motocrosser Cowboy Kenny Bartram. “Drinking Side Of Country,” written by Bucky and twin brother Rocky along with Ducky Medlock, and recorded and produced by Covington, will be impacting country radio soon. This new hit, along with “I Wanna Be That Feeling,” can be found on his highly anticipated sophomore album Good Guys, expected to release on September 11, 2012.
Bucky Covington, ‘I Wanna Be That Feeling’ – Lyrics Uncovered – The lyrics to ‘I Wanna Be That Feeling,’ Bucky Covington‘s new single on the rise, were penned by two of Nashville’s most successful tunesmiths, Ben Hayslip and Jimmy Yeary. “This is one of those songs that laid around for a long time,” Hayslip admits to Taste of Country of the single.He adds, “That song is probably five years old. When you think back to growing up in high school or college, there’s a certain feeling you get about those days. You just kind of feel it inside.” – Read more at TasteOfCountry.com
Fired ‘X Factor’ Judge Paula Abdul Says Simon Cowell Still a Friend (EXCLUSIVE) – No hard feelings between Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul! ““Believe it or not, Simon and I are friends,” Abdul, 50, told Celebuzz about Cowell, 52. ”It’s a warped kind of thing.” So how did the producer react when X Factor only raked in 14 million viewers? “He put that out there so it kind of made a cloud over it,” said Abdul. “So at the end of the day, when you see people like Christian (Palin) and Adam (Lambert) and you see what’s going on, he felt like he needed to go in a different direction.” – Read more at Celebuzz
