See the Season 11 Top 10 on the American Idol LIVE! Tour 2012 at the Blue Cross Arena: War Memorial in Rochester, NY.
Daughtry performs at Eisenhower Hall Theatre in West Point, NY.
Kimberley Locke performs at Blue Moon in Rehoboth Beach, DE.
Bo Bice, Ruben Studdard, Vonzell Solomon, Katie Stevens and RJ Helton perform at the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in Branson, MO. Read more at American Idol
Kelly Clarkson tweets, “I had the worst day yesterday because my little baby Joplin, one my dogs, almost died and I was a wreck. He is now at a vet hospital and doing better. Please say a prayer for him. Thank you to all of my fans that came out last night to my Ohio show! Y’all are the best! Thank you for making my night better. You have no idea how much I appreciate it.”
Carrie Underwood will appear on the VH1 Big Morning Buzz this morning, at 10 am ET.
Phillip Phillips coming home to Georgia for free show – ALBANY, GA — Phillip Phillips is returning to Georgia for a free concert later this month in Atlanta. According to Atlanta radio station 99x, Phillips will be part of the Downtown Touchdown Concert on August 31st at the Centennial Olympic Park. Phillips will perform on the first day along with Lonestar, Cody Webb, and Paris Luna & Co. – Read more at My SouthwestGA
The Next American Idol? – Teasing each other, laughing and occasionally breaking into song, 20-year-olds Taylor Sedlacek and Cody Walker seemed like they’d been friends forever as they waited in line Tuesday morning to audition for “American Idol.” In fact, they had just met. But it’d be hard to tell hearing the duo’s rendition of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” They were among the more than 100 hopefuls who had lined at Hubbard Park as early as midnight to audition for the show’s 12th season. Auditions began at 8 a.m. – Read more at Press-Citizen
Jennifer Hudson honors late nephew by giving back – Chicago native Jennifer Hudson was in town Tuesday to host the second annual “Hatch Day” at the Kroc Community Center.
Hudson and her sister donated school supplies to 5,000 low-income Chicago students. The sisters hope the donated supplies will give children confidence to The event honors Hudson’s late nephew, Julian King, who was shot and killed in 2008 along with Hudson’s mother and brother. In what is considered her first public remarks following the Hudson family murder trial, Hatch Day was an emotional one for Hudson. Choking back tears, Hudson could hardly hold it together as she talked about what this day means to her. – See the Video at WGNTv
Carrie Underwood: Mike Fisher “Loves Me and All of My Craziness!” – To celebrate the success of her album Blown Away, Carrie Underwood and her husband, Mike Fisher, spent July 24 unwinding at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. “Because we are so busy, we make our time together count,” the singer, 29, tells Us Weekly of her NHL player love, 32. “We go on dates and make sure to make that extra effort.” – Read more at USMagazine
It’s no optical illusion! Jordin Sparks proudly displays her 50lbs weight loss in a figure-hugging visual effect floral dress – She has shed a staggering 50lbs after her well-publicised battle with the bulge. And Jordin Sparks has been relishing in showing off the fabulous results as she currently promotes her new movie Sparkle. The singer and actress was positively blooming in one of fashion’s trend du jours, an optical illusion floral ensemble.
The radiant star boosted her height with some towering beige stilettos and wore her red-dipped tresses out in a natural curly style. – Read more at The Daily Mail
Fame, failure and rebirth: Jordin Sparks finds all in “Sparkle” – The singer released two albums after winning “Idol” and was nominated for a Grammy for her collaboration with Chris Brown on the 2009 pop song “No Air”. A year later she tried her hand on Broadway like many past “Idol” alums, in the Tony Award-winning show “In the Heights”. It all seemed to be going well, until things fell apart. “My label was going through a transition and people were let go. Then I parted ways with my management and then I had some things personally going on,” Sparks said, but did not elaborate. “It just felt like everything was starting to not work out all at once. I was like, ‘This is it? Five years and that’s it?” – Read more at Reuters
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: Mia Michaels previews tonight’s tribute episode to her – After a two week hiatus, tonight’s Top 14 episode of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance returns and tributes a very special lady: the show’s most prolific choreographer, Mia Michaels. The three-time Emmy winner will be feted for the entire two hours, as the seven pairs of dancers remaining will each perform one of her classic dances from previous seasons — everything from her famous “Bench” dance to “The Butt Piece.” “They contacted me, and they were like, ‘We have an idea. We want this to happen,’” Michaels tells EW about how the episode came together. “It was quite an honor, and I was like, ‘Let’s do this.’ It’s definitely turning out to be one of my most favorite seasons, especially now because I’ve had a personal attachment to the dancers now that are doing this work. It’s really cool.” – Read more at Entertainment Weekly
Joe Jonas Says Brother Nick Would Bring ‘Tough Love,’ ‘Young Approach’ to ‘American Idol’ (Video) – “He’s a great producer, songwriter, musician, and even though we’re young, we’ve all been able to have such a great career so far,” Joe says. “I feel like for Nick, he’d be able to bring a young approach to the show.” Outside of recording and performing as a group, both Nick and Joe have gone on to pursue solo endeavors musically, with Nick taking a special liking to producing and writing for other artists – a quality that Joe says would bode well for an Idol gig. “He definitely knows what he’s talking about in the business,” Joe adds. “I think he’d probably bring the tough love occasionally and a dry sense of humor [that] I think would work well.” – Read more at The Hollywood Reporter
‘The Glee Project’ Winner Blake Jenner: ‘I’d Love to Be a Finn-Type Character’ – Do you think the way Glee’s third season ended — with Finn (Cory Monteith) graduating and heading to boot camp — helped you win? I know that the whole cast is coming back and he’s not gone forever, but since he graduated I feel like the choir room needs that go-to guy, that guy everybody needs help, advice, leadership from. That’s who I was for my friends in high school and I’d really love to be that guy [on Glee]. I wouldn’t want to be a carbon copy of Finn and have differences from him and my own issues, and maybe include the poetry. I’d love that, because that’s me: seeing this one guy on the outside and how different he is and how complex he is on the inside. I’d love to be a Finn-type character for the choir room. – Hollywood Reporter
‘Glee Project’ winner interview: ‘There was so much excitement, I almost levitated’ – After a last-chance performance of “I’ll Be” — not to mention a surprise poem reading — a jubilant Jenner walked away with the seven-episode arc on the fourth season of the show. Jenner got on the phone with EW this morning to talk about his lack of sleep, why he read a poem, and what he hopes his Glee character gets to do next season (Watch out, Brittany/Santana shippers!) – Read more at Entertainment Weekly
‘Glee’: Kate Hudson as Rachel’s sexy new dance teacher — EXCLUSIVE PHOTO – In this scene, her first big number on the Fox hit, Cassandra shows Rachel (Lea Michele, not seen) how it’s done at NYADA. But don’t expect the pair to be bonding too much during office hours — Hudson, known for her sunnier roles, is playing kind of a witch. “She’s hard-ass,” says Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk. “And she has her own demons. She works by negative.” Hudson has signed on for six-episodes in season 4 while fellow actress Sarah Jessica Parker will make her debut in the third episode of Glee‘s fourth season. – Read more at Entertainment Weekly
