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The American Idol Live tour heads to Long Island, NY.
Nashville Exclusive: Twilight Vamp Charlie Bewley Poised to Sink His Teeth Into [Spoiler] – Charlie Bewley (aka undead Demetri from the Twilight pics) is putting down stakes in Nashville, TVLine has learned exclusively. The English thesp is joining the ABC drama in the recurring role of Trey, a confident, charming and self-deprecating businessman and potential love interest for Hayden Panettiere’s Juliette. – Read more at TV Line
Danny Gokey tweets, “Exciting Day!! In the studio cutting the first song for the sophomore album!! 1 song down & 10 more…”
Country star Kellie Pickler performs at Armada Fair – As the reigning champion of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” and a former contestant on “American Idol,” country singer Kellie Pickler knows what it’s like to be judged with millions of people watching on TV. But could she sit in judgment of other artists? “I think I could,” she said in a telephone interview from Virginia earlier this week. “Obviously, I couldn’t judge for technique on a dance show, but for singing, it could be fun. Most anyone with ears knows what sounds good and what doesn’t.” – Read more at The Oakland Press
Jennifer Hudson Gives Away School Supplies To Chicago Kids – CHICAGO (CBS) – Oscar and Grammy-winning Chicagoan Jennifer Hudson was in her hometown today to give away school supplies to thousands of school kids. To gather school supplies for 5,000 children, Julia Hudson spends a lot of time searching for all sort of supplies. “7,000 folders, paper, 5,000 packages of pencils, pens,” she listed. “Calculators, USB drives!” chimed in her famous sister Jennifer. The pair started Hatch day in honor of their slain family members: their mother and Julia’s son Julian. – See the Video at CBS Local
Cassadee Pope finds her voice in country music – The season 3 winner of NBC’s “The Voice” would like to get one thing straight — her coach Blake Shelton did not force the tattooed rocker to go country. “Most people don’t even know that I actually grew up singing country music,” says soon-to-be-24-year-old songstress Cassadee Pope. “Country music feels very natural to me. Considering where country music is now, I knew that this genre would allow me to incorporate my pop rock influences as well. I was excited to not have to compromise.” – Read more at the Chicago Sun-Times
Chris Colfer takes EW’s Pop Culture Personality Test — VIDEO – Ask Chris Colfer for his favorite villain in children’s entertainment, and he can’t help but pick the titular character from the second book in his The Land of Stories series, The Enchantress Returns: “I purposely tried to make her a little bit of all the classic villains,” he says of evil Ezmia, who resurfaces long after cursing Sleeping Beauty to strike fear in the fairy-tale world and beyond. “I say she’s deliciously evil.” Also wicked: Colfer’s sense of humor when he recently stopped by EW to take our Pop Culture Personality Test. – Watch the Video at Entertainment Weekly
A little Voice said that Tom Jones plans to jump the judging ship – but Beeb dismisses report as “not true” – Rumour and gossip has it that Tom Jones could be leaving The Voice, following the exits of co -judges Jessie J and Danny O’Donoghue. But rumour and gossip are not to be listened to, apparently – the BBC have denied that Sir Tom will be vacating his spinny red seat. “It is not true to say that Tom has decided to leave The Voice as the line-up is still to be confirmed. We are in on-going conversations with him about his role and will announce details of the coaches for series 3 in due course,” a spokesperson said.- Read more at the Mirror
Justin Timberlake Is Coming To The 2013 VMAs! – Not only will JT once again grace the VMA stage, but, in recognition of his remarkable string of music videos — from the dark “Cry Me A River” and the futuristic “Rock Your Body” to recent work like the stylish “Suit & Tie” and the haunting “Mirrors” — he’ll also receive the coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, joining a prestigious list of past recipients that includes the King of Pop himself, not to mention Madonna, R.E.M. and the Beastie Boys. The MTV Music Awards Airs on Sunday August 25 – Read more at MTV
