American Idol’s Lauren Alaina cancels Detroit show for ‘vocal rest’ – Lauren Alaina canceled her Cincinnati and Detroit area guest appearances with Sugarland due to illness. Vonda Shepard will now be appearing with Sugarland at their shows Friday, August 3rd at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio and Saturday, August 4th at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Mich. – Read more at Mlive
Lauren’s mom’s tweets: “Hey everyone Lauren is doing great with resting her voice. The doctor said she will be good as new if not even better.”
Daughtry show at BMO Harris Pavilion canceled – A Daughtry concert scheduled for Monday at the BMO Harris Pavilion at Henry Maier Festival Park has been canceled, the latest setback for the lakefront music venue’s inaugural season. Summerfest officials announced in an email Thursday afternoon that Monday’s show, featuring season five “American Idol” contestant Chris Daughtry and his rock band, was canceled “due to a scheduling conflict.” – Read more at JSOnline
Chris Colfer’s new children’s book, The Land of Stories, will sit a top the New York Times bestsellers list for a second week. He tweets, “#TheLandofStories is a #1 on the NYT Best Sellers list for the 2nd week!!! I’m so excited!”
Heejun Han tweets, “Gotta take care of my babe. pic.twitter.com/dosUQrkJ” The kids seem to be having fun in Florida!
Jordin Sparks joined Extra TV at The Grove
Jordin performed a concert at The Grove in Los Angeles yesterday. Via ExtraTV
Dancing With the Stars All-Star Cast: My Biggest Competition Is… – The battle for the mirror ball trophy is on, and with 13 standouts slated to return to Dancing With the Stars, we have a feeling the competition could really heat up. We sat down with the all-star contestants to talk about their new competitors and possible partners as they prepared to get back into the swing of things. (Oh, dance puns, how we love thee.) – Read more at Extra
Snoop Wants To Judge ‘American Idol’ – After hearing of the millions of dollars “Idol” judges earn on the Fox competition, Snoop, in an interview this week, said: “I’ll do `American Idol.'” “Idol” returns in January. Mariah Carey is filling one of the two seats made available following Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler’s exits last month. When told Carey is earning about $18 million a year for a one-year contract with a renewal option, Snoop looked to his manager and jokingly yelled: “Get on it!” – Read more at Huffington Post
Exclusive Glee Video: Why Is Everyone Crying?! – If you thought Glee‘s Season 3 finale was emotional to watch just imagine what it was like to shoot. Actually, there’s no need to imagine it — you can see for yourself on Aug. 14 when Glee: The Complete Third Season arrives on DVD and Blu-ray. – Watch the video at TV Line
Joey Lawrence on Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars: “Why the Hell” Would Anyone Sign Up? – When Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars premieres in September, Joey Lawrence will be hard-pressed to find time to tune-in. Offered a spot to compete on this fall’s season, which comes three years after his first appearance, Lawrence tells Us Weekly he isn’t thrilled with the cast who’ll vie for the mirrorball trophy this year. – Read more at US
