Headlines: Jennifer Hudson Cosmo Cover, Lauren Alaina Addresses Vegas Tragedy

Lauren Alaina Addresses Las Vegas Tragedy.

Lauren performed on Friday a the music festival where tragedy struck on Sunday as 59 people were gunned down during Jason Aldean’s concert. The American Idol alum shared her thoughts on social media.

The Voice Coaches Sound Off on Which Songs They Never Want to Sing Again (Find Out Why Blake’s Is ‘Hillbilly Bone’) – Miley Cyrus, Blake Shelton, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Levine recently revealed exclusively to PEOPLE which of their smash singles they would be more than happy to retire. “I’m gonna say ‘Hillbilly Bone’ because it’s uncomfortable sometimes with kids at the concert. You’re singing and you’re looking at a kid and you start talking about ‘Hillbilly Bone’ … it’s uncomfortable,” says Shelton. – Read more at People

Jennifer Hudson Gets Real About Her Costars (Beyoncé Included) – Of my fellow coaches on The Voice, I’d choose this one to be my coach: Blake, because we have the most similar taste in music. – More at Cosmopolitan

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Nick Fradiani interview – Season 14 “American Idol” winner Nick Fradiani is not the biggest rock star out of Connecticut. He said that crown goes to John Mayer, who also spent some of his formative years in Atlanta. “I’ve watched videos of him at Eddie’s Attic,” said Fradiani, who is performing October 18 at the City Winery Atlanta with his friends Alternate Routes. (tickets here.) “I guess that’s why he wrote the song, ‘Why Georgia?’ I’m a big Mayer fanatic!” – Read more at AJC.com

From “American Idol” to Evita, the fascinating career of Constantine Maroulis – In early September 2001, the summer before his senior year at Boston Conservatory, Maroulis was starring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in New Hampshire as he prepared for the school year to come. In true Maroulis fashion, he had a clear game plan: participate in his school’s big agent showcase, apprentice at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and book the national tour of Rent. But on September 11, Maroulis lost his first cousin, and—for once—things didn’t seem so clear to him. “Everything sort of changed for me,” he said. “I barely got through my last year at school. I started to think, ‘Is what I’m doing here even important?’ It wasn’t clear to me what my path was after that.” – Read more at DigBoston

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