Headlines: Meghan Trainor Girl Group Drama, Kelly Clarkson Meets Mia Farrow

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Meghan Trainor to Produce and Create Music for Girl Group Drama for ABC – The Grammy winner is set to executive produce and provide original music for a girl group drama at ABC. Titled Broken Record, the project landed at ABC with a sizable put-pilot commitment (and a large penalty attached) and with The Mark Gordon Company also attached to exec produce. The drama revolves around The Candies, the superstar girl group who, on the nine-year anniversary of their breakup, are forced to reunite for an unexpected encore after a tragic event brings them back together. Broken Record tracks the journey of the four women of a certain age as they navigate changing tides in the music business and attempt to find their second acts — in life and in friendship. – Read more at Hollywood Reporter

Q&A: Former Panther on coming out as gay, breaking out on ‘The Voice,’ and bowing out of anthems – “When football is over, I’m going to get very serious about music,” the Hawaii native told the Observer in October of 1999, during his one and only season in Charlotte. “Hopefully, I’ll sign with a big label and go on from there. That’s the dream of every artist.” – Read more at the Charlotte Observer

Taylor Hicks returns with first new song in seven years, says “American Idol” on ABC is a “perfect fit” – On Friday, American Idol season-five champ Taylor Hicks releases his first new music in seven years: a song called “Six Strings & Diamond Rings.” He admits some fans have “jumped ship” during his layoff, but hopes they’ll return when they hear the song. “I’ve seen some of them come back,” he tells ABC Radio. “And now that the single is here, I’m excited ’cause I know the music’s good.” The song is about the toll the music biz takes on your love life. “Every time…they ask me, ‘Well, what’s the title?’ I say ‘Six Strings Are Hard on Diamond Rings,’ and they say, ‘Wow, great title!'” he says. “It’s very exciting for me to be able to play a song that has that kind of title and this kind of meaning.” – Read more at ABCNewsRadio

American Idol Season 14 singer Daniels Seavy’s Boy Band Why Don’t Me Celebrates One Year Anniversary, Drops EP

Kelly Clarkson Meets Mia Farrow at We Day Canada

Throwback Thursday for The Voice’s Alisan Porter and Idol’s Adam Lambert

 

#tbt with @adamlambert, come home already!

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Lauren Alaina: How I Beat Bulimia, Lost 30 Lbs. & Became Confident Enough To Post Bikini Pics – Of course, we also had to ask Lauren if she’ll be tuning in to the American Idol reboot next year — after all, she came in second place on season 10 of the show. “Of course! I love American Idol, it was my favorite show growing up and I got to be on it!” she gushed. “I’m definitely going to watch it. Katy Perry’s a judge, how could I not tune in for that?” It’s been reported that Luke Bryan will fill the second judge’s seat, which Lauren also could not be more stoked about. “I just finished a tour with Luke and he is the greatest,” she raved. “I thought he would be really good on the show — he’s such a good mentor for me on the road and he’s really, really smart.” – Read more at Hollywood Life

Jennifer Hudson Talks The Voice

Catching Up with American Idol Winner, Nick Fradiani!

What’s next for ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ winner Lex Ishimoto? – “I don’t like thinking about the future too much. I’m trying to stay present and immerse myself in the moment,” Ishimoto said. But if his performance history is any indication, Ishimoto is up for anything. He started as a hip-hop dancer, performed on Broadway, competed in an international ballet competition and appeared in a music video for Sia. “I want to do it all. I’ve never seen a dancer do it all,” said Ishimoto who was billed as contemporary dancer on “So You Think You Can Dance” when really he has experience in many styles. – Read more at OC Register

Pretty Little Liars Star Sasha Pieterse on Losing 15 Pounds on Dancing with the Stars – Sasha Pieterse gained 70 pounds while she was starring on Pretty Little Liars and the fan reaction to her weight gain was anything but kind she revealed on Tuesday night’s Dancing with the Stars. The gain was due to a hormone condition called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), but fans didn’t take that into consideration as they labeled her “fat” and speculated on the possibility of a pregnancy. But these days, Pieterse is feeling better and is back on track to being herself. Plus, she’s lost 15 pounds since putting on her dancing shoes. – Read more at Parade

Frankie Muniz’s Secret Health Battle: How He Survived a Racing Accident and Is Fighting Mysterious Mini Strokes – “Since 2006, I’ve broken 38 bones,” says Muniz, who has also endured nine concussions since the age of 7. “As a kid I did everything. I played ice hockey, soccer, basketball, soccer. But a year ago I went roller skating, and I was literally the dad holding onto the rail. I realized I have to take care of myself.” In 2009, Muniz had a serious accident on the race track: “My car flipped a bunch and I crashed into a wall. In the end, I broke my back, ankle, four ribs and my hand. My thumb was dangling by the skin.” Muniz was also living with a puzzling condition. In 2012, he suffered his first mini-stroke, or transient ischemic attack, during which blood supply to the brain is temporarily cut off. (Unlike a stroke, there are no lasting effects). Since then, Muniz estimates he has had 15 mini-strokes, varying in frequency and length. – Read more at People

‘Good luck!’ Simon Cowell takes a swipe at Katy Perry for American Idol gig as he doesn’t understand singers judging singers – When asked by TMZ’s Harvey Levin what he thinks about singers judging other singers in reality competition series, Simon was quite vocal about his distaste. He said: ‘You think Madonna wants to find Madonna? You think she wakes up tomorrow morning going, “God I’m really hoping the next Madonna comes along and I need to do something about it.” ‘She’s going “no, I want Madonna to be more successful” and I totally get that. So when I see them judging these shows it’s like – whoa.’ – Read more at the Daily Mail

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