Headlines: Ricky Martin Invites William Hung On Stage, Grace Vanderwaal Movie Role

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iHeartMedia Announces 2018 Lineup for Its Legendary iHeartRadio Music Festival – Event Will Feature Performances by Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey, Imagine Dragons, Jason Aldean, Sam Smith, Luke Bryan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Panic! At The Disco, Kelly Clarkson, Shawn Mendes, Kygo, Rae Sremmurd and Logic Hosted By Ryan Seacrest on September 21 and 22 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas The CW Network Will Exclusively Live Stream the Mega-Concert via CWTV.com and The CW App and Broadcast the Two-Day Televised Special on October 7 and October 8 – Read more at Business Wire

Grace VanderWaal, ‘America’s Got Talent’ Champion, Is Disney’s ‘Stargirl’ – Grace VanderWaal, who at 12 years old won American’s Got Talent two years ago playing the ukulele and singing her original songs, has beat out 700 other girls to take the lead in Disney’s Stargirl — one of the first original films that will go through the company’s new streaming platform. VanderWaal is making her acting debut with this film which is being directed by Julia Hart who just finished polishing the script with her partner Jordan Horowitz from the screen adaptation by Kristin Hahn. “I knew she was Stargirl almost immediately,” said Hart. “The world knows what a talented performer she is, and I cannot wait for everyone to see just how many sides there are to this special and magical young woman.” – Read more at Deadline

A gift for Hallmark Channel lovers: Kellie Pickler will star in ‘Christmas At Graceland’ – USA TODAY can exclusively reveal that the singer and co-host of the Pickler & Ben talk show is set to star in Christmas At Graceland, a Hallmark original movie to premiere during the channel’s annual Countdown to Christmas. Pickler plays Laurel — who is nope, not a journalist, nor does she have dreams of owning her own bakery, as so many of our Hallmark heroines do. She is an executive from Chicago who heads to Memphis with hopes of nabbing an old family-owned bank. – Read more at USAToday

Melissa Benoist, Tituss Burgess, Katharine McPhee & More to Appear at 2018 Tony Awards – More stars have been announced to appear on the 72nd Annual Tony Awards telecast, set for June 10 at 8:00pm ET. The event, broadcast live on CBS, will be held at Radio City Music Hall. Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will host. Newly announced stars slated to appear include upcoming Beautiful headliner Melissa Benoist, Waitress stars Katharine McPhee and Erich Bergen, Hello, Dolly! star Bernadette Peters, Tituss Burgess, Billy Joel, Patti LuPone, Christine Baranski, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rachel Bloom, Rachel Brosnahan, Jeff Daniels, Robert De Niro, Brandon Victor Dixon, Christopher Jackson, Matthew Morrison, Kelli O’Hara, Kerry Washington, Ming-Na Wen and Marissa Jaret Winokur. – Read more at Broadway.com

Ricky Martin Joins ‘Idol’ Star William Hung For an Overdue Duet of ‘She Bangs’ in Vegas – After reintroducing himself to the crowd, Martin and Hung revived the 2000 uptempo single for their first-ever live duet. Media personality and RuPaul’s Drag Race judge Ross Mathews was at the Vegas show and shared a picture of the pair’s overdue rendezvous. – Read more at Billboard

Caleb Lee Hutchinson “popped the question” to Maddie Poppe at Disneyland

Kelly Clarkson Thanks Carrie Underwood for Thoughtful Gift

Kelly thanks Carrie for the Calia by Carrie swag. Aw. Nice to see the two are friendly!

Adam Lambert + Queen Begin European Tour

“I felt fabulous”: pop megastar Adam Lambert on his experience of coming out – I knew around adolescence that I was a little different than these other kids. I knew around seventh grade –age 14 – even though I wasn’t hundred per cent sure. I also never had any experiences and I never confirmed anything. I went to high school and didn’t have any relationships, though I smooched a couple of girls to make sure. After I graduated high school, I came out to my three closest friends, and then came out to my parents shortly thereafter. That felt so much better. I was lucky because it was well received and my parents were like, ‘Yeah, we know’. – Read more at NME.com

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