Allison Iraheta Is Ready To Rock On Debut Album
LOS ANGELES ‘†Allison Iraheta is hard at work prepping her debut album for Jive Records while she’s on the road for the American Idols Live! tour, and she has a great idea for a new tune, based on a line she said to a confounded Simon Cowell during the show.
“I will write a song called ‘It’s Not Like I’m Cutting Myself,’ ” Iraheta joked. “I will.”
At a recent tour stop in L.A., the singer told MTV News she’s “just a little exhausted, pretty much going with the flow. I definitely don’t want to stop, because otherwise I’ll crash and pass out.”
Anoop Desai Borrows R. Kelly’s Dance Moves On Idols Live! Tour
LOS ANGELES ‘†Watch your back, Spectacular. “American Idol” finalist Anoop Desai has perfected the bump-and-grind, and he’s not afraid to show it off.
“You gotta put your chest out first, and then roll,” Anoop demonstrated to MTV News at the recent American Idols Live! tour stop in L.A. “It’s funny, because I actually think of this stuff,” he laughed.
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Jordin Sparks Downplays Racy Lyrics In Fefe Dobson Cover
Jordin Sparks is not a girl, but not yet a woman, and on her just-released Battlefield album the 19-year-old is eager to prove that she’s matured since becoming the youngest “American Idol” winner in 2007.
One track, a cover of Fefe Dobson’s “Don’t Let It Go to Your Head,” even has the pop star cooing stanzas like “So what if I want to kiss/ From your toes up to your lips/ It don’t mean that you’ve had me yet/ You’re gonna be good, I bet.”
Week Ending July 19, 2009: Daughtry Makes “Idol” History
Daughtry’s sophomore album, Leave This Town, enters The Billboard 200 at #1. This makes the band’s leader, Chris Daughtry, the first American Idol alumnus to land back-to-back #1 albums. Daughtry rang the bell for two weeks in early 2007. Kelly Clarkson is the only other Idol alum to notch two #1 albums, and hers weren’t consecutive. She topped the chart with her first and fourth albums. This obviously makes Chris Daughtry the first Idol alum who didn’t win the competition to land two #1 albums. (Clay Aiken is the only other non-winner to land a #1 album, though Adam Lambert is likely to join this little club.)
Pearl Day announces entertainment
On the main stage at the Southern Star Amphitheater, artists performing include dance diva Kristine W.; Nikki Jane, who sang on the ‘Noah’s Arc’ movie soundtrack; and Kelly Rowland of Atlanta, a founding member of Destiny’s Child and now co-host of Bravo’s ‘Fashion Show’ with Isaac Mizrahi, according to Chip O’Kelley, vice president of Pearl Day. Rowland will perform her hit song ‘When Love Takes Over,’ he added.
A second stage in the park will feature “American Idol” alums, including Frenchie Davis and Paris Bennett, and other live entertainment throughout the day.
Review: ‘Afghan Star’
If you believe that bringing the questionable virtues of “American Idol” to Afghanistan would do that beleaguered nation no favors, the remarkable documentary “Afghan Star” will change your mind in an instant.
For this eye-opening film reveals that even systems as dubious as the “Idol” format mean dramatically different things when transferred to radically dissimilar cultures. In the context of Afghanistan, the show’s core idea becomes moving, dramatic and significant in ways it simply isn’t in the West.
In the process of letting us in on all that, “Afghan Star” also tells us considerably more about the current state of that country — where the only known pig is in a zoo and women in burkas rush to take cellphone photographs — than a more sober-minded film could manage.
Fox’s ‘Dance’ Out Taps Obama
Fox benefited from declining to air President Barack Obama’s news conference Wednesday night, with “So You Think You Can Dance” rising to top the night in the adults 18-49 demographic.
Meanwhile, NBC’s heavily promoted “America’s Got Talent,” featuring an interview with “Britain’s Got Talent” winner Susan Boyle, slipped to its lowest Wednesday rating ever as it faced “Dance” as well as ABC’s “Wipeout.”
With Obama’s news conference at 8 p.m., “America’s Got Talent” (11.1 million viewers, 2.4 rating/7 share among 18-49, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings) had a less-compatible lead-in than its usual repeat opener.
ABC’s coverage of the news conference also pushed the network’s strongest summer series, “Wipeout” (6.2 million, 2.3/7) to go head-to-head with “Talent,” resulting in a three-way fight at 9 p.m. that particularly hurt “Talent” and “Wipeout.”
Meanwhile, Fox enjoyed a head start with the first hour of “Dance” (7.3 million, 2.8/10) dominating the 8 p.m. hour against newscast competition.
At 9 p.m., the dancing competition also took top honors in the 18-49 demo, averaging 7.3 million viewers and a 2.9/9 in 18-49.
“Talent” was the most-watched program in the hour and for the night.
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: 100th Episode Interviews
So You Think You Can Dance has turned choreographers like Mia Michaels and Tyce Diorio into household names. It’s educated the masses about all sorts of dance genres, from the paso doble to the pas de deux. It’s put the amazing Debbie Allen and Toni Basil back on TV. And even more so than Billy Elliott, it’s made once-maligned, misunderstood male dancers seem like the coolest people on the planet. (Because they are!)
So this week, to celebrate this special occasion, I visited the show’s set and interviewed show judge/creator Nigel Lythgoe about the significance and impact of SYTYCD, along with the remaining top eight finalists in pairs (Brandon and Kayla, Ade and Melissa, Evan and Jeanine, and finally Jason and Janette).
Katie Holmes’s Sexy Song & Dance
The long wait over! The world finally got to see much-buzzed-about Katie Holmes bare all, singing and dancing for charity on SYTYCD’s 100th episode on Thursday.
Holmes, looking absolutely stunning, went from majestic city streets to stage as she performed her rendition of Judy Garland’s song ‘Get Happy’ from the 1950s musical Summer Stock. PEOPLE was backstage after the show to get the reactions.
And speaking of all this new vernacular (to me, at least) — the FYP, the lurv, etc., what is the deal with the tin hatters? Does is suggest, um, heartless as in tin man’s no heart, as in Kris’ Heartless?
I am so clueless.
As for the Adam tattoo, it’s a little frightening to think how good some people have gotten with photoshopping — if it is that, I mean. And from what you all have weighed in with, it seems pretty clear it is fake. Right?
Ack! Clueless!
LOL. Interesting interpretation. But no.
tin hatter: Wearing a tin hat to reflect reality away (think of the old sci fi/cartoonish bit of wearing tin foil on your head so the aliens can’t control your mind). It allows fans to enjoy their own made up reality with regard to the idols….most frequently invoked this season to allow some fans to have fun with a Kris/Adam (Kradam) romantic relationship.
ETA: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tinhat
tinhatting is a joke about believing in some conspiracy or some hidden truth. i think it goes back to crazies making hats out of metal so that no one could read their thoughts.
anyways, i will let you put two and two together as to what the tinhatting with regard to idol is about
some people are pretty out there, but i think it is mostly in good fun.
Actually, this might be a good argument for Idols to choose more obscure and older songs to put their spin on. Those are the people who actually *may* be thrilled to get the song on Idol because otherwise people would have forgotten about it. They sometimes end up getting major sales boosts and new popularity because of the versions, whereas with more modern songs or just with very well known songs, the artists don’t tend to need the help so they’re probably mostly just ‘meh, who cares’ about the Idol versions.
Bo Bice really brought “Vehicle” and its writers back to life, for example, and I seem to remember that they actually *were* thrilled about it.
Re: interview with Adam (b/c we know I can’t cut and paste):
I think his fans would appreciate knowing that when he sits down for a chat, he’s engaging and very modest. (Lemme tell ya, this isn’t always the case.) He was a delight.
This. Onstage Adam is NOT offstage Adam. Which is 100 percent fine with me. We can enjoy both of them. So when I read reports of him being a diva, I get really pissed off.
I thought this was interesting from a father who responded to a woman’s blog about her son and questionable homophobia:
“Sorry about being a male and crashing this woman’s blog but I couldn’t resist. I googled the name Adam Lambert and got this blog and read it. I have an 8 year old son and my wife lets him paint his nails black and put blue streaks in his hair like his idol Adam Lambert. Neither of us discourage it and both of us find Adam to be a good role model in the respect that he owns who he is and is confident in himself and is amazingly gifted. My son was born to be whatever sexual orientation he was born to be. Nail polish, dolls, dress up or whatever will not change that. For a really interesting video go to Youtube and look up the 60 minute documentary on homosexuality. I think if you went to the site and typed in 60 minutes and gay you may get it. It is a fascinating video and speaks with doctors, scientists etc on the subject. I find it very disheartening the comment by the teacher that if your son was gay then you’d really have something to worry about. You sound like a wonderful mother and a very enlightened person. It’s too bad there weren’t more people like you.”
Fair enough, but I wonder how many times happens.Well Lucy (quoted below) answers this perfectly for me
Covers done well are for the most part beneficial to the AI contestants themselves. The likes of Kanye would be flattered but wont be jumping up and down in excitement, cos they sell their own songs themselves, and make a killing too, well before Ai rolls around for the season
Just wondering if this is one of those deals where fans can send text messages to potentially be scrolled across a screen during breaks in the concert. They used to do it at the AI concerts (not sure if it’s still done now…).
http://www.jcpnewstores.com/manhattan/
DC is going to appear at the grand opening of the new JC Penney in NYC on 8/5 as part of a Skechers promo woo!
I think so. Just wanted to note that this wasn’t in CA, because she said she was going to an AI concert in August.
Kris will probably do a Sketchers ad soon too, I believe the AI winners do print ads.
suebrody:
First of all, I can’t cut and paste either, so don’t feel bad.
Regarding your post, I too get annoyed when I read negative personal crap about Adam (“he’s a diva”, etc.) or the other Idol kids. But the reality is that kind of negative stuff sells. The National Enquirer in particular is all about the negative, and they wouldn’t sell nearly as many copies if they said Adam is a sweet, lovely person. It’s too bad really, but there has always been a market for this type of stuff.
However, as Adam said in his Idolatry interview with Michael Slezak, I guess we’ll just have to say “whatever!” and try not to take it too seriously. After all, Adam, Kris and most of the others seem to be getting a lot more positive comment than negative so far in the press.
Thanks for the explanations on the tin hatters.
The things I don’t know …
Her name is Mia Carruthers.
Mia never did an accoustic version. She sang it with a beatboxer and an accompanied piano player. Kris’ version sounds nowhere remotely close to Mia’s. Her version is actually very similar to Kanye’s.
Taylor Hicks and the cast of Grease on tour in Ottowa, Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Harper attended the show with his daughter and met Taylor and the cast after the show.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sandra-buckler-redux/article1230652/
More pictures of the cast, Taylor and guests at this link:
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Flash_GREASE_Is_the_Word_in_Canada_Hicks_Meets_Harper_In_Ottawa_20090724
DC and Carrie are the only two AI winners who have had Skechers endorsement deals thus far. AFAIK, there has not been any news yet as to whether 19M has arranged a similar deal for Kris or not, it will probably depend at least in part on whether they are signing him once the tour is over.
thanks Progression – it would be cool to see Kris in a print ad, so I hope it does happen.