David Cook shoots, scores national anthem gig
“American Idol†David Cook may be a die-hard Chicago Bulls fan, but last night he knew his performance singing the national anthem before Game 3 was going to be part of hoop history.
“It’s the Lakers and the Celtics [team stats],†said the new Idol and all-around sports fan. “I think this is one of those quintessential rivalries in sports. I’m just honored to be here.â€
Got any predictions, Dave?
David Cook Rocks Prime-Time National Anthem
What’s harder – belting out hits on American Idol or singing the national anthem before an NBA playoff game?
“The nerves are way worse [than on Idol],” David Cook told reporters moments before his Tuesday night rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. “It’s the one song you don’t want to mess up. I’m going to try not to notice Jack Nicholson sitting in the front row and think about the lyrics.”
AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID COOK
What’s been the coolest thing you’ve done post-Idol?
I actually got to write with one of my musical heroes, a guy named Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace. I got to sit down and write some songs with him, and that was pretty heavy. I listened to Our Lady Peace growing up. It got me through the teenage angst.
American Idol David Cook Rejects Sex Symbol Status
The scruffy hunk recently told OK! Magazine, “It’s nice and flattering for people to say (that he is a sex symbol), but I want to be more than just that. I want to be an artist. he added, “You hear stories about groupies in hotels, I don’t want to get caught up in that.” So - is he getting serious with Kimberly, they have been spotted out together on a few occasions and even showed up at a Los Angeles Dodgers game where she sang the National Anthem.
David Cook Nervous About National Anthem
For David Cook, the most recent winner on American Idol, getting the chance to sing the National Anthem at Tuesday’s NBA Finals game in L.A. ranks high on his list of achievements.
“Top three,” he told OK! before the game. “Between this, getting to do The Tonight Show, and I got to visit a children’s hospital in New York which was pretty heavy… Jay Leno and this, respectively, take second and third to that.”
VH1 reveals ‘Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew’ second-season cast
VH1 has revealed the identities of the seven Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew second-season participants, who will receive detoxification and treatment from David Drew “Dr. Drew” Pinsky and his staff.
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew’s cast consists of American Idol first-season third-place finisher Nikki McKibbon; former Sons of Hollywood star Sean Stewart; model and actress Amber Smith; former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler; actress and The Surreal Life sixth-season houseguest Tawny Kitaen; and former police brutality victim Rodney King.
Stacey surprise
Left to his own devices, Phil Stacey still might have come out on top — and no one would have been more surprised than him
But what might be most surprising is that the 30-year-old Kentucky-born former music minister, who wasn’t allowed to listen to pop music as a child, now has a record deal with the very company that scouted him as a teen.
Lyric Street, a division of Disney’s Buena Vista Music Group, is flying high on the charts with best-selling act Rascal Flatts. The group was No. 2 in record sales across all genres at the end of 2007. But newcomer Stacey isn’t doing so bad himself, with a No. 8 self-titled album and a single, “If You Didn’t Love Me,†ascending the charts.
Paula Abdul Dances to Her Biggest Hit in 20 Years
Renowned choreographer, recording artist and American Idol host Paula Abdul has a lot to dance about this week. The singer’s latest single “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow†is currently No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Abdul, whose charting career spans 20 years, scored her last hit single with “My Love Is For Real†in 1995 which peaked at No.1.
“Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow” continues to make history as well on the iTunes charts - debuting at No.1 on iTunes’ Dance chart, with the video to follow suit, topping the iTunes’ Video chart (not once, but twice). “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow” is the featured first single off of fellow idol judge-producer-musician’s latest album, Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1, which was released earlier this year.
“Idol” Finalist Maroulis Will Be Part of Radio Hits at Town Hall
Constantine Maroulis, the “American Idol” finalist who will star in the Premier Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Jesus Christ Superstar, will also be part of Radio Hits of 1958.
The June 30 concert at Town Hall, part of the Radio Broadway series, will feature a host of theatre artists performing Billboard-charting hits of 1958. Show time is 8 PM.
Carrie Underwood Admits: ‘I Burp A Lot’
Say it isn’t so! When it comes to sex appeal, country songstress Carrie Underwood says she doesn’t fit the bill – because she’s a burper.
“I don’t consider myself sexy … I’m kind of a nervous person in general. I’m socially awkward. I’m not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot,” Underwood tells Cosmopolitan magazine in its July issue.
Jennifer: Not a Techie Like Her SATC Character
Jennifer Hudson lights up the big screen alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in the Sex and the City movie, playing geek-chic Louise, Carrie’s right-hand tech woman.
With a computer science degree behind her, Louise organizes Carrie’s emails and calendar and revamps her outdated website, carriebradshaw.com, which by the looks of it still needs a makeover— so blah for Carrie!
Wobbly start for NBC’s country warblers
The broadcast premiere of NBC’s “Nashville Star†proved a bit off key. The sixth season of the reality singing competition, moving over from USA, drew low but not awful ratings last night.
“Star†averaged a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, according to Nielsen overnights, finishing third in its 9 to 11 p.m. timeslot with new host Billy Ray Cyrus.
‘Nashville Star’: It’s all about the music. Almost
EW’s Whitney Pastorek recently pronounced Nashville Star better than American Idol. Assuming the show’s shine — seemingly buffed by Nashville’s move to NBC from USA for its sixth season — doesn’t wear off next week, I might just agree with her. Before we break down the Top 12 contestants (pictured, from left to right, Coffey Anderson, Gabe Garcia, and Justin Gaston), let’s examine what the show did right in last night’s two-hour premiere:
Apparently, Utahns really can dance
There are 20 finalists competing on the Fox hit “So You Think You Can Dance,” and Utah has a one-in-five chance of having yet another winner.
Four finalists have strong ties to the state. One’s a native; one was raised here; and two made Utah their adopted home.
Chelsie Hightower, Thayne Jasperson, Gev Manoukian and Matt Dorame will perform on “Dance” tonight (7 p.m., Ch. 13); two of the 20 finalists will be eliminated on Thursday (8 p.m., Ch. 13).
Nigel Lythgoe Answers And So You Think You Can Dance Most Burning Questions
The live rounds of So You Think You Can Dance start tonight! (And yes, I’ll be acting out the routines in my living room! Wanna make something of it?)
OK!’s Oliver Coleman got the chance to ring up Nigel Lythgoe, SYTYCD executive producer and resident judge, to get the scoop on what we can expect from this year’s talented Top 20!
Canadian Idol Recap: The Ottawa, Hamilton, East Coast and Web Auditions
Okay, Lloyd Robertson auditioning was cute, but mini-Sass, mini-Zack, mini-Jake, mini-Farley and mini-Ben was not. Please do not repeat Canadian Idol.
First up, Ottawa. Corp. Jonny Whitehead was our first mini-bio. He’s a solider at CFB Pettewawa. Stuff like this kind of makes me nervous. We have men in armed combat right now, I really don’t want to see the troops auditioning for Canadian Idol. Jonny had a great voice, but personally, asking for leave to go to the top 200, perhaps further, should really not be at the top of the list for military personnel at this point. Just my opinion.
Canadian Idol Recap: Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal
The competition is over, we have our Idol. Or at least, I have mine. Lloyd Robertson was great - it could have come across as cutesy (and I’m sure to most it did) but it’s nice when we get to see the serious news guys like Robertson and CBC’s Peter Mansbridge, let their hair down and have a little fun.
One more side note: in the past six days without Idol, I got to thinking that American Idol is really just copying Canadian Idol - were we not the first to have celebrity mentors? The first to allow contestants to use instruments? And the first, with Brian Melo last year, to crown a rocker as an Idol? What will we do this year that we see again on Fox in January (perhaps, Brian Williams, Katie Couric or Bill O’Rielly getting a gold ticket to L.A.)?
Great articles. I think David has built up a lot of good will with the media. Writers can color things with a positive or negative slant and I’m happy to see that so far they have chosen to go positive.
So, to the non-fangirl/boy ears, he did just fine last night on the SSB. That’s awesome. Congrats, David Cook.
hollygo9, I think you summed it up perfectly.
I’m so happy for him to have that headline and article this morning, plus the nice things that other /small voice\possibly more objective listeners /small voice\ are saying.
Now to work, until I start worrying about Leno. It’s hard out here for a fan, lol!
David Cook seemed a bit nervous and tired while singing the National Anthem last night. But he hit the high notes and did a great job. Good for him.
Funny. I guess some hold him to a higher standard. Me? I slammed him for “Dream Big” and “The World I Know”, only to discover that I’m as stupid and opinionated as Simon Cowell. Those were two of his best performances.
Interestingly enough, I quickly forgot about him during the close game that ended with my Celtics losing. So….yeah. He won’t be releasing the Whitney single, but…on to Game 4.
“It’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”-DC
i enjoyed this quote from Cookie. I’d like to hear the President recite that one from memory… Heh! Fool me what?
Nice articles. Just played his NA for my 18 year old who is slowly becoming a Cook fan. She thought he sounded really good and liked that he didn’t “dress it up”.
Well, I screwed up the Kimberly sighting at the Wal-Mart gig, but I feel slightly vindicated that I said in this forum that we’d see her at the Lakers game. Thanks to People Magazine for reporting the important details, LOL (from the article above.)
Hmmph, so now she’s his girlfriend…could that explain the worn-out Cookie??
I love Mark Twain quotes (I know, I know, some people say Lincoln or Franklin came up with it…maybe it was just a popular turn of phrase back then…let’s not have a rehash of the “My Historical Figure is Better than Yours” fanwar).
Hehe. Yeah, I’ve seen in credited to Mark Twain, although you hear different variations. I guess it’s: “‘Tis better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” I thought my grandma came up with it. :)
According to a Kat fan at the etrain, Kat and David have recorded this song that is being used for Japan Airlines commercials…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3EglMVz3I
I was watching another local singing reality show (Pinoy Dream Academy) earlier and one guy (another one!) auditioned with ABMB. This one was lucky - he didn’t get panned by the judges (Cookie was not mentioned, of course) and he moved on to the next round.
I thought it was cute how DC was trying to ignore that Jack Nicholson was there in his “Staple” center court, front row seat. I thought he looked like he was either going to pass out or throw up. I was so nervous for him, the poor boy. When I read the AP list of the stars who were there, my American boy wasn’t mentioned but I was highly impressed that Didier Drogba was there.
Thanks purps, I just posted that out front.
Maybe this should go in the previous thread dedicated to the game, but I don’t even want to go near the comment section there… Hope here is good.
This is an interview with David Cook from the Israeli Sports Channel. They showed it before the NBA game last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGRghE8TaVo
America’s Accidental Idol
Less than a week after winning American Idol, David Cook is sitting in a glitzy restaurant on the south tip of Manhattan’s Central Park. The chef, who proudly says he was among the 55 million who phoned in a vote for Cook during Idol’s finals, presents the singer with an off-the-menu treat — foie gras on toast — that leaves Cook unnerved. “That looks dangerous,” he says. “I’m a little scared.” Tossing the bite-size morsel in his mouth, he chews slowly and quickly lunges for his Sprite to drown out the taste. Later, when the chef returns with a delicate flan of puréed peas, Cook looks at the plate, picks it up and sets it aside to be cleared.
Weird food isn’t the only thing to have appeared in the 25-year-old’s life in the week since Idol wrapped. After his upset win over teen crooner David Archuleta on May 21st, Cook jetted to New York for his first-ever visit — during which he hit Regis and Kelly and signed a record deal with 19 Recordings/RCA. Whisked around the city in a limousine, he was constantly assaulted by fans. “Sorry to bother you,” said one middle-aged woman, interrupting Cook’s dinner to plead with him to sign anything. “But the rest of your life is going to be like this.”
Rolling Stone
This is from a sports writer on the ESPN page- really cracked me up!
Really, only one thing stood out: David Cook singing the national anthem with “I love being famous, I am getting laid nonstop” vigor. I have to say, the kid is a star. He carried himself like one of the biggest stars in the building (and maybe he was). Still, I couldn’t help but think about how much fun it would have been had David Archuleta won “American Idol” and gotten the Game 3 assignment, then sang the anthem and done his sheepish, overwhelmed, “Oh my God, I can’t believe you guys liked it, I’m fighting back the tears” routine as KG stared him down and waited for him to get off the court. That would have been fantastic.
Great article, Gwendolyn, thanks.
Am I wrong that those SSB interviews/articles were BEFORE the game? Are there any from today that mentioned how awesome (or not) he was? They were talking about it on Kidd Kraddick this morning (national radio show) and I had to get out of the car just when they brought it up. But they were saying he did no better than if a somewhat “good singer” had been grabbed out of the crowd to sing it. Bastards…
Carrie Underwood burps? Well if thats her only flaw, I’d say she’s doing quite alright.
Whoever said NS was better than AI needs help. I can agree that the judging process (at times) may seem more normal. But the singing? Um… no.
And celeb rehab part 2? With that bunch? I’ll pass.
Sheesh - he can’t win for trying - we thought he looked nervous - sportswriter thought he looked cocky. Perceptions all over the place.
Meanwhile a really good article in Rolling Stone - they were really respectful - media loves him!!!
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidcook/articles/story/21128374/americas_accidental_idol
Not quite. Obviously the ones like NY Daily News, People and ESPN that talked about his actual performance had to have been afterwards. There’s a lot of fluff pieces though that are taking his comments he gave about being nervous before the game.
LMAO
There is also a video on Rolling Stone to go along with the article, in which is references Butch Walker (my favorite musician of all time) by saying he would like to work with him. David’s got fantastic taste!
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/11/video-behind-the-scenes-with-david-cook/
With regard to the ESPN writer’s comments, I didn’t get the vibe that he thought he was cocky - more like self-assured. His comparison to David A. just underscored his preference for confidence rather than the awe-shucks attitude. By and large, I think the media really likes him and wants to see him succeed. I try to read most everything I can get my hands on and it’s largely positive. Knowing that you can’t please everyone all of the time, that’s good enough for me. Probably good enough for him, too.
Here’s a new one:
http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/11/idol-never-was-popped-with-gun-at-airport/
I thought the ESPN guy was saying that goofy Archie at the game would have been fun - even more fun (in a way) than self assured Cook. It’s nice to see Archie hasn’t been forgotten.
Pictures from the last night of the CMA Music Fest in Nashville. Phil Stacey, Bucky Covington, Billy Ray Cyrus with his daughter, Brandi Cyrus, and others.
Tennessean.com
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080611/law083.html?.v=101
Very happy for Cookie that he’s already getting involved with cancer foundation stuff. This sounds really nice.
I just noticed that Vh1 is bringing back Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Interesting that Nikki McKibbon is entering the center. Really hope that Jeff Conway can get over his addiction to pain meds this time. Gary Busey as a mentor
Oookay…http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/06/11/clay-aiken-more-kids/
If this is true, then Clay is really ready to be a father.
I’m finding it strange that DA’s Jive signing is being picked up like it is brand new news. He is number 4 on yahoo’s most searched right now so I guess this is good for him.
tour promo pic
That Rami!!! lol
I noticed, heh. You’re welcome, mj. :)
David has had a custard flavor named for him. He’s the June flavor of the month.
MyFoxKC
I’m pretty sure that Bill Simmons was being complimentary. I read his stuff a fair amount, and you’d definitely know if he didn’t like it.
I definitely think he was being complimentary - I was just commenting on different perceptions - we saw nervous - he saw ROCKSTAR. I love what he saw - and think we need to remember that we may overthink things - but here is an outsiders opinion. I’m sure he has seen many celebs and others sing the anthem - and last night he liked what he saw.
Would love it if DC did a cover of Butch Walker’s “Cigarette Lighter Love Song”
Exactly! I posted that because me thinks he really really liked DC! DA- not so much.
Love this quote from DC in the RS video:
“You gotta kiss the beast to save the beauty”. That about sums up his Idol experience. Hope the beauty part results in David being able to put out a killer album…with “substance”.
I saw David’s Anthem performance on youtube. Sorry to say, but he’s a bit off (That’s a gentle description. If Simon were to give the critique, a bit trainwreck might be his words). I think he’s not very stable in the lower registers. With all the tight schedules, he couldn’t be singing with his top voice. And he looked really anxious. Hopefully, he will get better later.
Finally got my husband and his brother to watch the tube version of DC’s NA and they said that he sang it like a man should sing it and as it should be sung.
Good to hear a male’s perspective who isn’t a part of the AI fandom.
On my Yahoo Home Page David A is #4 on top searches for today.
Might be less label and more NA related.