Headlines: Carrie Underwood, Lee DeWyze, Jennifer Hudson

Tonight, The Grammy Awards air live across the country at 8 ET pm on CBS. At 3:30 pm, the awards presentation begins at the Grammy Premiere party. We’ll have posts up for both. Also, The Bachelor continues on ABC a 8 pm. And on the Biggest Loser, 3 contestants remain before next week’s finale. 9 pm NBC.

‘American Idol’ winner Lee DeWyze makes a ‘point and shoot’ album – “Point and shoot is the way I describe the way I put this album together. I’d write a song and the next day I’d go into the studio and start recording it. As I’m recording, I also producing it and writing lyrics and doing all that. It was a very internal process. It was me making these songs and writing them from a very real and honest place. Then recording them and making them sound the way I wanted them to. There was no big plan behind it. It was very organic.” While DeWyze’s Saturday concert will be at a bar/musical venue, most of the shows on this current North American tour are on college campuses. The singer and songwriter has a large college-age fan base — and he loves it. – Read more at Chicago Suntimes

Christina Aguilera On Her Return for Season 10 of The Voice – The Voice returns for its tenth season on Monday, Feb. 29 with Christina Aguilera taking back her red chair from Gwen Stefani, and vowing to break the “girl curse,” meaning in the previous nine seasons not one of the female mentors has won the competition. The guys remain the same: Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams and Blake Shelton will all be back, with Carson Daly again serving as host. – Read more at Parade.com

Carrie Underwood Says She’d Survive a Zombie Apocalypse With Luke Bryan – Carrie Underwood was a guest on Talking Dead last night (Feb. 14) and was adamant to the hosts that she would survive a zombie apocalypse. The program, which analyzes the television series The Walking Dead, also had the country singer choosing Luke Bryan as the country star who would help her survive a zombie apocalypse much to the disagreement of Twitter fans. “I know what you’re thinking, but I was born to survive the zombie apocalypse,” she tells host Chris Hardwick. “My husband bought me this zombie-survival kit for Christmas. I have a machete, I know how to use it. My songs are quite aggressive at times. I’m not afraid. I would know what to do. I was born for this.” – Read more at Taste of Country

Jennifer Hudson jammed to ‘Color Purple’ soundtrack with cast – Jennifer Hudson rushed from Kanye West’s fashion show Thursday to make it to a listening party for the “Color Purple” soundtrack at W Times Square before the night’s performance. We’re told she was cheering on castmates and danced to her song in the show, “Push Da Button.” For the final number, the entire cast got in the DJ booth. Steven Spielberg, who directed the 1985 film, came to the show this week for the first time. – Page 6

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