Tonight, the 4 way challenge continues on The X Factor. Sir Mac live blogs at 8/7c pm FOX. Survivor: Blood vs Water airs on CBS 8/7c pm. Check out Eric’s recap later. Catch Nashville on ABC a 10 pm, and read Windmillsmusic recap later.
Kanye West to Guest on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Wednesday October 9 on ABC – On Wednesday evening, Jimmy Kimmel will welcome Kanye West to “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Tune in at 11:35pm/10:35pm on ABC. – VIA TV By The Numbers
Kelly Clarkson To Headline MOC Benefit Concert In Nashville – RCA NASHVILLE’s KELLY CLARKSON will headline the MUSICIANS ON CALL (MOC) benefit concert, scheduled for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14th at NASHVILLE’s HARD ROCK CAFÉ. In addition to the live performance, the evening will include a VIP cocktail reception and silent auction. – Read more at All Access
Jordin Sparks to Make Guest Appearance on ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ – Jordin Sparks is set to appear on the CBS show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, as a high school teacher who finds herself at the scene of a bloody homicide. Jordin tweeted, “CBSTVStudios I Can’t wait to get to work!! :D” via thedropfm
Keith Urban Joins Grammy Nominations Special – The Recording Academy has announced the first round of performers for the upcoming “Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! – Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night,” which will take place Dec. 6. Keith Urban will join Drake, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and Robin Thicke on the one-hour special, which is hosted again this year by LL Cool J from L.A.’s Nokia Theater. Guests will be treated to an exclusive concert by Thicke as well following the broadcast. – Read more at Music Row
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Clay Aiken, and More Featured in New Starry-Eyed: 16 Stories That Steal the Spotlight Anthology – Starry-Eyed: 16 Stories That Steal the Spotlight, a new performing-arts anthology, is now available for purchase. The book, edited by author Ted Michael and talent agent Josh Pultz and published by Running Press Kids, is a collection of fictional short stories by a wide variety of authors. In addition, personal anecdotes from several of today’s stars of stage and screen are woven throughout the anthology. Contributors include Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Greta Gerwig, Ian Harding, Lea Salonga, Alice Ripley, Andrea McArdle, and Montego Glover. – Read more at Theatre Mania
Kelly Clarkson begins her promo for her Christmas album, Wrapped in Red.
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Jennifer Hudson: My Late Mom Sends Me Signs “All the Time!” – Jennifer Hudson may have lost her mom Darnell Donerson five years ago, but she still hears from her late mother. The Oscar winner says she gets signs from her on a daily basis. “All the time!” Hudson told me at Variety’s Power of Women event, where she was honored for her Julian D. King Foundation. “My mother wasn’t very talkative, but now that she’s gone, I’m like, ‘Wow, she had a lot to say!’ – Read more at E Online
Taylor Hicks takes our Magic City quiz, readies for Tailgate for Cure benefit at Oak Mountain (video) – This weekend, for example, he’ll perform at the Tailgate for Cure, a concert and football watch party at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. Ticket sales for the Oct. 12 event will benefit the Alabama Institute of Medicine, an organization that supports stem cell research and regenerative medicine. As the show approaches, we decided to ask Hicks a few key questions that reflect his Biirmingham roots. There are no right or wrong answers to our Magic City quiz — although some football fans may argue with that. The quiz is meant to give readers an indication of Hicks’ preferences and tastes. – Read more at Al.com
Kellie Pickler interview: ‘American Idol,’ dancing, old-school country music – For some of us, she’s still the Sushi Girl, the Calamari Kid, and that’s cool with Kellie Pickler. “I think people are still hung up on the calamari thing, on how I pronounced the ‘l’ in salmon and called it salllmon,” Pickler tells me, referencing her “ditzy blond” rep on the fifth season of American Idol, a lifetime ago in 2006. “People still want ‘Kellie Pickler’ and that’s okay. But I was a 19-year-old girl then. I see the world so differently now.” – Read more at Tampa Bay.com
Jennifer Hudson on Drugs, Drake and Twerking With Miley – In the Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, real life good-girl Jennifer Hudson plays heroin-addicted neglectful mother, Gloria, who leaves two young boys Mister (Skylan Brooks) and Pete (Ethan Dizon) to fend for themselves in a rough, Brooklyn housing project one summer. The film, out this weekend, marks the third time Hudson has linked up creatively with her friend and executive producer, Alicia Keys. (Fellow American Idol star Jordin Sparks also has small part in the movie). Hudson recently spoke with Rolling Stone about learning the difference between “uppers” and “downers,” Jennifer-izing her next album, her inability to twerk, Drake, and more. – Read more at Rolling Stone
E.G. Daily: From Pee-Wee Herman’s girlfriend to breakout star on ‘The Voice’ – “‘Honestly, it was a complete fluke,” Daily told FOX411 exclusively. “I went on the audition on a whim, for fun and it ended up being a prolonged process of auditioning. I didn’t get any special treatment. I guess they see almost 50,000 people for the season. They don’t care about your age. They don’t care about what you look like. They want to hear your voice on that show, which to me is so incredible.” – Read more at FOX News
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Simon Cowell invites Sinead O’Connor on ‘X Factor’ – Simon Cowell has invited Sinead O’Connor on to The X Factor after she accused him of murdering music with the show. Cowell tweeted, “I think sinead o’connor would be a real fun guest judge on X factor. She loves the show and everything I do. Let me know sinead.” via Digital Spy
Val Chmerkovskiy’s Apartment Building Catches Fire, DWTS Pro Says, “Thank God No One Got Hurt” – “Yes.. My house was on fire. I am now homeless #greatnewstocomehometo Thank god no one got hurt. Half the building burned down,” Maksim’s brother shared with a photo. In the pic, Chmerkovsiy stands across the street from the burning building, which has several fire trucks parked outside it. Her also shared a video from the scene. All apartments were evacuated and luckily his place did not catch fire. via EOnline
Paulina Rubio: My Do’s and Don’ts for X Factor Contestants – Paulina Rubio says there’s “a lot of talent” on the current season of The X Factor. But in a competitive season like this one, what can contestants do to impress her and prove they have The X Factor? Here, the Mexican superstar shares her audition do’s and don’ts for contestants. – Read more at People
Shania Twain Invites One Direction to See Her in Las Vegas – Is Shania Twain a cougar? No way! The ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman’ singer is happily married to Frederic Thiebaud, but that didn’t stop her from inviting Harry Styles (the heartthrob of One Direction who famously dated Taylor Swift last winter) and the rest of his bandmates to see her in concert in Las Vegas. So, why the sudden interest in the British pop band? It’s incredibly simple. Styles, 19, paid Twain, 48, a compliment on Twitter, and she returned the favor with a personal invitation, showing her undying class. The young One Direction singer tweeted a short, but sweet note about the country icon to his nearly 17 million followers, posting something that country music fans are already well aware of: “Shania Twain is so good.” – Read more at Taste of Country
Nigel Lythgoe RIPS SEACREST’S SHOW ‘Million Second Quiz’ Was TERRIBLE!!! – THIIISSS ….. is Ryan Seacrest getting OBLITERATED by his former “American Idol” executive producer, who called “Million Second Quiz” the worst TV show of all time. Here’s the backstory … last night, we shot ex-“Idol” executive producer Nigel Lythgoe in NY … and asked him to name the most unwatchable piece of crap ever aired on television. Nigel barely took a beat … before telling us, “Million Second Quiz,” that Seacrest-produced disaster that aired on NBC earlier this year. – Read more at TMZ
‘Survivor: Blood vs. Water’: Spouses Candice and John talk about tonight’s big duel — EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS – Tonight features a Survivor first: spouses competing against each other in an individual competition. Thanks to this season’s Blood vs. Water twist (which features returning players playing with/against their loved ones) husband and wife John and Candice Cody will be competing against each other — as well as Marissa Peterson — with the last place finisher being eliminated from the game. We got some exclusive photos from tonight’s contest (at 8pm on CBS) for you right here, as well as a Q&A with the husband and wife themselves. What do they have to say about the big spouse smackdown? Read on to find out! (Click through all 5 pages to read the entire Q&A and see all the exclusive photos.) – Entertainment Weekly
