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Kris Allen Premieres New Songs At Miami Dolphins Tailgate Show Last week I had the honour of hearing to seven unreleased songs from American Idol winner Kris Allen 8217 s upcoming debut album read my impressions here then sitting down with Kris to discuss songwriting and recording process behind the tracks watch parts one and two of that question here Now Kris has unveiled some of those new tunes at his first full post Idol solo concert Sunday afternoon at Florida 8217 s Land Shark Stadium before a Miami Dolphins game And happily Kris played my personal two favorite songs the big pop crowd pleaser 8220 Before We Come Un
one 8221 and the funkily Maroon 5 ish 8220 Can 8217 t Stay Away 8221 as well as an upbeat Script associated groover 8220 Written All Over My Face 8221 Yahoo com The scribbled note that changed TV On Tuesday 13 February 2001 TV veteran Alan Boyd saw two men he had never met earlier in his London authority and the meeting changed the face of Saturday night entertainment Nothing about the then chief of Thames TV 8217 s meeting with two Simons suggested that television history was in the making or that he and his production team were near to gain from an enormous stroke of luck As Mr Cowell and Mr Fuller rattled through their idea for an ambitious new exhibit to place an unknown British singing star Boyd scribbled notes on two sides of jotting paper during the hour long meeting Guardian co uk More Idol Headlines After The Jump 8230 Ryan Seacrest interview at Ronald McDonald House in Atlanta Dunwoody High School grad Ryan Seacrest came second to his hometown Saturday to boniface the Hearts and Hands gala for Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities at the Creation of Coke I caught up with him while he toured the year old 50 room home near Emory University earlier in the day I attended a different charity event that night called Chopstix For Charity AJC com R eacute alit eacute Sibling rage on 8216 Top Chef 8217 snot snuffling on 8216 Top Model 8217 weak fashions on 8216 Runway 8217 and granny panties on 8216 DWTS 8217 On this week 8217 s four part R eacute alit eacute my cohost Kristen Baldwin and I discuss some of the most important debates facing our nation right this second Who 8217 d be the ultimate Top Chef final two adorable Kevin and loveable Jennifer or Michael and Brian brothers so competitive they might try to smother each other with Glad wrap What 8217 s a bigger hindrance toward still being in the run to get America 8217 s Next Top Model Having dyslexia or being a Kardashian What 8217 s a bigger offense on Project Runway Creating hideous fashion or creating no fashion at all And what was the most disturbing development last week on Dancing With the Stars Natalie Coughlin 8217 s granny panties Michael Irvin 8217 s butt cheek shenanigans or Louis van Amstel 8217 s facial expressions Entertainment Weekly Kris Allen Album Won 8217 t Include Chris Daughtry Mat Kearney Tracks Just a few years after 8220 American Idol 8221 winner Kris Allen tweeted that he ruined his self titled major label debut and misses Nickelodeon 8217 s 8220 Doug 8221 by the way the full track list for the November 17 album has been revealed While the introduction had many musical cooks according to the track listing obtained by Entertainment Weekly it appears that songs co written by fellow 8220 Idol 8221 alum Chris Daughtry as well as those with singer songwriter Mat Kearney did not make the cut Kearney had previously told MTV News that the air he was working on with Allen would rough up the squeaky clean Conway Arkansas native 8217 s image 8220 It 8217 s driving 8230 it has some bound to it 8221 Kearney said before this month 8220 That may do it so they don 8217 t need to admit it on the album 8221 MTV Review Daughtry gets 8216 A 8217 for effort By now Chris Daughtry 8217 s fourth place finish on 8220 American Idol 8221 is ancient history But it 8217 s hard not to compare that 2006 snub with the rocking show he put on at the Civic Centre on Sunday night Daughtry whose 8220 Leave This Town 8221 tour included opening bands Cavo and Possibility of a Deadman was in fine form from the moment he kicked off his set with 8220 Every Sentence You Turn Around 8221 He seemed to drive his part to the set on every song 8211 howling away on ballads like 8220 It 8217 s Not Over 8221 and 8220 No Surprise 8221 PJStar Jammin 8217 with his Friends The present for coolest friends definitely goes to David Foster The songwriter producer has some of the most celebrated artists in the music business on his speed dial and he 8217 s rounded up a handful for a 10 city tour that stopped at the Agganis Arena last night During the most three hour experience the Hit Man acted as host pianist and band conductor while unveiling some of his career highlights to a little herd of approximately 2 000 bostonherald com David Foster brings friends to Newark for hit filled concert The circuit is called 8220 David Foster and Friends 8221 And after more than 30 days as one of the pop world 8217 s most successful songwriter producers Foster has enough of friends to call on Peter Cetera formerly of Chicago and Philip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire were there when the tour hit the Prudential Center in Newark Saturday So were Deborah Cox 8220 American Idol 8221 alumni Ruben Studdard and Michael Johns and the quartet the Canadian Tenors But the closing slot went to a woman who has not released an album in the United States yet Charice a 17 year old from the Philippines who is easily known her own country and is being mentored by Foster for worldwide stardom NJ com Andrew Lloyd Webber Battling CancerAndrew Lloyd Webber Battling Cancer Uber composer producer Andrew Lloyd Webber has prostate cancer 8220 Andrew is undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back to work before the end of the year 8221 his voice said in a statement The idea behind such mega stage musical hits as The Phantom of the Opera and Cats Lloyd Webber was an American Idol 8220 mentor 8221 in October 2008 but later said he thought Simon Cowell preferred to 8220 torture 8221 the contestants rather than motivate them Radaronline com Lisa Tucker interview for 8216 American Idol Rewind 8217 my new Twitter account Please start following me on Twitter at www twitter com ajcidol I just created the account TV Guide Channel 8217 s 8220 American Idol Rewind 8221 offered up a bundle of season six 8220 Idols 8221 for me to talk to I already caught up with Paris Bennett and posted that interview earlier this month I really precious to gab with Katharine McPhee but her publicist never bothered to reaching out to me If you happen to take this Kat McPhee 8217 s publicist my email is rho ajc com I only chose Lisa Tucker who finished tenth because she is working with Atlanta 8217 s own Ne Yo Bottom line she 8217 s sweet and new and even trying to complete an album more than three years after her spotlight had dimmed Unfortunately Lisa 8217 s the only person in the top 10 of her season to not release an album AJC com Moses and Simon Cowell teenagers vote for leaders Martin Luther King Moses and Simon Cowell are 3 of our all time greatest leaders according to today 8217 s teenagers England footballer John Terry Gurkha champion Joanna Lumley and business guru Lord Sugar also made the top 10 X Factor judge Cowell won the same part of the ballot as Mother Teresa and Henry VIII in the survey commissioned by the Prince 8217 s Trust Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela came in the top three with King According to the survey 70 of teenagers say they are more likely be inspired by someone they know than by a celebrity Guardian co uk Josh Groban Planning Return to GLEE Josh Groban has revealed to Access Hollywood that he 8217 ll be returning to GLEE to do one more episode 8220 I had a great time with that cast coming from a theater background 8221 he said 8220 It 8217 s so gracious To see so many theater actors being hired for mainstream television And also being a member of the choir club as a kid just to see that group of mass being represented in mainstream culture is really really so great 8221 GLEE the genre defying new musical comedy series follows an optimistic teacher who against all odds and a malicious cheerleading coach attempts to save McKinley High 8217 s Glee Club from obscurity while serving a grouping of aspiring underdogs realize their true star potential The critically acclaimed series stars Dianna Agron Chris Colfer Jessalyn Gilsig Jane Lynch Jayma Mays Kevin McHale Lea Michele Cory Monteith Matthew Morrison Amber Riley and Mark Salling Guest stars this season include Victor Garber Josh Groban Kristin Chenoweth and Eve Broadway World Flu outbreak on 8216 Dancing with the Stars 8217 People com 8212 They 8217 ve tried to avoid injuries every season but these years the 8220 Dancing with the Stars 8221 cast is hoping to protect themselves from the flu bug that 8217 s hit the ballroom 8220 I 8217 m living off of vitamin drink mix Emergen C right now 8221 Lacey Schwimmer said after Monday night 8217 s performance 8220 And though I know them I 8217 m also keeping my distance from Derek Hough and Mark Ballas 8221 Hough who got ill and had to cast out of Monday 8217 s performance with model Joanna Krupa said he 8217 s not 100 percent recovered but is 8220 feeling and doing a lot better I was in fairly bad shape last week 8221 CNN Joanna Krupa amp Derek Hough Reveal Recipe for Success with their Waltz Derek Hough has been running with Joanna Krupa on mastering the basic technique of the waltz in readiness for Monday night 8217 s 8220 Dancing with the Stars 8221 The master chef of the dance floor told ET he is ready to 8220 add the sizzle the paprika the flavor the spices on top of it 8221 The intense practice schedule is tiring Joanna out but she finds the vigour to hold on once she reaches the dance studio Derek said 8220 It 8217 s like a marathon except for you 8217 re not jogging You 8217 re sprinting the entire way 8221 ETOnline Dancing 8217 s Mya Dmitry Should Wear a Cup Mya is 8220 excited 8221 Dancing with the Stars judge Len Goodman has finally lavished praise on her ballroom skills but she 8217 s still feeling grim and blue 8220 I have bruises all over my legs from the Argentine tango 8221 she tells TVGuide com 8220 My legs I couldn 8217 t even expose on Monday I had to wear fishnets because they were so bad makeup couldn 8217 t cover them up 8221 But the pain probably paled in comparison to what partner Dmitry Chaplin felt when she hit him where it actually hurts in rehearsals Find out what happened and more TV Guide Simon Cowell 8216 Just why are twins John and Edward more popular than Danyl Johnson 8217 Simon Cowell says he wants to get to the seat of why the nation seems to hate Danyl Johnson after the singer 8217 s shock finish in the final two hopefuls of X Factor at the weekend Danyl was the show favourite last week only to leave the judging panel flabbergasted when he came joint last in the public vote along with girlband Miss Frank The board sent Miss Frank home but it left Simon scratching his head over why the talented music teacher 27 didn 8217 t do better Daily Mail co uk Mockery and name calling is unjust to X Factor twins Is the X Factor turning into the most vile show on television On Saturday night sections of the interview began booing Dublin twins John and Edward before they yet sang a note It was a reaction more in keeping with the Jeremy Kyle show than a slick talent contest So why did the audience react in the way it did Quite simply because they have been learned by some of the judges principally Simon Cowell to respect the twins as a talentless freak show Belfast Telegraph co uk
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