Bruno Mars News

Today I had a lengthy Twitter discussion with a few passionate fans of THE VOICE about the increasingly complicated impact of iTunes purchases on the crowning of a champion. Unlike in previous weeks, there is no iTunes x10 bonus tonight, but the contestants will get cumulative credit for every song sold on iTunes starting with Top 12 week. I wanted to link to the official voting rules on NBC's website, but mysteriously they have taken it down since this morning; adding even more full to the conspiracy fire that always surrounds the finales of competition reality shows. If you want to try and prognosticate based on iTunes rankings from around the end of voting, PopVortex has a good breakdown.

Producer-musician Mark Ronson, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter-producer Bruno Mars, British phenomenon Ed Sheeran, Grammy Award and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, the multi-talented Hozier and legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform tonight, Dec. 16 (8-10 p.m. ET) season finale

One more door opened today as Barry Manilow announced that the GRAMMY nominated Koz will be a special guest on his ONE LAST TIME! Tour in 2015.

Feinstein's at the Nikko today announced the additional lineup for January 2015. Joining the previously announced performers are The Drexler Sisters who will perform their show, A Very Drexler Cabaret; Broadway veteran Franc d'Ambrosio and his acclaimed show, Franc d'Ambrosio - The Phantom Unmasked; and The COMPANY MEN, America's favorite mashup group. Tickets for all performances are on-sale now and available by calling 866.663.1063 or visiting www.ticketweb.com.

Producer-musician Mark Ronson, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter-producer Bruno Mars, British phenomenon Ed Sheeran, Grammy Award and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, the multi-talented Hozier and legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform on the Tuesday, Dec. 16 (8-10 p.m. ET) season finale

Iggy Azalea, Bastille, Jason Derulo, Pentatonix and Rixton join the biggest music celebration of the year on “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015.” Fergie hosts the Billboard Hollywood Party and also performs along with previously announced performers Charli XCX, One Direction and Meghan Trainor. With over 38 performances and 5 ½ hours of music, programming for “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015” begins at 8:00 pm ET/PT on ABC Television Network.

Leave it to NBC's THE VOICE to change up their format with little to no warning. One could say that it is in an effort to get (or keep) a specific producer-favorite in the competition, or it could just be a shrewd programming decision to make a normally anticlimactic results show just a bit more interesting.

?Global box-office powerhouse Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, star of the upcoming TNTseries Wake Up Call, is set to ring in the holidays as host of TNT's annual music spectacular Christmas in Washington.

Oscar winner Tom Hanks was among the five people honored Sunday evening at the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors held in Washington DC. The Oscar winner spoke about what the award meant to him.

Ok, things are getting real on NBC's THE VOICE tonight. Five artists will compete in the Semifinals hoping to secure a spot in next week's Season Seven finale. If last season is any indication, two of the semifinalists will be eliminated on Tuesday, but with THE VOICE's track-record of mixing up their format, you can never quite be sure. Case and point, on Tuesday's Results Show, eliminated contestants will have a chance to sing and earn another chance at the title. Will it be just the seven singers eliminated since Week 1's mass elimination of eight? Hopefully we will get some clarification during tonight's episode.

Eminent artists, friends and peers of this year's five honorees gathered in Washington, D.C. last night (Dec. 7) to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 37TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS

Singer Al Green; actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks; ballerina Patricia McBride; singer-songwriter Sting; and comedienne Lily Tomlin received honors for 2014 on THE 37TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. CBS has broadcast the special each year since its debut 37 years ago.

R&B and soul singer Bobby Brooks Wilson will perform at Sam's Town Live! tonight, December 5.

Superstar entertainers Reba, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn will join forces to launch a one-of-a-kind Country music residency - REBA, BROOKS & DUNN: Together in Vegas - opening June 24, 2015 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Veteran music and television producer Ken Ehrlich will executive produce and write the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, it was announced today by The Recording Academy.

To say that I am a little disappointed with last week's elimination of Team Pharrell's Sugar Joans is an understatement. Though, I admit, she didn't have the best week in terms of performance, she was still one of the best vocalists on the show.

Global superstar KATY PERRY will headline the PEPSI SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW on NBC in University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona on Sunday, February 1, 2015, it was confirmed last night in an unprecedented multi-media, global announcement.

Below, check out the live performance of Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk' featuring Bruno Mars, from this weekend's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!

On SNL's Weekend Update last night, Nov. 22, Michael Che had some angry words for Bill Cosby - "Pull your pants up!" - but admitted that he had some mixed feelings about TVLand pulling all the episodes of The Cosby Show. Check out the clip below!

Last night, Nov. 22, Cameron Diaz hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with musical guests Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. Below, watch as SNL parodies Schoolhouse Rock, in which a bill (Kenan Thompson) and an executive order (Bobby Moynihan) explain how government really works with a little help from President Obama (Jay Pharaoh).