Tonight the remaining ten AMERICAN IDOL hopefuls tackled the songs of Billy Joel. From Tommy Hilfiger coaching the contestants on their style to Diddy guest coaching on vocals, it was an exciting night for the singers.
Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Queen Latifah has signed on to star in and executive produce the Lifetime Original Movie Event, Steel Magnolias, a television adaptation of the iconic play and 1989 film of the same name, reuniting her with her producing duo Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, from the Oscar and Golden Globe winning Chicago and Hairspray. (Zadan and Meron also produce Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva and Smash.) She will take on the role of 'M'Lynn' and star alongside an all-star cast that includes Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad as 'Clairee,' Golden Globe and multiple Emmy winner Alfre Woodard as 'Ouiser,' Grammy winner Jill Scott as 'Truvy,' Adepero Oduye as 'Annelle,' and Condola Rashad as 'Shelby.' The announcement was made today by Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager of Lifetime Networks.
The 2nd Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Showcase Competition gets underway March 10-11 when 119 acts will take the stage in the preliminary round of competition (a complete list of students/schools can be found here). "We are excited to see so many student acts register for our 2nd Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Showcase Competition. This year we are offering even more prizes and scholarship opportunities for participating students. We hope all St. Louisans will come out and support our talented teens for the final competition on Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Fabulous Fox. It's a great opportunity for the whole family to see great talent on the Fox stage FREE OF CHARGE." says Mary Strauss, President of Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation Board of Directors.
The 2nd Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Showcase Competition gets underway March 10-11 when 119 acts will take the stage in the preliminary round of competition (a complete list of students/schools can be found here). "We are excited to see so many student acts register for our 2nd Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Showcase Competition. This year we are offering even more prizes and scholarship opportunities for participating students. We hope all St. Louisans will come out and support our talented teens for the final competition on Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Fabulous Fox. It's a great opportunity for the whole family to see great talent on the Fox stage FREE OF CHARGE." says Mary Strauss, President of Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation Board of Directors.
The 84th Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011, hosted by Billy Crystal were presented on February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation was televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide. Check out photos below of the winners in the press room!
X FACTOR judge and mentor Nicole Scherzinger performed her brand new song 'Pretty' on last night's episode of THE XFACTOR on Fox. The song is from her forthcoming CD, 'Killer Love', due out next year.
Delray Beach's Arts Garage has quickly become the city's ‘go to' spot for a diverse selection of music, art, performance, and entertainment, and the venue's programming for November and December illustrates beyond a doubt that Arts Garage is now a force to be reckoned with in the South Florida cultural community.
Saturday, October 29, 2011, 8 PM: Night of the Dead ~ Zombie Prom The second annual Night of the Drinking Dead Halloween celebration in Delray Beach begins at Arts Garage at 8 PM and includes a Zombie Prom, live music with local band Girlfriend Experience, horror flicks, and gruesome Zombie Art by Brandon Paul. Participating Zombies can then crawl on to DaDa, Delux, Kevro's Art Bar and Pineapple Groove.
Blue Note Entertainment Group and Mad Dog Presents have signed an agreement with Brooklyn Academy of Music, securing the exclusive rights to promote concerts at the 2,000-seat BAM Howard Gilman Opera House and the 800-seat BAM Harvey Lichtenstein Theater.
ABC announces television personality Vanessa Minnillo as the new co-host of the popular hit reality series, 'Wipeout,' beginning next season. The fifth season pickup includes Winter and Summer edition 'Wipeout' episodes for 2011-2012.
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will honor hip-hop impresario Sean 'Diddy' Combs with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award during its 24th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.
One of a kind musical group Black Violin will bring their unique blend of jazz, hip-hop, funk and classical music to the Colonial for a series of events this May. They will work with local area music students in two special workshops on Wednesday, May 11, followed by two school matinee performances on Thursday, May 12.
The Capitol Center for the Arts is pleased to announce an exciting lineup of performances for our sixteenth season. On Saturday, October 15, legendary comedian Bill Cosby makes his first appearance on the Chubb Theatre stage.
The 22nd Annual Dusty Film and Animation Festival kicks-off Friday, May 6 and continues through Tuesday, May 10 highlighting over 100 films by students graduating from the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department at the School of Visual Arts (SVA).
One of a kind musical group Black Violin will bring their unique blend of jazz, hip-hop, funk and classical music to the Colonial for a series of events this May. They will work with local area music students in two special workshops on Wednesday, May 11, followed by two school matinee performances on Thursday, May 12.
On Wednesday, February 23rd at 6:00 PM, Black Violin will rock The Orpheum Theatre to its very core. Fusing elements of classical, jazz, blues, R&B and hip-hop, phenomenal fiddlers Kev and Will B--along with their mixing maestro DJ TK- promise a night of show stopping entertainment.
On Wednesday, February 23rd at 6:00 PM, Black Violin will rock The Orpheum Theatre to its very core. Fusing elements of classical, jazz, blues, R&B and hip-hop, phenomenal fiddlers Kev and Will B--along with their mixing maestro DJ TK- promise a night of show stopping entertainment.
After an incredible opening month, with resident DJs Erick Morillo breaking in the decks on New Year's Eve, Kaskade spinning until 8 a.m. after New Year's Day, and Roger Sanchez, ATB and Chuckie turning up the heat at the city's newest music destination, Marquee Las Vegas continues into February full of more exclusive 2011 residencies from some of the leading artists in the world, including Sander Van Doorn, Above & Beyond and Markus Schulz.
The multi-talented Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs has been announced by the Associated Press as an upcoming guest star on a spring episode of the popular series 'Hawaii Five-O' on CBS. Combs' character is Reggie Williams, an NYPD detective who comes to Honolulu in pursuit of men who committed a crime against his family. In addition, some of Combs' music will be used in the episode.
A star-studded selection of talent from film, TV and music including Malin Akerman, Julie Bowen, Michael Chiklis, Miranda Cosgrove, Kaley Cuoco, Taye Diggs, Lisa Edelstein, Zac Efron, Neil Patrick Harris, Teri Hatcher, the Kardashians, Minka Kelly, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Hugh Laurie, Taylor Lautner, Zachary Levi, AnnaLynne McCord, Leighton Meester, Stephen Moyer, Conan O'Brien, Jerry O'Connell, Jim Parsons, Pauley Perrette, Katy Perry, Natalie Portman, Emma Roberts, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Swift and Kate Walsh are scheduled to attend the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2011, to be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 5 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.
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