Simon Cowell News

Austin Opera is bringing an evening filled with extraordinary classic and modern opera music to KLRU's legendary Studio 6A. 'An Intimate Affair' features performances by David Miller, tenor of Simon Cowell's 26-time platinum selling 'pop opera' crossover group Il Divo, alongside his multi-talented wife Sarah Joy Miller, star of New York City Opera's critically-acclaimed 'Anna Nicole,' based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith.

Today we are talking to one of the breakout stars of Season 3 of FOX's recent reality competition series THE X FACTOR and a stalwart Broadway regular in her own right, the passionate and versatile Rachel Potter. Espousing on her impressive new country-tinged album NOT SO BLACK & WHITE and explicating the impetus behind many of the standout tracks on the release, Potter opens up about her unique journey thus far in both her own life and her show business career - from her conservative Baptist upbringing to her early success headlining Disney theme park extravaganzas leading to a string of Broadway roles and eventually landing on THE X FACTOR, followed by her big move to Nashville and embarking on creating songs for a solo album that expresses exactly who she is, here and now. Additionally, Potter shares what audiences can expect from her upcoming live show at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC tonight as well as some special surprises she has in store for the performance. Plus, Potter reflects on some of her most memorable Disney shows and whether she would like to continue the tradition with FROZEN onstage while also recalling backstage stories from EVITA, WICKED and the LEGALLY BLONDE casting competition. All of that, her memorable GLEE audition, her desire to do FROZEN on Broadway and much more in this expansive conversation with a uniquely gifted Broadway crossover star worth watching.

International music superstar, Ricky Martin, has been named executive producer and the first judge to be revealed for Univision Network's highly anticipated music-based reality entertainment competition 'La Banda,' set to premiere in September 2015.

A very small number of tickets remain for The Ridgefield Playhouse show with pop singer/songwriter Andy Grammer plus up-and-coming The X Factor USA winners Alex & Sierra, on Sunday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m.

Brantley Gilbert, Ella Henderson, Nick Jonas, Nico & Vinz and Train join the biggest music celebration of the year with special performances from the Billboard Hollywood Party on 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2015.'

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.

Howard Stern is set to return as a judge on the milestone tenth season of NBC's top-rated summer competition series “America's Got Talent.”

Fifth Harmony get into holiday spirit with their cover of Mariah Carey's 1994 holiday classic, 'All I Want For Christmas Is You.' Check out the video below!

Check out these snaps from the S&S Awards Gala, hosted by David Bedella and with special guest presenter Nigel Harman!

In an all-new episode of the popular series, 'Oprah: Where Are They Now?,' Oprah interviews Susan Still, a SURVIVOR of one of the most shocking domestic abuse stories ever; plus, more updates with Whitney Houston's sister-in-law and manager Pat Houston, supermodel Niki Taylor and TV host Marc Summers, airing tonight, November 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

In an all-new episode of the popular series, 'Oprah: Where Are They Now?,' Oprah interviews Susan Still, a survivor of one of the most shocking domestic abuse stories ever; plus, more updates with Whitney Houston's sister-in-law and manager Pat Houston, supermodel Niki Taylor and TV host Marc Summers, airing Sunday, November 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

Just ahead of the show's fourteenth season, original judge-turned-mentor Randy Jackson is officially exiting AMERICAN IDOL, Deadline has confirmed.

Dick Clark productions announces the return of the “Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2014 AMAs” preshow, which will stream LIVE online for fans worldwide on Yahoo (www.yahoo.com/live), this year's official digital distributor of the American Music Awards Experience, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd starting at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT. The red carpet live-streaming preshow precedes the LIVE broadcast of the “2014 American Music Awards” from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) on the ABC Television Network.

Olivier award winners Nigel Harman and David Bedella are today announced to take leading roles in this year's glittering S&S Award Gala at St James Theatre on Sunday 23 November.

AMERICA'S GOT TALENT announced today that in addition to its multi-city audition tour, the series will offer fans the opportunity to refer their favorite acts with Talent Scout

Fifth Harmony announced their NEW single 'Sledgehammer' During a live chat on Thursday, October 23rd, Fifth Harmony announced their newest single 'Sledgehammer', from their highly anticipated album 'Relection.'

Global superstars One Direction today announced additional dates for the highly anticipated ON THE ROAD AGAIN 2015 stadium tour, which will see the band perform in Australia, Japan and South East Asia in support of their new album FOUR (to be released Nov. 17).

NBC's No. 1 summer reality series “America's Got Talent” will kick off its milestone tenth season with open auditions in Tampa, on November 2.

Simon Cowell, a producer most notably know for his musically-centered television talent shows, has had quite a long success streak in the past decade. However, the recent cancelation of the American 'X Factor' was quite a hard hit for him.

Director Ron May doesn't hide the fact - although maybe he should - that he's a reality TV junkie, which makes him the perfect choice to direct Seminar, the first of Actor's Theatre's four Arizona premieres to be staged during the 2014-15 season.