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Jennifer Lopez Named ‘Most Beautiful Woman In The World’

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Jennifer Lopez has been named People‘s Most Beautiful Woman in the whole wide world! Her American Idol colleague, Ryan Seacrest, called her to congratulate her Wednesday morning during On Air with Ryan Seacrest.

J.Lo told Seacrest: “Obviously I was flattered. It’s a great honor to even be talked about in that way.”

The 41-year old singer continued: “When they told me I was like ‘really? okay…’”

When we see J.Lo on TV, she is all dolled up in full makeup and hair, but she prefers to be makeup free!

“That’s when I’m my happiest,” she says in this week’s exclusive cover story. “Just being able to touch my face and rub my eyes and put my fingers in my hair and not having to worry about messing it up. It’s so much better.”

Congrats J.Lo!

‘American Idol’: SHOCKING Results Show

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TONIGHT’S RESULTS ARE ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE!
SPOILER ALERT: I am blogging live  from the result’s show. If you want to know who is in the bottom three right now and who gets voted off and eliminated on American Idol Thursday April 7, look below. If you want a behind-the-scenes of Wednesday night’s performance night – keep reading.

This season, I have heard a lot of complaints from fans about the judges’ comments being too nice. Well, let me tell you why they are seemingly too positive: When you hear the contestants sing live on the Idol stage and in person, they all sound fantastic.

These top nine finalists are extremely talented and they even sound better in person than they do on TV. That’s why Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson heap so much praise on them.

When Jacob Lusk sang Man in the Mirror last night, every person in the studio had goosebumps. We all knew we had just witnessed an Idol event to be remembered for years to come. While Scotty McCreery electrified the crowd, James Durbin moved us to tears. Pia Toscano sounded amazing on her first up tempo;song but JLo was right – she definitely needs to up her showmanship. Stefano Langone connected with the lyrics so much, we could feel it his passion for the song.


Paul McDonald was the perfect way to end the show with a bang! His style is so infections. His smile is even more infectious. And his teeth are so brightly white, we could see them from 200 feet away. His rendition of Johnny Cash’s Fulsom Prison Blues made the entire place so happy, that we all felt as we were kids at Disneyland. While Idol replayed of each Idol‘s performance and their phone numbers on TV, in the studio, all Idols ran to stage and hugged and congratulated Paul on his performance. And the entire time the numbers and replays played on TV, the Idols were dancing and doing the Dosey Doe! You could tell that they all really like each other.

The biggest Idol cheerleader in the crowd last night was Christian Slater! He was pumping his fists and rocking to every contestant’s song! He is obviously a true Idol fan. And the judges – unlike previous years when they left the studio during commercial breaks, they all stayed with the audience and during each break, a team of two to three makeup and hair people would work on each judge to make sure they looked pretty for the next segment.

Back to the contestants…they were all so mesmerizing last night that I am sad to see any of them go home…but that’s how Idol works, so, here are the results from Thursday’s (April 7) results show:

LIVE BLOGGING:
Safe: Casey; Lauren, Scotty, Paul, Haley, James.
Bottom three: Stafano, Pia, Jacob.
Voted Off: PIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VIDEO: Casey Abrams Wants To Make The Judges Proud

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Casey Abrams has proven for two weeks in a row that he deserved to be saved by the American Idol judges.

He said on Wednesday night’s episode that he feels he must “give 150 percent” every time he takes the Idol stage to make the judges, and America, proud of him. Casey, we already are! You are amazing. [By the way call me! Seriously, call me – I have some life-changing info for you!]

Casey was accompanied by his upright bass for the first time on live competition and performed Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty. He had the right raspiness, jazziness, confidence, cool factor, grunt and growl. Way to go Casey. Yes, we are proud!

Randy Jackson said: “You definitely did justice to that song.” About Casey’s bass, Randy said, “You’ve put it in popular music, dude. This is revolutionary!”

Steven Tyler loved the performance so much that he said Casey should put wheels on the base and take it everywhere! He gushed: “You’re such a true musician; every time you sing, you bring something different.”

“That’s exactly where you belong – right there, with your bass,” Jennifer Lopez said.

Watch Casey for yourself:


VIDEO: James Durbin Went Soft On Rock ‘N Roll Hall Of Fame Night

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Each of the American Idol Top 9 finalists brought his/her A-game to the special Rock &Roll Hall of Fame episode Wednesday night.

I was on set tonight and will write a full recap and review later tonight about the experience watching Idol LIVE, I mean REALLY LIVE, in the quaint 700-person studio. So, check back to read the full story.

But for now – let’s focus on James Durbin for a minute who took a major risk and mellowed things down on a night we expected him to go full out rock ‘n roll on us. And, the risk paid off – James came out vulnerable, sweet and emotional…well, until the last screech which we know and love him for!

Watch James Durbin sing The Beatles’ While My Guitar Gently Weeps, written by Goerge Harrison:

VIDEO: Jacob Lusk Wants Us To Look At The “Man In The Mirror”

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We’re down to the final nine on American Idol and every one of our contestants was “in it to win it” Wednesday night –If I may borrow an oft-used Randy Jackson line.

I was on set for this very special Rock & Roll Hall of Fame episode and will write a full review later tonight about the experience watching Idol LIVE, I mean REALLY LIVE, in the quaint 700-person studio. So, check back to read the full story.

But for now, I will share the performance video below by Jacob Lusk who sang Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror, being backed up on vocals by Siedah Garrett, the co-writer of MJ’s iconic song.

Lusk ditched Let’s Get It On at the last minute in favor of Man in the Mirror because he could not identify with the “do the nasty” message of Marvin Gaye’s hit. The decision was a success as Lusk really connected with MJ’s message. Every person in the studio had goosebumps when Lusk finished because we all knew we had all just witnessed something amazing together.

Watch the performance for yourself:

Move Over Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest Is The New Top Reality Dog

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Ryan Seacrest, the busiest man in showbiz, has now ousted Simon Cowell  from the top spot on The Hollywood Reporter‘s fourth annual Reality Power List.

Cowell was ranked number one the last two years in the running but has now dropped to number 6 among the 50 people considered to be making the greatest impact in the realm of unscripted television.

The rankings were based on: Having a reputation for quality and innovation within the business; the indelible mark one makes on his/her shows as overseeing executive, producer, or talent; one’s overall impact on pop culture, and the “watercooler” factor: One’s ability to create dramatic, comedic and can’t-miss TV moments.

Those requirements pretty much sum up our American Idol host and producer of the Kardashian TV empire.  Seacrest is credited with the resurgence of Idol after the high profile departure of Cowell and he won an Emmy last August for producing Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Congrats Ryan!

American Idol’s Mandisa Looks And Sounds Better Than Ever! (Photos & Video)

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VIDEO CLIP OF THE DAY.
Mandisa Skinny

Exactly five years to the day she got booted off of American Idol‘s Top 9, former Idol hopeful Mandisa is releasing her third studio album, What If We Were Real. Mandisa was at The Grove Tuesday to promote her new album on Extra and to sing the title cut live – you can catch her performance video below. Continue reading →

Whose ‘American Idol’ Dreams Were Quashed Thursday?

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Spoiler Alert: We had two of our American Idols going home tonight. 55 million votes were cast and the bottom three receiving the fewest votes were: Naima Adedapo, Paul McDonald and Thia Megia. The two who received the lowest votes and who were eliminated are: Naima Adedapo and Thia Megia.

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Lady Gaga Throws Adam Lambert Out Of Her Birthday Party

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Note to self: Do not drink and fist pump at the same time, cause I may get thrown out of Lady Gaga‘s birthday party. Duly noted.

OK, let  me tell you why I say that…and let me also caution my Adam Lambert fans–you’re not going to like this. Not one bit.

A couple of days ago, Lambert sent a cryptic Tweet: “Was trying for celebratory gesture 4 gaga’s B- piñata style…instead my fist is all bruised and la cita has a hole in the ceiling. #sloppy”.
What was Adam talking about? After some digging, the road lead me to Perez Hilton and his interview with Carson Daly.

Apparently, at a surprise 25th birthday party for Lady Gaga at a Mexican restaurant called La Cita Bar in Los Angeles, Lambert got kicked out for being intoxicated and unruly. Per Perez, Lambert was fist pumping hard, to the point that he punched a hole in the restaurant’s ceiling.

Lambert had actually come uninvited by the hosts of the party (Gaga’s friends) but instead as a guest of the music group the Scissor Sisters who are opening for Gaga.

Perez claims “Adam showed up beyond drunk. Super sloppy embarrassingly drunk!” Eventually, Gaga had enough and she had her security thrown Lambert out of the party.

Hear what Perez said in full detail for yourself:

Video: Lauren Alaina Sounds Clean & Crisp On ‘Candle In The Wind’ Video

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Lauren Alaina was pitch perfect on Elton John’s Candle in the Wind during Wednesday night’s Top 11 American Idol performance show.

Lauren’s vocals contained the triple c’s: She sounded clean, crisp and controlled.

The judges unanimously loved Lauren’s performance. Jennifer Lopez called it “best of the night” and Steven Tyler said, “Just perfect. Keep singing like that and you will be able to afford the rest of that dress (in reference to her short black skirt).”

Watch the video below of Lauren’s performance: